Bell burned through every last bit of Goodyear tire rubber in the final four laps, diving inside of Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar to swipe a fourth win in 2025. The victory marks three-straight for Toyota as well as JGR’s 11th this season, their most since winning the title in 2019.

“Frankly, I haven’t won enough,” Bell said of his 13th career trophy, ending a 23-race winless streak after starting 2025 with three in a row. “That’s not enough, and I need to win more.”

During the restart, Bell lined up second on the inside lane behind Smith. “We knew it was going to be a race between who had fresh tires and who could get to the lead first,” Bell said. 

“(Smith and Hocevar) just kind of slid up, and it was a perfect storm for me,” Bell said.

The 30-year-old, one week removed from airing out anger over the radio after losing, believes a Cup career is defined by victories. From Bell’s perspective, winning means “everything” in the sport.

“I got really frustrated last week because we had an opportunity," Bell said. “And we didn't win.”

Brad Keselowski chased Bell with four to go, employing a last-ditch effort to swipe the trophy. Keselowski charged the final set of turns and slammed Bell’s bumper. Bell was rattled but not shaken, forcing Keselowski to settle for his second runner-up result of the season.

“Great car, great strategy, put ourselves in position to, if not win, at least have a really, really solid day,” Keselowski said. “On that last restart just rolled the dice and didn’t get anything good.”

The 500-mile race featured 14 cautions across 137 laps, the most for a modern-era Cup Series event. High wear on Goodyear’s tires created chaos, forcing NASCAR to release an extra set.

Playoff driver Austin Cindric pitted with 43 laps remaining as the right front of his Ford was ablaze. Mayhem from that brake fire sparked a glimmer of hope for Alex Bowman's chance to advance.

Bowman entered the race 35 points behind the playoff cutline, facing a must-win situation. The Hendrick Motorsports driver climbed as high as second, but lacked fresh tires on the final restart.

“We're a plenty capable race team a lot of the time, and just the last two weeks we’ve just not been very good,” Bowman said after failing to advance. “It was going to be a tough thing to do.”

Ty Gibbs, who won both stages and led a race-high 201 laps, lost the race in the final round of green stops. Gibbs locked up the tires while trying to pit and missed his entry, falling laps down.

Polesitter AJ Allmendinger paced the field for the first time since 2015 and set the fastest lap. On lap 383, Allmendinger got knocked out of the race when Denny Hamlin lost a tire and wrecked.

Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson and Bell each have 20 points to the cutoff as the standings reset. Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott and Bubba Wallace also start ahead of the cut.

Cindric, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick will start below the elimination line.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway returns to the playoffs after seven years away to begin the round of 12 on Sunday, September 21. Catch the race live on the USA Network at 2 p.m. EST.