NASCAR Cup Series
Short Track Racing Kept Christopher Bell Sharp During NASCAR Offseason
Feb 25, 2025
Christopher Bell scored his second straight NASCAR Cup Series win, holding off William Byron for the victory in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas.
Bell took the lead from Kyle Busch in the closing laps, then withstood the pressure of Byron and Tyler Reddick in a thrilling conclusion to the first race on a new, shortened layout for NASCAR competition at Circuit of The Americas.
Byron finished second, followed by Reddick, Chase Elliott and Busch. Busch led a race-high 42 laps in the event before fading to fifth in the closing laps.
As for Elliott, he charged to a fourth-place finish after being involved in first-lap incident with Ross Chastain to start the race, dropping him to the rear of the field.
-Photo credit: Lesley Ann Miller, LAT for Toyota Gazoo Racing
EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Unofficial Results
| Pos | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
| 1 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 95 | --- |
| 2 | 24 | William Byron | 95 | 0.433 |
| 3 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 95 | 0.578 |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 95 | 5.274 |
| 5 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 95 | 5.943 |
| 6 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | 95 | 8.559 |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 95 | 8.62 |
| 8 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 95 | 9.826 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 95 | 10.245 |
| 10 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 95 | 11.276 |
| 11 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 95 | 11.645 |
| 12 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 95 | 11.883 |
| 13 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 95 | 13.033 |
| 14 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 95 | 14.067 |
| 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 95 | 14.16 |
| 16 | 7 | Justin Haley | 95 | 16.396 |
| 17 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 95 | 18.738 |
| 18 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 95 | 21.441 |
| 19 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 95 | 21.599 |
| 20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 95 | 23.251 |
| 21 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 95 | 23.286 |
| 22 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 95 | 23.348 |
| 23 | 41 | Cole Custer | 95 | 23.534 |
| 24 | 22 | Joey Logano | 95 | 23.901 |
| 25 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 95 | 24.009 |
| 26 | 21 | Josh Berry | 95 | 24.332 |
| 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | 95 | 25.854 |
| 28 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 95 | 26.103 |
| 29 | 38 | Zane Smith | 95 | 30.883 |
| 30 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 95 | 33.88 |
| 31 | 51 | Cody Ware | 95 | 34.388 |
| 32 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 95 | 47.17 |
| 33 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 95 | 47.497 |
| 34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 95 | 84.694 |
| 35 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 80 | OUT |
| 36 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 50 | OUT |
| 37 | 87 | * Connor Zilisch(i) | 49 | OUT |
