Bell, who led six times for a race-high 105 of 312 laps, became the first driver to win three consecutive races during the Next Gen era, which began with the 2022 season. Kyle Larson, who finished third at Phoenix, was the most recent driver to win three consecutive in NASCAR’s premier series in 2021.

Christopher Bell, who has won three Cup races in a row, will start from the back of the field in Las Vegas after NASCAR penalized him for making changes to his Toyota.