Perhaps the most ambitious move during last Sunday’s race at COTA came in Turn 1 on Lap 1, when Ross Chastain tried to make it four-wide and slammed into Chase Elliott. Chastain didn’t gain the advantage he wanted.

Following a controversial dustup between Ross Chastain and Chase Elliott at COTA, NASCAR fans were left wondering how the two felt about the on-track incident, because neither driver cared to comment on it after the race.

Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led a race-high 105 of 312-scheduled laps and edged teammate Denny Hamlin by 0.049 seconds to notch his third consecutive Cup victory in recent weeks in the desert state.

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Denny Hamlin recently shared his take on the Ross Chastain-Carson Hocevar controversy from Atlanta. During a late restart in Sunday's Cup race, Chastain ended up losing position on the track as ...

Denny Hamlin appreciates the demeanor of Chase Elliott following the Lap 1 crash initiated by Ross Chastain that jeopardized the #9's race.

Chase Elliott rallied for a fourth-place finish at Circuit of The Americas, righting his No. 9 Chevrolet after a first-lap incident.

The finish of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. In a green-white-chequered finish, Hamlin put in a valiant

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Christopher Bell 6 times for 105 laps; William Byron 3 times for 83 laps; Joey Logano 4 times for 81 laps; Ryan Preece 1 time for 34 laps; Austin Cindric 1 time for 6 laps; Denny Hamlin 2 times for 3 laps.

With the two leaders side-by-side coming off Turn 4, Bell prevailed in the drag race back to the finish line to win by .049 seconds, the second-closest margin of victory in Phoenix history and the closest since the frontstretch was moved from what is now the back straightaway to the dogleg in 2018.