The long and unpredictable NASCAR season comes to an end Sunday with a championship race fitting for a year that saw unprecedented parity and never a clear title favorite.
AVONDALE, ARIZONA - NOVEMBER 04: A general view of practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship as the sun sets at Phoenix Raceway on November 04, 2022 in Avondale, Arizona. season comes to an end Sunday with a championship race fitting for a year that saw unprecedented parity and never a clear title favorite.
Kyle Larson won last year but was eliminated in the second round, leaving Elliott as Hendrick’s only shot to make it three Cup titles in a row. And experience may matter: Logano won the pole in Saturday qualifying, while Elliott was fourth."We’ve been the favorite to win since the beginning of the year, if you ask me," said Logano of Team Penske. His Ford won the first Next Gen race, the exhibition at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in January.
Chastain qualified 25th, worst of the title contenders, and Bell has struggled since Joe Gibbs Racing unloaded his Toyota and will start 17th. But Bell has been down before in these playoffs and won twice to avoid elimination and make it to his first title race.If it takes a victory to win, Bell proved he can do it twice, including last week’s dramatic win at Martinsville to save his season.
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