Bell took the early upper hand among the playoff drivers, while the defending Cup champ didn't get a chance to qualify

Christopher Bell has done it again. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE will start from the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the thir

A win by any of the playoff drivers at Las Vegas on Sunday, or the next two weeks at Homestead-Miami Speedway or in Martinsville, Va., will earn an automatic berth in the finale.

Christopher Bell has been an incredibly consistent driver for more than two seasons now but he does not get as much attention as his peers.

Christopher Bell won the pole in Saturday qualifying for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR's playoffs. Bell turned a lap at 185.344 mph in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing to take the top starting spot for Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Christopher Bell, a 29-year-old Norman native, has reached the NASCAR playoffs' round of eight for the fourth straight year

Christopher Bell qualified on the pole for Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He doesn’t care whether he gets a lot of attention or not.

Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell earned the pole position for Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- his third pole of the year and third at the 1.

This week is the start of the Round of 8 for the NASCAR Playoffs. Christopher Bell feels like a win is around the corner, too. While Bell has never won at Las Vegas, he believes the time may have come to finally get that checkered flag.

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