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fans love racing here in Darlington South Carolina they're on their feet as we get ready for the xinity Ser to get [Applause] underway green flags in the [Applause] air big stack up on the bottom as the 31 has a little bit of issue getting going Parker rut's going to be slow going down the backstretch doesn't look like he's at speed at all the 19 Car brass he also is backing up Joe graph Jr in the 19 Parker redlef and the 31 both off the pace early and that's not the case for Christopher Bell looks like he ran another qualifying lap there that first lap was smoking one there something happened to the 31 car just it lost power it's not rolling at all as he enters Pit Road don't know if it's a transmission or re in electrical he said it was a misshift Jeff and he said it won't fire so he's trying to get to Pit Road but yeah you can see woefully under power and he said it just won't turn over Steve it is not rolling and there's that caution you mentioned all right Steve well you also mentioned the possibility of after five laps tires being worned down no throttle response they're worn but you're not going to get a fresh set here with the tire limits you're just going to have to leave this set on I think two wide on the exit or two on the restart at Darlington might be the narrowest spot on the whole circuit just funnels down to really one lane yet they make it work Sam May trying to make that outside Line work and maybe help Creed along there this a part of the RAC trck where years ago nobody raced through here now they just roll through here side by side there's H right up against the wall yeah that's down the back straightway the ball actually moves out into the into the racetrack a little bit here's Lano on the outside of Chastain just gets in the wall and an issue for legano you see smoke coming out the right side maybe a little too much contact looks like flat right side Tire somewhere oh that's an engine oh man smoke out the right side pipes they think it's an engine issue they're going to take it to the garage for Joey Lano so if Cup series drivers Jeff wanted a little bit of an experience today lano's not going to get in how about Riley herbs the wall chaotic start here at Garlington R very hard for that 98 of Riley hers he's slow on the racetrack but a big hit in the Wall came in seventh and I thought Riley had maybe the best car in practice on a long run tons of pace but this thing yeah the right front is down yeah it's hurt here you see the 98 see this so many times wow I wonder if that tire looked like it went down first I was going to say it was kind of a slide but that was a straight turn Anthony Alfredo another car in the wall he's riding right up against the wall trying to find a way down but also way off the pace the apron here is huge so he can get out of the racing surface is going to be on Pit Road here shortly he was running 18th when he got into the wall that one car really gets through the middle of the corner with a lot of confidence you can see him put the power down oh man the bag of it is definitely a little on edge though yeah but putting together great lap times that's Sam Mayer we talked in our Countdown the Green Show how he described the last couple of months as very cold for the team as he closes in right now on Christopher Bell to the back bumper of the number 20 but he said the last couple months have been so hard he said I got in my own head as he makes the pass for the lead Sam a he is going to clear Christopher Bell but he said he gets in his own head finally he was able to get out of his own head he's been working with a sports psychologist and right now we are s Sam mayor out of that cold streak and on fire here at Darlington 27 laps up front and now the lead has changed Bell running second to Sam Mayer see great forward momentum now just overdrives the entry so the problem here or the trouble here is sliding up and hitting the wall that's why he had to check up so much Bell tried to turn underneath him but Bell's car just does not have the [Music] grip and Christopher knows this is coming he checked the entrance speed up tried to accelerate but here the throttle he's he just can't go back to the gas not enough grip mayor now has a fourth tenth of a second lead as the caution has come out 15 laps still to go in stage one and there's some debris on the race track and mayor surges ahead down the backstretch in front of bell and Creed oh now Bell to the inside it's very difficult to say side by side is anybody going to give right here Bell a little deeper into turn one but here comes Mayer on the outside he's going to clear him easily Bell does not have the rear grip to be aggressive with this race car like he needs to be you got six cars here you can throw a blanket over right now here comes kuster himim falling back through the middle uhoh and may [Applause] slow mayor around still green as he spins but stays on the apron and he's going to try to get to Pit Road it looks like the left rear tire is down Kim yeah that's what Kevin Hamlin the spotter confirmed left rear down and remember they wanted an uneventful day did not want to steal headlines this is not what this team needed they were looking to turn it around here at Darlington to see what they find on the one is it as simple as a flat tire or another mechanical issue we go back to this five-way back right here let's see what happens to the one this is entering turn three just loose the back of the car comes around and has all the makings of like a flat left rear tire one lap to go about three car links this time Hill a little bit lower sideways Bell is trying to hold on to it Hills to his back bumper this is a playoff point for Austin Hill if he can get by him [Music] Hill already with two wins and the nine is sideways the caution is going to come out and that'll have Bell well we'll see what they say when the caution came out who was in front because the 21 was pretty close there to getting to the inside of the 20 and a nine wrecked for the 10th position and this a pretty big damage on the quarter panel Christopher Bell does get the win in stage one and Steve because at the end of a stage points are played they look at more than just the loop line yeah they treat it just like the end of the race for the top 10 they don't worry about 11th on back they'll use the loop lines for those positions but the top 10 that are rewarding or are being awarded points they'll go to a camera or any means necessary instantaneous time of yellow just like we would to determine the finish of the race yeah was here he is the nine car loses momentum Shane says he was trying to push him and just didn't get it lined up Right [Music] Way Creed easily clearing Bell as they go into turn three mentioned the heat 93° track temperature 128 how about that corner entry speed by Christopher Bell that was impressive to roll that much speed and clear Creed car's not happy going to push him a little bit after I said that but he not happy with his car but right now going to drive in the corner now he's got the spot but he was very very cautious racing Cory Hind and that's for 12 for fourth up top the eight got a little loose right there almost jumped the cushion and the Seven's gone by him trouble down the back straightaway the 20 of bell was trying to lap a car they made contact and now Creed is on the outside but take a look at what happened it's the 07 of Greg vanol it's kind of a timing issue with the 20 and then he got loose so right now Bell thinks he's going to give him the outside he doesn't tries to go underneath him then loses all his of his I am wrecking loose boys wrecking loose all guy wrecking loose and running in the fifth position Creed now right on the back bumper of the 35 that has slowed him down enough that the 20 is within Striking Distance Here Comes Bell through three and four for the final time in stage two will he have enough time he's looked to the outside it was closed and Creed is going to win his first stage of 2024 by Bell on the inside will Creed be able to hold him off by Rolling the top they're going to be too wide on that very narrow exit of turn two greed ran him down the racetrack a little bit tried not to give him any room now almost touching fenders as Bell surges ahead into three same thing we saw on the last restart 20 is able to drive into turn through three with so much Pace now your bell and you have control of the race with 50 laps to go that is two lifetimes on a set of Goodyear tires so you really have to settle in drive a lot out your mirror only run as hard as you need to to keep control of the race well and every time you slide that just takes a little bit out of the tires as now you see the 21 catches the 45 and a tough time on the exit of two kuster trying to take advantage he will have the speed to enter and we're here there's maybe a piece of debris on the Gill of the 21 but I don't know if that's enough to need to get behind somebody Marty so they're trying to see what the temperature is on the car they asked Austin Hill is that affecting what you're doing and he hasn't really answered the team yet but he has lost a couple of spots here in the last few moments here goes Cole kuster by him oh there's zero doubt in my mind Creed's going to get there no doubt the question is a already slipping and sliding nearly out of control Bell does he have anything to battle against the 18 Creed had a little bit of trouble getting by this lap car now all the pressure's on Bell he knows the 18s better he has run him down from a long way back looks to the inside he's got clean air on the nose now right up against the back bumper here comes the 18 ced's going to pass him coming out of two Creed's leading a Darlington B just has nothing left nothing to fight with he's kind of give a shot fires to the inside but as long as the 18 doesn't overdrive the middle it should be an easy Corner exit for the 18 of Creed free drives in the corner gets to his rear bumper and already Bell's out of control but now live the 18 is nearly in the wall off turn four that's what you can't have happen you mentioned it coach him back a little bit 16 slow this is exactly what oh big damage to the right front we have the 16 slowing in the racetrack we have traffic in front of bell let's see what's happened to the 16 he and kuster have been racing a lot kuster into the wall got him slowed down alinger didn't judge it correctly and he's slow on the RAC trck caution comes out there will be another restart all right Steve it is it's going to be you know overtime a sh a big hit there for aldinger yeah we kind of got to it late and Jeff and I are both wondering why there was a yellow cuz he looked like he was just slow but we didn't see this a huge hit for the 16 of almond Dinger going in the middle of one and two you see the 18 coming down Pit Road Two Bells left and there goes Christopher Bell looks like Christopher Bell will Le frog his teammate here on Pit Road more than just his teammate the 18 of creed just an awful stop they lost two spots [Music] a great restart by that double zero Cole kuster he throws it into turn number one but Bell on the outside he's going to clear him coming off a two oh and contact's made they slide down the racetrack now Bell back to the high side kuster down low Creed still in striking position white flag goes in the air one more time [Applause] around bell with a onear length Advantage kuster now two car lengths back bell pulling away down the backstretch the contact was made on the first lap after the restart and Bell now coming out of turn four it's going to be his first Darlington win in the expin series Christopher Bell is going to win at the track too tough to tame out of Bo driver way to go they both run down the racetrack and at this point I think C is going to come flying on the outside just didn't have enough Pace didn't have enough pace and I can assure you that is the lowest angle the 20 or the d0o of entered look at this they are five Lanes down the racetrack turning back to the wall to turn in the corner we talk about simulating engineering and all of this that's race car driving right there there's nothing about what they just did that was better it was just an amazing talent behind the wheel of the 20 and the zero they both made it two turns three and four hi I'm Parker cerman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports on NBC YouTube channel