In his quest for a historic fourth consecutive win, Christopher Bell fell short at Las Vegas with a 12th-place finish on Sunday.

Bell has the chance Sunday to become the first driver since Jimmie Johnson in 2007 to win four consecutive Cup Series races — an accomplishment that only eight drivers have achieved in the modern era of NASCAR that began in 1972.

The NCS comes into Las Vegas after an exhilerating finish at Phoenix Raceway last Sunday, as Christopher Bell held of Denny Hamlin to secure his third straight win. It marked the first time since Kyle Larson in 2021 that a driver has won three consecutive races (Larson accomplished the feat twice that season).