Christopher Bell defeated Denny Hamlin in a photo finish in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway to capture his third consecutive victory.

Christopher Bell made history Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, outdueling teammate Denny Hamlin to become the first Cup driver to win three consecutive races in the Next Gen era. Bell held off Hamlin on a two-lap restart shootout that ended the race on the 1-mile oval.

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.