{
  "id": 6080376,
  "title": "Christopher Bell passes Kyle Larson to win NASCAR Southern 500 at Darlington",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/christopher-bell-passes-kyle-larson-to-win-nascar-southern-500-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T01:37:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/christopher-bell-wins-nascar-southern-500-darlington/10853247/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Christopher Bell won the NASCAR Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. He passed Kyle Larson with 12 laps to go and held on to take the victory. This was Bell's first win of the 2026 season and his first since last September.\n\nAccording to Motorsport.com, Bell led from Larson and held off Ty Gibbs in second and Tyler Reddick in third.\n\nBell expressed his pride and relief after the win, stating it had been a long time coming. He credited his team, including the mechanics and pit crew members, for their hard work.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "What time does NASCAR start today? TV schedule, channel, live stream to watch 2026 Darlington playoff race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/what-time-does-nascar-start-today-tv-schedule-channel-live-stream-to",
        "published": "2026-09-06T04:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "State of the NASCAR O'Reilly Chase after Darlington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/state-of-the-nascar-oreilly-chase-after-darlington",
        "published": "2026-09-06T05:26:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}