Overview

• Bubba Wallace said he texted Christopher Bell to apologize for their Kansas contact, and Bell publicly welcomed the gesture.
• Bell called the late Kansas sequence a collective failure for Toyota after five Toyotas led the final restart and none won.
• Denny Hamlin initially defended his move as hard racing, then after a 30-minute talk at Charlotte said he should have checked on Wallace sooner.
• The Kansas shuffle left Wallace fifth and 26 points below the cutline, while Chase Elliott’s overtime win secured his advancement.
• Tyler Reddick took pole for the Charlotte Roval, with Ty Gibbs third; Bell qualified seventh, Wallace 12th, and Hamlin 14th.