“So far so good with the first three weeks,” Kyle Busch said optimistically. It has been one month since NASCAR’s 2025 season went green in Daytona, and one name has dominated the Cup Series. Christopher Bell accomplished a jaw-dropping feat, clinching three consecutive races for the first time since Kyle Larson did in 2021. Yet what spices this story up more is that Busch has done it before too, in 2015, and knows the pitfalls of sustained success.

During the three weeks that Christopher Bell shone, Kyle Busch also put up a three-peat streak of top-ten finishes. So whatever the Richard Childress Racing #8 team is doing, it is paying dividends. Heading into his home race at Las Vegas, Busch reflected on his chances to end his 61 race winless streak at future races as well as slyly dampening Bell’s hopes to break more records.

Kyle Busch insinuates the end of Bell’s streak

Across Atlanta, Circuit of the Americas, and Phoenix, Christopher Bell was the belle of the ball. What the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team accomplished has been unheard of in the Next-Gen era. Yet, don’t let Bell’s glory dazzle you into ignoring the storylines at the side. After a misery-laden 2024 season, Kyle Busch is back to confidently contending for wins. In Atlanta, he led for 13 laps and pieced together a 7th-place finish. In COTA, Rowdy came dangerously close to snapping his winless streak. He led a race-best 42 laps before an untimely caution and older tires relegated him to fifth place.

During the media availability session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch warned Christopher Bell about his early-season popularity. NASCAR’s spotlight is on the JGR star, and that excessive attention may rattle his balance soon. Busch said, “You know, you don’t want to start hot and then have NASCAR looking over you with a microscope. Then you have different issues getting through tech each week that then can kind of derail your summer. You’ve got to be careful and patient with everything that you’ve got going on. But that sometimes can be a defining factor as well, to your season and how you play it out.”

Well, NASCAR already had the microscope out on Joe Gibbs Racing after the Daytona 500 qualifying! Chase Briscoe blitzed past the competition to secure JGR’s first-ever pole at ‘The Great American Race’ in 2025. However, after the race, inspection revealed a faulty spoiler, resulting in an L2 level penalty, violating Section 14.1 of the Rule Book, which pertains to overall assembled vehicles rules, and 14.5.8, which deals with the spoiler. JGR was docked 100 points from the driver and owner, as well as a $100,000 fine. However, this penalty was eventually overturned after an appeal revealed that there was no modification but an issue with the source part instead.

Regardless, Busch makes a valid point. The more you win, the more predictable the races get, and that is something NASCAR hates. The whole purpose of the Next-Gen car was to bring parity to the series, and this was evident as no driver ever won three races in a row in this car until Bell this year. What makes it all the more impressive is that Bell did it on three different track types: Atlanta (superspeedway), COTA (road course), and Phoenix (short, flat oval). Meanwhile, Kyle Busch also excelled at these tracks with top-10 finishes at each and reflected on how he can build on this positive start from the RCR team.

Busch expressed optimism reflected on every race as an opportunity to learn. “Each week’s different, right? We have a small sample size right now with the start of the season and only having a few races. As we continue to add to that sample size of Vegas, Miami, go to Martinsville, and hit at Bristol, a Darlington – I feel like then you’ll really start to see where you stack up,” added Busch.

Kyle Busch’s No. 8 team is working hard to topple Christopher Bell’s pace. With key crew changes during the off-season and a solid, consistent momentum, they might just succeed. However, Bell has blessings from another NASCAR legend.

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Looking to repeat history

Christopher Bell admittedly rubbed his eyes before believing what had happened to him recently. “It is still the coolest thing in the world to me that I have Jimmie Johnson in my phone,” Bell said. Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson sent the JGR driver texts three weeks in a row. Bell’s victories at Atlanta, COTA, and Phoenix prompted these messages. If a fourth one appears, Bell would enter an elite NASCAR group. He would become the first driver to accomplish a four-peat Cup race streak since Johnson himself did in 2007. Only eight drivers have achieved the same in the modern era of NASCAR that began in 1972. Bell will begin the Pennzoil 400 race in Sin City from the 13th starting spot.

And Christopher Bell is bracing himself for the possible honor. He is weighing all the factors cautiously, being aptly aware that hungry rivals like Kyle Busch will not let him rest. Bell said about his chances in Las Vegas: “One thing is for sure — nothing that has happened the last three weeks means anything for this week. Everything is still ahead of me and nothing is set, and we have to go out there and perform. This has been a strong track for us in the past, but I’m just trying very hard to not get ahead of myself and understand it is a new week. It’s a different race, and everyone is going to be bringing their best stuff to try to beat me.”

Evidently, Christopher Bell is accepting Kyle Busch’s challenge to look out for a flip to his hot streak. The more his rivals work tirelessly to clinch victory, the more anticipated we get. Do you think Bell can extend his streak to four wins this week at Vegas? Let us know in the comments!