While Martin Truex Jr. dominated much of the race, it was Elliott and Bell who emerged as the fastest cars following the final round of pit stops.
Elliott nudged Kurt Busch out of the way for the lead on Lap 247 of 301 only to see Bell power around Elliott on Lap 260.
From there, Bell couldn’t be touched and topped Elliott by 5.767 seconds for his first win of the 2022 season and just the second of his career.
“I can’t believe it,” Bell said over his team radio after taking the checkered flag.
Bell, 27, becomes the 14th different winner in the Cup Series this season.
“Man, that one was much-needed right there,” said Bell, who was in danger of missing the 16-driver playoff without a victory.
“That was a hell of a race from my viewpoint. That was so much fun racing with (Kurt Busch), (Joey Logano) and (Elliott). We were all running different lines. That was a blast. I’m so happy – so happy to be here at Joe Gibbs Racing.
“Winning Cup races is hard. It’s seems like we’ve been so close and we fell off a little bit last week. But here we are today.”
Bubba Wallace finished third, Truex ended up fourth and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 were Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Kurt Busch.
Stage 3
During the break between Stages 2 and 3, most of the lead-lap cars pit with Truex the first off pit road. Austin Cindric had an uncontrolled tire during his stop and had to restart from the rear of the field.
Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe and Kyle Busch all stayed out and led the way on the restart on Lap 193. Truex lined up fourth and Elliott fifth.
Briscoe quickly powered to the lead on the restart. On Lap 198, Truex – on new tires- passed Briscoe to return to the front.
Todd Gilliland spun and hit the wall in Turn 4 on Lap 205 to bring out the ninth caution of the race. Most lead-lap cars pit with Truex first off pit road.
Kurt Busch stayed out and inherited the lead and led the way on the restart on Lap 210 followed by Joey Logano, Cole Custer and Truex.
On Lap 243, Elliott made contact with Logano racing for position with Elliott taking over the second spot while Logano dropped back to fourth.
Elliott then got into Kurt Busch in a battle for the lead with Elliott moving out front on Lap 247 for the first time in the race.
On Lap 260, Bell finally caught Elliott and got around him in Turn 4 to take the lead for the first time.
Kurt Busch was forced to pit under green…
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