NASCAR Power Rankings: Christopher Bell in contention for No. 1

Christopher Bell accomplished the weekend sweep of winning both the Xfinity and Cup races on Saturday-Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

It was the first time this season that a driver won multiple times in NASCAR national series races in the same weekend.

The sweep lifted Bell from third to second in the rankings and this sweep seemed like a good time to take a look at whether these drivers in the rankings have ever won a Cup race and another NASCAR national series races in one weekend and how many times they've done double duty this year.

Cup drivers are limited to five races in each the Xfinity and truck series during the season. They can't compete in the final eight races (the regular-season finale and the playoffs) as well as races with special winning bonuses such as the Dash 4 Cash Xfinity events and the Triple Truck Challenge.

And one driver to note — Kyle Busch isn't in the rankings. He has the record with 18 race weekends where he has won a Cup race and an Xfinity or truck event. Included in those are him being the only driver to have two tripleheader weekend sweeps of all three series – both at Bristol (August 2010 and August 2017).

1. Kyle Larson (Last Week: 1)

Larson has won Xfinity and Cup races in one weekend twice in his career — in March 2017 at California Speedway and then August 2022 at Watkins Glen. Larson won the Xfinity race at Circuit of the Americas earlier this year (his only Xfinity start) but finished 17th in the Cup race. He will do double duty again next week when he races in Xfinity and Cup on the Chicago street course. 

2. Christopher Bell (LW: 3)

This past weekend at New Hampshire was the first time Bell had earned a weekend sweep — quite appropriate since he is 4-for-4 in his