SportsLine's Steven Taranto reveals his picks for NASCAR at Circuit of the Americas, where Shane Van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Connor Zilisch are favorites

This weekend at COTA, Christopher Bell earned his second win in a row in the Cup Series with a great run in Texas. Outpacing William Byron, Tyler Reddick, and Kyle Busch in the closing laps, Bell made a big statement for this week’s NASCAR Power Rankings.

SVG works around Tyler Reddick in turn 6 for the lead, and holds Reddick off on the crossover. Kyle Busch has moved into third behind those two, with Daniel Suarez and Kyle Larson in the top five.

Christopher Bell held off William Byron and Tyler Reddick to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA. Here are the NASCAR COTA winners and losers.

The 30-year-old driver held off William Byron, Tyler Reddick and Kyle Busch to score ... Hendrick Cars Chevrolet driver Kyle Larson (5) leads a group of cars through turn 17 during the NASCAR ...

How does the field stack up behind Christopher Bell after his second straight win Sunday in Austin? Here's our latest NASCAR power rankings.

Kyle Busch led the second-most ... his consummate skills behind the wheel to hold off Tyler Reddick after a restart with 27 laps left. Larson had the short-run speed, enough to build significant ...

5. Shane Van Gisbergen, 25. 7. Ryan Blaney, 24. 8. Bubba Wallace, 22. 9. Alex Bowman, 17. 9. William Byron, 17. 11. Kyle Larson, 12. 12. Corey LaJoie, 10. 13. Christopher Bell, 9. 13. Chase Briscoe, 9. 17. Todd Gilliland, 7.