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“Going into next season, I am set for another TOYOTA SUPRA
year of Xfinity, and there are no holes in the CREW CHIEF:
Cup side, so that’s what makes it difficult,” JASON RATCLIFF FEATURED DRIVERS
Bell said. OWNER:

Bell’s victories were a perfect blend of short JOE GIBBS RACING
and intermediate tracks. He swept both
races at Richmond, and he found Victory
Lane at Dover, Phoenix, Kentucky, New Even if he has to wait another year to get into one of Gibbs’
Hampshire and Iowa. Cup series cars.

He had 18 top-five efforts, along with 20 top “I’m still going to be sitting in a really fast race car at a
10s and five pole positions. level in motorsports where I never really dreamed I’d be
at. So, I’m going to be thrilled either way,” he said. “Like
If there was a glitch in Bell’s season, it was his ability I said, I’m 24 years old. I feel like I’m at my prime, and I
to stay out of trouble. He was involved in six crashes don’t want to waste another year if the opportunity comes
and he finished outside the top 21 eight times. to make the jump.”

“I think my approach has been really similar, and moving forward
into next year,” Bell said. “I’m just going to focus on controlling my
DNFs. A lot of them have been outside my control, but just make FOLLOW ONLINE
sure that I don’t make any mistakes that cause DNFs.”
@CBellRacing @CBellRacing
Nonetheless, Bell has the benefit of working with some of the best
equipment in the Xfinity Series. In all, JGR cars combined to win
nine races. @christopherBellRacing

“The biggest thing is I’ve learned throughout my years, and
especially in NASCAR, is you are only as good as the race car that christopherbellracing.com
you sit in,” Bell said. “Right now, I’m at the best organization that I
can be at, so I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else, honestly.”

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