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Bell in disbelief after Logano’s gas gambit paid off
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Bell in disbelief after Logano’s gas gambit paid off

Motorsports October 30, 2024
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“You have to be f****** kidding me,” Christopher Bell radioed in anger as he crossed the end line at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After main 155 of 267 laps, he completed second — simply 0.662s shy of profitable the race and an robotically advancing into the NASCAR Cup Sequence Championship 4.

 

However there’s nothing the motive force of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota did improper. He by no means made a mistake. His pit stops had been quick and he maintained a bonus over William Byron and Alex Bowman by means of the ultimate cycle of green-flag stops. However that did not cease Joey Logano from stretching the gas and stealing the win out from below him anyway.

“I don’t know, and I don’t assume I’ve come to phrases with it but,” mentioned Bell in his fast post-race response.

“Only a bummer. Everybody on this workforce did all the pieces excellent as we speak. This factor was clearly on rails, the pit crew did an incredible job, Adam (Stevens, crew chief) known as an incredible race. We did all the pieces we would have liked to place the Camry into victory lane, and sadly, it wasn’t meant to be as we speak.”

Whereas the best way he misplaced could also be totally different, this is not precisely a brand new feeling for Bell leaving the Spherical of 8 playoff race at Vegas. He began from pole in Sunday’s occasion and led probably the most laps. Final 12 months was the same story, ranging from pole and remaining in competition for many of the day. Within the last moments, he ran down Kyle Larson and was actually touching his again bumper as they took the checkered flag, shedding by 0.082s. Again then, he mentioned it felt like he missed out on the ‘golden ticket’, which possible aligns together with his emotions after Logano’s victory final weekend. 

Kyle Larson being chased by Christopher Bell within the run to the end line in 2023.

Photograph by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Pictures

However in 2023, Bell didn’t crumble after such a agonizing loss. No, he stepped up and received the very subsequent week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. As he goals to make the Championship 4 for the third consecutive 12 months, might we see historical past repeat itself but once more at Homestead?

“It’s a entire new race subsequent week,” mentioned Bell. Regardless of final 12 months’s success, he was hesitant to say that issues will go the identical method they did one 12 months in the past. “This observe means nothing for subsequent week, and luckily, we had been in a position to go and win in Homestead final 12 months, however nothing is assured. Simply because I ran second this week, doesn’t imply I’m going to complete wherever subsequent week. I believe the factors look fairly good, which is a constructive, however you might be by no means secure on this deal. We would have liked to win as we speak, and sadly, we didn’t. We are going to go on to the following one.”

The excellent news for Bell is that he has extra factors than any of the seven playoff drivers not but locked in after Vegas, holding a 42-point buffer. However as we have seen lately with this spherical, a win from the very succesful drivers beneath the cut-line can and can erase that deficit. The NASCAR playoffs are all concerning the ‘win and also you’re in’ system, and it is by no means extra necessary than it’s on this spherical — much more so than the finale.

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