Christopher Bell began Sunday’s race in seventh place, and after the primary pit cease cycle, he discovered himself in place to problem for the race lead.
Battling his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, he took the lad and led a number of laps. As he encountered heavier lapped site visitors within the remaining 15 laps of the stage, Denny Hamlin received again alongside him they usually battled back-and-forth.
Whereas these two JGR teammates disputed the lead, Todd Gilliland — who was working close to the tail of the lead lap — received up out of the groove and spun in Flip 4. He stored his foot within the gasoline, making an attempt to maintain it off the wall. Nevertheless, that additionally despatched his No. 34 FRM Ford again down the monitor, instantly within the path of the race chief.
Bell tried to keep away from, however received clipped, sending his No. 20 Toyota careening into the skin wall on the entrance stretch.
After 68 laps, Bell’s promising day got here to an abrupt finish. He was checked and launched from the infield care heart.
“Simply one other a kind of 50/50 calls,” Bell advised a media scrum together with Motorsport.com “I noticed him [Gilliland] spin and Denny lifted, and I assumed that I might shoot the hole on the underside. I assumed I did shoot the hole on the underside, and I received clipped.”
Bell actually believed he had a race-winning automobile, however as a consequence of the truth that he wrecked earlier than the top of Stage 1 and can end final, the JGR driver leaves Texas with only one level for his efforts.
“I used to be fearful about factors about eight weeks in the past,” stated Bell in regards to the championship state of affairs. “However its gonna be what it is gonna be they usually’ll reset with ten to go. We gotta end as excessive as we are able to up till that time.”
Bell led 22 laps earlier than the race-ending crash.
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