Christopher Bell was disappointed with a runner-up finish at Las Vegas, his second consecutive second place finish. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota is carrying momentum into Homestead, where he won last year. Can he do it again?
Christopher Bell queued up his radio and shouted in frustration as he came up short of chasing down Joey Logano, who was on an alternate strategy than the one his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team employed in last Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.The reason for Bell's frustration, who is usually one of the calmest and coolest individuals in the NASCAR Cup Series garage, was easy to understand.
This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs roll along to Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday's Straight Talk Wireless 400, and while he is coming off of a disappointing missed opportunity, Bell is surging. And while he has yet to pick up a win in the Playoffs, it feels like a win is certainly near as the driver is now riding a back-to-back runner-up finishing streak as he also finished second to Kyle Larson at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
The driver of the No. 20 Toyota Camry XSE has completed all of the 1,696 possible laps in the seven Playoff races, and his worst finish came at Watkins Glen, and even that finish wasn't horrendous as Bell snagged a 14th-place finish at the winding 2.45-mile road course in New York. While many will have Kyle Larson or Tyler Reddick pegged as the favorites for the race win coming into the weekend, as they are among the most efficient at riding the outside wall at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it's worth noting that the two high-lane experts have combined for just one win at the track through their careers.
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