Joe Gibbs driver Christopher Bell emerges as a NASCAR championship contender

Howard Altschiller, left, executive editor of Seacoast Media Group, presents Christopher Bell , right, with the winner’s trophy during ceremonies after Bell won the NASCAR Cup Series race, Sunday, June 23, 2024, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Christopher Bell steers his car out of Turn 1 in a NASCAR Cup Series race, Sunday, June 23, 2024, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.

Even after Bell hoisted the traditional lobster in victory lane, he still couldn’t completely let go of some of the wins that slipped away from him this season. He rattled off a missed opportunity at Circuit of the Americas when he couldn’t quite catch Byron over the final two laps and another close call at Richmond. As stout as 2024 has been for Bell and the Gibbs team, it’s hard for him not to think that it could have been better.

It was a race Bell wouldn’t have won before this season — New Hampshire was stopped by rain with 82 scheduled laps left and would not have resumed without the wet-weather tires. That would have meant a checkered flag for leader Tyler Reddick. “They’re just a lot of fun,” Bell said. “What we’ve lost in the Next Gen car of being able to slide the car around and run the car really loose, yeah, I can’t describe it better than that, but we get that back on the rain tires. Whenever the track is damp, you’re able to slide the car around more and drive it hanging out more, drive it on the right rear more. It’s a lot of fun doing that for sure.”“I don’t know what to say other than it’s just a knife’s edge,” Bell said.

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