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American racing driver
NASCAR driver
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| Born | Christopher David Bell December 16, 1994 Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. |
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| Achievements | 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Regular Season Champion 2017, 2018, 2019 Chili Bowl Nationals Champion 2015 Eldora Mudsummer Classic Winner 2014, 2017, 2018 Turkey Night Grand Prix winner 2013 USAC National Midget Series Champion |
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| 116 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 20 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| 2022 position | 3rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 3rd (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023 NOCO 400 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| First win | 2021 O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 (Daytona RC) | ||||||
| Last win | 2023 Food City Dirt Race (Bristol Dirt) | ||||||
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| 77 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| 2022 position | 88th | ||||||
| Best finish | 3rd (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
| First win | 2017 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
| Last win | 2021 Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
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| 54 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 61 (Hattori Racing Enterprises) | ||||||
| 2018 position | 108th | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
| First win | 2015 Mudsummer Classic (Eldora) | ||||||
| Last win | 2017 UNOH 175 (Loudon) | ||||||
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| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2017 position | 48th | ||||||
| Best finish | 48th (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 Can-Am 200 (CTMP) | ||||||
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Christopher David Bell (born December 16, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises. He is the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion.
Racing career[edit]
Early career and dirt track racing[edit]
Bell began his racing career in micro sprints at I-44 Riverside Speedway in the early 2000s. He earned the Lucas Oil ASCS2 Championship in 2010 before winning the 66 Mike Phillips Memorial micro-sprint car race in 2011. The following year, he finished second in the Short Track Nationals at I-30 Speedway, a race sanctioned by the American Sprint Car Series.[1] In 2013, he joined Keith Kunz Motorsports in USAC racing, replacing Kyle Larson.[2] On October 31, he joined CH Motorsports‘ sprint car racing program.[3] Bell concluded 2013 as the USAC National Midget Champion. In 2014, he began racing asphalt Super Late Models for Kyle Busch Motorsports,[4] including competing in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. On May 7, he won his first career WoO Sprint Car Series race at Jacksonville Speedway.[5] As a Super Late Model driver, he won races at New Smyrna Speedway, South Alabama Speedway and Southern National Motorsports Park.[4] During the year, he won 24 USAC Midget races[6] and 26 total dirt races, including the Turkey Night Grand Prix.[7]
In 2017, Bell won the Chili Bowl Nationals, becoming the first Oklahoman to win the event since Andy Hillenburg in 1994.[8] Bell followed the 2017 Chili Bowl win with his third consecutive Turnpike Challenge victory, the most recent win coming at his hometown track I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City. He finished the 2017 season with a win in the Tulsa Shootout’s Winged Outlaw Division.[9]
He won the Chili Bowl again in 2018 and 2019 to become only the third three-time winner of the race.
NASCAR[edit]
In 2015, Bell made two NASCAR K&N Pro Series West starts at Irwindale Speedway and Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 54 for Bill McAnally Racing; he finished 15th and second, respectively.[10] In June, Bell returned to Iowa to make his Camping World Truck Series debut for KBM in the American Ethanol 200.[4] Bell finished second to KBM teammate Erik Jones in the race’s practice session, and finished fifth in the race.[7] On July 8, Bell was announced as Justin Boston‘s replacement in the No. 54 at Kentucky Speedway.[11] Bell won his first career Truck race in the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway after holding off Bobby Pierce on the green–white–checker finish.[12][13]
On October 29, 2015, KBM announced that Bell would compete full-time in the Truck Series in 2016.[14] His season started on a terrifying note at Daytona, when on the final lap, Brandon Brown pushed Timothy Peters into him causing his truck to spin. His truck gripped the track, causing it to go…
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