Christopher Bell asserts people take his ‘quiet and reserved nature as a weakness’ despite success
Joe Gibbs Racing star driver Christopher Bell has explained how some sees his reserved nature as a weakness.
Follow Us
Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell (In Circle) and Martin Truex Jr. (Via IMAGO)
Since the start of the 2022 season, when the Next-Gen cars were introduced, Christopher Bell has been a leading driver at Joe Gibbs Racing. He came close to winning title twice with championship-4 appearances, but issues with his No:20 Toyota Camry shattered their dream. But amidst all this, the racing community didn’t give him the limelight he deserved.
Even now despite Chrsitopher Bell being a front runner to point his way into the championship-4 with just the Martinsville race remain in the R-8, he isn’t getting the recognition. While talking about it recently, Bell pointed out that his quiet and reserved character is seen as a weakness by many. He then asserted that he is as capable as any of the contenders.
I’m definitely quiet. I’m quiet and reserved, and people will kind of take that as a weakness. I’m not one of the guys that’s going to be out there hooting and hollering, but I know that I’m every bit as capable as anyone else out there.
Christopher Bell told Motorsports.com.
The JGR veteran also recalled how he was overlooked lasty season as well, and also highlighted how he upset a lot in the garage by making into the championship-4. He also explained that he was happy that he proved the “Netflix: Full Speed” crew wrong by making into the finale.
It was interesting to me how the Netflix deal played out last year. They have to pick guys to follow throughout the year, and coming off of 2022, I was a championship contender. We made the final four, then they specifically chose not to follow me because they didn’t expect me to perform well. It made me happy that I proved them wrong and crashed their party.
Christopher Bell added.
Christopher Bell is cautiously optimistic about Martinsville race
While further talking about his playoffs, Bell pointed out that he feels cautiously optimistic about Martinsville race this coming Sunday. He pointed out they are going to be fats at the track and will do everything make it into the finale.
I feel cautiously optimistic. That’s the words that I’ve been using this week, because while we do have a pretty good buffer, our competition is going to be fierce. They’re going to be fast, and they’re going to be racing for the win. It’s going to be very important for the 20 team to be right there with them, and if we do that, we could be staring at another Championship Four berth.
Christopher Bell said.
The star racer has 29 points advantage from the cutline and can easily make into the finale on points, given he doesn’t make any big mistakes or the car bails on him in the race. It would be interesting to see how the No:20 driver will perform next-Sunday.
Stay Updated!
Justin P Joy
(4859 Articles Published)