“He beat me all the time for a long time!” Kyle Larson breaks silence on Christopher Bell’s dirty racing return

Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson is looking forward to his arch dirt racing rival Christopher Bell return to the sport.

“He beat me all the time for a long time!” Kyle Larson breaks silence on Christopher Bell’s dirty racing return

Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell (Via IMAGO)

Toyota giants Joe Gibbs Racing is making some big changes their whole organization, going into the 2025 season. This includes changes to their, drivers, crew chiefs, in-team promotions and some major policy changes. One such changes was the removal of the controversial restrictions put on non-NASCAR activities of the JGR drivers.

JGR recently announced that they have removed the ban on non-NASCAR racing activities of its drivers including dirt racing. Their star driver Christopher Bell was the one who got affected the most by the change, as he is one of the bets dirt racers in the country. Now with Bell set to return in style, his Cup and dirt racing rival Kyle Larson is bit cautious.

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At the NASCAR Championship Award ceremony, he talked about the return and admitted that he wouldn’t be surprised if the JGR star comes in and win the first race he starts. He looking forward to having the strong duels they had n the past yet again and is hopeful that this time he would be able to get the upper hand to take revenge on past loses.

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He’s still Christopher Bell and I wouldn’t be surprised whenever his first race is if he goes and wins. Hopefully, we’ll get to race and battle up front and have some duels like we used to and hopefully I’ll come out on top more often because he beat me all the time for a long time. But I’m happy. I think it’s good for the sport.

Kyle Larson told NBC Sports.

Kyle Larson’s racing ventures isn’t over yet in 2024

Almost all the drivers in the NASCAR garage are looking forward to spending their time with the family and take rest in the off season. But for Larson the season isn’t over yet as he is looking forward to racing in dirt and sprint car events through US as well as in Australia.

Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)
Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)

I’ll do a handful of races for sure. Still trying figure out all my plans, but yeah, I’ve got some midget races coming up in the next few weeks and then I’ll go to Australia. That’s… for sure, races I’m doing right now.

Kyle Larson said.

The extra racing in the dirt scene gives Kyle Larson a huge advantage when he meets Bell again soon and this will make their duels more memorable. It will be interesting to see when they will meet for the first time and who will come out victorious.