Christopher Bell hopes to carry on his clutch-winning form beyond 2023

Joe Gibbs Racing youngster Christopher Bell was arguably the best Toyota driver of the 2022 season. He was the only TRD driver to reach Championship 4 this season, as he capped off the season with a P3 finish overall. Consistency was critical to Bell’s success in 22, and he was able to deliver victories for the team when it was demanded of him.

Bell’s progression to the season finale was a story of its own. He failed to score a win until the 20^th race of the season, which earned him the last-16 spot. Bell was able to navigate the R-16 with three consecutive top 5s, but he failed to carry on the consistency in the R-12 and had to rely on an impressive win at ROVAL.

The story continued in the R-8, and a clutch win in the Martinsville cut-off race earned him the Final four entry. Bell’s championship hopes came crashing down in Phoenix following a pit crew mishap that cost him valuable time. The team was already emotionally struggling to cope with the death of their co-owner Coy Gibbs.

Christopher Bell is hopeful that he will be able to carry on a similar form in the 2023 season and beyond. He said, “I hope that it’s just the beginning. I feel like our 20 group is capable of winning many races in 2023, and hopefully, we can carry that into 2024 and ’25,”.

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2022 has been a learning curve for Christopher Bell, and he hopes to continue a similar level of performance

Christopher Bell’s improvement in performance has a lot to do with his increased confidence in his equipment. He claims that he could have performed well in 2022 if he had had a similar opportunity. Getting on the same page as his crew chief helped him serve better.

“The biggest piece of that is having confidence in my equipment and my car. I hope I improved from 2021 to 2022, but I do feel like I could have performed well in 2021 if we had the opportunity, me and Adam, to get on the same page, and he gave me what I needed to be successful earlier in our outing,” Christopher Bell said.

The 2022 season has been a learning curve for him. He said, “In 2022, starting off the year at California and Vegas, those were two really big learning curves because we were able to make changes to the car, and I was able to show Adam that if he gave what I needed in the car, then I can be successful and be fast,”.

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