NASCAR CUP SERIES: JOCKEY MADE IN AMERICA 250 PRESENTED BY KWIK TRIP

July 4, 2021

Christopher Bell

Press Conference

An Interview with:

Q. Christopher, trying to chase down Chase Elliott there late. You were actually faster than him. Too big a lead.

CHRISTOPHER BELL: Yeah, kind of buried ourselves there when we had that pit road penalty. It was a lot of fun. Our Sirius XM Camry was really good. It's been a trying last two months, but we feel like we're getting back on track. There's no reason why we can't be running up front every week.

Q. This is your first top five since April. How does it feel to have a solid run, execute and get the finish?

CHRISTOPHER BELL: Yeah, it's been good. Last week at Pocono we had a car capable of finishing in the top five. It didn't happen. Besides that Nashville we were okay. Aside from that, I don't know, we just haven't been very fast. Here the last couple weeks, I've been really proud of the progress we've made. I'm just proud to drive for everybody on this 20 group at Joe Gibbs Racing. Excited for the future. I know there's more to come. Like I said, there's no reason why we can't run up front every week.

Q. You told me you had to keep this car pretty clean. How do you rate this one with the right front damage?

CHRISTOPHER BELL: Let's look at the cars behind me. I don't know. It's pretty good. Not a hundred percent, but pretty clean.