NASCAR CUP SERIES: CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

November 8, 2026

Christopher Bell

Pit Lane Interview

Q. It was a great year for you guys. You come home second in the points. Career best for you. What do you take away from this season?

CHRISTOPHER BELL: Yeah, I'm really proud of the consistency that we had. Throughout the course of even 2025, we went on that hot stretch and won a lot of races early on, then we kind of fell off.

This year consistently we were in the mix. We were in there for contention of race wins. Obviously disappointed we didn't win more. Yeah, just happy and thrilled and thankful that I'm in position.

Something to build on. Hopefully we can execute a little bit better and get that grand prize at the end.

Q. You hope to be in the championship fight again next year. The track seemed to behave a little different this week. Did you think that?

CHRISTOPHER BELL: I don't know. I mean, I really thought that we were in a golden spot early on in the race, whenever my car felt as good as it did taking off in the daytime. It was really hot outside. The track was really slick. I was really loose. I'm like, Man, whenever this thing cools down, I'm going to be able to go hard.

I don't know. Stage three restart, the top row spun our tires, lost a bunch of positions. Never really got going good after that. Thankfully we had the yellow, got a good restart to end up in the top five.

All in all, I'm really proud of our 20 group. We'll try and do one spot better.