Christopher Bell celebrates in victory lane after winning Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, a self-described “dirt track kid” from Oklahoma, continued to show he’s pretty good on pavement Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.
Bell edged Chase Briscoe after a side-by-side, closing-laps battle to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Bell, who started 21st in the 28-truck field, won under caution after a white-flag wreck involving Timothy Peters, Austin Self and Johnny Sauter on TMS’ repaved and re-profiled 1.5-mile oval.
A 22-year-old native of Norman, Oklahoma, who calls TMS his home track, Bell earned his first win at TMS, second of 2017 and fourth of his 37-race NCWTS career.
“First off, I want to make sure everyone is OK,” said Bell, driver of the No. 4 Toyota Tundra fielded by Kyle Busch Motorsports. “It’s kind of a sorrowful victory here in victory lane. That was a pretty bad flip and I’ve taken my fair share of flips and it hurts a lot worse whenever it’s in the grass like that one was, so I hope he’s (Peters) OK. That’s the most important part.
“But second of all, we’re in victory lane, so it’s just a dream come true to be able to win here in Texas – my hometown. All of the Tundras are built right here in Texas (San Antonio), so it’s a huge win for us, everybody at Toyota and Toyota Racing Development. Man, our JBL Tundra was super, super good.”
As Bell and Briscoe raced side-by-side for the win after a restart on lap 166, Self’s No. 22 Toyota spun and initiated contact with Peters exiting the dogleg and heading down the track’s frontstretch. Peters’ No. 99 Chevrolet Silverado spun and caught the infield grass, sending it tumbling and bouncing on the pavement. The No. 99 wound up on its top, with track safety workers needing several minutes to extricate Peters once the wreckage was turned over.
Peters was evaluated at the track’s infield care center and released.
Briscoe was seeking his first series win and first for Ford this season. It appeared he was going to accomplish both after he took the lead from Bell on a restart following the night’s eighth caution from laps 155-159. NASCAR’s scoring system determined Briscoe was in the lead on lap 160 of 167 and when the yellow again flew on lap 161 for a three-truck incident in turn 4. When the green flew on lap 166, Bell was able to edge Briscoe for the lead by inches as the wreck unfolded behind them.
“I never saw the white flag,” said Bell, who led a race-high 92 laps. “I was concentrating on making him (Briscoe) slow down as much as I can. I didn’t think he had the lead whenever he got it and then I didn’t think I had the lead whenever I got it, so it’s just so tight, man. Me and Chase have known each other for a long time – we’re really good friends and met each other racing online whenever we were in our teens and now here we are racing in the Camping World Truck Series together.”
Briscoe didn’t question the scoring outcome involving his friendly rival.
“It was close, I enjoyed it,” said Briscoe, driver of the No. 29 Ford F-150. “I definitely wanted to get the win. But I was sleeping on couches two years ago and never imagined I’d be here.”
Grant Enfinger finished third, followed by Ryan Truex in fourth and fifth-place Ben Rhodes.
Bell began the night 52 points behind Sauter in the championship standings. The reigning series champion, Sauter finished eighth and saw his lead over Bell trimmed to 40 points. Accompanied by crew chief Rudy Fugle and wearing the winner’s white cowboy hat, Bell exited Texas with a smile after his second win and sixth top-10 of 2017.
“This place has a special place in my heart,” Bell said of TMS. “We raced down here a lot with Micro Sprints at Devil’s Bowl Speedway (in Mesquite) and Kennedale (Raceway Park) but never at TMS. I was just a dirt track kid from Oklahoma, so to race here is a dream come true.”
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, TX
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1. (21) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 167.
2. (12) Chase Briscoe #, Ford, 167.
3. (5) Grant Enfinger #, Toyota, 167.
4. (4) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 167.
5. (7) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 167.
6. (10) Justin Haley #, Chevrolet, 167.
7. (1) Noah Gragson #, Toyota, 167.
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9. (3) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 167.
10. (6) Kaz Grala #, Chevrolet, 167.
11. (16) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 167.
12. (15) Austin Self, Toyota, Accident, 166.
13. (14) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, Accident, 166.
14. (22) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, 165.
15. (19) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 163.
16. (13) Myatt Snider, Toyota, Accident, 160.
17. (26) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 157.
18. (11) Cody Coughlin #, Toyota, Engine, 153.
19. (25) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 150.
20. (23) Wendell Chavous #, Chevrolet, Electrical, 143.
21. (8) John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, Accident, 137.
22. (18) Stewart Friesen #, Chevrolet, Accident, 116.
23. (17) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, Engine, 111.
24. (24) Todd Peck, Chevrolet, Vibration, 39.
25. (9) Austin Cindric #, Ford, Accident, 28.
26. (28) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, Engine, 12.
27. (20) Kevin Donahue, Chevrolet, Electrical, 9.
28. (27) Tommy Regan, Chevrolet, Electrical, 5.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 119.412 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 05 Mins, 52 Secs. Margin of Victory: Caution.
Caution Flags: 10 for 42 laps.
Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers.
Lap Leaders: N. Gragson # 1-6; M. Crafton 7-12; N. Gragson # 13-19; J. Sauter 20-47; C. Briscoe # 48; J. Sauter 49-69; C. Bell 70-159; C. Briscoe # 160-165; C. Bell 166-167.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Bell 2 times for 92 laps; J. Sauter 2 times for 49 laps; N. Gragson # 2 times for 13 laps; C. Briscoe # 2 times for 7 laps; M. Crafton 1 time for 6 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 21,4,88,98,8,29,16,18,33,13
Stage #2 Top Ten: 4,29,21,8,33,16,98,18,24,27
Top 10 in Points: 1. Johnny Sauter – 338; 2. Christopher Bell – 298; 3. Matt Crafton – 268; 4. Chase Briscoe # – 257; 5. Ben Rhodes – 248; 6. Ryan Truex – 227; 7. Grant Enfinger # – 226; 8. Kaz Grala # – 210; 9. Timothy Peters – 194; 10. Noah Gragson # – 181.
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