Christopher Bell SMACKS THE WALL. ?
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Christopher Bell, and his crew chief Adam Stevens came into this weekend’s action at Iowa Speedway with a lot of confidence as they were among the three competitors, who were part of the recent Goodyear Tire Test at Iowa Speedway.
That confidence was shown to be justified as Bell went to the top of the board around the mid-way point of Friday’s practice session at the 0.875-mile short track in Newton, IA. However, on Bell’s 19th lap, the right front tire on his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota cut down on the exit of Turn 4.
Bell would pound the outside wall ultra-hard, and his team will now have to unload the backup car for Sunday’s race as a result.
Bell’s crash came on the heels of a cut tire by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs about 10 minutes prior. Fortunately, for Gibbs he was able to keep his car out of the wall as the tire cut down on the straightaway for the driver of the No. 54 machine.
