Exploded brake rotor ends Christopher Bell’s championship bid
AVONDALE, Ariz. — a break rotor issue for Christopher Bell sidelined the Joe Gibbs Racing driver Sunday in the Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway.
Bell, while running inside the Top-10 during the second stage of the race, said he did have a heads up about the issue that saw his No. 20 hit the outside Turn 3 wall.
“I mean that was my first time I’ve ever exploded a rotor in my career,” Bell said. “So, yeah, I was surprised but early on in the race I had a little bit of brake fade and the second run it just kept getting worse and worse.
“I don’t know. Just obviously a disappointing way to end.”
Bell finished 36th (last). He will finish fourth in final point standings.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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