Christopher Bell put on an impressive performance in his effort to run down race winner William Byron Sunday at Circuit of the Americas but along the way he raised some tempers.
Bell and Byron clearly had the two fastest cars throughout Sunday’s 68-lap race on the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course but the two ended up on slightly different pit strategies. Bell and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team adapted a two-stop strategy in the race and the benefit was Bell ended up one of last cars to pit. That left Bell with slightly fresher tires in his effort to catch Byron once the final green flag stops had cycled through but ultimately came up short.
The contact sent Busch around and he eventually lost several positions on the track and finished ninth. Busch and Bell got into an animated discussion about the issue on pit road. “Obviously, he’s very upset. He ended up turned around,” Bell said. “First off, I'm sorry to Larson and the No. 5 car. I got him earlier in the race and by no intention at all. I didn't mean to do that. “KB is frustrated about what happened in Turn 1. I don’t know. they were two-wide going in there.
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