Christopher Bell: ‘Today was a whirlwind for sure’ after Homestead victory
Christopher Bell discusses the resiliency of his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team, while facing a roller-coaster day before taking the win at Homestead.
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00:00 to get this win here today.
00:01 What does it say about the resiliency of you, this 20 team?
00:05 With as far off as the balance was early,
00:08 obviously a close loss last week,
00:10 you lose the lead off road there late,
00:12 but you still come through to get the win.
00:14 What does it say about the resiliency of this 20 team?
00:17 - Says a lot, that's for sure.
00:19 Wow, I mean, today was just a whirlwind for sure,
00:22 to be able to overcome and to be in that bad of a spot.
00:28 I mean, I was probably what, a quarter straight away
00:31 from going a lap down.
00:32 It was just incredible the difference
00:36 a couple of pit stop adjustments will do to your car.
00:39 And I've always been one that says
00:43 that the car is everything.
00:45 The driver's job is to maximize the car,
00:47 and if the car's fast, you do good.
00:49 If the car's slow, you do bad.
00:51 And I think today was the epitome of that.
00:53 My car was, we were really struggling,
00:56 and I was the slowest car on the track
00:57 at one point in the race.
00:58 And then a couple of good adjustments later,
01:01 and we became one of the fastest ones.