Christopher Bell returning to Chili Bowl Nationals in 2025

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Christopher Bell will make his long-awaited return to the Chili Bowl Nationals in 2025, according to a source close to the Joe Gibbs Racing driver — his new teammate, Chase Briscoe.

The new driver of the No. 19 JGR Toyota broke the news Tuesday morning that the three-time winner of the prestigious indoor midget race would make his return to Tulsa, Oklahoma after a two-year hiatus. Bell had been sidelined from the event after JGR halted its drivers from extracurricular racing, a restriction recently lifted by the team.

Bell confirmed the rumor himself, but there‘s a backstory to why it was Briscoe breaking the news. In a June press conference at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Bell accidentally let slip that Briscoe would be a Gibbs teammate in 2025 … which was rumored at the time but far from confirmed by the team at that point. Bell laterofficially introduced Briscoe at the press conference announcing the move, and Briscoe was able to repay the favor with the Chili Bowl news.

— NASCAR.com —