NASCAR: 5 possible landing spots for Christopher Bell in 2019
By Asher Fair
IndyCar
The odds that Christopher Bell will completely abandon NASCAR in the 2019 season and compete in IndyCar for the first time in his career are probably smaller than the odds of Danica Patrick returning to the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 for another “Danica Double”.
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But over the course of his racing career, Bell has proven that he can drive pretty much anything on wheels. He has a dirt racing background and has won several dirt racing championships. His success in NASCAR’s second and third highest series is only a fraction of the success that he has experienced.
Even if Bell does not get an offer to compete in the Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing or a Joe Gibbs Racing-affiliated team, it isn’t likely that he will give up his Xfinity Series ride to compete in IndyCar in 2019 even if the opportunity exists for him to do so, which it very well might given the fact that there are several teams that are seeking to join IndyCar next year.
However, the possibility exists that Bell would at least begin to explore the option for the future since he certainly does not want to continue to wait around for multiple seasons in the Xfinity Series for a Cup Series ride with a Toyota team to open up.
Plus, consider the fact that Bell’s dirt racing background has caused him to be likened to other Cup Series drivers such as Kyle Larson and Tony Stewart. Larson has aspirations to compete in the Indy 500 one day, and Stewart, who has competed in the Indy 500 five times already and has an IndyCar championship to his name from back in the 1996-1997 season, has admitted that he wants to return to compete in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.
Don’t rule out Bell getting in the cockpit of an IndyCar at some point in the future to, at the very least, make an attempt to get his likeness sculpted on the Borg-Warner Trophy.
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For which team will Christopher Bell drive in 2019, and in which series? Will he stay in NASCAR in the Xfinity Series if he doesn’t land a Cup Series ride or will he try something completely different such as competing in IndyCar?