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Bell's 2025 balancing act with NASCAR and his long-awaited return to the dirt

After a thrilling battle with Kyle Larson, the Toyota-powered entry of Christopher Bell came away with the win at the Non-Wing Outlaw Golden Driller in the Tulsa Shootout earlier this month. Climbing from his car victorious, he shouts, "I've got four words: Thank you Joe Gibbs!" 

And he had plenty of reasons to be thankful. Bell, a three-time winner at the Chili Bowl Nationals and Turkey Night Grand Prix, was told by his team that he was not be permitted to dirt race anymore in 2023. After a two-year hiatus, he's back and collecting trophies, but why was he put on the sidelines to begin with?

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