Jaxon Bell may be all of 22 years old, but it’s not wrong to think of him as a late bloomer. Even though he didn’t start racing until 2023, he's currently the No. 2 driver in the Toyota GR Cup Series. The kid knows something about fast starts.
The son of former IndyCar driver—and current Fox Sports racing commentator—Townsend Bell, Jaxon grew up in Los Angeles with little practical connection to racing outside of his family’s annual trips to the Indianapolis 500. Most of his time behind the wheel of a race car was accrued on a simulator. But after moving to North Carolina following his high school graduation, Bell landed a job in the shop of a team in NASCAR’s truck series. He learned a little about cars and a lot about racing, and then found his way to a three-day course at the Skip Barber Racing School. A year later, in 2023, he was driving in Barber’s Formula Four Series. He made the jump to GR Cup—which races sports cars—in 2024.
