Bell: Darlington victory 'a long time coming'
Christopher Bell celebrates a long-awaited win and reflects on battling back from a broken wrist to open The Chase in Victory Lane.
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Bell, I gotta ask you, after all those second place finishes, seven of them, was it worth the wait?
It's been too damn long.
Oh my gosh, man.
I'm just so, so proud of all of these guys on this number 20 car.
All the mechanics, all the, all the pit crew members, they deserve it more than anyone.
And oh my gosh, man, this has been a long time coming.
Darlington has been, one that I've always wanted to win since I got into the sport.
This is the ultimate driver's track.
You fans, you guys are the best.
That's why we're here.
I want to take you back to June 7th.
You were sitting in the infield care center at Michigan with a broken wrist.
Did you think, number one, the Chase was possible, but number two, that it was even fathomable that you could win the first race of the Chase?
Well, I knew that we'd be able to win it.
No matter what, I knew that we'd be able to win it.
We can win any week, it just hasn't happened yet.
But, yes, whenever I was sitting in the infield care center at Michigan, I thought my season was over.
I didn't, I, I thought I was gonna be out a couple of weeks.
I wasn't gonna be able to make the Chase.
We're still in it, baby.
Whoo!
Christopher Bell and the 20 team deliver here in the Southern 500, the first race of the Chase, and they gain a ton of points, Lee, after race number one.
