2 days Ago By Brian Jones, 5 GOATs
Chase Briscoe took a shot of Christopher Bell ahead of the big announcement from 23XI Racing. The 29-year-old NASCAR driver went to social media to repost 23XI’s tease of a big announcement coming on Wednesday. But in the caption, Briscoe trolled Bell for potentially spoiling the news.
“Don’t let [Christoper Bell] near a mic,” Briscoe wrote. Don’t let @CBellRacing near a mic. https://t.
co/3Gqu1hHgtV Briscoe said this because Bell accidentally disclosed that Briscoe will join Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. Back in June, Bell told reporters, “Whenever Chase comes into the car..
.” before Briscoe was announced as the driver who would take the place of Martin Truex Jr. who announced his retirement.
“Christopher texted me and was like, man I messed up so bad,” Briscoe said at the time, per ESPN . “I was like, what happened? What do you mean? He says, go look at Twitter. I ran the sprint car race last night and had zero signal.
Couldn’t get a single text to go in, out. Couldn’t receive any texts. So I couldn’t get anything to load.
Literally, the last text I got was just Christopher saying, I messed up, go look at Twitter.” Chase Briscoe talks about friendship with Christopher Bell When the news was officially announced a few days later, Briscoe took a jab at Bell. “I think it’s the worst kept secret in the sport for a while now.
Christopher (Bell) I guess just couldn’t hold it in any longer,” Briscoe said during his press conference. “But yeah, super exciting to come to an organization where I feel like it matches my values and just the culture over here is different than wherever I’ve been before.” Bell may have spoiled the news of Briscoe coming to Joe Gibbs Racing, but the two poke fun at each other because they are great friends.
“Yeah if it wasn’t for Christopher, I don’t know if I’d be in NASCAR period,” Briscoe explained. “You know, I think Jeff Gluck (writer, The Athletic ) did a story a couple years ago. Christopher was obviously with Toyota and I’ve known Christopher since I was probably 12-years-old I want to say.
We started racing online together and formed this friendship and lived together for a little bit.” The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series lineup for 23XI Racing includes Briscoe, Bell, Ty Gibbs and Denny Hamlin who co-owns 23XI Racing with NBA legend Michael Jordan . The four drivers will battle for a title starting in February when the 2025 season begins.
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