NASCAR cars push limits at high speeds, but drivers’ emotions can spike just as fast, sometimes spinning out like a car after contact. Christopher Bell, the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing driver known as “the iceman” for his steady calm, showed a rare flash of fire during the 2025 Gateway race. Finishing seventh, he vented over the radio: “We just f—— ran seventh with the best car on the track! Every f—— week, it’s the same s—. We’re the last car to pit road. I’m over it!” That outburst echoed his 2024 frustration at Martinsville, where a disallowed wall ride cost him a playoff spot to William Byron. But this week changed his story upside down.

Bell’s cool demeanor usually holds, but pressure builds when wins dry up. Sitting fourth in the Round of 12 with a 20-point cushion, his Bristol vict

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