Christopher Bell is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Cup Series. Bell is a two-time champion (2017, 2024), with 45 wins and 111 podiums from 409 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,685 ranks Bell 36th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-08-09 | NASCAR Cup Series at Iowa | P2 | +105 |
| 2026-07-26 | NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis | P2 | +110 |
| 2026-07-19 | NASCAR Cup Series at North Wilkesboro | P19 | โ36 |
| 2026-07-18 | NASCAR Truck Series at North Wilkesboro | P15 | โ66 |
| 2026-07-12 | NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta | P2 | +107 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +164 | Eldora 2015 | NASCAR Truck | P1 |
| +147 | NASCAR Cup Series at Road America 2021 | NASCAR Cup Series | P2 |
| +143 | NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona RC 2021 | NASCAR Cup Series | P1 |
| +139 | NASCAR Cup Series at Texas 2020 | NASCAR Cup Series | P3 |
| +134 | Gateway 2016 | NASCAR Truck | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | โ422 | 6,685 | |
| โธNASCAR Truck | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ6 | |||
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +24 | |||
| 2025 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +367 | 7,089 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | โ412 | |||
| โธNASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +26 | |||
| 2024 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 38 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +131 | 7,109 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +111 | |||
| โธNASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | โ1 | |||
| 2023 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +155 | 6,868 | |
| โธNASCAR Truck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | โ52 | |||
| 2022 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 38 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +386 | 6,765 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +3 | |||
| 2021 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 38 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +708 | 6,376 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +86 | |||
| โธTrans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | โ190 | |||
| 2020 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | โ119โ78 | 6,224 | |
| 2019 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | 32 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +363 | 5,827 | |
| โธTrans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | โ262 | |||
| 2018 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | 33 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +32 | 5,640 | |
| โธNASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | โ198 | |||
| โธTrans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | โ51 | |||
| 2017 | โธNASCAR Truck | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 23 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P1 | +421 | 5,905 |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P18 | +31 | ||
| โธARCA Menards Series | Musselman's Apple Sauce / JBL.com ( Cathy Venturini ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +38 | ||
| 2016 | โธNASCAR Truck | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +889 | 5,710 |
| โธARCA Menards Series | JBL.com ( Bill Venturini ) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +135 | ||
| 2015 | โธNASCAR Truck | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +3,281 | 4,631 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ Tyler Reddick | 6,263 | 350 | 200 | 150 | 57% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ross Chastain | 5,946 | 299 | 182 | 117 | 61% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Chase Briscoe | 6,831 | 291 | 177 | 114 | 61% |
| ๐บ๐ธ William Byron | 6,493 | 283 | 141 | 142 | 50% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Austin CindricFIA Silver | 5,951 | 280 | 197 | 83 | 70% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Cole Custer | 5,442 | 276 | 177 | 99 | 64% |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Daniel Suarez | 6,260 | 270 | 170 | 100 | 63% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle BuschFIA Platinum | 5,985 | 270 | 145 | 125 | 54% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Austin DillonFIA Gold | 5,780 | 267 | 169 | 98 | 63% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ryan Blaney | 7,083 | 264 | 119 | 145 | 45% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Denny HamlinHigher-rated, 1ร champion | 7,381 | 256 | 103 | 153 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ty GibbsHigher-rated, 2ร champion | 6,832 | 157 | 98 | 59 | 62% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | ๐บ๐ธ Chase Briscoe | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,831 |
| 27 | ๐ซ๐ท Esteban Ocon | Formula 1 | 6,820 |
| 28 | ๐ฏ๐ต Yuki Tsunoda | Formula 1 | 6,817 |
| 29 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Sergio Pรฉrez | Formula 1 | 6,808 |
| 30 | ๐ซ๐ท Alain Prost | Formula 1 | 6,802 |
| 31 | ๐ฌ๐ง Oliver Bearman | Formula 1 | 6,792 |
| 32 | ๐บ๐ธ Kyle Kirkwood | IndyCar | 6,771 |
| 33 | ๐ฆ๐บ Daniel Ricciardo | Formula 1 | 6,735 |
| 34 | ๐บ๐ธ David Malukas | IndyCar | 6,715 |
| 35 | ๐ง๐ท Nelson Piquet | Formula 1 | 6,711 |
| 36 | ๐บ๐ธ Christopher Bell | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,685 |
| 37 | ๐ฌ๐ง Jackie Stewart | Formula 1 | 6,669 |
| 38 | ๐ฉ๐ช Nico Hรผlkenberg | Formula 1 | 6,667 |
| 39 | ๐ช๐ธ Fernando Alonso | Formula 1 | 6,648 |
| 40 | ๐ฏ๐ต Tadasuke Makino | Super GT | 6,639 |
| 41 | ๐ฆ๐ท Franco Colapinto | Formula 1 | 6,628 |
| 42 | ๐ฎ๐น Leonardo Fornaroli | Formula 2 | 6,605 |
| 43 | ๐ณ๐ฟ Scott McLaughlin | IndyCar | 6,604 |
| 44 | ๐บ๐ธ Chris Buescher | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,602 |
| 45 | ๐ฆ๐บ Broc Feeney | Supercars Championship | 6,597 |
| 46 | ๐ฏ๐ต Sho Tsuboi | Super GT | 6,576 |
Christopher Bell is an elite professional stock car racer competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry XSE, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series. His FIA Silver grading places him among drivers on the way up in endurance racing. Bell has raced across four national single-class NASCAR championships since 2015, with 409 starts across all series.[1]
Bell won the 2017 NASCAR Truck Series championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports and claimed the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series title, marking the two major championships of his career. In the Cup Series alone, he has 256 starts yielding 15 wins and 52 podiums. Across the Xfinity Series he has won 19 races from 81 starts, while his Truck Series record includes 8 wins in 63 starts. He took three ARCA victories in six starts in 2016 and 2017. Throughout his career Bell has competed primarily on oval tracks; roughly 86 percent of his Cup Series starts have been on ovals, with the remainder split among road and street courses.[2]
Bell has established himself as a regular competitor against the sport's strongest drivers. His head-to-head record against Tyler Reddick, a 2019 Xfinity champion and established professional with 262 Cup Series starts, shows them closely matched across multiple series. The same applies to Ross Chastain, the 2022 Cup Series champion, whom Bell has raced repeatedly in both Cup and Xfinity competition. Bell has finished ahead of elite professionals including Denny Hamlin, the 2025 Cup Series champion, and Ryan Blaney, both of whom have substantially deeper Cup Series experience. His 2024 championship places him among the elite of the current grid.