Christopher Bell Gets Raw on Balancing NASCAR Fatigue With Childhood Passion Christopher Bell opens up about juggling the grueling NASCAR schedule while returning to his dirt racing roots. Jahnavi Son

Christopher Bell has often described dirt racing as a childhood dream, a passion ignited in his early years in Norman, Oklahoma, by a family friend. By the time he was 12, Bell had planned to “race cars for a living,” and his dedication to dirt racing paid off as he progressed through the ranks, eventually joining Keith Kunz Motorsports in USAC and laying the foundation for his NASCAR career. Now, as the racing driver misses out on his childhood dream, he has had to look for other outlets. And it is on that in-between that he is reflecting.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s reversal of the long-standing dirt racing ban last year in November opened the door for Christopher Bell to reconnect with his dirt roots, and he wasted no time in making the most of it. The Oklahoma native, who had been sidelin