Only eight in NASCAR’s “modern era” since 1972 have done that: Cale Yarborough in 1976, Darrell Waltrip in 1981, Dale Earnhardt in 1987, Harry Gant in 1991, Bill Elliott in 1992, Mark Martin in 1993, Jeff Gordon in 1998, and Jimmie Johnson in 2007.

Nothing seemed to be going right at the start of Christopher Bell's relationship with crew chief Adam Stevens. They struggled to get the right setups and results. That concerned Bell, who was still early in his NASCAR Cup Series career,