Less than 24 hours after being released from a Daytona Beach hospital where he underwent a precautionary evaluation following a brutal wreck in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race, Christopher Bell thanked NASCAR for the measures the sport has taken in recent years to improve driver safety.
He also thanked Kyle Busch Motorsports and others for helping allow him to walk away from the terrifying wreck with only bruises.
Bell, a 21-year-old Kyle Busch Motorsports driver, was running in the lead pack on the final lap at Daytona International Speedway when his No. 4 Toyota broke free, flipping and barrel-rolling up to 10 times before coming to rest on all four wheels.
Bell climbed out of the vehicle under his own power before being transported to the hospital for observation. He was evaluated and released, Kyle Busch Motorsports said in a statement distributed at 1 a.m. ET Saturday.
Bell made seven series starts for KBM last year, notching one win, two top-fives, three top-10s and an average finish of 11.9. Bell’s victory came at Eldora Speedway — the half-mile, Tony Stewart-owned dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio.
