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| Matt Bell |
Bell, a native of San
Francisco, Calif., won last year’s companion event at Road America driving a
Chevrolet Camaro. In his NASCAR debut, he’ll be wheeling a Nationwide Series
Chevrolet Impala on Saturday afternoon.
He began his
professional racing career in 2008 and has gone on to capture four victories in
CTSCCS competition. He knows the challenge ahead of him is a big one, but
insists it is one he respects.
“I’m excited to be
making my NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at a track I have had success at, and
am quite comfortable with,” said Bell. “Those points, along with the great
equipment JD Motorsports has provided me, will go a long way in making this
weekend a very successful debut. And I will have a teammate in veteran Mike
Wallace. I know he had a great run here last year, so I’ll be looking to learn
from him as much as possible.
“I am extremely grateful and thankful for
everyone at JD Motorsports and P1 Groupe for putting this opportunity together
for me this weekend,” he said. “I'm very excited and even a bit nervous. I've
been told the Camaro Grand Sport car is probably the best prerequisite race car
to driving a stock car, so I'm not worried about the learning curve. It's just
the fact this deal came together quite quickly and it'll be trial by fire for
me.
“You can't grow up in
this country without falling in love with the sound of a stock car,” he said. “I'll
be one of the lucky few to hear it from the cockpit. Nothing beats a giant V8
engine, big tires and all-steel body construction. I can't wait to try (NASCAR)
out. It just screams ‘America.’”
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