Bell, who has made it to the championship race the last two years, was clearly disappointed after such a dominating day.
”I don’t know, I don’t know, and I don’t think I’ve come to terms with this yet,” Bell said. ”Just a bummer. I think everyone on this team did everything perfect. Just because I ran second today doesn’t mean I’m going to finish anywhere next week. You’re never safe in this deal, so we needed to win today and unfortunately, we didn’t.”
Suarez, who was eliminated from the playoffs last week, finished third in a Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.
”It’s a little heartbreaking. I think we could have won it,” Suarez said.
William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports was fourth as he attempts to qualify for the championship race for a second consecutive year.
”It’s going to take a win, I feel like, so we have to keep working for it and keep running up front,” Byron said. “If we run up front, it will do two things — we’ll be able to compete for a win and score a lot of points. We just have to keep running like this.”
