For the second time in as many seasons, Christopher Bell has won $100,000 for capturing the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dash4Cash.
The bonus is offered during four consecutive races during the spring and can be earned by becoming the first of the four contenders on any given Dash4Cash event to cross the finish line ahead of the other three.
For Bell, that meant simply winning the ALSCO 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday.
And as a result, he’s automatically eligible for another Dash4Cash opportunity next weekend at Richmond Raceway alongside Tyler Reddick, Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe in a race that once again will not feature any Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regulars.
So, what does Bell plan to do with the money he just earned and any successive earnings? Place it into a Sprint Car program, because of course.
"Ultimately, it would be cool to put some of it away and whenever I get down the road, I could have a sprint car to be able to go race and that would be cool," Bell said on Friday before the race weekend began. "That's definitely what I want to have some day."
Bell sporadically races a Sprint Car when his schedule allows. In fact, he opened up the season by running the first four World of Outlaws points-paying races at Volusia Speedway Park and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
He raced in Florida for Swindell Racing and in Vegas for Baughman-Reutzel-Motorsports.
One day, he would like his own program similar to the one owned by fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Larson.
"I think my ultimate dream is to, short term, have a sprint car to go race whenever I can, and that's my short-term goal. And long term, I would like to have a team that maybe runs the World of Outlaws or maybe even a true outlaw schedule."
Winning $100,000 several times a year would certainly go a long way to making that happen.
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