NASCAR's Christopher Bell Rips 'Complete Joke' Superspeedway Racing

NASCAR Cup Series star Christopher Bell is fed up with superspeedway racing.

One week after Talladega, Bell is among those demanding a change. Superspeedway racing is being described as dull and boring and something that is in need of a serious fix.

"It's a joke," Bell said. "I's a complete joke. And I look forward to changes."

Bell is certainly not alone in that line of thinking.

Bell is among those pushing for a serious change, he made clear while speaking with FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass.

"I was really looking forward to running the high horsepower package this year," Bell said. "I think that's been a great success. And now it's time to focus on the speedway package. We desperately need change. We've needed change for a long time. So hopefully that is the last time we race that speedway package. And I think a lot of us in the industry will be happy about that."

Bell wants to see change as soon as possible

Bell thinks it's just a "lottery' race.

"I mean it's literally a lottery race," he said. "I mean it is atrocious. And now the strategy is so spelled out that it comes all about fuel saving. And we try and adjust the stage lengths so that we're not fuel saving. Well, you can't pass. So it becomes all about shortening the last pit stop to as short as you can get it, which means you're still saving fuel in stage 2 even though you can make it to the end after that last pit stop."

Bell was running near the lead at the end of Stage 2, but he ultimately had to stop.

"I burned too much fuel. I didn't have enough fuel," he said. "That's why I went from leading the race to back in the back. The package that we have right now, you can't do anything and it all comes down… eight of the top 10 that completed or, what was it, with 40 to go, eight of the top 10 with 40 to go were eight of the top 10 with one to go. Then the wreck shook up things a little bit, but it's really bad right now."

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This story was originally published May 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM.