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Christopher Bell to honor racing mentor with Darlington throwback schemes
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Christopher Bell to honor racing mentor with Darlington throwback schemes

By Miles Cooper March 27, 2025
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 27, 2025) — Christopher Bell will rejoice Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway by honoring his racing mentor, Rick Ferkel, with a pair of throwback schemes designed to duplicate Rick‘s most recognizable automotive designs from his racing profession. Bell will pilot the No. 19 Sport Clips Toyota GR Supra in Saturday‘s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Assist A Hero 200 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race earlier than sporting a classic Ferkel Dash Automobile look on his No. 20 DEWALT Toyota Camry XSE for Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Sequence race on the Monitor Too Robust to Tame.

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Bell credit Ferkel with giving him his introduction and break into the dash automotive racing world. As Bell continued his climb up the ranks, he continued to depend on Ferkel‘s steering alongside the best way. Ferkel is finest generally known as the “Ohio Traveler” after successful greater than 400 function occasions. He was additionally an unique member of the World of Outlaws. Ferkel handed away on Jan. 1, 2024, on the age of 84. Bell honors Ferkel regularly with a particular decal on the sprint of his No. 20 automotive each weekend.

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“Rick actually helped put me on the nationwide scene by giving me my first alternative in a full-blown dash automotive,” stated Bell. “He employed me to drive a dash automotive after I was a 16-year-old child. I moved in with him and his household for some time. After I left Rick Ferkel Racing, he grew to become a life mentor, a driver coach, and somebody that I might lean on each week for recommendation, and he‘d test in to see how I used to be doing. Rick at all times preached to me to ensure I drove as laborious as I might always, and I‘m honored to get to pay tribute to Rick at Darlington.”

Each of Bell‘s Darlington automotive designs will function a silver greenhouse space to imitate the feel and appear of a dash automotive wing. Rick‘s title will trip above the title rail and every automotive will emphasize the quantity “0” in honor of the person who made it legendary in dash automotive racing. Cathy Ferkel, Rick‘s spouse of over 49 years, can be in attendance Darlington race weekend together with a number of of Rick‘s kids and grandchildren.

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