Rheem Racing News

RACE: Xfniity Series 250
TRACK: Atlanta Motor Speedway
START: 3rd
FINISH: 1st
LAPS: 163

Dominating first win of the season for Bell after winning two of the three stages and leading 142 of the 163 laps.

Bell Wins at Atlanta
Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-40)

• Qualifying rained out Saturday morning leaving NASCAR to set the field based off 2018 owner points, lining Bell up third to take the green flag.

RACE INFO – The NXS race at AMS begins at 2:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The race will be broadcast live on Fox Sports One, Sirius XM 90, and PRN Radio.

Christopher Bell / No. 20 Rheem Toyota Supra Preview NASCAR Xfinity Series 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Bound: Christopher Bell heads to his favorite track this weekend, Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Bell had a successful rookie season at the 1.5-mile track by qualifying on the pole,

RACE: Kansas Lottery 300
TRACK: Daytona International Speedway
START: 11th
FINISH: 6th
LAPS: 120

A strong sixth-place finish for Bell at the season opener for the Xfinity series after starting 11th and leading four laps.

Bell Finishes Sixth at Season Opener
Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-30)

• Bell started 11th, finished eighth.
  Over the course of the first stage
• Bell started to lose a little grip in his No.

RACE INFO – The NASCAR Racing Experience 300 at DIS begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 16, 2019. The race will be broadcast live on Fox Sports One, Sirius XM 90, and MRN Radio.

Christopher Bell – No. 20 Rheem Toyota Supra Preview – NASCAR Racing Experience 300 at Daytona International Speedway
Back to Daytona: Christopher Bell will make his third NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) start at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) Saturday in the NASCAR Racing Experience 300.

Christopher Bell heads into the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) season poised to make a run for the championship after an extremely successful rookie season. Bell will continue behind the wheel of the No. 20 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) which will be branded with the iconic red and black Rheem colors. Rheem is one of the longest running sponsors in NASCAR and enters their 11th season in the sport. The Rheem and Ruud brands will represent the company’s family of quality brands on the No.

The Ford EcoBoost 300 took place at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday November 17th at 3:30pm EST. Ryan Preece qualified his No. 18 Rheem Toyota in the 12th position. The goal of Saturday’s race was to try and end the season with a win for the No. 18 Rheem team.

Ryan Preece will make his last start of the 2018 season for Joe Gibbs Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway. For his 19th-career start with JGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Preece will be behind the wheel of the No. 18 Rheem Toyota Camry. Last year he capped off season with a fifth place finish.

The Whelen Trusted to Perform 200 took place at ISM Raceway on Saturday November 10th at 3:30pm EST. Ryan Preece qualified his No. 18 Rheem Toyota in the fifth position. The team worked diligently on Friday to make sure that the Rheem Camry had good speed to hang around up front during the race.

Ryan Preece will make his 14th start of the 2018 season for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) at ISM Raceway. For his 18th-career start with JGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS), Preece will be behind the wheel of the No. 18 Rheem Toyota Camry.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 took place at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday November 3rd at 4:30 pm EST. Ryan Preece qualified his No. 18 Rheem Toyota in the sixth position. Preece was set up to have a good long run car that could benefit him towards the back half of the race.