Whether it’s winning three Super Bowls or five NASCAR Cup Series championships, Joe Gibbs knows how to guide his teams to success through internal turmoil.
So when Christopher Bell angrily called out his No. 20 crew for questionable strategy during a 24-race winless streak, the team owner let the emotions run their course rather than step in to defuse the tension.
“I’ve been on the sideline and heard some outbursts. We’ve had some outbursts in our competition meetings in racing,” said Gibbs, the former NFL coach who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2020.
“I’ve learned when you’re around sports and things don’t go your way, that’s going to happen every now and then. I let them handle it. I really do.”
With his fourth victory this season, Bell reaffirmed Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway that the approach has proven to be a winning philosophy for Joe Gibbs Racing, which completed a first-round sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at the Tennessee short track.