Courtesy of Jaxon Bell
There has been no “sophomore slump” on the race track this season for Palisadian Jaxon Bell.
The 2021 Palisades High graduate recorded six wins and made the podium 11 times in 16 races as a rookie in the Skip Barber Formula Race Series last year.
Last weekend, Bell picked up right where he left off, making his dad Townsend (a three-time Top-10 finisher at the Indianapolis 500) proud with a pair of third-place finishes in Round 2 of the 2024 Toyota GR Cup Championship at Sebring International Raceway in Florida.
The ex-Pali Elementary and Calvary Christian student qualified sixth in the first race with the second-fastest lap before taking third and qualified seventh in the second race, again posting the second-fastest lap. with another third-place result.
“What a weekend, started tough…finished strong,” Bell said. “We had some gearbox issues on Thursday that prevented us from getting any meaningful practice so we started off Friday a bit behind but my team rallied to get my #99 BraunAbility Toyota sorted and I was pleased with my race pace. I’m very proud to get this double-podium result for BraunAbility and all of our partners. We’re getting closer to the top step.”
The next round is May 16-19 in Austin, Texas at the F1 track-Circuit of the Americas.
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