“Wishing Chase Elliott the Best…at Joe Gibbs Racing”- Kyle Larson’s Reaction to Christopher Bell Botching Martin Truex Jr’s Replacement Announcement

Christopher Bell’s blunder is arguably this silly season’s most hilarious moment so far. Ahead of this weekend’s race at Loudoun in New Hampshire, Bell accidentally revealed the lesser-known secret of Chase Briscoe joining Joe Gibbs Racing replacing Martin Truex Jr. The team had refrained from fueling the speculation and decided to hold on to the announcement, but Bell’s slip-up has now ended the speculation spree.

This news spread like wildfire and soon the reactions started to pour in. However, out of all the reactions, Kyle Larson’s humorous response certainly caught everyone’s attention. Taking to his X account, Larson wrote, “Man totally blind sided by this news! Wishing @chaseelliott the best on his new adventure at @JoeGibbsRacing. Have enjoyed you as a teammate! 😂 Good Luck #d19.”

The HMS star tried to help Bell cover up his fumble and named his teammate Chase Elliott as the next JGR star. But, truth be told, the damage is already done, and who knows, Bell might be getting an earful from his team boss, Joe Gibbs, at this very moment. However, Larson’s response on X didn’t stop the banter, more fans joined and started sharing their sarcastic replies on the whole ordeal.

Fans react to Kyle Larson trolling C. Bell’s fumble

It wasn’t just Larson who had jokes about the whole situation. Even the fans online joined the hype train. Trying to stage a similar confusion, a user brought the Kyle Busch angle into the conversation and also dropped a hint about returning to HMS. “Kyle are you staying in the 8 next season.”

Truth be told, Larsson stays away from unnecessary drama or activity on social media. But this incident just lured him into trolling the entire NASCAR community. However, this was just good humor, but some fans online almost took Larson’s comments seriously. “The way I nearly believed this and was about to be so disappointed 😭😂.”

Nascarcasm is the one who usually comes up with such cheeky responses online on X. There, a few fans were trying to confirm if he had taken over Larson’s X account and posted on his behalf. “Can’t tell is this is really @KyleLarsonRacin…or if @nascarcasm hacked Larson’s X account.:p”.

Another fan pointed out that Christopher Bell could’ve saved himself from the misery had he taken Elliott’s name instead of just Chase. “This is what Bell should have said afterwards”.

Talk about turning Larson’s own joke against him, one reply in particular stood out among the rest. “Gave yourself away, you really want to be Denny’s teammate.” This is again a reference to Rowdy’s rumor about rejoining JGR. But unfortunately, Chase Briscoe is the one going to take over the #19 team at JGR.

It would be interesting to see if Chase Elliott replies to this banter. It would be quite a reaction if he is not up to date on the latest news and finds out that, according to his teammate, he is joining JGR for the 2025 season.