Kyle Larson hilariously reacts to Christopher Bell’s slipup about Chase Briscoe’s potential JGR move

Kyle Larson was amused at how Christopher Bell let slip the name of Joe Gibbs Racing's newest addition, Chase Briscoe, during a media availability in New Hampshire on Friday. According to the Hendrick Motorsports icon, that was the greatest way to announce the big news.

Earlier, while answering how the leadership dynamics play behind the Joe Gibbs Racing garage, especially with Martin Truex Jr. retiring at the end of the current season, Bell said,

"I don’t think that there is really a leadership role in that aspect, and whenever Chase (Briscoe) comes into the car..."

Realizing the mistake, Christopher Bell promptly cut himself off and tried to handle the situation by saying,

"Whenever someone else... I don’t even know what to say. Whenever we have a new driver into the 19 car, whoever that is, their experience level will dictate how much input they have in the team."

Needless to say, there was no going back after that. Larson found it hilarious and soon, posted a tweet tagging his teammate, Chase Elliott, mixing up the latter's name with Chase Briscoe, and jokingly congratulating Elliott on his new journey.

"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."

In a recent interview with journalist Bob Pockrass, Larson revealed that he was proud of the way Bell had leaked the secret. The episode was so funny to Larson that he could hardly wait to get it out in public through the post on X. Speaking of the same, the 2021 Cup Series champion said:

"I was really proud of it. I was typing it so fast, I couldn't wait to get it out. I texted Bell and Briscoe. I think before I even sent that tweet that I was dying laughing because it was hilarious. That is the greatest way to announce somebody coming to a team, I think."

"I'm sure PR departments have been planning this extravagant, very professional thing, but they got way more clicks for that than once they finally do announce it," Larson added.

Briscoe hadn't even watched the interview as he was busy running a sprint car race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday night. Nevertheless, he was not mad at Christopher Bell about it.

Chase Briscoe responds to Christopher Bell's antics

Like Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe, too, found the interview hilarious. Christopher Bell told him what had happened during the press conference. Briscoe wasn't sure what Bell was talking about initially.

"Christopher texted me and was like, man I messed up so bad,” Briscoe told the reporters on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. "I was like, what happened? What do you mean? He says, go look at Twitter. I ran the sprint car race last night and had zero signal."

"Couldn’t get a single text to go in, out. Couldn’t receive any texts. So I couldn’t get anything to load. Literally the last text I got was just Christopher saying, I messed up, go look at Twitter," Briscoe said.

Chase Briscoe is in his final year at Stewart-Haas Racing and is switching teams and manufacturers for the upcoming season. Briscoe will most likely be seen driving a Toyota Camry XSE from 2025 onwards. However, there has been no official announcement regarding the same.

"Nothing’s official until it’s official,” he added, as reported by Yahoo Sports.

Meanwhile, the field prepares for the USA Today 301 on June 23, Sunday. The 301-lap event will air live on Peacock and the USA Network from 2:30 PM (ET) onwards. Radio updates will be available on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio.