🐬Legendary NASCAR Cup team owner Joe Gibbs has revealed the emotions he went through on the final lap of Shriners Children’s 500, as Christopher Be꧃ll and Denny Hamlin fought tooth-and-neck for victory.

A late cau𓃲tion period at Phoenix set up a three-lap dash to the finish, with Bell leading the field in the #20 Toyota ahead of teammate ꦰHamlin.

The two ran side-by-side around the one-mile oval, with Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Lജarson also breathing down their neck and nearly getting under both exiting Turn ꧂4.

Ultimately, Bell managed to fend off Hamlin and Larson to win the race by just 0.049s, in what was the secon꧂d-closest NASCAR finish at Phoenix.

While JGR boss Joe Gibbs got to celebrate a 1-2 finish as both Bell and Hamlin kept it clean, he admitted that it was hard to watch the two tussle it ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤♌⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚout for victory - especially with Larson ready to pounce in case things went awry.

“Nervous isn't probably a good word for it, I wܫas ready to upchuck,” Gibbs sa𒁏id in the post-race press conference.

“It is one of th🅷e things I always worry about w𒐪hen we get two of our cars up there because that makes for an intense meeting on Monday.

“Hey, they raced it out. It looked like nobody took unfair advantage. So I just aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤🔯⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚppreciate that.

“I think for the last few ꦡweeks in a row we had great finishes to races with people having a chance to show th🤡eir skills and get it done the right way. And I appreciate that again here.”

The Phoenix event marked t👍he third consecutive win for Bell and the Toyota-affiliated JGR s🍃quad.

Following the race, 30-year-old Bell said his crew chief Adam Stevens had told him as early as 2021 that it would be possible for them t⭕o achieve a three-peat in NASCAR.

Incidentally, it was Larson’s successes during his sole title-winning season that served as inspir💖ation for Bell and Stevens.