Zane Smith reacts after getting 'hooked in right rear' by Christopher Bell at Brickyard 400

Zane Smith wasn’t happy with Christopher Bell following the Brickyard 400. He felt like he was hooked in the right-rear during overtime by the Joe Gibbs Racing wheelman.

Before that, Smith seemed to be headed towards another solid finish, as he tries to carve out a solid season during Year 1 with Front Row Motorsports in the Cup Series. He took to social media to share his displeasure after the race.

2 weeks in a row getting hooked in the RR in the closing laps of the race. This one was brutal.

We are atleast running good when it happens and there are a lot of positives to take away from today. Our day will come. Try again in Iowa! @Team_FRM

— Zane Smith (@ZaneSmith) July 28, 2025

“2 weeks in a row getting hooked in the RR in the closing laps of the race. This one was brutal,” Smith posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We are atleast running good when it happens and there are a lot of positives to take away from today. Our day will come. Try again in Iowa!”

It’s tough to blame the Huntington Beach, California native. While Bell has three wins and is locked into the playoffs, Smith isn’t going to make the dance on points. He wasn’t exactly racing for the win, but the No. 38 Ford wheelman has proven to be capable over the course of the 2025 season.

At the moment, he’s P26 in the overall point standings, with three top tens in 2025. He’ll have a couple more shots at winning his way into the playoffs, but Smith will have to avoid getting wrecked by his competition in the process.

Time will tell if a penalty is on the way for Christopher Bell, as the broadcast crew was perplexed with the contact, as well. Regardless, Zane Smith isn’t happy, and it’s not hard to see why he’s a bit frustrated with the No. 20 Toyota driver at the moment.

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Speaking of winning their way into the playoffs, that’s what Bubba Wallace did on Sunday. He survived a couple of overtimes and questions pertaining to how much fuel he had remaining to get to Victory Lane for the first time since 2022.

The 23XI Racing wheelman led 30 total laps on his way to the win. He had to sweat it out, as the race went to double overtime, but Kyle Larson and the rest of the field couldn’t get by the No. 23 Toyota. He had the preferred lane, but Wallace also had worse tires.

Things didn’t go according to plan, but Wallace refused to let this race be taken from him. His team worked all afternoon to get the right strategy, hit the pit stops exactly how they needed to hit them, and they came out with a five-second lead with less than 20 laps to do in the race. From there, it got a little chaotic, but that just made kissing the bricks even more sweet.

— On3’s Jonathan Howard contributed to this article.