With the NASCAR Cup Series field as deep and talented as it has ever been, it's becoming very difficult to put together even the most minor of winning streaks at stock car racing's highest level -- let alone to have the opportunity Christopher Bell has before him.

Only eight in NASCAR’s “modern era” since 1972 have done that: Cale Yarborough in 1976, Darrell Waltrip in 1981, Dale Earnhardt in 1987, Harry Gant in 1991, Bill Elliott in 1992, Mark Martin in 1993, Jeff Gordon in 1998, and Jimmie Johnson in 2007.