It was the best question of all the queries asked Saturday during positioning day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: "You have a full-time job on television, a full-time sportscar ride in IMSA, you're running Le Mans and you've got one of the fastest cars at Indianapolis right now, so how good is it to be Townsend Bell?" The interview subject, a multi-talented 41-year-old Californian, broke into a smile. "It's good, thanks for asking that. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to be in this position." Bell's position going into Sunday's qualifying day is somewhat surprising but undeniably impressive. He was fifth fastest of the 33 drivers making runs on Saturday, averaging...
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