Legendary NASCAR Cup te🥀am owner Joe Gibbs has revealed the emotions he went through on the final lap of Shriners Children’s 500, as Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin fought tooth-and-neck for victory.

A late caution period a🧸t Phoenix set up a three-lap dash to the fini꧙sh, with Bell leading the field in the #20 Toyota ahead of teammate Hamlin.

The two ran side-by-side🌌 around the one-mile oval, with Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson 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 wa🎉s the second-closest NASCAR finish at Phoenix.

While𓄧 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 out for victory - especially with Larson ready to pounce in case things went awry.

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

“It is one of the things I always worry a𓆏bout when we get two of our cars up there because that makes for an intense meeting on Monday.

“H🎶ey, they raced it out. It looked like nobody took unfair advantage. So I just ap🦂preciate that.

“I think for the last few weeks in a row we had great finishes to races with peo🌟ple having a chance to show their skills and get it done the right way. And I appreciate that again here.”

The Phoenix event marked the third co🍨nsecutive win for Bell and the Toyota-affiliated JGR ♕squad.

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 to achieve a three-peat in NASCAR.

In📖cidentally, it was Larson’s successes during his sole title-winning season that served as inspiration for Bell and Stevens.