Christopher Bell did not win the race at Gateway on Sunday, but Denny Hamlin is confident that he will be in line to win a championship this season. On Hamlin’sActions Detrimentalpodcast, he declared that Bell will be a favorite to win his first title at the end of the year. “When I saw he finished seventh, I was like ‘Oh wow,’” Hamlin said about Bellwho had engine issues at the end of the race. “He limped it home, but I think the field was so spread out that moment. …Maybe he gained a second by [Martin] Truex pushing him down the straightaways but certainly was beneficial. He was still runnin…