Chase Briscoe

Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing, part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for JGR, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage.

Briscoe won the 2016 ARCA Racing Series championship and is the 2024 and 2025 Southern 500 winner. He also owns a World of Outlaws sprint car racing team, Chase Briscoe Racing.

Racing career Early career Briscoe's father, Kevin, initially did not allow Briscoe to race. He later relented, letting Chase race as a way of spending family time. Five years later, he returned to racing, driving 410 sprint cars at the age of thirteen. That year, he recorded seventeen top-ten finishes and a win at the final race of the season; he became the youngest driver to win a 410 sprint car race, beating NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon's record by one year despite racing with an engine from 1993. Despite winning the majority of on-track races, he finished second behind Patrick Staropoli in the challenge. Then-Michael Waltrip Racing executive Ty Norris told Briscoe after the fact that even though he did not win the challenge, Briscoe should still pursue a racing career. He ran two more races in the series that season, finishing thirteenth and 27th at Kern County Raceway Park and Phoenix International Raceway, respectively. Briscoe moved from Indiana to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2014 in hopes of making connections in the racing world. Team owner Kerry Scherer called Briscoe about the tests while Briscoe was driving back to Indiana from Charlotte, having given up on his racing career. In his second ARCA start at Salem Speedway, he qualified seventh and later finished fifth. Briscoe struck up a personal friendship with Briggs Cunningham III near the end of the 2015 season and was offered a full-season ride for 2016, which Briscoe accepted. Briscoe finished third at Daytona in his Truck Series debut by avoiding a tremendous wreck on the final lap after running in the top-ten almost all day. Briscoe earned his first career Truck Series pole award at Dover International Speedway and finished twelfth in the event. Later in the season, Briscoe earned his first career win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He was named the Truck Series' Most Popular Driver in 2017. BKR shut down after the season, leaving Briscoe without a ride. and the No. 98 Ford of Stewart–Haas Racing. Later that year, Briscoe won the inaugural Xfinity race on the Charlotte Roval race after holding off Justin Marks and Austin Cindric. Briscoe also returned to the Truck Series for one race in 2018, driving the No. 27 truck for ThorSport Racing in the race at Eldora Speedway, which he won in a photo finish over teammate Grant Enfinger. He would return to the same truck and team for the same race the following year and would finish seventh.

Briscoe committed to a full-time Xfinity schedule in SHR's No. 98 in 2019. In July, Briscoe earned his second career Xfinity Series win at Iowa Speedway. He qualified for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs on the back of posting ten straight top-ten finishes. Briscoe finished the 2019 season fifth in points after finishing third at Homestead.

After sponsorship troubles threatened to take Briscoe out of the seat, he secured enough funding to run the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. At Darlington, after his wife suffered a miscarriage, Briscoe earned his fourth career Xfinity Series win after holding off Kyle Busch. After winning at Darlington, instead of celebrating. He got out of his car and broke down. He recorded additional victories at Homestead, Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol, Las Vegas in the fall, and Kansas; In the final race at Phoenix, he fell behind the other three championship drivers due to a poor-handling car and spun with two laps remaining. Briscoe finished the race in ninth to conclude the season with a fourth-place points finish. His nine wins led all drivers in 2020, were the most by a Ford driver in the series, and the second highest by a non-Cup driver since Sam Ard in 1983.

2021: Rookie season Briscoe in the No. 14 at Daytona International Speedway in 2021 On October 20, 2020, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Briscoe would be promoted to the Cup Series in 2021, replacing Clint Bowyer in the No. 14 Ford Mustang. HighPoint.com, which sponsored Briscoe's Xfinity car, followed him to the Cup team, as well as Ford Performance Racing School. He recorded his first top ten at Circuit of the Americas as he finished sixth.

In March, Briscoe returned to the Truck Series to compete in the inaugural Bristol dirt race, where he drove the No. 04 for Roper Racing. He would return to the team for the races at Kansas and Knoxville. In May, Briscoe returned to the Xfinity Series and drove the No. 99 for B. J. McLeod Motorsports in a collaboration with Stewart–Haas Racing at Charlotte. In June, Briscoe returned to the West Series (now the ARCA Menards Series West) for the first time since 2013 when he drove in the race at Sonoma Raceway in preparation for his first Cup Series start at the track the next day. Briscoe's entry was for the same team (Stewart–Haas Racing) with the same car number (the No. 14) and crew chief (Johnny Klausmeier) as in the Cup Series. The car that Briscoe drove was a leftover Ford from Chad Bryant's closed team, and as part of the agreement to use the car, Bryant was the listed owner. He went on to lead every single lap in that race en route to the win. Briscoe then entered the main ARCA Series race at Watkins Glen. According to a pre-race TV interview with Briscoe, his No. 14 ARCA car was brought to Sonoma and Watkins Glen on the Cup Series No. 14 team's hauler instead of a Cup Series backup car. Briscoe would lead nine laps in the Watkins Glen race before exiting the race from the lead with a suspension issue and finishing 23rd.

Briscoe had a breakout race in the inaugural Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, leading most of the early stage and running in the top five. After the final restart, Briscoe was forced off the track by Denny Hamlin in turn one but rejoined side by side with Hamlin, earning a penalty due to failing to stop completely once out of track limits. Briscoe spun Hamlin out later that same lap, leading to controversy as Briscoe possibly did not know he was penalized. Briscoe finished 26th after being parked by NASCAR. He finished 23rd in the final standings and won Rookie of the Year honors.

2022: First playoff appearance and win

Briscoe and the No. 14 Stewart–Haas Racing team earned a sponsorship from Mahindra Tractors for the majority of the season. Briscoe began the 2022 season with a 22nd-place finish at the 2022 Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum. He placed third at the 2022 Daytona 500, missing out on the win by 0.091 seconds to Bubba Wallace and winner Austin Cindric. Briscoe won his first Cup Series race at Phoenix on March 13. He led 101 out of 312 laps en route to his maiden victory, becoming the 200th different driver in series history to have won a race in the Cup Series. Briscoe was eliminated following the Round of 8 after finishing tenth at Martinsville. He finished the season at a career-best ninth in the points standings.

2023 Briscoe started the 2023 season with a 35th-place DNF at the 2023 Daytona 500. On May 31, following the 2023 Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR issued an L3 penalty on the No. 14 after a post-race inspection revealed a counterfeit engine panel NACA duct; as a result, the team was docked 125 owner and driver points and 25 playoff points, and crew chief Johnny Klausmeier was suspended for six races and fined 250,000.

2024: Final season at SHR and return to the playoffs Briscoe started the 2024 season with a tenth-place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. He broke a 73-race winless streak at the Southern 500 to make the playoffs.

On May 28, 2024, Stewart–Haas Racing announced it would shut down its NASCAR operations at the end of the season.

2025: Joe Gibbs Racing, breakout season, and Championship 4 appearance

On June 25, 2024, it was officially announced that Briscoe would replace Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 Toyota in 2025.

Briscoe started the 2025 season with a fourth-place finish at the 2025 Daytona 500 after starting on the pole. After the Daytona 500, Briscoe's pole-winning car was taken to the NASCAR Research & Development Center for selected inspection, where it was found to have a modified single-source part, specifically, the spoiler. On February 19, NASCAR released its penalty report, in which Briscoe was penalized one hundred driver points and ten drivers' playoff points. JGR was fined 100,000, deducted 100 owner points, as well as ten owners' playoff points. In addition, crew chief James Small was suspended for four races. On March 5, JGR successfully appealed the penalty. Briscoe subsequently regained his points earned from the fourth place at the Daytona 500, tying him with Carson Hocevar in fourteenth in the NASCAR championship with 72 points. Additionally, the money lost was regained, and Small's race suspension was lifted. Briscoe also won the pole for the 2025 Coca-Cola 600, becoming the first driver since William Byron in 2019 to win both the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 poles in the same season. After that pole, he won back-to-back poles at Nashville and Michigan. On June 22, Briscoe scored his first win with JGR at Pocono by holding off teammate Denny Hamlin, locking him in the playoffs. He also scored the pole for the Brickyard 400, becoming the first driver to start up front in three consecutive Crown Jewel events in the same year. During the playoffs, Briscoe scored wins at Darlington in the Round of 16 to advance to the Round of 12 and Talladega in the Round of 8 to make the Championship 4.

2026: Return to Truck Series Briscoe celebrating his eero 400 win at Chicagoland Speedway. Briscoe started the 2026 season with a 36th-place finish at the 2026 Daytona 500. He scored his first win of the season at Chicagoland.

In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Briscoe drove the No. 19 for JGR at Las Vegas, filling in for Brent Crews, who was ineligible to run the race.

Briscoe returned to the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 5 for Tricon Garage at Bristol, running in a Truck Series race for the first time since the 2023 Bristol Dirt race.

Personal life Briscoe's father, Kevin, and grandfather Richard are both involved in sprint car racing, Kevin being a former Truck Series driver and a five-time track champion at Tri-State Speedway and Bloomington Speedway, while Richard has worked as a car owner for drivers like Rich Vogler and Dave Blaney. He met and became friends with fellow driver Christopher Bell on iRacing.

Briscoe is an active user of Reddit and frequently interacts with fans on the NASCAR subreddit.

He is married to his wife, Marissa. They were expecting their first child in 2020, but Marissa suffered a miscarriage in May of that year. Almost a year later, on March 25, 2021, Marissa announced on Twitter that she was pregnant with a boy. On October 2, 2021, Marissa gave birth to their son. On October 8, 2024, Marissa gave birth to the couple's second and third children, boy/girl twins.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2021 Stewart–Haas Racing 14 Ford DAY19 DRC32 HOM18 LVS21 PHO22 ATL23 BRD20 MAR27 RCH22 TAL11 KAN20 DAR11 DOV35 COA6 CLT23 SON17 NSH31 POC24 POC21 ROA6 ATL15 NHA27 GLN9 IRC26 MCH11 DAY21 DAR19 RCH16 BRI13 LVS14 TAL14 ROV22 TEX15 KAN19 MAR22 PHO34 23rd 655 2022 DAY3 CAL16 LVS35 PHO1 ATL15 COA30 RCH11 MAR9 BRD22 TAL37 DOV13 DAR20 KAN24 CLT4 GTW24 SON13 NSH34 ROA14 ATL16 NHA15 POC15 IRC23 MCH20 RCH23 GLN25 DAY31 DAR27 KAN13 BRI14 TEX5 TAL10 ROV9 LVS4 HOM36 MAR9 PHO4 9th 2292 2023 DAY35 CAL20 LVS28 PHO7 ATL24 COA15 RCH12 BRD5 MAR5 TAL4 DOV30 KAN32 DAR17 CLT20 GTW34 SON29 NSH31 CSC20 ATL22 NHA10 POC29 RCH11 MCH31 IRC6 GLN35 DAY30* DAR15 KAN19 BRI27 TEX10 TAL13 ROV28 LVS33 HOM17 MAR4 PHO24 30th 534 2024 DAY10 ATL31 LVS21 PHO9 BRI13 COA13 RCH18 MAR10 TEX6 TAL12 DOV19 KAN21 DAR5 CLT25 GTW17 SON34 IOW28 NHA2 NSH21 CSC32 POC15 IND24 RCH21 MCH31 DAY14 DAR1 ATL38 GLN6 BRI8 KAN24 TAL30 ROV36 LVS26 HOM12 MAR15 PHO29 14th 2184 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY4 ATL21 COA14 PHO35 LVS17 HOM4 MAR9 DAR28 BRI4 TAL15 TEX27 KAN4 CLT3 NSH17 MCH23 MXC7 POC1* ATL35 CSC23 SON2 DOV2 IND18 IOW2 GLN5 RCH13 DAY23 DAR1* GTW2 BRI9 NHA10 KAN4 ROV14 LVS4 TAL1 MAR37 PHO18 3rd 5019 2026 DAY36 ATL2 COA37 PHO37 LVS8 DAR12 MAR14 BRI5 KAN3 TAL29 TEX23 GLN4 CLT33 NSH3 MCH10 POC12 COR17 SON2 CHI1 ATL36 NWS3 IND4 IOW6 RCH2* NHA26 DAY13 DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2021 Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 30 19 2022 9 3 2023 30 35 2024 20 10 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1 4 2026 2 36

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2018 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Ford DAY ATL15 LVS PHO CAL TEX11 RCH26 POC38 MCH IOW CHI9 DAY KEN NHA IOW10 GLN MOH14 BRI34 ROA DAR IND9 LVS31 RCH DOV19 HOM13 24th 334 Stewart–Haas Racingwith Biagi–DenBeste 98 Ford BRI23 TAL16 DOV CLT11 ROV1* KAN30 TEX PHO 2019 DAY12 ATL15 LVS8 PHO6 CAL5 TEX4 BRI4 RCH8 TAL4 DOV5 CLT19 POC3 MCH7 IOW7 CHI15 DAY35 KEN5 NHA6 IOW1 GLN6 MOH7 BRI2 ROA7 DAR6 IND8 LVS11 RCH5 ROV9* DOV5* KAN3 TEX22 PHO8 HOM3 5th 2302 2020 Stewart–Haas Racing DAY5 LVS1* CAL19 PHO6 DAR1 CLT20 BRI2 ATL9 HOM7 HOM1 TAL18 POC1 IRC1* KEN4 KEN2 TEX2 KAN14 ROA3 DRC29* DOV10 DOV1* DAY3 DAR11* RCH11 RCH16 BRI1 LVS1* TAL19* ROV18* KAN1* TEX24 MAR7 PHO9 4th 4028 2021 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Ford DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT6 MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY19 DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 83rd 01 2022 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC5 MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 84th 01 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL TEX CLT23 NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 97th 01 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS2 DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2017 Brad Keselowski Racing 29 Ford DAY3 ATL25 MAR11 KAN5 CLT11 DOV12 TEX2 GTW2* IOW7 KEN11 ELD3 POC9 MCH9 BRI12 MSP7 CHI2 NHA11 LVS3 TAL22 MAR19 TEX4 PHO4 HOM1* 6th 2248 2018 ThorSport Racing 27 Ford DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD1* POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 91st 01 2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD7* MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 100th 01 2021 Roper Racing 04 Ford DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD5 RCH KAN19 DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX36 GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 98th 01 2023 AM Racing 22 Ford DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD7 MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 95th 01 2026 Tricon Garage 5 Toyota DAY ATL STP DAR CAR BRI14 TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

Canada Series NASCAR Canada Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2024 Dave Jacombs Racing 1 Ford MSP ACD AVE RIS RIS OSK5 SAS EIR CTR ICAR MSP DEL AMS 48th 40

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2015 Cunningham Motorsports 72 Dodge DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP10 POC BLN ISF DSF SLM5 KEN KAN 64th 385 2016 77 DAY4 TAL3 NJE4 1st 4795 Ford NSH9 SLM16 TOL4* POC10 MCH2 MAD6 WIN1* IOW1* IRP1* POC1* BLN2 ISF5* DSF4 SLM6* CHI1 KEN22 KAN1* 2021 Stewart–Haas Racing 14 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN23 MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 109th 22

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2013 Bill McAnally Racing 20 Toyota PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP8 AAS 31st 84 99 KCR13 PHO27 2021 Stewart–Haas Racing 14 Ford PHO SON1** IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 34th 48

Superstar Racing Experience (key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner. Superstar Racing Experience results Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 2023 57 STA STA II MMS BER ELD7 LOS 17th 01

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Ref 2023 N/A 5 Ford SNM FLC HCY ACE NWS10 LGY DOM CRW HCY ACE TCM WKS AAS SBO TCM CRW 49th 23