Throughout the NASCAR Cup Series season, you’ll see some surprise winners. Tracks like Daytona and Talladega tend to attract losers. Darlington? Not so much.
The Lady in Black is as unstoppable as any other track on the calendar and if you want to find Victory Lane, you have to overcome the road that is very difficult to tame.And so when you made a short .
The list of drivers who could make it to Sunday’s 500 Southern, the regular season finale, Chase Briscoe probably didn’t cross your mind. It’s nothing against the ace of Stewart-Haas Racing, but finding himself in a must-win situation at Darlington is not an ideal situation. But Briscoe and his team were focused from the start, qualifying third and staying near the front of the field for the duration of the 367-lap, 500-mile marathon. And with 26 laps to go, Briscoe made a career-defining move, passing Ty Gibbs, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain in Turn 3 to take a lead he never relinquished.
Briscoe is part of the 16-man playoff field and has certainly earned it, even earning praise from Denny Hamlin on Monday’s “Harmful Actions” podcast. Chase Briscoe clinch playoff spot after surprise win at Darlington “At tracks like Darlington, you can’t get lucky and win,” Hamlin said.
“There are a lot of things from the car, the driver, the pit crew and all that. And the 14 team has all these pieces of the puzzle together. They have enough funding to be fast enough, their pit team is pretty good , his driver is pretty good and has been out the whole race.”“It’s just Daytona or superspeedways – Atlanta this weekend could definitely see another surprise winner.
“It’s just a different kind of racing. As a sport, we’ve just evolved in that direction.”The victory was particularly emotional for Briscoe, who will soon join Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. SHR closes its doors after the 2024 campaign and more than 300 employees will soon be out of a job.
Briscoe’s triumph, which ended a streak of 93 victories, was for them as much as for him.”For all the 320 employees, all, to be able to compete for a championship in their senior year. year is incredible. “God is so good,” Briscoe said after the race. “It’s like deja vu at the end with Kyle, with the Xfinity race here in 2020. Obviously, I didn’t know if I could do it. … Tonight literally went perfectly.
The pit crew did a outstanding job we cry After chess, I just won the Southern 500, it’s a jewel in the crown.
‘You’re not going to luck up and win’:Denny Hamlin commends Chase Briscoe, SHR for Darlington
