NASCAR CUP SERIES: CHALLENGE ROUND 3 - TOYOTA / SAVE MART 350

July 13, 2025

Chase Briscoe

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Take us through that last one, Chase, because that was the one that I think was the closest for you to make that move.

CHASE BRISCOE: Yeah, for sure. The only opportunity I had was on the restarts. I never played basketball against Michael Jordan in his prime, but I feel like that's probably what it was like. That guy is unbelievable on road courses. He's just so good. He's really raised the bar on this entire series.

Proud of the effort. I thought there was one restart I was maybe going to get clear of him, but truthfully even if I cleared him, he was probably going to pass me back by the end of the lap. Yeah, proud of the effort. We were a second-place car all day and obviously ended up second with it.

Yeah, I honestly don't know what more I need. I feel like my car is extremely good, and I feel like every time I would run down Shane he would just pick up the pace himself and start driving back away. It was frustrating at times, but I was honestly happy with the effort. This is by far my worst racetrack. Kind of surprised myself truthfully.

Q. We thought you might be able to get by him on one of the restarts. One of the stories of the day was just kind of managing tires. We saw some guys go well at the beginning of a run and then fade a lot. What was your plan today? Were you aggressive at the beginning or did you try to take it easy so you had something at the end?

CHASE BRISCOE: Yeah, definitely were just trying to maintain -- the first initial start of the race, I didn't do a good job of maintaining. I fell back to fourth and cost myself too much time trying to save tires.

But yeah, I thought other than that I did a really good job of just trying to stay disciplined and manage my stuff, and I felt like it paid off. I was typically the second best car. I just never had anything for Shane. I felt like he still had more left in the tank as well. But yeah, it was fun. We were slipping and sliding around all over the place. It's fun when you can do that in these types of race cars. It was a really fun day behind the wheel.

Q. Yesterday after you qualified second you were right behind SVG and you said, I had more in the tank there. You felt like you could have been closer to him in qualifying. One of the things I've noticed, I know you've won on road courses in Xfinity, but in the Cup Series it seems like you've stepped in this 19 car you've had a ton of pace at these road courses. Have you been working on something behind the scenes for the road courses?

CHASE BRISCOE: Yeah, I think the car, honestly. I don't really feel like I'm doing a whole lot different. Certainly going into this week I was saying how this is my worst racetrack.

I felt like the 19 team did a really good job of just trying to show me little things that Martin did that made him excel here, and I just tried to replicate that. But for the most part, honestly, it's just been doing my typical deal. The car has so much more pace and balance. So it makes it really enjoyable.

Just so honored and thankful that I get to drive this 19 car with Bass Pro Shops on the hood. I cannot thank Johnny Morris, J.P. Morris, the entire Toyota family, Bass Pro Shops family, and obviously Joe Gibbs Racing for giving me this opportunity because I am certainly having the time of my life right now. It's fun running week in and week out in the Cup Series and feeling like you have a shot to go win.