NASCAR CUP SERIES: HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 PRESENTED BY ESPN BET

September 28, 2025

Chase Briscoe

Pit Lane Interview

Q. What a crazy finish, Chase Briscoe winds up fourth. Walk me through the final restarts. How much of your job was to push your teammate Christopher Bell, and how much was to fight for the 19 team?

CHASE BRISCOE: It was tough. I've never really been in a situation like that, where I needed really anybody but Bubba to win in that situation, but I wanted to still put it in a position where I could still win the race too.

It was just tough with those restarts. They're so circumstantial. One thing goes your way, and you can end up winning the race. One bad thing goes your way, and you end up running fifth to seventh. Just crazy, the runs and how fast they develop.

I thought I was going to, honestly, still have a really good shot to win the race, and when Bell got in the fence off of four, I had to all but stop, and it just ruined my momentum.

Scrappy day for our Bass Pro Shops Tracker Toyota. Would have loved to be obviously a little bit better today. Crazy, I think we're averaging a top-five finish in the playoffs, and we're only 20 points above.

Never feel safe at the ROVAL, but go there and try to do our job. Our road course stuff is pretty good there. See what we can do.

Q. You heard James give you the points update at the time that Wallace was in the lead and you were plus one, and you didn't say a word. Were you thinking I've got to do whatever I need to do to gain points for me, now plus 21?

CHASE BRISCOE: That was the hard thing. That second-to-last restart, I had a huge run out of the back straightaway, and I thought I could clear, potentially. So I tried to make it three wide, but looking back on it, maybe it would have been better to hit the 20 as hard as I could and try to get him to the lead.

But it is so crazy on those restarts. You're making split-second decisions. One variable can change, and what you thought was the right move is the wrong move. Crazy race. I'm sure it was fun to watch and go on to the next one.