NASCAR CUP SERIES: COOK OUT 400

August 15, 2026

Chase Briscoe

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Chase, second, working hard there at the end. How much more did you need?

CHASE BRISCOE: Yeah, I don't know what more I needed. I thought that last run I was a little bit better than him. To get there at the end, prior run to the pit stop, I just lost brakes, got really, really loose. Gave up a three-second advantage. That was ultimately the difference.

One bad run. Like I said, that was the difference maker there in the end. It's weird to be running second here. This has been a real struggle to me, this place. I think that's my first ever top 10 here even. To get close, not get it done is so frustrating. I had a really fast Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Toyota and wasn't able to seal the deal there in the end.

Q. How much did the brake shake early in your runs affect you?

CHASE BRISCOE: The brake deal was interesting. I had great brakes. I felt like a large majority of the race it was to my advantage. I could get into the corner so deep compared to everyone. As I kind of lost that, I lost my advantage. I came not mediocre, but I wasn't quite as strong as what I needed to be to maintain there.

Yeah, definitely frustrating from that standpoint, but still huge improvement from what I've been here, for sure. Go on to the next one.

Q. You did clinch into the Chase tonight.

CHASE BRISCOE: Yeah, that's great. Obviously that was the goal. You want to be able to race for a championship. A long way to go. We need to get fifth in points. We continued to do what we needed to do from that standpoint, had a great points night. It would have been great to have 15 more points at the end of I.

Yeah, just frustrating to say the least to have one slip away like that at the end.