NASCAR considered removing Chase Briscoe from the playoffs but didn’t

Concord, North Carolina – While Christopher Bell celebrates at Victory Lane After his must-do performance in Charlotte Ruffal, Chase Brisco He stood on a pit road and couldn’t stop smiling after ninth place took him to the quarter-finals.

“It means more to me, I think, then even Winning the Cup Series in PhoenixBriscoe told NBC Sports, referring to his win there in March.

“Knowing that you have a one in eight chance of winning a Cup is an unbelievable feeling. …This is the happiest I’ve ever been after a race. Normally, I’m not very mobile, even after winning, but I was screaming in the car. I was so excited. “.

As he jumped out of his Stewart-Haas Racing #14 Ford, Briscoe, with his helmet still on, embraced and greeted the crew members.

“I feel like this is the biggest achievement of my career,” Briscoe said of being among the last eight drivers to compete for the Cup. “I feel like this was the best race I’ve had in my career, from start to finish. I felt like my reboots were the best reboots I’ve ever had in my life. I felt like I had put together a full run.”

he did.

After scoring one of the top ten in the 21 races leading up to Round Two, Briscoe scored three consecutive top ten finishes. Until the playoffs began, Briscoe’s last 10 was the fourth-place result at the Coca-Cola 600 in May.

While Briscoe was in the midst of his top 10 drought, he said he spoke with Stewart-Haas Racing’s chief competition officer, Greg Zibadelli, about a change that needs to be made.

“I just told him, from a strategic point of view, give me the ball, let me try to do something,” Briscoe said.

#NASCAR …that was Chase Briscoe’s reaction with his team after they advanced to the quarter-finals. pic.twitter.com/nMSi7jmYdd

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Briscoe wanted the organization to be more aggressive.

“Put me in bad situations,” he told Zibadeli. “Let me try to prove to you that I can do.”

The team has done just that, and Briscoe also said he feels he’s had a bigger leadership role over the past two months.

“I would love to do that role on the team,” Briscoe said.

Briscoe defeated the defending champion Kyle Larson for the final transfer place by two points on Sunday in Roval.

NASCAR said after the race that it was investigating the procedures Briscoe’s teammate, Cole Custeron his back on the last lap of the race when Custer slowed dramatically as Briscoe was racing for position against Austin Dillon And the Eric Jones.

NASCAR said it will announce the results of its review this week, but any potential penalties will not affect the eighth round field.

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When the series raced in Phoenix in March, Christopher Bell Leaving there 30 points after finishing 26th.

A crash at the Daytona 500 put the team down as well as the engine failure at Auto Club Speedway in the second race of the season. The team also struggled on the pit road. Team Peel had three different pit crew formations in the first 10 races and five in the first 13 races.

Bale’s early struggles – six runs for 20th place or worse in the top 10 races – led to talk about Bale and his team. It was a talk Bill overheard.

“I think a lot of people would write off me as a driver, they would write off car number 20, and Christopher would be fired,” Bell said of the early difficulties. “I’ve got that all the time, that I’m going to replace. The 20th car is the turnstile, it’s going to be out here.

“Maybe I’ll keep working a little longer now.”

His victory over Raval took him to the quarter-finals and made him one of the favorites.

Toyotas were strong on 1.5-mile trails. The Tour begins with races in Las Vegas and Homestead, both of which are 1.5 miles long. A win in this round sees the accessory driver move to the November 6 championship race in Phoenix.

“I like our chances,” Bell said. “All the remaining races are playing well for us. We just have to run, put points on our markers and cross our T, and see where the cards fall.”

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Kyle Busch isn’t the only Cup driver interested In running at the Indianapolis 500. Kyle Larson says he’s still interested in competing in the Indianapolis 500 He has permission from car owner Rick Hendrick and Hendrick Motorsports Vice Chairman Jeff Gordon.

“I’d love to do that,” Larson said. “Just timing and I want to have the best equipment possible and the best crew. I mentioned to Jeff and Rick that I wanted to do this, but I also did it a year ago.

“It’s up to them to find something.”

Larson said Hendrik told him he didn’t want him to run the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 this year but said he could do it moving forward.

The cup champion has been eliminated of contending for the title in Sunday’s playoff race at Charlotte Roval.