Taking a page out of the Kyle Larson playbook – the reigning Cup Series champion who also races numerous dirt events each year – Briscoe is set to vastly expand his own non-NASCAR racing schedule.
While the 27-year-old native of Mitchell, Ind., has run a couple dirt races at most the past few years in addition to his NASCAR schedule, his primary focus has been on his fulltime rides, first in the Xfinity and then the Cup series beginning last year.
Now with support from his Stewart-Hass Racing team, a growing confidence from success on the track and now some important financial backing, Briscoe is embarking on a daunting schedule of 25 or so dirt events this year, racing both in familiar classes and some new ones.
The new adventure even has a cool nickname: “The Chase’N Dirt Tour.”
“In 2018, that part-time year I did in NASCAR, I ran like 25 to 30 dirt races but from then on, 2019, 2020, I didn’t run anything other than the Chili Bowl. In 2021, I think I ran two sprint car races and that was it,” Briscoe told Motorsport.com.
“I just wanted to focus on the pavement side. I didn’t feel like I was really established as a NASCAR driver. I feel a lot more comfortable now than I was at that point of my career. Now I feel like I have my feet on the ground a little bit more.
“The (outside) racing was definitely something I still wanted to do but I didn’t want it to be my main focus, I wanted it to be the NASCAR stuff first.”
Mahindra Ag North America signed on with SHR last December to become the primary sponsor of Briscoe’s No. 14 Ford this season.
While Mahindra did announce at the time it would also sponsor Briscoe’s entry in the 2022 Chili Bowl, this week the Houston-based company agreed it to serve as the primary sponsor of Chase Briscoe Racing for a round of summer dirt racing.
Beginning with this weekend’s 360 sprints at the Talladega (Ala.) Short Track, Briscoe will compete in a series of more than 25 races in five different…
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