By Luis Torres, Staff Writer
Another instance of “what might’ve been” for Chase Briscoe following a fourth-place finish in the five-plus hour Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday.
Similar to the battle with Tyler Reddick in the Bristol Dirt Race early in the season, Briscoe was in the mix for the win. Only this time, Briscoe was chasing down Kyle Larson and with four laps left in regulation, Briscoe made his move to get by Larson for the top spot.
Briscoe couldn’t fully clear Larson before the exit of Turn 1 as his No. 14 Ford Mustang got too tight and lost the top spot to Larson. However, the determined Indiana racer wouldn’t be denied as he didn’t lose much ground.
Then on Lap 398, flashbacks of Bristol reared its ugly head. He lost it after diving low on Larson, sending the race into overtime.
Heartbreak city for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver as a solid result appeared to be gone. That was until the restart were the leaders went four-wide before all hell broke loose. As guys like Austin Dillon and Joey Logano crashed out, Briscoe made it through the madness.
Suddenly, a lost night turned a much-needed good points night as he scored his third top-five of the season. His first since winning at Phoenix Raceway but it wasn’t what Briscoe was thinking about after 413 grueling laps (619.5 miles).
Instead, it’s about being denied again at a second career NASCAR Cup Series win.
“We just had a really really good Mahindra Tractors Ford and just super proud of everybody at SHR,” said Briscoe. “We’ve obviously struggled really bad the last month and a half and to have a good car like that today and had a car capable of winning and I threw it away, plain and simple.
“I’m glad we were able to at least get back to fourth. It’s unfortunate. There are 100 different things I would have done differently if I could re-do it again, but obviously you’re racing in the moment and made a mistake and…
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