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Chase Briscoe's Tendency to Finish Better Than He Runs May Reap Dividends at Daytona
Chase Briscoe has had a weird season where he has qualified great, run substantially worse than his qualifying positions, but still backed into solid finishes at the end. The Daytona 500 was a great example as he won the pole with a car initially ruled illegal before that penalty was overturned, but he hardly contended before reemerging at the end, where he caused the multi-car last lap pileup but still finished fourth. Despite continuing to overdrive and making a succession of mistakes, Briscoe keeps getting away with it and has the third best average finish in the Cup Series. Having said that, that average of 13.3 is still worse than his qualifying position of ninth, so he is very likely to finish worse than he starts regardless and he isn't a dominant enough force to likely fight for lap leader points, so he is probably best avoided.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
