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Chase Briscoe Finishes Last at Martinsville
Chase Briscoe finished last in Sunday's race at Martinsville after an engine failure, but it clearly doesn't matter since he had already advanced to the Championship 4 by virtue of his win at Talladega. It seems incredibly obvious that both Hamlin and Briscoe were trying some wild setups and treating Martinsville as a race-long test session for the Phoenix finale, so one should not judge their prospects based on that. However, the difference is that Hamlin actually ran well as he was second to Ryan Blaney for a while, as opposed to Briscoe, who was in and out of the top 10 and had one of his weaker runs in weeks before his engine failure. Briscoe seems outmatched compared to the three perpetual championship contenders who joined him in the Championship 4, but he's also exceeded people's expectations all season and is quite strong at Phoenix, so he's not entirely out of it either.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
