Chase Briscoe's Stage 1 Crash Likely Eliminates Him From Round Of 12
4 weeks agoChase Briscoe was always going to be a playoff longshot because he has below average speed this year and even his rookie teammate Josh Berry has generally been faster. Briscoe likely needed a lot of luck to advance in the playoffs, but he did not get that in yesterday's Atlanta race when Kyle Larson hit the outside wall hard and Briscoe struck his rear bumper as Larson slid down the track, taking both drivers out of the race. Although Briscoe ran pretty well before the crash and ran consistently in the top fifteen in a race his Stewart-Haas Racing teammates did not run well, he now sits last in the playoffs 21 points below the cutline and given his lack of speed in the regular season, he will almost certainly be a first-round exit in the playoffs.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference