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Post-Daytona 500 Penalty Results in Much Worse Talladega Qualifying for Chase Briscoe
In one of the more amusing anecdotes from qualifying, Chase Briscoe qualified 17th (slowest of the four Joe Gibbs Racing cars) after being penalized for a spoiler modification at the Daytona 500, where he had shocked everyone by winning the pole. Even though the penalty was rescinded, his inexplicable pole interrupting the perennial Ford qualifying dominance at the tracks likely had something to do with the infraction nonetheless, so his car won't likely be as fast this time in the race either. As with Alex Bowman, he's in a kind of no man's land where he qualified too well to gain many positions but too poorly to likely factor for the lead and earn lap leader points. Briscoe is probably even less valuable when considering he costs $300 more than Bowman.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
