Following Martin Truex Jr. asserting his retirement from full-time NASCAR Cup competitors, Joe Gibbs Racing has introduced Chase Briscoe as his alternative.
Though the information should not be an excessive amount of of a shock, as Christopher Bell by accident leaked it in a press convention at New Hampshire Motor Speedway final weekend.
On Tuesday, it was Bell himself who launched Briscoe on the JGR press convention.
Bass Professional Outlets will proceed to function a major sponsor on the #19 automotive, and James Small will stay because the crew chief.
“I’m excited for this chance with Joe Gibbs Racing and Bass Professional Outlets,” Briscoe stated.
“From a contest standpoint, JGR is the place to be if you wish to go win races week in and week out and to race for the championship yearly.
“I’m blessed that Johnny Morris and Bass Professional are on board to assist us keep on the legacy of the 19 automotive.
“For me personally, being an avid outdoorsman, there’s plenty of delight in now being part of the Bass Professional model and I’m extraordinarily grateful for this partnership.
“Getting to satisfy Johnny, I really feel like I share plenty of the identical values as him and Coach, and I’m able to get to work and show that they’ve made a terrific selection placing me on this automotive.”
Race winner Chase Briscoe, Stewart Haas Racing, Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang in victory lane
Photograph by: Jasen Vinlove / NKP / Motorsport Images
Briscoe, 29, has spent the whole thing of his NASCAR Cup Sequence profession with Stewart-Haas Racing.
When SHR recently announced plans to close down on the conclusion of the 2024 season, Briscoe was all of the sudden left trying to find a brand new house.
However with 2017 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Martin Truex Jr. planning to step away from full-time racing, a aggressive trip at one of many high groups within the sport opened up.
Will probably be an enormous change for Briscoe, who has by no means pushed something apart from a Ford within the high three ranges of NASCAR.
He made his Truck Sequence debut in 2017, driving for the now defunct Brad Keselowski Racing.
He earned his first Truck win within the season finale. The next 12 months, he made the transfer as much as the Xfinity Sequence, profitable in simply his 14th begin.
However he actually began to show some heads when he joined SHR for the 2020 Xfinity season.
He made the Championship 4, profitable a series-leading 9 races. The efficiency earned him a full-time trip within the Cup Sequence for 2021.
He’s at the moment competing in his fourth full-time season as a Cup Sequence driver, and has scored one Cup win (Phoenix 2022).
Simply this previous weekend, Briscoe’s runner-up end to Bell within the NHMS race was his finest end since that victory over two years in the past. His finest factors end result additionally got here in 2022, ending the season ninth within the championship standings.