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CHASE BRISCOE

Birth Date: December, 15, 1994 Hometown: Mitchell, IN
Birth Date: August 12, 1993 Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Team: No. 98 Ford Mustang / Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
Team: No. 16 Toyota Tundra/Roush Fenway Racing

After splitting time between three different race teams across two NASCAR circuits
in 2018, including sharing one ride with two other drivers, Chase Briscoe finally
has a full-time home at Stewart-Haas Racing this year in the team’s No. 98
NASCAR Xfinity Series Ford Mustang.

Although he appeared in just 17 of 33 races last season, he won
the inaugural race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road-
course ROVAL – and in the process put himself in a good spot
to stop making infrequent appearances.

FEATURED DRIVERS “It was obviously great to see him in our Ford Mustangs

a few times this year, and Chase didn’t disappoint,”
team owner Tony Stewart said. “His win at
Charlotte showed us a lot. He was patiently
aggressive, and he did a really good job of
managing his tires. He’s learned a lot in a very
short period of time, and we’re really looking
forward to seeing what he can do when he’s
in the same car, working with the same
crew, week in and week out.”

Briscoe led a race-best 33 of 55 laps, including
the final 24, to finish two full turns ahead of
second-place Justin Marks.

“Winning really two of the most different races
we have all year between Eldora and the ROVAL,
honestly, they had a lot of similarities because we
didn’t have very much grip,” Briscoe said. “It’s huge to me.
Everybody had to adapt to it and figure it out, and I don’t know
that I’m necessarily the best at it, but I felt like I just tried not to hit
anything, and this thing hardly has a scratch on it.”

Briscoe ran for Brad Keselowski’s NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck
Series team in 2017. He won the season-finale at Homestead and wound
up sixth in points. Last year he won for ThorSport Racing at Stewart’s
Eldora Speedway in his only truck-race.

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