For driver Chase Briscoe, who learned his craft on dirt bullrings in his native Indiana, nothing could be better than a victory on the big track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Driving for team owner Tony Stewart, who exploits at Indianapolis are the stuff of legend, Briscoe will get his second shot at the Brickyard in Saturday’s Indiana 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, IMS and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Briscoe comes to Indianapolis riding a wave of eight straight top-10 finishes, including a victory at Iowa Speedway that locked him into the Xfinity Playoffs, but the driver of the No. 98 will be the first to tell you how significant a win at the historic 2.5-mile speedway would be.
“The championship’s what your goal is, but from a personal standpoint, winning at Indianapolis—especially driving for Tony Stewart—there’d be nothing cooler except for winning the Brickyard (Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race),” said Briscoe, who finished ninth last year in his maiden race at the Brickyard.
“I’ve already had in my mind, if I win this thing, I’m climbing the fence like Tony. I’ll probably start crying. I want to win this race so bad. At the beginning of the year, me and my crew chief (Richard Boswell) sat down and kind of circled races, and Indianapolis was the first one I wanted to win.
“I said if we’re going to put an all-out effort in, that’s the won we need a win at. We going to try tomorrow, and hopefully we get it done.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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