Chase Briscoe was at it again! Having punted Shane van Gisbergen in the Cup Series race at the Chicago Street Course, the 29-year-old was responsible for a multi-car collision on a Lap 75 restart at Brickyard 400. The incident forced William Byron and A.J. Allmendinger to retire early, while the Stewart-Haas Racing driver finished 24th. With a move to Joe Gibbs Racing on the horizon, Briscoe needs to clean up his act if he wants to fill in Martin Truex Jr’s legendary boots, whose seat he’ll be occupying in JGR.

Reflecting on the incident at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR insider Brett Griffin spoke about Chase Briscoe’s recent, yet frequent, mistakes on the Door Bumper Clear podcast, while the driver hopes to prove that he truly belongs amongst NASCAR’s heavyweights.

Chase Briscoe is building a ‘Rowdy’ reputation

On the Lap 75 restart, Chase Briscoe’s No. 14 Ford Mustang got tight while exiting Turn 2, which made the cars behind him stack up. As a result, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Ryan Preece got sandwiched between William Byron and Harrison Burton, forcing them to make contact. This initiated a chain reaction as Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro spun around the track, hitting A.J. Allmendinger’s No. 16 Chevy before slamming the inside wall and ending their races.

On the July 23 episode of the Door Bumper Clear podcast, Brett Griffin shared an inside story about an interaction between William Byron and Chase Briscoe’s spotters after the race. He said, “I was standing beside Branden Lines yesterday, who got wrecked. He spots for William Byron. Joey Campbell, who works for Briscoe, came down to say, ‘Hey man, Chase said to tell you that he got tight right there.’ Branden Lines lost his mind, and I’ve never seen Branden really get mad.”

Speaking about the incident and Chase Briscoe replacing Martin Truex Jr in the No. 19 Toyota Camry, Brett Griffin said, “I said on this show when Chase Briscoe signed that No. 19 deal [that we’re] getting ready to see him turn up the wig and prove he belongs and to prove he deserves it. Man, it’s been mistake after mistake. He needs to go on a run with a few weeks where he’s not wrecking anybody.”

At Chicago Street Course, Chase Briscoe was responsible for Shane van Gisbergen’s early retirement after an incident occurred between the pair on Lap 25. Racing under difficult conditions due to rain, Briscoe lost control of his No. 14 Ford while entering Turn 6 and made contact with Van Gisbergen’s No. 16 Chevrolet, which slammed into the wall, resulting in a DNF.

With Stewart-Haas Racing ceasing operations at the end of the season, Chase Briscoe is fortunate to have a seat at Joe Gibbs Racing. He’s all set to replace Martin Truex Jr, who has built an impeccable reputation in his illustrious NASCAR career. Few drivers are as respected as Truex Jr within the NASCAR community, and Briscoe will have big shoes to fill in the No. 19 car. As things stand, the SHR driver is 16th in the standings, with just two top-5s and six top-10s.

Since Christopher Bell announced Briscoe as a JGR driver for 2025, the 4 races that have followed have witnessed quite underwhelming results by the now-SHR driver.

The 29-year-old needs to get his act together on track, as being involved in wrecks isn’t helping his reputation. Briscoe needs to remember that he drives Tony Stewart’s iconic No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing car and will be driving Martin Truex Jr’s No. 19 Toyota Camry next season. If that isn’t enough motivation to drive cleanly, what is?

William Byron blames Briscoe for Brickyard 400 wreck

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The No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports car has a prestigious history at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The car was famously driven by Jeff Gordon in 1994 when the first Cup Series race was held on the iconic 2.5-mile oval. Since then, the car has maintained a streak of winning on the track at least once every 10 years. That was until now, as William Byron finished the race in 38th place, a result that he blamed Chase Briscoe for.

After the race, a disheartened William Byron said, “We got back there in traffic. It seemed like the pit-stop sequence didn’t go our way, obviously there, and then the 14 was just being a squirrel back in the pack. Drove up in front of me, had the lift laid off the corner, got run over.” The 26-year-old added, “He lifted or came up in front of me and choked me up, and we’re just back there with the squirrels.”

With four races remaining in the regular season, Chase Briscoe remains one of six drivers hoping for a playoff spot despite not winning a race. Martin Truex Jr, Bubba Wallace, and Ty Gibbs are all a part of that group, knowing that nothing less than a victory will be enough to secure a postseason spot. As for William Byron, the Hendrick Motorsports driver will consider Brickyard 400 a missed opportunity, but with three wins already this season and a playoff spot assured, the 26-year-old’s focus will be on the larger picture.

With NASCAR resuming races after a two-week-long Olympic break, Chase Briscoe has the time to pick himself up, dust himself off, and get a strong result at Richmond Raceway. That said, do you think he was at fault for the multi-car wreck at Brickyard 400? Let us know in the comments!