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Chase Briscoe

2026 Season: NASCAR Cup Series

● Playoff eligible
9th
Position
2119
Points
1
Wins
10
Top 5
14
Top 10
29
Starts

Through September 19, 2026 · 87 pts behind leader

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Coverage (10 articles)

Christopher Bell Ended a 33-Race Winless Streak by Winning the Southern 500.

Jack Beckett·

Bell won the Cook Out Southern 500 by 1.038 seconds over Ty Gibbs, his first victory in 33 races and the end of a season with seven runner-up finishes. His crew gave away the lead on a stop after he had won the second segment, and he took it back with 12 laps to go. Ty Gibbs finished second after starting 28th.

Logano Leads 323 Laps to Win North Wilkesboro's First Cup Points Race in 30 Years

Jack Beckett·

Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps and beat Denny Hamlin by 0.859 seconds to win the Window World 450, the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years. The win secured a playoff berth for Logano. For Kaulig Racing the night split in two: Ty Dillon finished 16th while AJ Allmendinger went out early with suspension trouble.

Denny Hamlin Has a 44-Point Lead and No Answer for Atlanta

Jack Beckett·

Denny Hamlin leads the Cup Series by 44 points with seven races left, but Sunday night the Quaker State 400 visits EchoPark Speedway, a drafting track where he has no top 10 all year. Tyler Reddick, the driver chasing him, is the defending winner and one of the best pack racers in the field. If Reddick can stop crashing, Atlanta is where the title math gets nervous.

William Byron Won Everything at Chicagoland Except the Race

Jack Beckett·

William Byron swept both stages at Chicagoland and led 94 laps, more than anyone else on the grid. He finished fourth. Chase Briscoe led the final 46 laps, beat Christopher Bell by 0.276 seconds, and gave Joe Gibbs Racing a 1-2-3 in NASCAR's first Cup race at the track since 2019.

Hamlin Grabs Pocono Pole

John Speedway·

Denny Hamlin was the last man out at Pocono and grabbed the Busch Light Pole by fifty-seven thousandths of a second, his fourth of the season. The bigger story is the streak: two straight wins, his best track in front of him, and a shot at the first three-race run of his career on Sunday.

Two Toyotas, One Title, and the Track Ford Refuses to Lose

John Speedway·

Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin have turned 2026 into a two-Toyota title fight, and they're carrying it into Michigan International Speedway, the track Ford has won at 44 times and can't win at now. A FireKeepers Casino 400 preview from John Speedway.

Denny Hamlin Beat His Own Teammates to the Line at Nashville for Win No. 62

Jack Beckett·

Denny Hamlin won the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville by 0.115 seconds, and the two cars he beat were his own Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe, in a three-wide sweep to the line. Points leader Tyler Reddick crashed across the finish and still leads by 97.

Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.

John Speedway·

Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother, a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire. The Cup field heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway next for the Coca-Cola 600.

Spire Motorsports Locked the Front Row at Texas.

The NASCAR Guy·

Carson Hocevar won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday in the Spire Motorsports No. 77, edging teammate Daniel Suárez by 0.003 seconds. It is the second pole of Hocevar's career, the second Spire car on the front row, and the third weekend in a row that Spire Motorsports, the Concord-based Cup team, has put a car in NASCAR's spotlight.

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