Joe Gibbs Racing has discovered the brand new driver of the No. 19 automobile for 2025 and past.
29 year-old Chase Briscoe will take over Martin Truex Jr.’s seat for 2025, with the 43 year-old Truex retiring.
The transfer makes Briscoe the primary of 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers to announce their workforce for 2025 amongst SHR’s closing on the finish of 2024.
Briscoe serves as an incredible alternative for JGR to stay within the No. 19 Camry, as he boasts 11 wins within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence and one win within the NASCAR Cup Sequence.
In 2022, Briscoe gained at Phoenix and made the Spherical of 8 within the Cup Sequence Playoffs in simply his second full-time season of competitors. Briscoe has floated across the playoff cutline for a lot of 2024, at the moment sitting 18th, simply 25 factors exterior of a possible playoff spot.
Whereas Briscoe’s rookie season in 2021 wasn’t something particular, he proved that he clearly has the expertise to compete for championships in 2022, being only a few laps away from a Cinderella run to NASCAR’s championship race. Whereas 2023 was a tough season for the whole lot of Stewart-Haas Racing, Briscoe has dragged his No. 14 workforce to a number of spectacular runs in 2024, together with a runner-up end in Sunday’s race at New Hampshire.
Briscoe will inherit crew chief James Small, who has gained eight races atop the pit field in four-and-a-half seasons with Truex.
Whereas Briscoe doubtless will not be a championship contender proper off the bat in 2025, the No. 19 workforce must be in championship rivalry most of the time with Briscoe, who, has one of many highest ceilings amongst younger drivers within the Cup Sequence.
We cannot actually know what the No. 19 workforce has in retailer for 2025 till the inexperienced flag flies within the Daytona 500, however it should definitely be enjoyable to see Briscoe paired with a championship caliber group.