NASCAR has handed down a large penalty following its post-race inspections after the Daytona 500 and Chase Briscoe and his group have been hit laborious.
Based on Dustin Albino of NASCAR.com, the governing physique docked the No. 19 group 100 factors, 10 playoff factors and suspended crew chief James Small for the subsequent 4 races as a consequence of modifications to the automobile’s spoiler. The group was additionally fined $100,000.
As well as, FOX Sports activities’ Bob Pockrass reported that Todd Gilliland and Cody Ware have been each docked 10 factors for not having ballast within the correct ballast containers for pre-race tech.
The penalties, for Chase Briscoe particularly, are stiff. They stack up as among the harshest handed out within the final 12 months, which can function a reasonably good deterrent sooner or later. They’ll additionally put Briscoe’s group behind the 8-ball to open the 2025 marketing campaign.
Briscoe completed P4 in NASCAR’s season opener at Daytona, securing 33 factors because of this. He didn’t land any stage factors, although he led the race for 4 laps.
Chase Briscoe moving into higher form
Earlier than the season began there was one noticeable change for Chase Briscoe: He’s merely in a lot better form proper now. An offseason transfer has helped with that.
Underneath Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing, weight-reduction plan and train weren’t actually prime priorities. They’re now at Joe Gibbs Racing. The Indiana boy can’t eat like he’s at his mother’s home on a regular basis anymore. He’s placing away the fruits and veggies as nicely.
Briscoe spoke to Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports activities in regards to the change and the way it took place.
“I wouldn’t say Toyota as a lot as JGR,” Briscoe stated. “I feel it’s like there for Toyota, too, I do know they’ve a nutritionist and all that. However it’s actually been James has been making an attempt to get me approach down. They needed me down 15 kilos earlier than the season began. I’m down virtually 10. So, I used to be doing actually, actually good, in truth up till per week and a half in the past. So, I’ve been doing approach higher.”
That form of consideration to element was not there at Stewart-Haas. As Briscoe put it to Pockrass:
“SHR I may do no matter I needed, each time I needed,” he stated with fun.
Chase Briscoe at Joe Gibbs Racing is an enormous deal. This is a company that may faucet into Briscoe’s potential and let his abilities shine. Getting him into higher form is simply a part of the equation.
On3’s Jonathan Howard additionally contributed to this report.
