Chase Briscoe won the Ruoff Mortgage 500 from Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his first career victory.
Briscoe took the lead late in the race and had to defend
against Chase Elliott over the final long run of the day. After a late caution
bunched up the field, Briscoe held off Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick over the
final two restarts.
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“I was crying the whole last lap,” Briscoe said. “Seven years ago…I was literally driving home
to give up. I just have to thank everyone who’s gotten me to this point.”
Briscoe said it was a dream come true to get to
victory lane driving for his hero Tony Stewart.
“This is definitely a team win,” Briscoe said. “Driving at the organization and team that
was my hero growing up and to get this 14 back in victory lane…unbelievable.”
Chastain held off Reddick on the final restart, but he
was unable to challenge Briscoe over the final two laps.
Chastain said he was happy to have the chance to race
for the victory in just his fourth start with Trackhouse Racing.
“Trackhouse Racing…believed in me early in the season
whenever stuff wasn’t going great,” Chastain said. “That was so much fun to get to race like
that at this level.”
“That’s so cool to be able to race with Tyler and
Chase. That’s everything I’ve ever wanted.”
Unofficial results:
1. Chase Briscoe
2. Ross Chastain
3. Tyler Reddick
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Kurt Busch
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Kyle Busch
8. Joey Logano
9. Daniel Suarez
10. Chris Buescher
11. Chase Elliott
12. Aric Almirola
13. Denny Hamlin
14. Alex Bowman
15. Ty Dillon
16. Cole Custer
17. Justin Haley
18. William Byron
19. Todd Gilliland
20. AJ Allmendinger
21. Austin Dillon
22. Bubba Wallace
23. Brad Keselowski
24. Austin Cindric
25. Erik Jones
26. Christopher Bell
27. Michael McDowell
28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. Harrison Burton
30. Landon Cassill
31. Cody Ware
32. Garrett Smithley
33. BJ McLeod
34. Kyle Larson
35. Martin Truex Jr.
36. Corey LaJoie
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