Along with his victory at Talladega Superspeedway, Chase Briscoe ensured Joe Gibbs Racing will lock up not less than half of the Championship 4 discipline within the NASCAR Cup Sequence.
Briscoe earned his third win this season and second of the playoffs to hitch teammate Denny Hamlin in being eligible for the title within the Nov. 2 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
After profitable solely twice in his first 160 Cup begins, Briscoe has received three of the previous 18 races with victories at Pocono Raceway, Darlington Raceway and Talladega.
He turned the eleventh totally different winner prior to now 11 races at Talladega, extending a monitor document on the 2.66-mile oval. It’s additionally the primary superspeedway win for Briscoe, who clinched a title berth after getting into Talladega at 15 factors above the cutline.
Regardless of being penalized for rushing within the pits, Briscoe rallied to guide seven instances for 16 laps — profitable on a last-lap go of Bubba Wallace for the lead.
It’s the primary superspeedway victory for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.
Hamlin and Briscoe have clinched two of the 4 title-eligible spots for the Nov. 2 season finale at Phoenix Raceway, the place the highest finisher of the remaining playoff drivers will win the championship.
The ultimate two spots within the Championship 4 discipline shall be set within the Oct. 26 race at Martinsville Speedway with not less than one berth decided by the factors standings.
Heading into the Spherical of 8 finale, Christopher Bell (37 factors above the cutline) and Kyle Larson (plus-35) are above the cutline. William Byron (minus-36), Joey Logano (minus-38), Ryan Blaney (minus-47) and Chase Elliott (minus-62) are beneath the cutline.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver joins teammate Denny Hamlin within the title race.
Logano, Blaney and Elliott all have wins at Martinsville
Right here’s the ending order at Talladega Superspeedway
1. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota2. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford3. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota4. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota5. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford6. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet7. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota8. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota9. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford10. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford11. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet12. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet13. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet14. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota15. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford16. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford17. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet18. Casey Mears, No. 66 Ford19. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet20. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet21. Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Chevrolet22. Austin Hill, No. 33 Chevrolet23. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford24. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota25. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet26. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet27. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet28. BJ McLeod, No. 78 Ford29. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet30. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford31. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford32. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota33. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford34. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford35. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota36. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford37. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet38. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet39. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet40. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
