DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe knew he carried the full weight of everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing into the final laps Sunday night at Darlington Raceway.
And he couldn’t have been happier.
“I feel like I run better under heavy pressure,” Briscoe said. “I love the Game 7, pressure-heavy moment.”
He made a dramatic three-wide pass late in the race and held on to win the Southern 500 to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, giving Stewart-Haas Racing a final chance to add to its championship legacy before it four-car stable shuts down after the season.
Briscoe and his No. 14 Ford team head to the postseason reveling in that pressure in the final days of the organization that won Cup Series titles with Tony Stewart in 2011 and Kevin Harvick in 2014.