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Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe was recently featured in a post-race interview with NBC Sports after completing the Championship 4. During the interaction, Briscoe expressed disappointment that no JGR drivers won the Cup Series championship title.The #19 Toyota Camry XSE driver had a decent qualifying session and secured a 12th-place start. Meanwhile, his teammate Denny Hamlin secured the pole position at the one-mile track and was 0.22 seconds ahead of him. However, this was not enough for the JGR drivers to take home the championship title.Hamlin completed the initial stage of the 312-lap race in P3, while Chase Briscoe finished tenth. Then in stage two, both drivers improved, and Hamlin took the stage win while Briscoe moved to seventh place. The #11 Toyota Camry XSE driver led the most laps (208). But his last pit call changed the outcome of the race, resulting in Kyle Larson's victory.Following that, the #19 Toyota Camry XSE driver gave his take and told the press [via NBC Sports]:"Hate that one of us didn’t get it. I thought we were both certainly capable. This wasn’t our day. Go into next year and see if we can do a little bit better. (The season) was big. Just in the sense of you always think you can do it. You never really know if you can."Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson clinched his second Cup Series championship title this season. Meanwhile, JGR driver Chase Briscoe finished the 319-lap race in 18th place, while his teammate Denny Hamlin crossed the finish line in sixth place.Joe Gibbs got candid about the reason behind hiring Chase Briscoe as Martin Truex Jr.'s replacement this seasonIn September 2025, JGR team owner Joe Gibbs sat down with SiriusXM NASCAR radio for an interview. During the interaction, the team owner got candid about hiring Chase Briscoe as Martin Truex Jr.'s replacement in the #19 Toyota for the 2025 season.Briscoe competed for now-defunct team Stewart-Haas Racing before he joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. The team ceased its operations after completing the 2024 season, leaving Briscoe without a seat in the series. Following that, Joe Gibbs Racing believed that the former SHR driver was the right fit for the #19 Toyota.Reflecting on that, Joe Gibbs told the media:"That's what I—Gosh, this is exciting, because we always talk about speed. If there's one thing the 19 has, it's speed. They've been, you know, I think six poles more top five, and our starting average for us is first. That car has showed speed. Now, if we could keep that going, then I think we got something that could make, make, make our time with Bass Pro, and our sport, something special for the 19 car going forward." [01:03]Chase Briscoe lived up to the #19 Toyota's expectations this season. He logged three wins, 15 top fives, 19 top tens, and seven pole positions in the 2025 Cup Series season.
