CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Chase Briscoe earned job security for the first time in his career with a well-deserved promotion to the Cup Series to cap a season that has so far been storybook.
Briscoe on Tuesday was named the replacement for Clint Bowyer in the No. 14 Ford at Stewart-Haas Racing, the team co-owned by Briscoe's childhood hero.
Briscoe idolized fellow Indiana native Tony Stewart and dreamed of one day driving Stewart's car. “People would ask me ‘What’s the goal?' and I'd say ‘Man, the dream is to drive the 14,’" Briscoe said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Never in a million years did I think that was possible.