LOUDON, N.H. — Chase Briscoe will be the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to take on the McGee Automotive Family Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) tour competition on Friday, July 14.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will bring a wealth of dirt track racing experience with him to the “Friday Night Dirt Duels” at The Flat Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) and, no doubt, will be one driver to watch throughout the night.
Briscoe grew up on dirt tracks in the Midwest and broke Jeff Gordon’s record as the youngest driver to win a feature race in a 410 sprint car when he was just 13 years old.
While he’ll pilot the No. 14 Ford for SHR during Sunday’s Crayon 301 at NHMS, Briscoe will be teamed up with Matt Tanner on Friday night to drive his Mahindra Tractors and Rifenburg Contracting Corp entry. Tanner typically pilots the No. 90 sprint car Briscoe will wheel and recently finished second at Devil’s Bowl Speedway with it.
Though he stays busy with NASCAR, Briscoe typically races a half-dozen or more dirt races each year.
As for his pavement history, the Indiana native turned a volunteer shop position into a full-time ARCA Menards Series ride and won the 2016 ARCA championship before bigger opportunities came along.
He won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event on dirt at Eldora Speedway in 2018, had an incredible nine-win season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020 and became a NASCAR Cup Series winner at Phoenix Raceway in 2022. He is only the third driver to be crowned Rookie of the Year in each of NASCAR’s three national series, joining Cup champions Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott.
“Chase Briscoe’s background certainly fits the mold for what the McGee Sprint Cars tour represents,” said SCoNE President Justin St. Louis. “He’s a hard worker, his father and grandfather were great dirt drivers, and he slept on couches and volunteered in race shops to make his dream of racing in NASCAR happen.
“SCoNE is full of great drivers who can respect those humble beginnings, but that doesn’t mean that they’ll go easy on him, either. The Flat Track is tough, and we have some tough racers. When you mix in the party atmosphere there and a great payout, it should be a great event.”
The SCoNE A-Main feature race at the Friday Night Dirt Duels pays $3,000 to the winner, making it the season’s richest event.
Seven-time and defending SCoNE champion Chris Donnelly of Piermont, N.H., will be looking for his first victory on The Flat Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday night. He leads the SCoNE point standings with half of the season’s 10 races completed.
“Professor” Donnelly holds a 41-point edge on two-time champion and former NHMS winner Will Hull (259-218), with Floyd Billington, Jake Williams and teenager Kadyn Berry next in line.