Chase Briscoe Has a More Legitimate Gripe Than Denny Hamlin Over a Crucial
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Hate on Denny Hamlin all you want – and plenty of racing fans do precisely that – but the driver of the No. 11 Toyota had a fair beef about how NASCAR handled William Byron pushing him off the road at Texas Motor Speedway. Well, Chase Briscoe has an even better case.
What transpired two weeks ago cost Hamlin a few points, but he only needs an average day on the Charlotte Roval to advance to the Cup Series semifinals. On the other hand, this week’s developments dropped Briscoe below the cut line.
Briscoe isn’t happy, but his gripe isn’t with Byron.
William Byron has moved back in front of Chase Briscoe
Cup Series fans are familiar with what transpired between playoff participants William Byron and Denny Hamlin two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR officials said they didn’t catch the replay of Byron spinning Hamlin onto the infield until it was too late to address it in real time.
That dropped Hamlin from the top five to deep in the pack on the restart. Though the driver of the FedEx Toyota battled back to 10th place at the finish, he likely lost some places and points because NASCAR didn’t restore him to the proper place on the grid for the restart.
However, Hamlin logged fifth place last week at Talladega to pile up more points. Consequently, he’ll compete Sunday on the Charlotte Roval with a cushion of 21 points over Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric, the first two drivers under the cut line.
Chase Briscoe lost big when William Byron won his appeal
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the ruling also wiped out the points penalty. That leaves Briscoe with a lot of work to do Sunday if he wants to continue advancing through the playoffs, and he’s not happy.
But Briscoe is…
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