(VIDEO) Chase Briscoe talks fourth-place finish after leading final restart
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Chase Briscoe may not have become the first driver to sweep Phoenix since 2014 but his performance in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series season finale shows he and his team are set to do other big things very soon.
With 40 laps to go, Briscoe’s pit crew had a strong stop that put him in the lead. He held the lead under caution and for three laps under green until he was by eventual champion and race winner Joey Logano with 30 laps to go.
Briscoe finished fourth, one spot ahead of teammate Kevin Harvick who swept Phoenix in 2014. Although he failed to pull off the sweep, Briscoe finished a career-best ninth in points.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com