Chase Briscoe shares his raw emotions after winning the Southern 500 at Darlington and clinching a 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff spot.
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00:00Chase, how much of this was for you and how much of this was for the 300-plus employees
00:06at stewart-haas who don't have a job at the end of the year?
00:10Both.
00:11Last week was the most embarrassing race I ever ran in my life.
00:14I told Richard, I said I don't even want to talk about it.
00:17I promise you I'll make it up to you next week and just, man, everybody knows I'm a
00:24diehard tony stewart fan.
00:26To get this 14 car back in victory lane and for all 320-something employees to be able
00:33to race for a championship in their final year is, man, unbelievable.
00:38Yeah, guys, just so good.
00:41It's like deja vu there at the end with Kyle with the xfinity race here in 2020 and I was
00:47so loose.
00:48I didn't know if I was going to be able to do it, but, yeah, just can't thank highpoint.com,
00:52commander tractors, rush truck centers, everybody that makes a steal go around and go to Atlanta
01:00and try to steal another one.
01:02What does this say about you and the entire 14 team that you never, number one, gave up
01:07but number two, never quit on each other?
01:09Yeah, just this group, I mean, the day that we found out that, you know, the team wasn't
01:15going to exist anymore, we went over to the shop floor and we all looked at each other
01:18and said we're in this to the end.
01:19We're not going to give up and we kept saying all week we got one bullet left in the chamber
01:24and that bullet hit.
01:26Kyle Busch was catching you.
01:27Was that the hardest you've driven in your entire life?
01:30Yeah.
01:31I was sideways.
01:32Countersteering.
01:33I felt like I was in a sprint car, so, yeah, just, yeah, this night just literally went
01:40perfect.
01:41You know, the pit crew did an incredible job and I was crying, like, after the checkered
01:46I just won the southern 500.
01:47This is a ground jewel.
01:49What makes this race so special is all you race fans.
01:51Every time we come here, it's sold out, it's awesome, and we love you guys, and last time
01:57I went here was during COVID, so I didn't get experience with the fans, so grateful
02:00that you guys are here and, yeah, I can't wait to celebrate.
02:03For a driver who loves the history of racing, this one means a lot on so many levels for
02:08chase briscoe, now a playoff participant.