{"id":5350,"date":"2018-07-19T14:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T18:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=5350"},"modified":"2018-07-19T14:14:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T18:14:42","slug":"chase-briscoe-jump-starts-career-with-eldora-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/07\/19\/chase-briscoe-jump-starts-career-with-eldora-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Briscoe jump-starts Career with Eldora Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Chase Briscoe<\/strong> just jump-started his <strong>NASCAR<\/strong> career. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it wasn\u2019t already considered to have a lot of potential, Briscoe\u2019s career definitely does now.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Chase Briscoe jump-starts Career with Eldora Win<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indiana native beat out <\/span><b>Grant Enfinger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a two-lap shootout to win the sixth annual <strong>Eldora Dirt Derby<\/strong> on Wednesday night, cementing himself in the dirt-tracks brief but impressive NASCAR history. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, by the way, it was a heck of a finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT A FINISH!!! Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Retweet to congratulate Chase Briscoe on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EldoraDirtDerby?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#EldoraDirtDerby<\/a> WIN!<\/p>\n<p>Full results: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PotJFnjYrd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/PotJFnjYrd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I39chX1OHF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/I39chX1OHF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCARONFOX\/status\/1019780778794745858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The victory at Eldora is one of the most prestigious ones that a driver can earn outside of the top division in NASCAR.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just look at the past champions of the derby: Cup series regulars <\/span><b>Darrell Wallace Jr. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Kyle Larson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">once took the crown as well as Daytona 500 champion <\/span><b>Austin Dillon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">back in the event\u2019s first year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winners of the Derby have gone on to have some big moments in their careers, and this one for Briscoe could not come at a better time. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Briscoe rolled to a dominant six wins in 20 races to earn the ARCA championship before he would take a truck ride with Brad Keselowski Racing the next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, once BKR shut down, Briscoe found himself in the same spot that past ARCA champions had found themselves in. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of the past four ARCA champions; 2014\u2019s <\/span><b>Mason Mitchell, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015\u2019s<\/span><b> Grant Enfinger, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 2017\u2019s <\/span><b>Austin Theriault <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are all without a weekly ride in any of NASCAR\u2019s top three series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None ever came back to run a full ARCA season to try and defend their titles. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the dirt derby victory under his belt, Briscoe has some momentum to lean on. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether a big team will notice it is still yet to be determined, but don&#8217;t be surprised to see him in another truck or Xfinity series car soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>With four races to go&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, there is just four races to go until the playoffs get underway at <strong>Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/strong> in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As far as the playoff grid goes, the top eight are pretty much set. With the trio of <strong>Noah Gragson, Ben Rhodes,<\/strong> and <strong>Justin Haley<\/strong> each garnering one win, the top five spots in the bracket are filled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That leaves Enfinger, <strong>Stewart Friesen<\/strong>, and two-time series champion <strong>Matt Crafton<\/strong> qualifying for the postseason on points, and by a fair margin at that.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although, that doesn\u2019t mean we won\u2019t see an upset. Rookies <\/span><b>Todd Gilliland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Myatt Snider <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are two of the more intriguing potential winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After missing four of the first eight races, Gilliland has battled back up to 13th in the point standings with his best finish at Gateway with a P2. In a Kyle Busch Motorsports truck, it\u2019s not hard to imagine victory lane eluding the talented, second-generation driver for much longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Myatt Snider, the 23-year old has accumulated five top 10&#8217;s in 13 starts in his first season behind the truck. His best finish also came at Gateway, where he earned P4. With his gap to the playoffs being 99 points, Snider would jump at a late-race opportunity for a win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The truck series will take back to the asphalt in its next race as the drivers and teams head to Pennsylvania for the <strong>Gander Outdoors 150<\/strong> at Pocono.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Playoff Grid<br \/>\n<\/b><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four races to go before the Playoffs<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Johnny Sauter (4 wins)<br \/>\n<\/span>2. Brett Moffitt (3 wins)<br \/>\n3. Noah Gragson (1 win)<br \/>\n4. Ben Rhodes (1 win)<br \/>\n5. Justin Haley (1 win)<br \/>\n6. Grant Enfinger +120<br \/>\n7. Stewart Friesen +111<br \/>\n8. Matt Crafton +99<br \/>\n<i>Playoff Cutoff<br \/>\n<\/i>9. Myatt Snider -99<br \/>\n10. Cody Caughlin -113<br \/>\n11. Dalton Sargeant -128<br \/>\n12. 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