“Certainly, the higher the pressure, the better I feel like I do.” The immense pressure bearing down on Chase Briscoe ahead of the Southern 500 took many forms. Despite being the 2024 Southern 500 winner, Briscoe was not on top of most prediction models, which projected Denny Hamlin or Kyle Larson as potential winners. Additionally, he had to prove his mettle in his first playoff run with Joe Gibbs Racing. And he overcame each and every bout of pressure.

In winning the Cook Out Southern 500, Chase Briscoe re-established himself as a contender on the same level as his teammates. Now, however, a new narrative has entered Briscoe’s 2025 season – is a potential Bill France trophy on the radar? That is what a lot of NASCAR insiders believe.

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