At the end of 2024, Joe Gibbs made a few decisions. Some drew raised eyebrows from the garage and the community, like replacing the No. 11 crew chief. Denny Hamlin parted ways with Chris Gabehart, with whom he had won 22 trophies, and had to start working with Chris Gayle. A year later, Hamlin has cracked the Championship 4 for the first time in four years. Similarly, another one of Gibbs’s calls paid off handsomely in a year.

Alongside Hamlin, Chase Briscoe has also locked himself into the NASCAR Cup Series title race. He picked up three trophies, 15 top fives, and 19 top tens to come to this juncture. Yet while he basks in sweet glory, achieving these laurels for the No. 19 Toyota team was no cakewalk.

Chase Briscoe traces a journey of growth

When Joe Gibbs first tapped Chase Briscoe,

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