Chase Briscoe’s NASCAR Cup Series advance from the three-race Round of 16 to the three-race Round of 12 is no surprise to Tri-State Speedway owner Tom Helfrich.
“Like Jeff Gordon, who also raced at our track before winning four NASCAR Cup Series championships, Chase is a great guy. For him to advance is very rewarding,” Helfrich said Wednesday, four days after Briscoe’s eighth-place finish at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway earned him the 12th and final position in the round that will include races this Sunday at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas; October 6 at Talladega Speedway in that Alabama city, and October 13 at Charlotte (North Carolina) Speedway.