Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, needed a win to make the 2024 Playoffs, and win he did at Darlington Raceway on September 1st, 2024. Briscoe’s victory on Sunday night not only broke a 73-race winless streak for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), it marked the second of his Cup Series career. The last time he won was at Phoenix in March 2022.
Briscoe took the lead on a restart on Lap 351, shutting out Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Chevy Camaro ZL1 and Kyle Busch’s No. 8 Camaro. Briscoe masterfully held off Busch, who was also in a must-win situation to make the Playoffs, in the closing laps, and sealed the deal with a narrow margin of 0.361 seconds.
Briscoe was moved to tears of joy after the checkered flag fell on his No. 14 NASCAR Ford, acknowledging how important the victory was for SHR, which is shutting down at the end of the season. Briscoe himself will switch to Toyota next year, taking over the No. 19 Toyota TRD Camry after Martin Truex Jr. retires.
“For all 320 [SHR] employees, everybody, to be able to race for a championship in their final year, man, unbelievable,” Briscoe said. “This group, the day that we found out that the team wasn’t going to exist anymore, we went over to the shop floor, we all looked at each other and said, ‘We’re in this till the end. We’re not going to give this up.'”
He added, “We kept saying all week we got one bullet left in the chamber. That bullet hit.”
Meanwhile, Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 17 NASCAR Ford, failed to clinch a spot and will not compete in the 2024 championship, despite finishing sixth at Darlington.
The following drivers will compete in the Round of 16 in the 2024 Playoffs:
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota TRD Camry
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota TRD Camry
- William Byron, No. 24 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota TRD Camry
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Daniel Suárez, No. 99 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevy Camaro ZL1
- Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Harrison Burton, No. 21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota TRD Camry
- Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Toyota TRD Camry
1,3,14,Chase Briscoe,HighPoint.com Ford,367,29,Ford Mustang
2,17,8,Kyle Busch,Morgan & Morgan Chevrolet,367,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
3,9,20,Christopher Bell,Rheem Toyota,367,1,Toyota TRD Camry
4,4,5,Kyle Larson,HendrickCars.com Chevrolet,367,263,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
5,22,1,Ross Chastain,Busch Retro Chevrolet,367,3,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
6,10,17,Chris Buescher,BuildSubmarines.com Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
7,14,11,Denny Hamlin,Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota,367,21,Toyota TRD Camry
8,23,22,Joey Logano,Shell Pennzoil Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
9,19,7,Corey LaJoie,Chili’s Catch-a-Rita Chevrolet,367,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
10,6,45,Tyler Reddick,Upper Deck Toyota,367,1,Toyota TRD Camry
11,20,9,Chase Elliott,NAPA Gold Filters Chevrolet,367,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
12,30,41,Ryan Preece,HaasTooling.com Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
13,11,2,Austin Cindric,Discount Tire Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
14,12,6,Brad Keselowski,Solomon Plumbing Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
15,16,3,Austin Dillon,Toys for Tots Chevrolet,367,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
16,1,23,Bubba Wallace,U.S. Air Force Toyota,367,37,Toyota TRD Camry
17,33,38,Todd Gilliland,Long John Silver’s Ford,367,0,Ford Mustang
18,32,99,Daniel Suarez,Freeway Insurance Chevrolet,366,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
19,27,48,Alex Bowman,Ally Chevrolet,366,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
20,13,54,Ty Gibbs,Monster Energy Toyota,366,1,Toyota TRD Camry
21,24,21,Harrison Burton,Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford,365,0,Ford Mustang
22,36,47,Ricky Stenhouse Jr.,Kroger/Drumstick Chevrolet,365,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
23,26,71,Zane Smith #,Focused Health Chevrolet,364,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
24,28,43,Erik Jones,Dollar Tree Toyota,364,0,Toyota TRD Camry
25,18,42,John Hunter Nemechek,Mobil 1 Toyota,364,0,Toyota TRD Camry
26,34,16,Shane Van Gisbergen(i),Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet,364,4,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
27,21,51,Justin Haley,NC Fraternal Order of Police Ford,363,0,Ford Mustang
28,31,34,Michael McDowell,Colortech Ford,363,0,Ford Mustang
29,25,31,Daniel Hemric,Cirkul Chevrolet,362,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
30,8,24,William Byron,Liberty University Chevrolet,344,2,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
31,15,4,Josh Berry #,Overstock.com Ford,343,5,Ford Mustang
32,29,10,Noah Gragson,Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ford,343,0,Ford Mustang
33,2,77,Carson Hocevar #,Bon Secours/Swamp Rabbits Chevrolet,335,0,Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
34,35,15,Kaz Grala #,MEAT N’ BONE Ford,332,0,Ford Mustang
35,37,66,* Timmy Hill(i),W Ford,278,0,Ford Mustang
36,5,19,Martin Truex Jr.,Bass Pro Shops Toyota,2,0,Toyota TRD Camry
37,7,12,Ryan Blaney,Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford,2,0,Ford Mustang
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# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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