James Small doesn’t hear what is said outside of his bubble. He doesn’t read the online comments.But make no mistake, Small is well aware of it all.“I have people tell me,” Small laughs. “So, I’m not stupid. I never go looking; I don’t read a single comment. I’m not silly....

It was early in the second stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when Leigh Diffey in the NBC Sports booth made an observation about Chase Briscoe."He is amped up today," Diffey said.The broadcast had been following the battles of Briscoe, William Byron, and Denny...

Chase Briscoe is experiencing yet another mental shift.It is the side effect of driving a Joe Gibbs Racing car. Briscoe, who inherited the No. 19 Toyota this season after future NASCAR Hall of Famer and former Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. retired, knows this is the best opportunity he’s...

The anxiety began after Briscoe made his final stop of the day at Pocono Raceway. Briscoe pitted under green on lap 120 of 160, but he left his pit stall too early and the team did not get all the fuel in...

Joe Gibbs Racing has won its appeal of the February penalty handed to the No. 19 team of Chase Briscoe for modification of a single-source supplied part (the spoiler) following the Daytona 500.The appeal was heard Wednesday in front of the three-person National Motorsports Appeals Panel. Those who heard the...

NASCAR has issued an L2-level penalty to Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 entry after the car failed a post-race technical inspection following Sunday’s Daytona 500. Briscoe was classified fourth in the race.The car was found to be in breach of Sections 14.1C&D&S: Overall Assembled Vehicle; Rules 14.5.8.A, which relates to...

Chase Briscoe found out early that working with James Small would be different. As in, at the table when the driver and crew chief got together for lunch soon after Briscoe was signed by Joe Gibbs Racing.“It was one of the first conversations,” Briscoe said during Daytona 500 Media Day....

James Small and Chase Briscoe are ready to be what the other needs.The crew chief and driver duo is gearing up for its first season together on the No. 19 Toyota at Joe Gibbs Racing. It’s slow going right now, given the approaching holidays and employees working through time off,...

Crew chief James Small is embracing the opportunity to work with Chase Briscoe next season at Joe Gibbs Racing because there is common ground between the two.“I think our goals … we obviously both have a lot to prove,” Small said of his new driver for next season. “So, I’m...

Chase Briscoe's signing with Joe Gibbs Racing happened in the blink of an eye.The timeline starts May 28, when Stewart-Haas Racing announced it would cease operations at the end of the season. Briscoe quickly hopped into action, asking Tony Stewart what the rules of engagement were for talking to other...