Chase Briscoe Dominates at Darlington, wins back-to-back Southern 500s

Chase Briscoe dominated at Darlington Raceway, leading 309 laps en route to Victory Lane. He is only the second driver to win back-to-back Southern 500s since Greg Biffle in 2005-06.

Briscoe won the Southern 500 by 0.408 seconds over Tyler Reddick and has secured a spot in the second round of the Cup Series Playoffs.

After the race, Briscoe commented on the difficulty of sustaining the lead.

“There at the end, that was way harder than it needed to be,” Briscoe said. “Man, just incredible, Bass Pro Shops. As a fan, I’ve watched Martin (Truex Jr.) dominate a lot of races, and it was fun to be behind the wheel of it.

“So cool to win two Southern 500s in a row. This is my favorite race of the year, and just because you race fans, every time we come here, the place is sold out, the atmosphere here is like nowhere else.

“A great way to start our Playoffs. That was a lot of fun.”

However, for Tyler Reddick, who finished second, it was a frustrating evening at Darlington.

“We were better than he was on long runs,” Reddick said. “He could fire off a whole lot better. I think that was the difference tonight. I could get close. Yeah, I know we had a long run there, but it just unfortunately seemed like the last run; the balance wasn’t quite as good as it had been the rest of the night on the long run.

“All in all, a really solid night for points in the playoffs. Really want to win here. It’s frustrating to finish second.”

Erik Jones, John Hunter Nemechek, and AJ Allmendinger completed the top five. Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Carson Hocevar and Chris Buescher finished in the top-10.

The race featured 24 lead changes and 7 cautions for 37 caution laps.

Lap leaders:

Chase Briscoe – 309
John H Nemechek – 15
Denny Hamlin – 12
Bubba Wallace – 10
Chase Elliott – 8
Tyler Reddick – 3
Ross Chastain – 3
Shane Van Gisbergen – 3
Kyle Larson – 2

Darlington Southern 500 Results:

1. Chase Briscoe
2. Tyler Reddick
3. Erik Jones
4. John Hunter Nemechek
5. AJ Allmendinger
6. Bubba Wallace
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Kyle Busch
9. Carson Hocevar
10. Chris Buescher
11. Ross Chastain
12. Austin Cindric
13. Zane Smith
14. Noah Gragson
15. Brad Keselowski
16. Ryan Preece
17. Chase Elliott
18. Ryan Blaney
19. Kyle Larson
20. Joey Logano
21. William Byron
22. Ty Gibbs
23. Austin Dillon
24. Cole Custer
25. Daniel Suarez
26. Todd Gilliland
27. Justin Haley
28. Riley Herbst
29. Christopher Bell
30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
31. Alex Bowman
32. Shane van Gisbergen
33. Michael McDowell
34. Ty Dillon
35. Timmy Hill
36. Derek Kraus
37. Cody Ware
38. Josh Berry

There were no issues in post-race inspection. With the win at Darlington Raceway, Chase Briscoe currently leads the Playoff Standings.