NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

Chase Briscoe suffers flat tire, damage in NASCAR championship race at Phoenix

By Samuel Stubbs | Last updated Nov 2, 2025 4:56 PM ET

Chase Briscoe's road to the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship just got a lot tougher.

The yellow flag flew on Lap 106 of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway for a Shane van Gisbergen spin, but behind van Gisbergen, a Championship 4 driver in Briscoe was also in trouble.

Briscoe blew a right rear tire just before the fortunately timed caution came out, which allowed Briscoe to take his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota down pit road and let his crew inspect the damage.

Briscoe's car had some damage to the right rear following the flat tire.

A driver in the #Championship4 with issues! @chasebriscoe limps his race car to pit road. pic.twitter.com/EY77mn2q4G
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) November 2, 2025

Tire issues not new for Chase Briscoe this weekend

Briscoe reported on the radio that he had a vibration before the tire went down as well as in Stage 1. This is not the first time that Briscoe and the No. 19 team encountered a tire issue this weekend.

In practice on Friday, Briscoe was one of four drivers — along with AJ Allmendinger, Daniel Suarez and Christopher Bell — who had flat tires within the first 15 minutes of practice. Briscoe did not go a lap down and is not at all out of contention, but his road to the title will certainly be a little bumpier.

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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