BRISCOE EARNS COKE 600 POLE, DELIVERS BEST TOYOTA RESULT
Indiana-native earns back-to-back top-five finishes
CONCORD, NC (May 25, 2025) – Chase Briscoe started from the pole, but had to battle back from an early race pit road penalty. The Indiana-native was able to drive all the way back to third to lead Toyota in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday evening. Briscoe has now earned back-to-back top-five finishes for the first time since joining Joe Gibbs Racing. It was his fifth top-five run of the year.
Denny Hamlin also had a strong run going – leading eight times for 53 laps, before having a fueling issue on his final scheduled pit stop. He was forced to make a late race run down pit road for more fuel and fell to 16th in the final finishing order.
Toyota GAZOO Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Race 13 of 36 – 600 miles, 400 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Ross Chastain*
2nd, William Bryon*
3rd, CHASE BRISCOE
4th, AJ Allmendinger*
5th, Brad Keselowski*
8th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
13th, ERIK JONES
16th, DENNY HAMLIN
24th, TY GIBBS
26th, TYLER REDDICK
27th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
28th, RILEY HERBST
35th, BUBBA WALLACE
40th, JIMMIE JOHNSON
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 3rd
How did you rally from 37th at one point to third?
“Yeah, on paper, started first and finished third, but there is a lot more to the story. We made it a lot harder 600 miles than we probably needed too. We just had that penalty early and it kind of put us behind. When you start from the front, you kind of set your car up for clean air, we didn’t anticipate 37th. It just took us forever to just slowly creep up on it. We were kind of out of adjustments. So overall, we were probably a third-place car, realistically – just wish we could have got some stage points in our Bass Pro Shops Toyota. Overall, a good finish, I wouldn’t say it was a great night. Honestly, that is just been how our season has gone – we’ve gotten really good finishes, but we’ve not just had very good day. So, hopefully, we can put one of those all the way together here soon.”
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 National Debt Relief Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 16th
How do you come with terms with your gas situation?
“Well, you can’t change the results. You have to live with them.”
Do you have a conversation with the team?
“I mean, they are the pros. I’m not a pit guy, but I tried to do everything I could for the National Debt Relief Toyota team. We had a great car, and it was fun battling up front. It was a heck of a battle there. I would have liked to see it through, but unfortunately, just didn’t get enough gas in it and had to come back in.”
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