Sometimes you end up saying goodbye to something you love dearly. Tony Stewart did so with racing sprint cars, and now his former driver, Chase Briscoe, is doing the same thing, ending his lengthy dirt racing side hustle, so to speak.
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The 30-year-old, who drives the No. 19 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in the NASCAR Cup Series, sealed his playoff berth early in the season, winning at Pocono Raceway. He also owns Chase Briscoe Racing, a World of Outlaws sprint car racing team.
Briscoe’s decision to quit sprint car racing despite owning a team came after significant changes in his life on both professional and personal fronts. So, he is keen to maintain focus by streamlining his priorities.
“I’m retired, at least for the time being. Probably for good, truthfully,” Briscoe said emphatically on the Always Race Day podcast.
“I ran my last [sprint car] race last year at Bloomington [Indiana], which is where I grew up racing, 25 minutes from home. It just felt like I was done,” added Briscoe.
The main reason Briscoe has now decided to bury his racing roots is due to family responsibilities. “We had twins last year. So having three kids now, it just makes it harder to tell my wife, ‘Hey, I’m going to leave a couple [of] days early [before a NASCAR race] and go run some sprint car races,’” he said.
Also, he hinted that his current job with JGR is his sole professional priority. “And switching over to JGR, going to a new job and [a] new opportunity, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Their cars are so fast. I just don’t want to do something to screw that up, get hurt, or something like that,” added Briscoe.
UDPB: Tomorrow’s @NASCAR Polesitter @chasebriscoe is here at @knoxvilleraces to take in his first 360 Nationals.
He says that the Cup Series should visit a dirt track every year, whether it be Bristol Dirt, Eldora, here or somewhere else, among other things. pic.twitter.com/lpZQcBeUIP
— Always Race Day (@AlwaysRaceDay) August 3, 2025
But Briscoe wants to continue his presence on the dirt in an ownership role.
“Hopefully, I can get my sprint car team back out there from the ownership side,” he concluded. “I’d absolutely love to have them run on the racetrack. But from a driver’s standpoint, I think I’m done, at least for the time being.”
That way, he can still be connected to his racing roots, watching and rooting for his drivers pushing for glory for him and his team.
