June 25 last year was the official announcement that Chase Briscoe would be joining Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Unofficially, Christopher Bell had let it slip four days prior during an interview that Briscoe would be joining JGR as driver of the No. 19 Toyota to replace the retiring Martin Truex Jr.

Briscoe left his pit stall before his car was full of fuel but was able to save enough gas to make it to the checkered flag

Chase Briscoe got the cold facts when the third-generation driver's career took an unexpected turn, leaving his lame-duck NASCAR team for the sport's most coveted available seat with powerhouse Joe Gibbs Racing.