Chase Briscoe Is Open ‘Shortening NASCAR Cup Races’ but There Are Some Conditions

Joe Gibbs Racing star driver Chase Briscoe shared his thoughts on the discussions around potentially shortening the length of Cup races.

Chase Briscoe Is Open ‘Shortening NASCAR Cup Races’ but There Are Some Conditions

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Premier stock car racing, the NASCAR Cup Series is one of the most challenging motorsports championships in the world. It also has one of the longest race weekends than any of its rival series. With the change in the consumer behaviour over long races, some have called for shortening races. JGR star driver Chase Briscoe has shared his thoughts on the situation.

In the latest episode of the Rubbin Is Racing podcast, the No:19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry driver Chase Briscoe was asked about how tough it is to race in the Cup Series and the physical as well as mental toll that is on the drivers. The field is super tight for over 400 miles or more and the Next-Gen car demands significantly more from racers, with more intense competition.

You would never have guys coming through the field, like, it takes, especially like just in Cup racing, it is so tight. The field is so tight that it takes 400 miles sometimes for a guy to be able to work his way through the field.

Chase Briscoe said via Rubbin Is Racing.

Considering these factors, as well as how much the consumption patter as well attention span of the fans has changed, Briscoe is open to reducing the length of some of the races. But he wants iconic events such as the Coke 600 and the Southern 500 left untouched. He is also okay if no changes are made, as he believes long races are part of NASCAR’s identity.

So, it takes almost 400 miles sometimes for these races to kind of play out. Now, could some of them be shorter? Yeah, probably. I always want at least a Coke 600. I want the Southern 500. And maybe you can shorten some of the other races, but I do think that that is kind of what Cup racing is.

Chase Briscoe added.

Currently a NASCAR Cup race is more than three hours. The other premier racing events such as F1 and IndyCar host races that is 1.30 hours long. So, changes can be made, but at the same time overtaking as well overcoming huge deficit needs much more time to do in NASCAR, so there is limit to how much shorter cup races can be.

Chase Briscoe isn’t comfortable going into Roval weekend  

The 2025 season so far has been great for Chase Briscoe, who has won two races in his debut year at JGR replacing Martin Truex Jr., making himself a championship favorite. He finished top 5 in Kansas on Sunday and is 20 points ahead of the cutline.

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But he isn’t happy with the overall results as he finds hard to believes he has a small points advantage despite averaging top-5 finish in the playoffs. Hence, he isn’t feeling comfortable going into Charlotte Roval, a challenging road course racing venue.

Would have loved to be obviously a little bit better today. Crazy, I think we’re averaging a top-five finish in the playoffs, and we’re only 20 points above. Never feel safe at the Roval, but go there and try to do our job. Our road course stuff is pretty good there. See what we can do.

Chase Briscoe said.

Earlier in the same conversation, he had pointed out that he had hopes of going into this weekend without the extra pressure. It was because of the fact that he knew he had a genuine shot at winning the race. It was the late incident involving teammate Christopher Bell getting into the fence that ruined his momentum, eventually costing him the opportunity.

I thought I was going to, honestly, still have a really good shot to win the race… And when Bell got in the fence off of four, I had to all but stop, and it just ruined my momentum.

Chase Briscoe asserted.

The comments from the Toyota driver shows how high is his expectations are since signing with JGR. It would be interesting to see how Briscoe and his team are going to perform next week as well as the remaining races of the playoffs with just five weekends left for the finale.

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