Chase Briscoe compares ‘unbelievable’ SVG to Michael Jordan

The NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma ended the way it began — withShane van Gisbergen main and Chase Briscoe working second.

The 2 drivers spent a variety of time round one another in the course of the race, however regardless of a number of late-race restarts, Briscoe could not discover a method across the three-time Supercars champion. Briscoe later went to Victory Lane to congratulate SVG after his runner-up end.

Elevating the bar on highway programs

“The one alternative I had was on the restarts,” stated Briscoe, who had nothing however reward for the New Zealander. “I by no means performed basketball towards Michael Jordan in his prime, however I really feel like that is in all probability what it was like. That man is unbelievable on highway programs. He is simply so good. He is actually raised the bar on this whole collection.”

“Happy with the trouble. I believed there was one restart I used to be possibly going to get away from him, however honestly even when I cleared him, he was in all probability going to go me again by the tip of the lap. Yeah, pleased with the trouble. We have been a second-place automotive all day and clearly ended up second with it.”

Watch: Chase Briscoe recaps his late-race battle with SVG

Briscoe thought his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota had nice tempo, however it nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to take the battle to van Gisbergen. He additionally felt like SVG was toying with him at instances, solely working as quick as he needed to in an effort to hold the lead.

“I truthfully do not know what extra I would like,” stated Briscoe. “I really feel like my automotive is extraordinarily good, and I really feel like each time I might run down Shane he would simply decide up the tempo himself and begin driving again away. It was irritating at instances, however I used to be truthfully proud of the trouble.”

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