Chase Briscoe reveals his hilarious reaction to Christopher Bell’s apology for ruining his JGR announcement
Martin Truex Jr.’s replacement Chase Briscoe has shared his initial feelings about his JGR announcement getting ruined by Christopher Bell.
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Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe (Via IMAGO)
The 2025 season will mark the Joe Gibbs Racing debut of Chase Briscoe, who is set to replace Martin Truex Jr. in the No:19 Toyota. He lost his Stewart Haas Racing seat, as the team ceased its operation at the end of the 2024 season and with JGR, he is determined to have his maiden shot at a Cup championship win.
Chase Briscoe JGR announcement though was a whole fiasco, as his friend and now teammate Christopher Bell accidently spill the beans on the move. The new TRD driver recalled learning about the incident and revealed how he learned about the mishap while in a sprint car weekend at New Hampshire.
That whole thing is pretty funny. At New Hampshire, there’s no signal. As soon as you get outside the motorhome lot, we don’t have StarLinks… I was going around in a sprint car and Christopher is parked across from me. So, I go over there and I talk to him.
Chase Briscoe said via Dinner with Racers.
They were joking about the JGR move, before Bell eventually went to the hilarious media session. Soon after the mistake, the No:20 Toyota driver instantly sent a message to Briscoe to apologize for the mistake. He had no idea what his friend was talking about and later admitted he found it funny to learn about the mistake like everyone in the racing community.
He’s joking around and he obviously knows I’m going over there [Joe Gibbs Racing]. We’re talking and I’m like, ‘I got to go to the sprint car race, I’ll see you guys tomorrow.’ As we’re pulling out of the motorhome lot, I get this text message from Christopher. All it says is, ‘Chase, I really f–ed up, I’m sorry.’ I was like, I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Chase Briscoe added.
Chase Briscoe recalls his reaction to earning about the mistake
While further talking about the point, he revealed how a reporter approached him and revealed the truth to him. He explained that he found it really funny, seeing Bell struggling in front of the media after accidently spilling beans on his announcement.
I thought he just maybe said something stupid… I’m at the sprint car track and this reporter comes up to me and he’s like ‘What do you think about what Christopher said earlier?’, I’m like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’. He goes ‘Oh, he said you’re going to JGR next year… His phone worked, he showed me the clip and it was really funny.
Chase Briscoe said.
The comment from Briscoe shows, he never saw the negative side of his unexpected JGR announcement. Everyone in the racing community saw it as a funny mistake and JGR was able to do enough PR to avoid any issues with it.
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