Race Name: Indiana 250 (Race 25 of 33) Venue: Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana Television: 3:00 p.m. EDT on NBC Point Standings: – Cole Custer: 3rd; trails points leader by 136 points – Chase Briscoe: 6th; trails points leader by 233 points Appearances: – Cole and Chase will be signing autographs on Saturday from 10:30am to 11:15am at East Chalet #8, next to the Xfinity Series garage area.
Briscoe has one previous Xfinity Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which resulted in a ninth-place finish.Through 24 races in 2019, Briscoe has one win, nine top-fives, 19 top-10’s and an average finish of 8.2.Briscoe hasn’t finished worse than seventh in the last eight races. He will look to keep that streak alive this weekend.Click here for Briscoe’s career stats.Click here for Briscoe’s stats at Indianapolis.Click here for photos of Chase.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway is your home racetrack and you have always said winning there would mean more than any other race. What’s it going to take to make that happen this weekend?
“I am super excited to get back to my home state and my home track. I have had this race circled on my calendar since the start of the year as a must-win and I really hope we can get that done this weekend. I think we will have a lot of speed. I just have to put a full weekend together and make sure we have good track position throughout the race and we’ll have a shot.”