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Chase Briscoe Is Taking The Tony Stewart Career Route Just Not Copying Him
SportsMoney Chase Briscoe Is Taking The Tony Stewart Career Route Just Not Copying Him By Greg Engle ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Engle is a Florida based reporter who covers NASCAR. Follow Author Aug 23, 2026, 09:53am EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Summary NASCAR driver Chase Briscoe, a long-time idolizer of Tony Stewart, has launched his own sprint car team in High Limit Racing, a move seemingly mirroring Stewart's early career. While many perceive Briscoe as following his hero's path, both men clarify this isn't merely copying. Stewart emphasizes that team ownership is "in Briscoe's DNA," driven by his deep passion for sprint car racing, his first motorsports introduction. Briscoe acknowledges the ironic similarities, from driving the #14 to now owning a team, but asserts his venture stems from personal passion and inspiration from various owners. Stewart, while offering advice on ownership challenges, expresses pride and excitement for Briscoe, noting their relationship will evolve from idol/driver to friendly competitors. He believes Briscoe will embrace the new role, charting his own determined path.
It’s common knowledge in NASCAR that Chase Briscoe grew up idolizing Tony Stewart. Like Stewart, Briscoe was raised in Indiana, and while Stewart was carving out a NASCAR Hall of Fame career, young Briscoe was clawing his way to the pinnacle of NASCAR via the short tracks of the Midwest, much like Stewart had during his own rise to racing glory .
Briscoe was rewarded for those efforts when he was hired to race at NASCAR’s highest level with Stewart-Haas Racing, where he was handed the No. 14, the same car Tony Stewart had raced before retiring at the end of 2016.
In many ways, Briscoe’s NASCAR career has mirrored that of his hero. So when Briscoe announced recently that he had purchased his own sprint car team that will race in High Limit Racing a premier national American touring series, it seemed like a continuation along the same path. After all, Tony Stewart also started his foray into team ownership early in his own career.
You’d think Briscoe becoming a team owner would be another step in the footsteps of his hero.
Sure, it might look a little like follow-the-leader, but in reality, it’s not. And even Tony Stewart himself doesn’t think Briscoe is merely copying him.
“It’s in his DNA,” Stewart says. “It’s what the family’s done for years. Chase had his sprint car team that he was running some and then he was having other drivers for a little bit, but now he’s made a step into the national scene. Having a full-time team is something I’m proud of him for.”
And Briscoe himself says his career path isn’t a deliberate attempt to follow the Tony Stewart blueprint, though he acknowledges it might appear that way to some.
“From a really young age, Tony was obviously my hero,” he said. “A lot of my goals in racing and my career were based on what he did, and it is kinda ironic how life has turned out and just how many similarities there have been between driving at JGR, driving the 14, and now having a full-time sprint car team.”
That doesn’t mean Stewart didn’t provide plenty of inspiration along the way.
“I just always thought it was the absolute coolest thing ever,” Briscoe said. “When I was a kid, I’d watch these guys on TV race themselves. And then I’d go to a USAC race and TSR (Tony Stewart Racing) and KKR (Kasey Kahne Racing) would have the big trucks and trailers pull in, and I just remember it being literally the coolest thing in the world to me.”
That was Briscoe’s introduction to racing, an inspiration that fueled his desire and his racing dreams .
“I always just found it so cool that they never forgot about sprint car racing,” he said. “And sprint car racing was really my first ever introduction to motorsports or racing in general, so it’s always just been a massive passion of mine.”
While Stewart wasn’t involved in Briscoe’s latest venture, he can provide some valuable lessons as Briscoe’s own team ownership adventure begins. Chief among those is the mind shift from driver to owner.
“When you become an owner, you learn how to manage people,” Stewart says. “The finances, I mean there’s a lot that goes into being a team owner that’s different than being a driver. I think that’s something Chase may not have quite as much fun as he thinks he might.”
However, Stewart is quite confident Briscoe is ready to take on the team ownership challenge.
“He loves the sport so much that I think this is something that is a good balance for him,” Stewart said. “His work life of being a NASCAR driver and then having the opportunity to be an owner in a side of motorsports that you love and is in your heart. He will learn all those variables that you need to learn that are different than being a driver, but I think, all in all, big picture, he’ll embrace it.”
For Briscoe, his lessons come from a much wider perspective.
“I would say I’ve taken something from all the owners I’ve driven for and tried to apply it to myself as far as ownership,” he says. “I’m in a little bit of a more unique standpoint than some owners because I’m a driver, so I’ve lived the other side of it and know what works and doesn’t work to a certain extent. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I’ve been able to drive for a lot of really cool and respected owners, so hopefully I can mold myself with a little bit of each of them.”
Briscoe seems ready to embrace the challenges ahead, the good, and the not-so-good.
“I’m just excited to be able to have a car I feel attached to on a nightly basis,” he said. “I watch every race already and sometimes I’ve had a car running, but it’s pretty rare with how limited our schedule has been. But now to have something full time, it’ll be great to have an invested interest and a team I’m finally attached to. It’ll also be great...
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