BKR Take on Trucks: Chase Briscoe takes unique approach to learning

New technology is evident throughout NASCAR. From advances in innovation to the race cars, to how drivers prepare for races, technology is used daily in the sport.

Chase Briscoe has taken his longtime involvement in simulators and online racing to a level that is helping him prepare during his rookie season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

“I’ve been racing online and with video games since I was five years old,” said Briscoe. “I continue to do it now, and just signed a deal to have a RLAPS simulator rig at my house, and I use that all the time.”

Briscoe and his Brad Keselowski Racing teammate Austin Cindric also have access to the Ford Racing simulator in Concord, and while he says time in that simulator helps tremendously, there are other ways to get familiar with tracks that host NASCAR events.

“The Ford simulator is awesome and it also helps the crew chiefs and engineers with their notes for races. I also get a lot out of the RLAPS simulator at home,” Briscoe added. “It has a virtual reality setting and you can also race against other people, and that’s about as close to the real thing as you can get.”

Briscoe used his simulator last year, when he was still racing in ARCA, to prepare for a road course event at New Jersey Motorsports Park, and the rookie driver said it really helped.

“I would have been out to lunch last year in that race if I didn’t have iRacing and simulators to help me prepare for that road course,” Briscoe said. “It made all the difference in the world for me.”

Briscoe’s love for the technology is also evident this season. He is featured for the first time in NASCAR Heat Evolution console game and NASCAR Heat Mobile. It’s a new experience for the 22-year-old Mitchell, Indiana native.

“It’s really neat to see my name on the game. I play it all the time and also have it on my phone,” Briscoe said. “I love iRacing and simulator racing and have made a lot of friends through the years by doing it. It’s been a huge benefit for me so far in my racing career.”

Briscoe will bring his No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 to Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night for the winstaronlinegaming.com 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Briscoe won his first career pole award in qualifying last week at Dover International Speedway.