With all due respect to soccer and baseball, you ain’t getting much more American than winning a race on Fourth of July weekend.
I know the series ain’t what it used to be â Lord knows you guys tell me all the time â but some things never change. And NASCAR being the most Pro-America sport on the planet is one of them.
Chase Briscoe won in the series’ return to Chicagoland Speedway Sunday night, and he did it in the red, white & blue Bass Pro Shops Toyota.
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Would I have preferred it be a Ford or Chevy? Of course. But, beggars can’t be choosers. He won, it looked incredible, and Briscoe made it clear he loved this great country after taking the checkers. You’ll see.
What else should we talk about today? Dealer’s choice. I’m coming off a holiday weekend, so I’m in a good mood!
How about Austin Hill channeling his inner-Kyle Busch and giving Shane Van Gisbergen some payback in Kyle’s old RCR Chevy? Not sure Hill comes out looking great here, but I still appreciate the effort.
I’ve also got Bubba Wallace’ Fourth of July message dividing fans (stunner!), a FIGHT breaking out behind the NASCAR on TNT set after the race (I use that term loosely), and our newest Cup winner, Corey Heim, turned 24 over the weekend so we’ll check in with him and Taylor Reimer on the way out.
Mainly Taylor, though. It’s been too long.
Four tires, enough fuel to get us safely out of crime-riddled Chicago without being shot, and maybe a big ‘ol Foster’s for SVG and Austin Hill so they can work this thing out … Monday Morning Pit-Stop â the ‘Happy Birthday, America!’ edition â is LIVE!
Look, we’re not gonna hem and haw today. We got a good finish last night, but the race itself wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever seen. So, the #content ain’t exactly flowing today.
We’re gonna get down to business, celebrate this great country, and then move on with our weeks. Sound good?
Good!
Chase Briscoe won for the first time in 2026, holding on for dear life over the final few laps because Christopher Bell was coming. If this race was another mile or two, I think we have a different winner today.
Luckily, though, it wasn’t. And instead of Christopher Bell in Victory Lane, we got THIS:
“I feel so American, winning in the Bass Pro Shops Red, White and Blue car, Fourth of July weekend, 250 years. Man, what an unbelievable race car,” Briscoe said after the race before oozing out more patriotism in the media center later on.
“I feel like thats the most American Ill ever feel in my life,” he continued. “Just the whole Bass Pro Shops group. It’s a huge thing, obviously they so big on being proud to be an American. To win on this weekend, it means a lot to all of us.”
Lordy. Not that they needed an endorsement, but if you weren’t shopping at the Bass Pro Shops already, maybe swing on by there today and pick you something out.
Plus, they have an incredible fish tank in the back that’s mesmerizing.
As for Briscoe, he wasn’t done shoving NASCAR’s big weekend down the Libs’ throats:
Pro-American AND Pro-God? I mean, did Chase Briscoe nail this one, or what? A prayer before the race, a prayer after it, and praising America
Maybe NASCAR’s back? I don’t know. I’m feeling things right now. I’m feeling tingly.
