Chase Briscoe’s biggest fan joins NASCAR Daily, reacts to Southern 500 win
Connor Bergquist joins Shannon Spake on NASCAR Daily to talk about his fandom for Chase Briscoe and his clutch win in the Southern 500.
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00:00All right, here's another race fan that was winning.
00:02If you guys remember when Chase Briscoe
00:05won the Southern 500,
00:06there was a video that was put on social media
00:09of a fan literally screaming at the TV
00:14as Chase Briscoe was getting ready to win that race.
00:16This is Connor Burquest, and take a look.
00:19Just finish it off.
00:20Come on, Chase, come on, come on.
00:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:23Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down.
00:24Get down, get down.
00:25Come on, come on.
00:26Go, baby, go!
00:27Come on, Chase, come on.
00:28Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
00:31Yes!
00:32I just love it.
00:34And we are so lucky that Connor is joining us right now
00:38here on Social Speedway, here on NASCAR Daily.
00:41There he is.
00:41I got the last name right, correct, Connor?
00:43Yes, yes, ma'am, you did.
00:45All right, who recorded that video, first of all?
00:48That was my awesome fiancee.
00:50This would have never happened without her.
00:52So, yeah, I'm just glad she got to spend
00:54a weekend with me there.
00:55We actually get married in two weeks here, so.
00:58Yeah.
01:00What's her name?
01:01Her name is Michaela.
01:02Well, good job, Michaela.
01:03I, listen, I see a 20 behind you,
01:06but we know that you're a Chase Briscoe fan.
01:08Yeah, there's Chase right there.
01:10Oh, so why Chase?
01:12Like, how did you become a Chase Briscoe fan?
01:15Yeah, so I grew up a big Tony Stewart fan.
01:18I, everywhere Tony Stewart went, I tried,
01:20when I go-carted, I tried to get Tony Stewart's number,
01:23and obviously he drove the 14, and him being the owner,
01:27I actually didn't, wasn't a Chase Briscoe fan,
01:30so to speak, when he first got in there.
01:32But over the years, when he got in there,
01:34I started becoming more of a Chase Briscoe fan
01:36than, like, a Tony Stewart fan.
01:37So now I'm looking forward to following Chase Briscoe
01:40as he goes to Joe Gibbs next year
01:42and cheering on the 19 next year.
01:44But still gotta finish this year out.
01:46Yeah, what did you think when Chase responded to you?
01:48Because, of course, we saw the tweet
01:50when Chase responded to the video
01:52and basically asked you guys to come out to a race.
01:56Yeah, I'm not gonna lie,
01:58I was pacing back and forth, freaking out to my fiancee.
02:01I was like, I can't believe this is real.
02:03You know, everyone asks you, like, that question,
02:05if you could have lunch with one person, who would you have?
02:07And Chase Briscoe is, like,
02:09on my top three list right there.
02:10So it was actually crazy.
02:14We were planning on going to Talladega,
02:16but with us getting married this month,
02:17I was like, let's just go make this
02:18the best month of our lives.
02:20And so, yeah, it was the coolest experience
02:23that I have ever had in my entire life.
02:26Did you get to have lunch with him?
02:28Well, kinda.
02:30We got to sit and talk, which was way cooler.
02:32We got to just sit and talk.
02:33We sat and talk under his pit box.
02:35We talked in his hauler.
02:36And the coolest thing is that he is a genuine guy, right?
02:41You know, you see a big-time athlete and you're like,
02:44oh, wow, I wonder if he's, like, actually as advertised.
02:47No, he is exactly how he comes off.
02:49Super down-to-earth, super nice.
02:51Took the time to talk to us.
02:53And even with a lot on his plate
02:55at the start of the playoffs and winning last week,
02:58or in Darlington, I should say,
03:00yeah, just an awesome guy.
03:02So how far do you have Chase Briscoe going
03:04in the playoffs this season?
03:06Well, his team has so much confidence.
03:09And honestly, it was really cool to see
03:12how much confidence they had in him
03:13and how much confidence Chase has from getting that win.
03:16These tracks, I think that they play out nice for Chase,
03:19especially with that being at Watkins Glen
03:22with the tire wear.
03:23We don't know what's gonna happen there.
03:25And then at Bristol, too.
03:26So he also had a rocket in the spring at Atlanta.
03:29I was bummed what happened on Saturday.
03:32But I think he can make a run, I really do.
03:35Dude, I'm gonna watch for you taking my job
03:37because you just, like, broke down his chances,
03:40like, and analyzed, like, his upcoming races.
03:43Well done there, Connor.
03:44Hey, good luck to you guys getting married.
03:46Good luck to you and Michaela.
03:48And she's just gonna have to take some more videos.
03:49I mean, if Chase gets to Victory Lane,
03:51we expect him all the time now.
03:53Absolutely, absolutely.