First, let me get this out of the way: I don\u2019t have a bone to pick with Chase Briscoe. Far from it, in fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was around this time last year that I had the opportunity to interview Briscoe for the first time, and I walked away from our conversation very impressed by his sincerity, humility, and passion for his job as driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing<\/a> Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was also thankful that Briscoe \u2014 who became a first-time father just a few months earlier \u2014 seemed genuinely amused and said he could relate to the chaos in our home when our smoke detector went off right in the middle of the phone interview, forcing me to finish up the conversation outside (this was a first in my nearly 20 years as a journalist, by the way).<\/p>\n\n\n\n So kudos to Briscoe for being a good sport and, as best I can tell, a dedicated competitor and all-around decent human being. The personal respect and affinity that I have for Briscoe don\u2019t make him deserving of the multi-year contract extension<\/a> he received this past week from Stewart-Haas Racing, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in just a moment, you\u2019ll find out why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n