Chase Briscoe climbed into his car with a heavy heart on Thursday at Darlington Raceway, just one day after sharing the heartbreaking story that he his wife Marissa lost their unborn child. Briscoe wrote that on Tuesday, he FaceTimed with his wife while she went to the doctor for a checkup, just after the couple had learned the gender of their baby.
During the visit, the nurse and doctors were unable to detect a heartbeat. Following an outpouring of support from the racing community, Briscoe tweeted that he and his wife debated sharing their story, but hoped that “using our platform to help others was a way God would help with coping with it all.”
Back in his car at Darlington, Briscoe scored the greatest win of his life in the Toyota 200. With reigning Cup Series champion Kyle Busch chasing him down in the closing laps, Briscoe outdueled Busch to edge him at the finish line and take the checkered flag.
Briscoe said after the race that he was crying inside the car and wasn’t emotionally in the right place, but called it the biggest day of his life after the toughest day of his life.
NASCAR drivers saluted Briscoe on social media.
