A massive fine left Chase Briscoe facing a huge points deficit heading into Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

It took overtime and a crash on the white-flag lap for William Byron to win his second straight Daytona 500 on Sunday. Byron was ninth going into the final lap in overtime when Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe made contact causing many cars to spin out.

Despite receiving a huge penalty for an unauthorized modification to his car's spoiler at the Daytona 500, Chase Briscoe remains focused on securing race wins.

NASCAR penalized driver Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday for modifying a spoiler on the No. 19 Toyota at the Daytona 500 last weekend.

Chase Briscoe, who won the pole and finished fourth in the Daytona 500, now faces a steep climb to make the playoffs following his penalty.

NASCAR issued severe penalties to Chase Briscoe's Joe Gibbs Racing team for a spoiler violation found after Sunday's Daytona 500. NASCAR issued the following penalties: — Crew chief James Small has been suspended for the next four Cup events through Las Vegas.

NASCAR issued a 100-point penalty and suspended Briscoe's crew chief for four weeks. He also lost 10 playoff points and JGR was fined.

After winning the pole for last week’s Daytona 500 and then finishing fourth, JGR driver Briscoe found out Wednesday that NASCAR’s inspection determined his No. 19 Toyota had used a modified

Chase Briscoe was hit with a big penalty for an improper modification in Sunday's Daytona 500. His crew chief, James Small, has been suspended four races.

Chase Briscoe enters the second race of the NASCAR season with a new team and -67 points; the easiest way out of this hole is to just win.

Briscoe now starts the season in a massive hole, after his team was penalized for allegedly modifying a spec spoiler component.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe, who started Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500 in pole position, was dealt a major penalty Wednesday.