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.