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

Ryan Blaney won his first pole position of the season – 11th of his career – Saturday morning at Atlanta Motor Speedway – his two Team Penske teammates, Austin

After qualifying 25th at Atlanta, Chase Briscoe addressed the significant penalty issued for a spoiler infraction on his Daytona 500 car.

There is still a lot for Chase Briscoe to feel optimistic about in his first season at Joe Gibbs Racing even amidst a penalty after the Daytona 500 that has him facing a deep deficit. Briscoe was assessed a 100-championship point and 10-playoff point penalty by NASCAR because the No.