The NASCAR driver says deer hunting now gives him a rush that rivals — and may even surpass — anything he feels behind the wheel."It’s the closest thing I’ve ever been able to come to racing, and honestly, I feel like it’s surpassed racing," Briscoe told OutKick OutDoors.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORSChase Briscoe, driver of the No.19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, enters his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., on April 5, 2025.
(Getty Images)That might sound like a bold statement coming from a NASCAR driver, but Briscoe says the explanation is actually pretty simple: racing has become normal."You know, the racing deal, I do it so often," he said."We race 38 weekends a year that, truthfully, the adrenaline kind of goes away because you do it all the time."Getting to go hunting and getting to feel that adrenaline is like this drug that I can’t get rid of."Briscoe, who drives the No.
19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, didn’t grow up as a diehard hunter.His love of the outdoors started instead around his grandfather’s pond back home in Indiana."Ever since I was a little kid, I remember we would go over there every Sunday and would just spend time outside, out by the pond fishing," he said.Watch Chase Briscoe's full interview with OutKick OutDoors here:As he got older, fishing became a regular part of life with his friends."Especially in my high school years, that was all me and my buddies would do," Briscoe said.
"We would go find other little farm ponds or go to creeks or wherever and just go fishing."Hunting came later.After moving to North Carolina, Briscoe and his family bought roughly 30 acres that happened to be loaded with deer.A few years ago, he finally decided to give hunting a try.He was hooked almost immediately."I went for the first time and just fell in love with it," he said.Part of the appeal is the rush.
But part of it is the exact opposite.Briscoe and his wife, ...