WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — It’s a busy week of sports in Indiana.

For instance, this week marks the beginning of Colts Training Camp.

Then, later this week, NASCAR makes its annual trip to Indianapolis for Brickyard Weekend.

One driver who is already in town for the Brickyard 400 is Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe. The Indiana native actually made a stop at Colts Training Camp on Wednesday to see the team’s first practice of camp at Grand Park.

Briscoe is a Mitchell, Ind. native who is also a big Colts fan.

“I’ve gotten to know a couple of the players now too, which is cool,” Briscoe said. “I can kind of interact with them when I come to training camp. So yeah, it’s been fun.”

But as big of a fan as Briscoe is of the Colts, his son Brooks may be an even bigger fan of the Colts’ official mascot, Blue.

Brooks is three years old and had a memorable interaction with Blue following practice on Wednesday. News 8 Sports’ Andrew Chernoff captured the moment.

“He’s (Brooks) a diehard Blue fan,” Briscoe said. “So I got pied by Blue a little bit ago just for my son. Yeah, it’s fun. He comes out here and has a great time and as a family, it’s just a lot of memories that are being made.”

Briscoe even wrote on X, formally known as Twitter, that “Brooks watches @blue’s videos every night before bed, got to meet his hero today.”

The Colts continue training camp on Thursday morning with practice from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT at Grand Park.

Meanwhile, Briscoe will be on track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time this weekend on Friday at 1:05 p.m. EDT for Brickyard 400 practice. Qualifying is set for Saturday with the Brickyard 400 set for Sunday.

Briscoe has never won the Brickyard 400, but is confident entering this weekend.

“Excited to be back home this weekend and just get to have that experience,” Briscoe said. “And do it this year too driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. I feel I’ll have a legitimate shot to win the race. So, yeah I’m looking forward to it.”

Briscoe has one race victory this NASCAR Cup Series season. He won at Pocono in June.

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