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Chris Buescher
Buescher at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019
BornChristopher William Buescher
(1992-10-29) October 29, 1992 (age 32)
Prosper, Texas
Achievements2012 ARCA Racing Series Champion
2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion
Awards2011 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
172 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 17 (Roush Fenway Racing)
2019 position20th
Best finish16th (2016)
First race2015 Auto Club 400 (Fontana)
Last race2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 (Homestead)
First win2016 Pennsylvania 400 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 16 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
74 races run over 4 years
2015 position1st
Best finish1st (2015)
First race2011 Bubba Burger 250 (Richmond)
Last race2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio)
Last win2015 Buckle Up 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 36 0
Statistics current as of August 9, 2020.

Christopher "Chris" William Buescher (born October 29, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing. He is the 2012 ARCA Racing Series and 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion and the cousin of 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher.

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Buescher's 2013 ARCA car at Road America

Buescher began his professional racing career in 2005, driving Legends cars in Texas for Speedway Legends, Winning over 100 races. (Speedway Legends, worked with several top drivers, David Ragan, Jonathan Davenport etc.) In 2008, Buescher moved to North Carolina to be mentored by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Ragan and signing as a development driver for Roush Fenway Racing,[1] Buescher began competing in ARCA competition in 2009; he went on to win the series championship in 2012, becoming the only driver ever to compete every lap in a season of competition in the series.[2]

Xfinity Series

Buescher made his debut in NASCAR competition for Roush Fenway Racing in 2011, driving two races in the Nationwide Series;[3] he returned to the series in 2013, driving in seven races for the team, in addition to a limited ARCA schedule with Roulo Bros. Racing.[4]

Buescher's 2014 Nationwide car at Road America

In 2014, Buescher moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing.[5] After failing to qualify at Daytona, Buescher had a solid rookie season, finishing ninth at Las Vegas, 7th at Richmond, second at Talladega, ninth at Charlotte, 11th at Dover, tenth at Michigan, and 12th at the July Daytona race. Buescher finished fifth at New Hampshire to earn a spot in the second Nationwide Dash 4 Cash race at Chicagoland;[6] he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis. Fastenal returned to sponsor the 60 at Iowa,[7] where Buescher finished 14th. Cup sponsors Kellogg's and Cheez-It sponsored the car at Watkins Glen.[8] Buescher won the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio on August 16, his first career win.

Buescher returned to the No. 60 Ford in the newly renamed Xfinity Series for 2015.[9] Buescher started off the season with a runner-up finish to teammate Ryan Reed at Daytona in the Alert Today Florida 300. Then, Buescher followed up that second-place finish with another top five finish, fourth, in the Hisense 250 at Atlanta giving him a tie for the points lead with fellow competitor Ty Dillon. Buescher scored the second series win of his career at Iowa Speedway after passing Chase Elliott for the lead on the final restart of the race, Elliott had led 114 laps but couldn't hold off a hard charge from Buescher.[10] Two weeks later, Buescher would be back in victory lane at Dover International Speedway for his second win in 2015; However, Buescher made contact with teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. near the end of the race to make the winning pass and Wallace was upset with his teammate as he cut a tire as result of the contact and would go on to say "I would say I am happy Roush won but I’m not."[11]

In the final race of the 2015 season, Buescher won his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Homestead Miami Speedway on November 21, 2015. He finished 11th in the race after receiving the Lucky Dog to get back on the lead lap. Kyle Larson won the race. Buescher was able to hold off defending champion (of the then Nationwide Series) Chase Elliott, Ty Dillon, and Regan Smith in points to win the title.

Cup Series

Buescher's 2016 Cup car at Dover International Speedway

Buescher made his Cup Series debut in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports at Fontana in 2015,[12] filling in for David Ragan, who had been substituting for Kyle Busch, who was out for a fractured leg; Buescher finished 20th. Buescher ran five additional Cup races for FRM in 2015.

On December 10, it was announced that Buescher would move up to Sprint Cup to drive FRM's No. 34 full-time in 2016.[13] Front Row entered an alliance with Roush Fenway.

Superspeedway wrecks plagued the No. 34 team. Buescher started the season with a hard crash at Daytona with Matt DiBenedetto, finishing 39th. He described this accident, by calling it "the hardest hit of my career". At Talladega, on lap 96, Buescher was involved in a crash which sent his car into a barrel roll, flipping three times before landing; he was not injured in the accident.[14] Buescher also wrecked out of the summer Daytona race, finishing last.

Things began to turn around after Daytona, with Buescher finishing 14th in his rookie attempt at the Brickyard 400. One week later at Pocono, Buescher took the lead late in the Pennsylvania 400 by being on a different pit sequence. Buescher took the lead just before a massive cloud of fog moved over the track. After an hour of waiting, NASCAR gave up on trying to wait out the fog due to approaching severe weather and called the race, giving Buescher his first NASCAR Cup Series victory and the second win for Front Row Motorsports. Buescher, with the win, became the first driver since Joey Logano in 2009 to win a race as a Cup Series Rookie of the Year candidate (In 2011, Trevor Bayne won a race during his part-time rookie season but was not running for the Cup Series Rookie of the Year award). Buescher also became the first rookie to win at Pocono since Denny Hamlin in 2006. Buescher also brought Front Row Motorsports its first win in 118 races going back to David Ragan at Talladega in 2013.[15] Despite the win, Buescher was not automatically guaranteed a Chase position because he was outside the Top 30 in driver points, the minimum standing required to qualify for the Chase. At Bristol, Buescher finished 5th to move into the 30th points position, moving past David Ragan. Buescher passed his teammate Landon Cassill for 29th in the standings at Richmond and locked in his place in the Chase.

He began the Chase in the 13th position in points. Buescher would be easily eliminated after the first round though due to underfunded equipment and poor finishes. He finished 28th at Chicagoland, 30th at New Hampshire, and 23rd at Dover.

On November 29, 2016, Roush Fenway announced the sale of their charter for the No. 16 car to JTG Daugherty Racing, with Buescher taking over the new ride.[16] The car was officially announced as No. 37 on December 12.[17]

Buescher's 2019 Cup car at Richmond Raceway

Buescher began 2017 with a crash in the Daytona 500, finishing 35th. The next week at Atlanta, he finished 24th. The next race, Las Vegas, he finished 23rd. He followed this up with a 27th place outing at Phoenix, and then 25th place at Auto Club. At Martinsville, Buescher scored a season-best 11th-place finish, one spot shy of a third career top 10. He eventually scored his first Top 10, with JTG at Daytona, finishing 10th. The Coke Zero 400 was also the first time that both JTG Daugherty cars finished inside the Top 10, with Allmendinger finishing 8th. In 2018, Chris Buescher would get his third career Top 5 at both the February Daytona 500 race, and the July Daytona night race. Chris would be shy of 3 top 10 finishes in 2018, finishing 11th-13th position 4 times. He would DNF 3 times in 2018, once due to transmission failure. Chris would finish 24th in Monster Energy Cup Series points, 2 positions behind JTG teammate A.J. Allmendinger.

In 2019, Buescher scored the first consecutive Top 10 finishes of his Cup Series career, as he followed up a 10th-place finish at the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway with a sixth-place result at the 2019 Coca-Cola 600. On September 25, 2019, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Buescher will replace Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 17 Ford in 2020.[18][19]

Personal life

Buescher married in 2018, during the Easter off weekend in the NASCAR schedule.[20]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2015 Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL
20 		MAR
24 		TEX
30 		BRI
25 		RCH TAL
24 		KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN
37 		MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 62nd 01 [21]
2016 DAY
39 		ATL
28 		LVS
26 		PHO
30 		CAL
33 		MAR
33 		TEX
28 		BRI
21 		RCH
34 		TAL
37 		KAN
24 		DOV
18 		CLT
37 		POC
25 		MCH
20 		SON
30 		DAY
40 		KEN
37 		NHA
29 		IND
14 		POC
1 		GLN
30 		BRI
5 		MCH
35 		DAR
17 		RCH
24 		CHI
28 		NHA
30 		DOV
23 		CLT
16 		KAN
21 		TAL
22 		MAR
27 		TEX
21 		PHO
32 		HOM
24 		16th 2169 [22]
2017 JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevy DAY
35 		ATL
24 		LVS
23 		PHO
27 		CAL
25 		MAR
11 		TEX
21 		BRI
39 		RCH
17 		TAL
15 		KAN
18 		CLT
20 		DOV
23 		POC
19 		MCH
36 		SON
19 		DAY
10 		KEN
16 		NHA
25 		IND
9 		POC
28 		GLN
11 		MCH
6 		BRI
27 		DAR
17 		RCH
32 		CHI
27 		NHA
21 		DOV
30 		CLT
18 		TAL
17 		KAN
6 		MAR
21 		TEX
22 		PHO
37 		HOM
20 		25th 564 [23]
2018 DAY
5 		ATL
25 		LVS
15 		PHO
29 		CAL
30 		MAR
23 		TEX
15 		BRI
36 		RCH
26 		TAL
11 		DOV
20 		KAN
34 		CLT
29 		POC
17 		MCH
24 		SON
12 		CHI
22 		DAY
5 		KEN
23 		NHA
20 		POC
37 		GLN
20 		MCH
20 		BRI
19 		DAR
13 		IND
25 		LVS
15 		RCH
30 		CLT
17 		DOV
25 		TAL
21 		KAN
16 		MAR
13 		TEX
23 		PHO
18 		HOM
23 		24th 585 [24]
2019 DAY
37 		ATL
9 		LVS
18 		PHO
16 		CAL
16 		MAR
21 		TEX
20 		BRI
22 		RCH
22 		TAL
30 		DOV
23 		KAN
10 		CLT
6 		POC
14 		MCH
16 		SON
16 		CHI
18 		DAY
17 		KEN
10 		NHA
15 		POC
16 		GLN
13 		MCH
14 		BRI
17 		DAR
12 		IND
15 		LVS
18 		RCH
31 		CLT
18 		DOV
36 		TAL
20 		KAN
13 		MAR
12 		TEX
19 		PHO
16 		HOM
16 		20th 729 [25]
2020 Roush Fenway Racing 17 Ford DAY
3 		LVS
14 		CAL
16 		PHO
17 		DAR
32 		DAR
23 		CLT
10 		CLT
22 		BRI
23 		ATL
22 		MAR
13 		HOM
23 		TAL
6 		POC
10 		POC
36 		IND
31 		KEN
20 		TEX
19 		KAN
33 		NHA
25 		MCH
20 		MCH
20 		DAY
 DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [26]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2016 Front Row Motorsports Ford 17 39
2017 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 37 35
2018 21 5
2019 15 37
2020 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 19 3

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NXSC Pts Ref
2011 Roush Fenway Racing 16 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH
17 		DAR
17 		DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 57th 54 [27]
2013 Roush Fenway Racing 16 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI
7 		CAL TEX
17 		RCH TAL DAR
12 		CLT
38 		DOV IOW MCH
7 		ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN ATL
13 		RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN
16 		CLT TEX PHO HOM 34th 199 [28]
6 MOH
QL† 		BRI
2014 60 DAY
DNQ 		PHO
15 		LVS
9 		BRI
16 		CAL
14 		TEX
27 		DAR
34 		RCH
7 		TAL
2 		IOW
13 		CLT
9 		DOV
11 		MCH
10 		ROA
18 		KEN
18 		DAY
12 		NHA
5 		CHI
8 		IND
11 		IOW
14 		GLN
29 		MOH
1 		BRI
10 		ATL
13 		RCH
10 		CHI
12 		KEN
7 		DOV
4 		KAN
28 		CLT
6 		TEX
13 		PHO
12 		HOM
5 		7th 1014 [29]
2015 DAY
2 		ATL
4 		LVS
14 		PHO
14 		CAL
5 		TEX
9 		BRI
3 		RCH
20 		TAL
6 		IOW
1 		CLT
11 		DOV
1 		MCH
4 		CHI
5 		DAY
12 		KEN
11 		NHA
14 		IND
16 		IOW
13 		GLN
3 		MOH
4 		BRI
11* 		ROA
9 		DAR
5 		RCH
10 		CHI
7 		KEN
7 		DOV
8 		CLT
7 		KAN
6 		TEX
11 		PHO
13 		HOM
11 		1st 1190 [30]
† – Qualified for Trevor Bayne

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2009 Roulo Brothers Racing 17 Ford DAY SLM
4 		CAR TAL KEN TOL
17 		POC MCH MFD
3 		IOW
4 		KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL
8 		DSF NJE SLM
21 		KAN CAR
6 		25th 1560 [31]
2010 DAY PBE SLM
12 		TEX TAL TOL
1* 		POC MCH IOW
11 		MFD
7 		POC BLN NJE
3 		ISF CHI DSF TOL
1 		SLM
11 		KAN CAR
7 		20th 1625 [32]
2011 DAY
2 		TAL
5 		SLM
22 		TOL
5 		NJE
15 		CHI
2 		POC
2 		MCH
5 		WIN
2 		BLN
7 		IOW
3 		IRP
22 		POC
3 		ISF
8 		MAD
2* 		DSF
1 		SLM
1* 		KAN
2 		TOL
1 		2nd 4880 [33]
2012 DAY
20 		MOB
6 		SLM
7 		TAL
17 		TOL
1* 		ELK
3 		POC
5 		MCH
1 		WIN
4 		NJE
3 		IOW
13 		CHI
4 		IRP
7 		POC
5 		BLN
1 		ISF
5 		MAD
1* 		SLM
2 		DSF
C 		KAN
8 		1st 4885 [34]
2013 DAY
30 		MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH 46th 575 [35]
99 ROA
1 		WIN CHI NJE
22 		POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM
18 		KEN KAN

References

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  2. ^ Fraley, Gerry (October 25, 2012). "Chris Buescher adds to family's success by winning ARCA title". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, TX. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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