Chris Buescher

Chris Buescher

Buescher at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2015
Born (1992-10-29) October 29, 1992
Prosper, Texas
Achievements 2012 ARCA Racing Series Champion
2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion
Awards 2011 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
16 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 34 (Front Row Motorsports)
2015 position 62nd
Best finish 62nd (2015)
First race 2015 Auto Club 400 (Fontana)
Last race 2016 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
74 races run over 4 years
2015 position 1st
Best finish 1st (2015)
First race 2011 Bubba Burger 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win 2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio)
Last win 2015 Buckle Up 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 36 0
Statistics current as of May 1, 2016.

Christopher "Chris" Buescher (born October 29, 1992 in Prosper, Texas) is an American professional stock car racing driver and current Xfinity Series Champion. A developmental driver for Roush Fenway Racing, he currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 34 Ford Fusion for Front Row Motorsports. The 2012 ARCA Racing Series Champion, he is 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, Buscher 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, at in the Hisense 250 at Atlanta giving him a tie for the points lead with fellow competitor Ty Dillon.

In the final race of the 2015 season, Buescher won his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Homestead Miami Speedway on November 21. 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.

Sprint Cup Series

Buescher made his Cup Series debut in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports at Fontana in 2015,[10] 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.[11] Front Row entered an alliance with Roush Fenway. At the GEICO 500, 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.[12]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2016 Front Row Motorsports Ford 17 39

Xfinity Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Roush Fenway Racing Signs Chris Buescher as Development Driver". Roush Fenway Racing. October 9, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Chris Buescher - NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona Video Updates". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. February 16, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Stewart, Stenhouse Get New Crew Chiefs". ABC. November 19, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "NNS: Smith, Sadler, Scott, Chris Buescher in Dash4Cash this weekend". MotorSportsTalk. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Chris Buescher – Iowa Advance". Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Paint Scheme Preview: Watkins Glen". August 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.roushfenway.com/?q=story/buescher-looks-build-last-season%E2%80%99s-momentum
  10. ↑ Spencer, Lee (March 20, 2015). "Buescher to drive the No. 34 Ford Sprint Cup car at Fontana". Motorsport.com. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ Turner, Jared (December 12, 2015). "XFINITY champ Chris Buescher to race full time in Sprint Cup". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ "SEVEN-CAR WRECK SENDS BUESCHER FLIPPING, JOHNSON SPINNING". NASCAR. May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ty Dillon		 ARCA Racing Series Champion
2012 		Succeeded by
Frank Kimmel
Preceded by
Chase Elliott		 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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