1. Christopher William Buescher was born on October 29,1992 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.
53 Facts About Chris Buescher
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Chris Buescher competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 17 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
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Chris Buescher 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.
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Chris Buescher made his debut in NASCAR competition for Roush Fenway Racing in 2011, driving two races in the Nationwide Series; he returned to the series in 2013, driving in seven races for the team, in addition to a limited ARCA schedule with Roulo Bros.
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In 2014, Chris Buescher moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing.
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Chris Buescher finished fifth at New Hampshire to earn a spot in the second Nationwide Dash 4 Cash race at Chicagoland; he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis.
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Chris Buescher returned to the No 60 Ford in the newly renamed Xfinity Series for 2015.
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Chris Buescher started the season with a runner-up finish to teammate Ryan Reed at Daytona in the Alert Today Florida 300.
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Chris 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 Chris Buescher.
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Two weeks later, Chris Buescher would be back in victory lane at Dover International Speedway for his second win in 2015; However, Chris Buescher made contact with teammate Darrell Wallace Jr.
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Chris Buescher finished 11th in the race after receiving the Lucky Dog to get back on the lead lap.
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Chris Buescher was able to hold off defending champion Chase Elliott, Ty Dillon, and Regan Smith in points to win the title.
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Chris Buescher made his Cup Series debut in the No 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports at Fontana in 2015, filling in for David Ragan, who had been substituting for Kyle Busch, who was out for a fractured leg; Chris Buescher finished 20th.
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Chris Buescher ran five additional Cup races for FRM in 2015.
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On December 10,2015, it was announced that Chris Buescher would move up to Sprint Cup to drive FRM's No 34 full-time in 2016.
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Chris Buescher started the season with a hard crash at Daytona with Matt DiBenedetto, finishing 39th.
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Chris Buescher wrecked out of the summer Daytona race, finishing last.
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Things began to turn around after Daytona, with Chris Buescher finishing 14th in his rookie attempt at the Brickyard 400.
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One week later at Pocono, Chris Buescher took the lead late in the Pennsylvania 400 by being on a different pit sequence.
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Chris Buescher took the lead just before a massive cloud of fog moved over the track.
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Chris Buescher became the first rookie to win at Pocono since Denny Hamlin in 2006.
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Chris Buescher brought Front Row Motorsports its first win in 118 races going back to David Ragan at Talladega in 2013.
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At Bristol, Chris Buescher finished 5th to move into the 30th points position, moving past David Ragan.
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Chris Buescher passed his teammate Landon Cassill for 29th in the standings at Richmond and locked in his place in the Chase.
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Chris Buescher began the Chase in the 13th position in points.
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Chris Buescher would be easily eliminated after the first round though due to underfunded equipment and poor finishes.
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Chris Buescher finished 28th at Chicagoland, 30th at New Hampshire, and 23rd at Dover.
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On November 29,2016, Roush Fenway announced the sale of their charter for the No 16 car to JTG Daugherty Racing, with Chris Buescher taking over the new ride.
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Chris Buescher began 2017 with a crash in the Daytona 500, finishing 35th.
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Chris Buescher followed this up with a 27th place outing at Phoenix, and then 25th place at Auto Club.
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At Martinsville, Chris Buescher scored a season-best 11th-place finish, one spot shy of a third-career top 10.
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Chris Buescher eventually scored his first Top 10, with JTG at Daytona, finishing 10th.
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In 2018, Chris Buescher would get his third career Top 5 at both the February Daytona 500 race, and the July Daytona night race.
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Chris Buescher ended the season 24th in points, two positions behind Allmendinger.
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In 2019, Chris 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.
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On September 25,2019, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Chris Buescher would replace Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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Chris Buescher started the 2020 season with a 3rd-place finish at the 2020 Daytona 500.
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Chris Buescher struggled initially when returning from the COVID-19 pandemic, but scored a top-10 at Charlotte.
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Chris Buescher displayed more consistency in his finishes during the 2021 season, staying within the top 20 in the points standings.
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Chris Buescher finished second at the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, but was disqualified when his car failed post-race inspection due to a rear sub-frame assembly violation.
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Chris Buescher started the 2022 season with a 16th-place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500.
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Chris Buescher scored top-10 finishes at Phoenix, Atlanta, and Dover, where he recorded his first career Cup Series pole.
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At the Coca-Cola 600, Chris Buescher was involved in a crash early in the final stage after he hit Daniel Suarez who spun on the restart.
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Chris Buescher was forced to miss Gateway after testing positive for COVID-19; he was substituted with Zane Smith.
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Chris Buescher began the 2023 season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500.
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Chris Buescher held off Denny Hamlin to win at Richmond to make his first playoff appearance since 2016.
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Chris Buescher would go back-to-back for the first time in his career and win the next week's race at Michigan, the first time RFK Racing had won two consecutive races since Carl Edwards won the final two races of the 2010 season.
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Chris Buescher then scored his third win at the Daytona night race.
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Chris Buescher started the 2024 season with an 18th-place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500.
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At Kansas, Chris Buescher finished second to Kyle Larson by 0.001 seconds - the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history.
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Reddick drifted high and contacted Chris Buescher, who had nowhere to go but to bounce off the SAFER barrier to his right.
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Chris Buescher unleashed his frustrations on him with a shove and a stern discussion, Reddick didn't offer a defense for the contact and was apologetic after climbing out of his damaged No 45 Toyota.
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Chris Buescher married in 2018, during the Easter off weekend in the NASCAR schedule.