Chris Buescher | |||||||
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Buescher at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2015
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Born |
Prosper, Texas |
October 29, 1992 ||||||
Achievements |
2012 ARCA Racing Series Champion 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion |
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Awards | 2011 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
42 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 37 (JTG Daugherty Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 16th | ||||||
Best finish | 16th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2015 Auto Club 400 (Fontana) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2016 Pennsylvania 400 (Pocono) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 20, 2016. |
Christopher "Chris" Buescher (born October 29, 1992) is an American professional driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 37 Chevrolet SS for JTG Daugherty Racing. The 2012 ARCA Racing Series champion and 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, he is the cousin of 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher.
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, 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.
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. Racing.
In 2014, Buescher moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. 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; he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis. Fastenal returned to sponsor the 60 at Iowa, where Buescher finished 14th. Cup sponsors Kellogg's and Cheez-It sponsored the car at Watkins Glen. Buescher won the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio on August 16, his first career win.