LOUDON, N.H. — The Magic Mile at New Hampshire Motor Speedway has not been the most effective monitor for Chris Buescher in his profession.
And whereas the No. 17 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing (RFK) has not gained on the 1.058-mile oval monitor, Buescher did earn his fourth Prime 5 end after a 2-hour and 14-minute purple flag delay resulting from inclement climate on Sunday.
“It’s not a win. However I assume coming into it, in the event you mentioned we may have run Prime 10 in the present day, we actually wouldn’t contemplate {that a} win,” Buescher advised NESN.com. “However that will have been a superb day. For us to come back right here and are available dwelling with a Prime 5, that’s positively a extremely good day.
“We weren’t ever actually within the hunt for the win, however that’s a superb step. Even on the dry (monitor), we have been heading towards the Prime 10, so it’s a superb step in the correct course for us.”
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The 31-year-old began within the fifteenth place after NASCAR canceled qualifying on Saturday resulting from rain.
“Being moist we had loads of ahead drive. We have been in a position to make that work very well,” Buescher mentioned. “I used to be simply making an attempt to be sensible about it. Had a few mishaps, however finally put ourselves in a great place to have the ability to make up loads of spots. The rain simply labored very well for us in the present day till a nasty restart or two on the underside that didn’t work. Would like to have these again so we might be higher however a superb day.”
A few of the drivers opted to get out of their racing fits throughout the delay, however Buescher determined to attend out the climate and hope the race would proceed.
“I simply went again to the hauler. Simply stared on the radar and watched it come at us, watched it go away,” Buescher mentioned. “Only a regular day. This race is usually pretty quick. That’s removed from the case tonight.”
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Buescher added he was blissful NASCAR determined to complete the race, regardless that the vehicles went by three units of moist tires.
“It takes a traditional race and kinda throws a gimmick at it in a means that we simply don’t do fairly often,” Buescher mentioned. “Whenever you’re this aggressive and making an attempt to show, break up hairs and also you’re chasing one level right here or there and making an attempt to learn to get wins for one thing like this.
“It will probably actually shift the sphere dramatically fast. There’s two sides to it. I’m glad that we completed the race and the followers that did stick it out acquired to see the top. However I additionally don’t really feel prefer it’s a implausible factor for me to do. I don’t completely adore it by any means.”
With eight races left, Buescher continues to be searching for his first win. His subsequent alternative will come subsequent Sunday when NASCAR makes its technique to Nashville Superspeedway.
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