Chris Buescher Should Contend For A Top-10 Finish At Watkins Glen
3 weeks agoThe NASCAR Cup Series is at a road course this weekend, which means it's time to put Chris Buescher on your radar. The Roush-Fenway Keselowski Racing driver has finished 11th or better in 12 straight road course races, and here at Watkins Glen specifically, he has finished seventh and ninth in the Next Gen era. At the two traditional road courses this season (COTA and Sonoma), Buescher has the 11th-best average running position (13.44) and he ranks seventh-best in that statistic over all road course races in the Next Gen era (with an average running position of 14.14). The No. 17 Ford was 16th-fastest in practice this weekend and Buescher qualified 24th for Sunday's Go Bowling at The Glen. Although neither of those results are out of this world impressive, it is worth noting that Buescher looked very good on the long runs and had the fourth-best 10-lap average, which shows that he has good long-run speed for the race.
Source: Driver Averages
Source: Driver Averages