Needing a victory to advance to the next round, Harvick ran consistently in the top five after staying out at the end of Stage 1 to gain track position. “Glad to be moving on (in the Playoff) and looking forward to some more opportunities here these coming weeks.” Was able to battle back from a bad qualifying effort (23rd) to get a top two, so proud of that. “I felt like we were gaining, but it was… I wasn’t close enough to do anything with him,” Elliott said. Kyle Larson was fifth and Ross Chastain sixth, as all five drivers immediately behind Buescher in the finishing order advanced to the Round of 12.ĭenny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman also clinched spots in the next round, though all had serious issues during the race.Įlliott got closer to Buescher on the final two laps but ran out of time. William Byron came home third, followed by Christopher Bell, who posted his third straight top-five finish in the Round of 16. 458 seconds behind Buescher at the finish.
This place will wear you flat-out, and I love that about it. We knew we had a really fast race car in practice and didn‘t quite get the job done in qualifying (20th) - but what a race car. I made it work, and we had a really fast (car). It‘s pretty awesome.”īuescher said he wasn‘t worried about starting the final run on two fresh tires, even though everyone chasing had four. “It‘s so special here,” said Buescher, whose only other Cup win came in a rain-shortened race at Pocono in 2016. The victory was the first for RFK Racing since Brad Keselowski joined the organization as an owner/driver after the 2021 season.īuescher was the third straight non-Playoff driver to win a race in the Round of 16, an unprecedented occurrence. RELATED: Official results | At-track photos took the checkered flag at Daytona on Jat Daytona. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford led the final 61 laps and a race-high 169 overall to give the RFK organization its first victory since Ricky Stenhouse Jr. MORE: Busch blows engine | Harvick’s pit issueĪ two-tire pit stop under caution on Lap 438 of 500 put Reddick in the lead for a restart on Lap 444. With Chase Elliott pursuing him relentlessly for the final 50 laps, Chris Buescher held on to win Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, becoming the 19th different NASCAR Cup Series winner this season.Īfter the event that set the field for the Round of 12 in the series playoffs - and eliminated superstars Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick from the postseason - a dozen drivers were breathing sighs of relief and hoping fervently for a return to stock-car sanity in the next round.
Chris Buescher scores Bristol victory, champions eliminated from playoffsīRISTOL, Tenn.
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