Christopher William Buescher (born October 29, 1992) [1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing. He 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.
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 Cup Series driver David Ragan and signed as a development driver for Roush Fenway Racing, [2] Buescher began competing in ARCA competition in 2009; he went on to win the series championship in 2012, becoming the only driver ever to complete every lap in a season of competition in the series. [3]
Buescher made his debut in NASCAR competition for Roush Fenway Racing in 2011, driving two races in the Nationwide Series; [4] 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. [5]
In 2014, Buescher moved full-time to the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. [6] 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; [7] he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis. Fastenal returned to sponsor the 60 at Iowa, [8] where Buescher finished 14th. Cup sponsors Kellogg's and Cheez-It sponsored the car at Watkins Glen. [9] Buescher won the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio on August 16, his first career win.
Buescher returned to the No. 60 Ford in the newly renamed Xfinity Series for 2015. [10] Buescher started the season with a runner-up finish to teammate Ryan Reed at Daytona in the Alert Today Florida 300. Then, Buescher followed up that second-place finish with another top-five finish, fourth, in the Hisense 250 at Atlanta giving him a tie for the points lead with a fellow competitor Ty Dillon. 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 Buescher. [11] Two weeks later, Buescher would be back in victory lane at Dover International Speedway for his second win in 2015; However, Buescher made contact with teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. near the end of the race to make the winning pass and Wallace was upset with his teammate as he cut a tire as a result of the contact and would go on to say "I would say I am happy Roush won but I’m not." [12]
In the final race of the 2015 season, Buescher won his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Homestead Miami Speedway on November 21, 2015. He finished 11th in the race after receiving the Lucky Dog to get back on the lead lap. Kyle Larson won the race. Buescher was able to hold off defending champion (of the then Nationwide Series) Chase Elliott, Ty Dillon, and Regan Smith in points to win the title.
Buescher made his Cup Series debut in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports at Fontana in 2015, [13] filling in for David Ragan, who had been substituting for Kyle Busch, who was out for a fractured leg; Buescher finished 20th. Buescher ran five additional Cup races for FRM in 2015.
On December 10, 2015, it was announced that Buescher would move up to Sprint Cup to drive FRM's No. 34 full-time in 2016. [14] Front Row entered an alliance with Roush Fenway.
Superspeedway wrecks plagued the No. 34 team. Buescher started the season with a hard crash at Daytona with Matt DiBenedetto, finishing 39th. He described this accident, by calling it "the hardest hit of my career.” At Talladega, on lap 96, Buescher was involved in a crash that sent his car into a barrel roll, flipping three times before landing; he was not injured in the accident. [15] Buescher also wrecked out of the summer Daytona race, finishing last.
Things began to turn around after Daytona, with Buescher finishing 14th in his rookie attempt at the Brickyard 400. One week later at Pocono, Buescher took the lead late in the Pennsylvania 400 by being on a different pit sequence. Buescher took the lead just before a massive cloud of fog moved over the track. After an hour of waiting, NASCAR gave up on trying to wait out the fog due to approaching severe weather and called the race, giving Buescher his first NASCAR Cup Series victory and the second win for Front Row Motorsports. Buescher, with the win, became the first driver since Joey Logano in 2009 to win a race as a Cup Series Rookie of the Year candidate (In 2011, Trevor Bayne won a race during his part-time rookie season but was not running for the Cup Series Rookie of the Year award). Buescher also became the first rookie to win at Pocono since Denny Hamlin in 2006. Buescher also brought Front Row Motorsports its first win in 118 races going back to David Ragan at Talladega in 2013. [16] Despite the win, Buescher was not automatically guaranteed a Chase position because he was outside the Top 30 in driver points, the minimum standing required to qualify for the Chase. At Bristol, Buescher finished 5th to move into the 30th points position, moving past David Ragan. Buescher passed his teammate Landon Cassill for 29th in the standings at Richmond and locked in his place in the Chase.
He began the Chase in the 13th position in points. Buescher would be easily eliminated after the first round though due to underfunded equipment and poor finishes. He finished 28th at Chicagoland, 30th at New Hampshire, and 23rd at Dover.
On November 29, 2016, Roush Fenway announced the sale of their charter for the No. 16 car to JTG Daugherty Racing, with Buescher taking over the new ride. [17] The car was officially announced as No. 37 on December 12, 2016. [18]
Buescher began 2017 with a crash in the Daytona 500, finishing 35th. The next week at Atlanta, he finished 24th. In the next race, Las Vegas, he finished 23rd. He followed this up with a 27th place outing at Phoenix, and then 25th place at Auto Club. At Martinsville, Buescher scored a season-best 11th-place finish, one spot shy of a third-career top 10. He eventually scored his first Top 10, with JTG at Daytona, finishing 10th. The Coke Zero 400 was also the first time both JTG Daugherty cars finished inside the Top 10, with teammate A. J. Allmendinger finishing 8th.
In 2018, Buescher would get his third career Top 5 at both the February Daytona 500 race, and the July Daytona night race. He would be shy of three top 10 finishes in 2018, finishing in the 11th–13th position four times, and failed to finish thrice, once due to transmission failure. He ended the season 24th in points, two positions behind Allmendinger.
In 2019, 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. On September 25, 2019, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Buescher would replace Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 17 Ford in 2020. [19] [20]
Buescher started the 2020 season with a 3rd-place finish at the 2020 Daytona 500. He struggled initially when returning from the COVID-19 pandemic, but scored a top-10 at Charlotte. Through the latter half of the regular season, Buescher scored 4 more Top 10s, including 5th place at the inaugural Daytona Road Course race. Buescher would finish the season 21st in points, with a career-high 8 Top 10's throughout the season, doubling his previous best in a season which was 4.
Buescher displayed more consistency in his finishes during the 2021 season, staying within the top 20 in the points standings. He 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. [21]
Buescher started the 2022 season with a 16th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He also scored top-10 finishes at Phoenix, Atlanta, and Dover, where he recorded his first career Cup Series pole. At the Coca-Cola 600, Buescher was involved in a crash early in the final stage after he hit Daniel Suárez who spun on the restart. Buescher's right front wheel dug into the tri-oval grass, lifting the car off the ground and sending it into a barrel roll. Buescher's car rolled 5 times before landing upside down. After his car was rolled back over by safety officials, Buescher walked out of the car under his own power. Buescher was forced to miss Gateway after testing positive for COVID-19; he was substituted with Zane Smith. [22] A week later, Buescher returned to the No. 17 and finished second to Daniel Suárez at Sonoma. [23] On June 28, 2022, crew chief Scott Graves was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss at Nashville. [24] Despite not making the playoffs, Buescher led a race-high 169 laps and managed to score his second career win at the Bristol night race, snapping a 222 race winless streak for himself and a five-year drought for the team. [25]
Buescher began the 2023 season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. He held off Denny Hamlin to win at Richmond to make his first playoff appearance since 2016. [26] 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. [27] He then scored his third win at the Daytona night race. [28] Buescher would advance to the Round of 12 in the playoffs and then to the Round of 8, both for the first time in his career. Despite failing to make the Championship 4, Buescher finished a career-best seventh in the points standings, with 3 wins, 9 top fives, 17 top tens, and an average finish of 12.2, all career highs.
Buescher started the 2024 season with an 18th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. At Kansas, Buescher finished second to Kyle Larson by 0.001 seconds - the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. [29] The following week, during the 2024 Goodyear 400, Buescher was walled by Tyler Reddick in a fight for the win after Reddick dove to Buescher’s left in Turn 3. Reddick drifted high and contacted Buescher, who had nowhere to go but to bounce off the SAFER barrier to his right. 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. [30] Despite missing the playoffs, Buescher won at Watkins Glen after Shane van Gisbergen brushed the wall near the Bus Stop on the final lap. [31]
Buescher married in 2018, during the Easter off weekend in the NASCAR schedule. [32] In December 2022, he and his wife welcomed their first child, a daughter Charley. Buscher and wife Emma live on a micro farm near New London, North Carolina with their many pets and outdoor toys, they also volunteer with the local humane society in Albemarle.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ARCA Re/Max Series | Roulo Brothers Racing | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1560 | 25th |
| 2010 | ARCA Racing Series | Roulo Brothers Racing | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1625 | 20th |
| 2011 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 57th |
| ARCA Racing Series | Roulo Brothers Racing | 19 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4880 | 2nd | |
| 2012 | ARCA Racing Series | Roulo Brothers Racing | 19 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4885 | 1st |
| 2013 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 34th |
| ARCA Racing Series | Roulo Brothers Racing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 575 | 46th | |
| 2014 | NASCAR Nationwide Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 32 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1014 | 7th |
| 2015 | NASCAR Cup Series | Front Row Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 33 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 1190 | 1st | |
| 2016 | NASCAR Cup Series | Front Row Motorsports | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2169 | 16th |
| 2017 | NASCAR Cup Series | JTG Daugherty Racing | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 564 | 25th |
| 2018 | NASCAR Cup Series | JTG Daugherty Racing | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 585 | 24th |
| 2019 | NASCAR Cup Series | JTG Daugherty Racing | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 729 | 20th |
| 2020 | NASCAR Cup Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 645 | 21st |
| 2021 | NASCAR Cup Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 36 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 771 | 19th |
| 2022 | NASCAR Cup Series | RFK Racing | 35 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 727 | 21st |
| 2023 | NASCAR Cup Series | RFK Racing | 36 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 2310 | 7th |
| 2024 | NASCAR Cup Series | RFK Racing | 36 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 930 | 17th |
† As Buescher was running for points in the Xfinity series, he was ineligible for championship points in the Cup series.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2015 | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL 20 | MAR 24 | TEX 30 | BRI 25 | RCH | TAL 24 | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN 37 | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 62nd | 01 | [33] | ||
| 2016 | DAY 39 | ATL 28 | LVS 26 | PHO 30 | CAL 33 | MAR 33 | TEX 28 | BRI 21 | RCH 34 | TAL 37 | KAN 24 | DOV 18 | CLT 37 | POC 25 | MCH 20 | SON 30 | DAY 40 | KEN 37 | NHA 29 | IND 14 | POC 1 | GLN 30 | BRI 5 | MCH 35 | DAR 17 | RCH 24 | CHI 28 | NHA 30 | DOV 23 | CLT 16 | KAN 21 | TAL 22 | MAR 27 | TEX 21 | PHO 32 | HOM 24 | 16th | 2169 | [34] | |||||
| 2017 | JTG Daugherty Racing | 37 | Chevy | DAY 35 | ATL 24 | LVS 23 | PHO 27 | CAL 25 | MAR 11 | TEX 21 | BRI 39 | RCH 17 | TAL 15 | KAN 18 | CLT 20 | DOV 23 | POC 19 | MCH 36 | SON 19 | DAY 10 | KEN 16 | NHA 25 | IND 9 | POC 28 | GLN 11 | MCH 6 | BRI 27 | DAR 17 | RCH 32 | CHI 27 | NHA 21 | DOV 30 | CLT 18 | TAL 17 | KAN 6 | MAR 21 | TEX 22 | PHO 37 | HOM 20 | 25th | 564 | [35] | ||
| 2018 | DAY 5 | ATL 25 | LVS 15 | PHO 29 | CAL 30 | MAR 23 | TEX 15 | BRI 36 | RCH 26 | TAL 11 | DOV 20 | KAN 34 | CLT 29 | POC 17 | MCH 24 | SON 12 | CHI 22 | DAY 5 | KEN 23 | NHA 20 | POC 37 | GLN 20 | MCH 20 | BRI 19 | DAR 13 | IND 25 | LVS 15 | RCH 30 | ROV 17 | DOV 25 | TAL 21 | KAN 16 | MAR 13 | TEX 23 | PHO 18 | HOM 23 | 24th | 585 | [36] | |||||
| 2019 | DAY 37 | ATL 9 | LVS 18 | PHO 16 | CAL 16 | MAR 21 | TEX 20 | BRI 22 | RCH 22 | TAL 30 | DOV 23 | KAN 10 | CLT 6 | POC 14 | MCH 16 | SON 16 | CHI 18 | DAY 17 | KEN 10 | NHA 15 | POC 16 | GLN 13 | MCH 14 | BRI 17 | DAR 12 | IND 15 | LVS 18 | RCH 31 | ROV 18 | DOV 36 | TAL 20 | KAN 13 | MAR 12 | TEX 19 | PHO 16 | HOM 16 | 20th | 729 | [37] | |||||
| 2020 | Roush Fenway Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY 3 | LVS 14 | CAL 16 | PHO 17 | DAR 32 | DAR 23 | CLT 10 | CLT 22 | BRI 23 | ATL 22 | MAR 13 | HOM 23 | TAL 6 | POC 10 | POC 36 | IND 31 | KEN 20 | TEX 19 | KAN 33 | NHA 25 | MCH 20 | MCH 20 | DRC 5 | DOV 16 | DOV 14 | DAY 9 | DAR 26 | RCH 24 | BRI 8 | LVS 9 | TAL 22 | ROV 20 | KAN 21 | TEX 34 | MAR 38 | PHO 20 | 21st | 645 | [38] | ||
| 2021 | DAY 31 | DRC 11 | HOM 19 | LVS 14 | PHO 18 | ATL 7 | BRD 14 | MAR 13 | RCH 25 | TAL 21 | KAN 8 | DAR 9 | DOV 17 | COA 13 | CLT 8 | SON 16 | NSH 36 | POC 20 | POC 19 | ROA 18 | ATL 16 | NHA 29 | GLN 17 | IRC 12 | MCH 15 | DAY 40 | DAR 9 | RCH 24 | BRI 23 | LVS 25 | TAL 6 | ROV 3 | TEX 21 | KAN 12 | MAR 9 | PHO 25 | 19th | 771 | [39] | |||||
| 2022 | RFK Racing | DAY 16 | CAL 35 | LVS 18 | PHO 10 | ATL 7 | COA 21 | RCH 15 | MAR 15 | BRD 15 | TAL 38 | DOV 8 | DAR 16 | KAN 27 | CLT 26 | GTW | SON 2 | NSH 30 | ROA 6 | ATL 33 | NHA 17 | POC 29 | IRC 10 | MCH 16 | RCH 3 | GLN 9 | DAY 27 | DAR 26 | KAN 15 | BRI 1* | TEX 30 | TAL 25 | ROV 6 | LVS 15 | HOM 13 | MAR 24 | PHO 21 | 21st | 727 | [40] | ||||
| 2023 | DAY 4 | CAL 13 | LVS 21 | PHO 15 | ATL 35 | COA 8 | RCH 30 | BRD 18 | MAR 14 | TAL 3 | DOV 9 | KAN 17 | DAR 10 | CLT 8 | GTW 12 | SON 4 | NSH 18 | CSC 10 | ATL 15 | NHA 15 | POC 18 | RCH 1 | MCH 1* | IRC 11 | GLN 7 | DAY 1 | DAR 3 | KAN 27 | BRI 4 | TEX 14 | TAL 19 | ROV 7 | LVS 11 | HOM 21 | MAR 8 | PHO 5 | 7th | 2310 | [41] | |||||
| 2024 | DAY 18 | ATL 9 | LVS 37 | PHO 2 | BRI 7 | COA 8 | RCH 9 | MAR 15 | TEX 15 | TAL 25 | DOV 17 | KAN 2 | DAR 30 | CLT 23 | GTW 14 | SON 3 | IOW 18 | NHA 5 | NSH 5 | CSC 20 | POC 11 | IND 22 | RCH 18 | MCH 6 | DAY 10 | DAR 6 | ATL 36 | GLN 1 | BRI 14 | KAN 11 | TAL 17 | ROV 17 | LVS 10 | HOM 15 | MAR 30 | PHO 9 | 17th | 930 | [42] | |||||
| 2025 | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | TAL | TEX | KAN | CLT | NSH | MCH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | RCH | DAY | DAR | GTW | BRI | NHA | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | ||||||
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 2016 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 17 | 39 |
| 2017 | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 37 | 35 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2019 | 15 | 37 | ||
| 2020 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 19 | 3 |
| 2021 | 22 | 31 | ||
| 2022 | RFK Racing | 4 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | 19 | 18 |
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2011 | Roush Fenway Racing | 16 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH 17 | DAR 17 | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 57th | 54 | [43] | ||||
| 2013 | Roush Fenway Racing | 16 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI 7 | CAL | TEX 17 | RCH | TAL | DAR 12 | CLT 38 | DOV | IOW | MCH 7 | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | ATL 13 | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN 16 | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 34th | 199 | [44] | |||||||
| 6 | MOH QL† | BRI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 60 | DAY DNQ | PHO 15 | LVS 9 | BRI 16 | CAL 14 | TEX 27 | DAR 34 | RCH 7 | TAL 2 | IOW 13 | CLT 9 | DOV 11 | MCH 10 | ROA 18 | KEN 18 | DAY 12 | NHA 5 | CHI 8 | IND 11 | IOW 14 | GLN 29 | MOH 1 | BRI 10 | ATL 13 | RCH 10 | CHI 12 | KEN 7 | DOV 4 | KAN 28 | CLT 6 | TEX 13 | PHO 12 | HOM 5 | 7th | 1014 | [45] | |||||||
| 2015 | DAY 2 | ATL 4 | LVS 14 | PHO 14 | CAL 5 | TEX 9 | BRI 3 | RCH 20 | TAL 6 | IOW 1 | CLT 11 | DOV 1 | MCH 4 | CHI 5 | DAY 12 | KEN 11 | NHA 14 | IND 16 | IOW 13 | GLN 3 | MOH 4 | BRI 11* | ROA 9 | DAR 5 | RCH 10 | CHI 7 | KEN 7 | DOV 8 | CLT 7 | KAN 6 | TEX 11 | PHO 13 | HOM 11 | 1st | 1190 | [46] | ||||||||
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* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| 2009 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY | SLM 4 | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL 17 | POC | MCH | MFD 3 | IOW 4 | KEN | BLN | POC | ISF | CHI | TOL 8 | DSF | NJE | SLM 21 | KAN | CAR 6 | 25th | 1560 | [47] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | DAY | PBE | SLM 12 | TEX | TAL | TOL 1* | POC | MCH | IOW 11 | MFD 7 | POC | BLN | NJE 3 | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL 1 | SLM 11 | KAN | CAR 7 | 20th | 1625 | [48] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | DAY 2 | TAL 5 | SLM 22 | TOL 5 | NJE 15 | CHI 2 | POC 2 | MCH 5 | WIN 2 | BLN 7 | IOW 3 | IRP 22 | POC 3 | ISF 8 | MAD 2* | DSF 1 | SLM 1* | KAN 2 | TOL 1 | 2nd | 4880 | [49] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | DAY 20 | MOB 6 | SLM 7 | TAL 17 | TOL 1* | ELK 3 | POC 5 | MCH 1 | WIN 4 | NJE 3 | IOW 13 | CHI 4 | IRP 7 | POC 5 | BLN 1 | ISF 5 | MAD 1* | SLM 2 | DSF C | KAN 8 | 1st | 4885 | [50] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 30 | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | 46th | 575 | [51] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | ROA 1 | WIN | CHI | NJE 22 | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW | SLM 18 | KEN | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chase David Wayne Briscoe is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also owns a World of Outlaws sprint car racing team, Chase Briscoe Racing. He won the 2016 ARCA Racing Series championship.
William Ryan Johnson is an American professional sports car and stock car racing driver. He is the 2016 IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS champion. He currently competes part-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing UK in the No. 66 Ford GT.
Zane Michael Smith is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports in an alliance with Trackhouse Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. He won the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship driving for Front Row Motorsports.
Founded in 1988, the NASCAR program is built around having multiple cars and providing engine, engineering and race car build services to other NASCAR teams fielding Ford branded vehicles. The multi-team aspect of the company allows for information and resources to be shared across the enterprise, improving the performance of all of the teams. Since the 2004 season, engines for the cars have been provided by Roush-Yates Engines, a partnership between Roush Fenway Racing and now-closed rival Yates Racing, with Doug Yates as head engine builder. Roush-Yates also provides engines, cars and parts to other Cup teams, including Wood Brothers Racing, Team Penske, Stewart-Haas Racing, and Front Row Motorsports.
Roush Fenway Racing's Xfinity Series operation began in 1992 with the No. 60 driven by Mark Martin. The No. 60 team has been dominant throughout its history, amassing many wins with Martin; three driver's championships with Greg Biffle in 2002, Carl Edwards in 2007, and Chris Buescher in 2015; and an owner's championship with Edwards in 2011. The No. 6 team won back-to-back driver's championships in 2011 & 2012 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Following the departures of Ryan Reed, Chase Briscoe, and Austin Cindric, Roush's Xfinity program was closed following the 2018 season.
