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Christopher "Chris" Buescher (born October 29, 1992 in Prosper, Texas) is an American professional stock car racing driver and current Xfinity Series Champion. He is currently a developmental driver for Roush Fenway Racing, and drives the No. 60 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The 2012 ARCA Racing Series Champion, he is the cousin of 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher. ==Career== 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 2010; 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, Buscher 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;〔http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/18/nns-smith-sadler-scott-chris-buescher-in-dash4cash-this-weekend/〕 he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis. Fastenal returned to sponsor the 60 at Iowa,〔http://www.speedwaymedia.com/?p=84400〕 where Buescher finished 14th. Cup sponsors Kellogg's and Cheez-It sponsored the car at Watkins Glen.〔http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/gallery/2014/8/6/paint-scheme-preview-watkins-glen-sprint-cup-nationwide-series.html#60chrisbueschercheezit922x300png〕 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.〔http://www.roushfenway.com/?q=story/buescher-looks-build-last-season%E2%80%99s-momentum〕 Buescher started off 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, at in the Hisense 250 at Atlanta giving him a tie for the points lead with fellow competitor Ty Dillon. In the final race of the 2015 season, Buescher won his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Homestead Miami Speedway on November 21. 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, filling in for David Ragan, who had been filling in for Kyle Busch, who was out for a fractured leg; Buescher finished 20th. Buescher ran in Sprint Cup races that did not conflict with his Xfinity schedule. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Buescher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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