STAFF REPORTS
NASCAR XFINITY Series champ Chris Buescher will move up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to drive the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports in 2016.
Chris Buescher, right, and crew members celebrate after he won the season point title, following the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Buescher, who finished with three wins and 36 top ten finishes in his last two seasons as a XFinity series driver, locked up his first NASCAR national series title at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Buescher’s team will receive full engineering and pit support from Roush Fenway.
“It’s definitely exciting for it to come together here right now,” Buescher told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “I think before I had a lot of things circulating, a lot of rumors. Stuff that I didn’t really know yet. Really no one knew, but it’s finally played out. … Even though it has been a quick turnaround time, it’s very stressful not knowing what you are doing the next year when you are sitting here just trying to figure out where you are going to be racing at and how often. So this is very relieving news and very exciting news.”
According to NASCAR.Com, Buescher will bring his crew chief, Scott Graves, up the ladder with him from the XFinity series.
Texas native Buescher made six Sprint Cup starts in 2015 in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, with a best finish of 20th at Auto Club Speedway. He never ranked lower than third in the driver championship standings.
