Though the monitor listed Buescher the winner by 0.001 seconds on the checkered flag following a side-by-side battle with Kyle Larson on the ultimate lap of Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, NASCAR officers instantly stated the end could be reviewed on video.
NASCAR has the power to overview any end – for a race off pit highway, the tip of a stage or finish of a race – by video when the end result could also be in query.
And sadly for Buescher and Ford, the video confirmed Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet on the end line measured by the digicam inches forward of Buescher’s No. 17 Ford.
One celebration that had already began by Buescher’s RFK Racing workforce rapidly turned to surprised silence whereas one other started with the No. 5 workforce.
“I don’t know what to say proper now. I haven’t seen a replay, aside from only a image. I simply cannot see it in that image,” an exasperated Buescher stated after the race. “That sucks to be that shut.
“It was an important end for us, a extremely robust day. Lots of velocity on this Mustang, and we actually wanted that. Wanted a win extra, and I assumed may need had that one.”
Ford stays winless
After profitable championships in all three final yr, Ford groups stay winless in all three NASCAR nationwide sequence this season – Cup, Xfinity and Vehicles.
Buescher was a contender for a lot of the race however his alternative for a victory developed when a late-race warning disrupted Denny Hamlin’s run to a second consecutive win.
All of the lead lap vehicles elected to pit with most taking simply two new tires and gas. Hamlin was first off pit highway, however Buescher rapidly rocketed to the lead on the restart to the two-lap extra time forward of Larson.
Larson rapidly caught again up with him with Buescher pulling again forward briefly exiting Flip 2 on the ultimate lap. After the 2 briefly made contact, Larson ended up on the within and the 2 raced facet by facet to the checkered flag.
“We had been actually good actually all day, and I’m actually pleased with that,” Buescher stated. “Had some good technique to get us again up there and tried to cowl what I might and gave him half a lane an excessive amount of, I suppose.
“Nevertheless it was a superb laborious race proper there all the way down to the road. However yeah, simply it hurts.”
Buescher’s runner-up end is his greatest this season and first prime 5 of his profession on any intermediate (1.5-mile) observe. He’s now eleventh within the sequence standings and stays within the hunt for a playoff spot.
“The velocity is sweet. Wins are higher. Should be in that scenario once more. Want some trophies,” he stated. “Want some checkered flags and put ourselves in a a lot better spot.”
