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 evaluate any end – for a race off pit highway, the tip of a stage or finish of a race – by video when the 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 digital camera inches forward of Buescher’s No. 17 Ford.
One celebration that had already began by Buescher’s RFK Racing staff rapidly turned to surprised silence whereas one other started with the No. 5 staff.
“I don’t know what to say proper now. I haven’t seen a replay, apart 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 excellent end for us, a very sturdy day. Numerous pace 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 12 months, Ford groups stay winless in all three NASCAR nationwide sequence this season – Cup, Xfinity and Vans.
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 time beyond regulation 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 have been actually good actually all day, and I’m actually happy 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.
“However it was an excellent laborious race proper there right down to the road. However yeah, simply it hurts.”
Buescher’s runner-up end is his finest 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 pace is nice. Wins are higher. Must be in that state of affairs once more. Want some trophies,” he stated. “Want some checkered flags and put ourselves in a a lot better spot.”
