Team: No. 17 Roush Performance Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Luke Lambert
Twitter: @17RoushTeam, @RoushFenway and @Chris_Buescher
Race Format: 501.3 miles, 367 laps, Stages: 115-115-137
Cook Out Southern 500 – Sunday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90
ADVANCE NOTES
Buescher at Darlington Raceway
- Buescher makes his ninth Cup Series start at Darlington on Sunday, where he has an average finish of 18.6 with one top-10 result this spring.
- Prior to the 2020 season, Buescher had finished no worse than 17th at ‘The Lady in Black’ with a best result of 12th in the 2019 race.
- Buescher finished fifth in the Xfinity Series at Darlington in 2015 in the No. 60, and finished 12th two years prior in the No. 16.
Luke Lambert at Darlington Raceway
- Lambert will call his 12th Cup event from Darlington on Sunday. In 11 prior starts he has an 18.6 average finish with four top-10s.
- He led Ryan Newman to finishes of 10th (2014), eighth (2016) and seventh (2017), and most recently led Buescher to the ninth-place run earlier this season.
- Lambert also called one NXS race with Elliott Sadler in 2012 finishing 24th.
QUOTE WORTHY
Buescher on racing at Darlington:
“Darlington is a place we feel good about as we’ve been able to find some speed as of late. It is a challenge within itself to keep the fenders clean and manage the tire wear, so if you can do that you’ll have a shot at the end. Excited to get our bright Roush Performance Mustang on track Sunday night and see what we can make of 500 miles.”
Last Time Out
Buescher was in prime position and led eight laps in the closing stages of Saturday night’s race from Daytona, taking the final NASCAR Overtime restart from the first position. He ultimately crossed the line second behind the No. 12, but was later disqualified and credited with a 40th-place finish.
On the Car
Buescher will again carry the bright orange Roush Performance colors this weekend in Darlington, a scheme he debuted last season at Texas and also ran earlier this year in Phoenix.
About ROUSH Performance
ROUSH Performance was founded in 1995 by motorsports legend Jack Roush, the winningest name in racing. Combining performance engineering with entrepreneurship, ROUSH began selling designs he had created for his own team to the wider world of motorsports. Based out of Plymouth Township, Michigan, ROUSH Performance, a division of Roush Enterprises, designs, engineers and manufacturers completely assembled pre-titled vehicles, aftermarket performance parts, and superchargers for the global performance enthusiast market. For more on ROUSH, please visit ROUSHperformance.com or call 800.59.ROUSH.
