Speaking to the media on Chase Media Day at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago, the driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was asked to size up his first year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
“We are going one round at a time right now," Buescher said. "We are trying to look ahead to the next three races. We have been so focused on getting into the Chase that now that we are here we haven’t thought too much past that. I feel like we are prepared to go into this next couple."
The NASCAR Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series will all compete at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.
As NASCAR swings into Chicago and begins the Chase, I can not help but notice that Denny Hamlin, and now Danica Patrick, have made mention that the season is too long. Reduce some races in length, reduce some altogether, run some mid-week are among their suggestions.
“Smoke” enters the Chase with a clear mind and nothing to lose, his final season ultimately being a success as long as he finishes it. The last time Stewart made the Chase with nothing to lose was 2011 when he said outright “We don’t deserve to be in the Chase.” Exactly three months after saying that, it was the Monday after winning his third Sprint Cup championship.
As we head to Chicagoland, you have to wonder if there are paybacks in the future. Will Newman wreck Stewart? Will Cole Custer get revenge on John Hunter Nemechek for the injustice he was victim to at Canadian Motorsports Park?
Drama, that is what we were waiting for at Richmond on Saturday night. Drama and answers. We wanted to know if Chris Buescher would be close enough to David Ragan and 30th in the standings in order to be eligible for the chase?
McMurray hasn’t had a lot of raw firepower- just one top five and nine top 10s are the worst in the Chase save for Chris Buescher. What he has had, however, has been consistency. Only five times has McMurray finished outside of the top 20, he has 19 lead lap finishes out of 26 starts, and his lone DNF was in a multi-car wreck at Daytona.
The 49-year-old Roper from Vernon, Texas, will make his 50th Truck career start as part of his second start with Halmar Friesen Racing in 2026 at Talladega, Alabama.
Trackhouse Racing's Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen will compete in select O'Reilly Auto Parts Series events in JR Motorsports' No. 9 entry for a third consecutive year in 2027.
MHR was within grasp of victory at Phoenix Raceway as Christian Eckes (No. 91 Columbia Bank Chevy) drove to his third-straight runner-up result and climbed to third in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Series Chase standings.
The Chase is heating up with only three races remaining and Ford drivers Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano are in hot pursuit as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Talladega Superspeedway.
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) announced today that United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company, will serve as a multi-race primary partner of Austin Hill
