The Latest Breaking News from Chris Buescher

Aaron Kramer is finally getting the seat he's aspired to land—atop the pitbox as the new crew chief for Cole Custer's entry in the 2025 NASCAR cup season. Kramer has long been in the racing scene, most recently having worked as lead race engineer for Chris Buescher and the no.…

Hamlin was among the first five cars to go out in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying session but his lap at 118.162 mph held up to earn the pole for Sunday night’s 400-lap race.

Six Cup teams participated in a tire test on Tuesday at the concrete short track, and it remains unclear whether it resulted in any solid answers or will prompt a change in the tires used for the next event.

The driver of Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 Chevrolet squeezed in a final hot lap just before the conclusion of the 10-minute final round of qualifying and topped Ty Gibbs with an average lap speed of 90.168 mph to win the pole.

Hamlin, who has won the last three races held on concrete tracks, is in good position to make it four in a row at the 1.33-mile speedway.

When Chris Buescher hit the wall to bring out a caution in the final stage, the pit window was open to make it to end of the 350-lap race on fuel.

Sunday night’s race was the first for the series at the .875-mile short track, which has hosted Xfinity, Truck, ARCA and IndyCar series events in the past.

Kyle Larson took an impressive victory at Sonoma Raceway, passing both Chris Buescher and Martin Truex Jr. late in the race.

RFK Racing already fields two full-time entries with team co-owner Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher, but Hand will be the latest to drive its ‘Stage 60’ entry, the No. 60 Ford which competes on a part-time basis.