Chris Buescher is still struggling to move on from the defeat he experienced at Kansas.
Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher (Images via IMAGO and X)
are currently the most devastated drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series garage. He lost the Kansas Cup race to Hendrick Motorsports’
on Sunday by a minuscule margin of 0.001 second. This marks the closest finish in the history of stock car racing and likely the closest a driver can ever come to finishing in second place.
Coming in second in a race or any other sport is often the most demoralizing thing for an athlete. What exacerbates the situation for Chris Buescher is the fact that he started celebrating after crossing the finish line, believing he had won, only for NASCAR to review and declare Kyle Larson as the race winner. Following the disappointing weekend, he spoke with NASCAR Hall of Famer
about how deeply hurt he is.
He confessed on the Dale Jr. Download podcast that the loss will haunt him for a significant amount of time and admitted to feeling nauseous on his way back home. Buescher acknowledged that if he had known he hadn’t won immediately after finishing, it would have been easier to accept and move on.
When discussing moving forward, Chris Buescher mentioned that someone advised him to overcome the pain within the next six days. Therefore, he is trying to find a way to win the upcoming race at Darlington in order to bury the feeling once and for all.
The entire RFK grid may be empathizing with Chris Buescher and will be more motivated than ever to secure a victory in this weekend’s race at Darlington. They need to maintain their momentum by achieving at least a top-5 finish to stay in top form and pursue a spot in the playoffs.