Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Chris Buescher's Pocono win by the numbers

Chris Buescher odds were set at 1,000-to-1 at Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook prior to race.
By The Numbers

1 - Chris Buescher's first full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season - 2016

2 - Number of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins for Front Row Motorsports (David Ragan, Talladega, 2013)

4 - Drivers who have won in the No. 34 (Chris Buescher, David Ragan, Jim Roper, Wendell Scott)

6 - Buescher is six points out of the top 30 in points to solidify a berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup

13 - Number of former NASCAR XFINITY Series champions with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race wins (Johnny Benson, Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Bobby Labonte, Joe Nemechek, Martin Truex Jr., Brian Vickers)

23 - Chris Buescher's age

34 - No. 34 last visited Victory Lane with David Ragan, Talladega, 2013

118 - 
Winless drought broken by Front Row Motorsports. It was the longest active drought by a team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

2009 - 
Last season a Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender won a race (Joey Logano, New Hampshire)

2014 - Last season a first-time winner visited Victory Lane (Daytona, Aric Almirola; Watkins Glen, AJ Allmendinger)

2015 - Season Chris Buescher won the NASCAR XFINITY Series championship


Previous best finishes of the No. 34 car at Pocono
Driver
Starting Position
Finishing Position
David Ragan
32
18
David Ragan
39
19
David Ragan
30
21
Chris Buescher
18
25
David Ragan
34
27
David Ragan
32
28
Brett Moffitt
36
30
Brett Moffitt
32
31
David Ragan
28
37


Drivers of the No. 34 car
Driver                                                          No. of Starts
Wendell Scott
469
David Ragan
109
John Andretti
38
David Gilliland
36
Dick Beaty
35
G.C. Spencer
31
Chris Buescher
26
Brett Moffitt
25
Travis Kvapil
19
Kevin Conway
10
Sherman Clark
8
Tony Raines
8
Nestor Peles
7
Andy Winfree
6
Chad Chaffin
5
Dick Trickle
4
Rodney Combs
4
Gene Holcomb
3
Randy LaJoie
3
Todd Bodine
3
Bob Ross
2
Brian Simo
2
Charlie Glotzbach
2
Chuck Tombs
2
Jack Goodwin
2
Jeff Fuller
2
Jesse Samples Jr
2
Jim Roper
2
Jimmy Thompson
2
Mike McLaughlin
2
Speedy Thompson
2
Steve Peles
2
Ted Chamberlain
2
Bill Amick
1
Carl Long
1
Chad Blount
1
Clyde Prickett
1
Connie Saylor
1
Darrell Busham
1
Don Angel
1
Don Welch
1
Earl Brooks
1
Eddie Bierschwale
1
Fireball Roberts
1
Fonty Flock
1
Gwyn Staley
1
Harry Schilling
1
Huck Spaulding
1
Iggy Katona
1
Jim Bown
1
Jocko Maggiacomo
1
Joe Nemechek
1
Joe Weatherly
1
Johnny Coy
1
Josh Wise
1
Junior Johnson
1
Justin Marks
1
Kevin Lepage
1
L.C. Rigsby
1
L.W. Wright
1
Mike James
1
Mike Skinner
1
P.J. Jones
1
Pee Wee Martin
1
Red Kalajainen
1
Reed Sorenson
1
Robert Richardson
1
Ron Shephard
1
Sam Marshall
1
Ted Christopher
1
Ted Kennedy
1
Tip R. Key
1
Virgil Livengood
1

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