Chris Buescher Wins 2nd Straight NASCAR Cup Race at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Chris Buescher won his second straight NASCAR Cup Collection race by holding off Martin Truex late within the FireKeepers 400 on Monday.

Buescher, who gained final week at Richmond, took the lead on lap 133 within the No. 17 Ford and did not give it up. With 12 laps to go within the 200-lap race, Truex challenged him with door-to-door driving earlier than sparks have been seen below his No. 19 Toyota and he pale.

Truex made a savvy transfer to win Stage 2 shortly after pitting, going excessive earlier than dropping low to surge previous Daniel Suarez, and completed second. Denny Hamlin was third adopted by Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson.

Buescher, driving for RFK Racing, gave Ford its ninth straight victory at Michigan to increase the longest successful streak by a producer at a observe that has hosted Cup races since 1969.

The race was suspended Sunday as a result of rain, which delayed the beginning and later led to a red-flag stoppage that lasted 19-plus hours earlier than the race resumed below cloudy skies the following day.

Two of the highest drivers, and one on the surface of the playoff chase, did not make it to Monday. Most of the followers that crammed the stands and the infield on Sunday, giving the observe one among its largest crowds in years, didn’t return to see the top of the race.

William Byron and Kyle Busch, who’ve a mixed seven wins this yr, have been knocked out of the competitors on the primary day of the two-day race. Busch spun out and hit a wall after making side-by-side contact with Ryan Blaney early within the race and Byron ran right into a wall with out anybody round him shortly after Truex gained the primary stage.

Chase Elliott misplaced management as a result of a tire failure that pushed the 2020 Cup champion decrease within the standings, placing him within the precarious place of needing to win one of many closing three races within the common season to make the playoffs.

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