That 22-year-old Buescher and #31 Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet team takes truck to Vcitory Lane and celebrates to make it 2-for-2 for 2012 at Kentucky Speedway by stretching fuel window on lap 53 to capture in Friday night. He always win at 1.5-mile track back in June 28, captured his fourth overall win of both the season and his NCWTS career.
James Buscher dominating performance like the last time he had lead (led 119 of 150 laps), he think they led most laps and dominated anways on friday night (64 of the race's 134 circuits around the track). Next stop for him mand he's team is another mile-and-a-half (next week at Las Vegas).
James and Turner Motorsports crew chief Michael Shelton, taking a bigger gamble on saved enough fuel in their Chevrolet Silverado that night, than most gamblers might do at some of the nearby casinos along the Ohio River by not pitting for fuel in the final 53 laps and they took checkered flag.
“We should have been at least two (laps) to the good,” Shelton said. “James saved fuel for us every way he could, but we were definitely close. It would have been real interesting if it had been a green-white-checker there and where everybody would have been, but fortunately it played out for us.”
Buescher, who admitted that he wasn't feeling 100 percent in the race, having battled the flu bug for the last three days, came in on Lap 81 for just two right-side tires and fuel to gain an advantage coming out of the pits
With only 27 laps to go, Shelton elected to keep Buescher out on the track for maintain position, as did his four closest challengers pole-sitter Joey Coulter, Rookie Ty Dillon, Parker Kligerman and Matt Crafton, setting up the fuel mileage outcome. None of leader when in for Fuel or tires.
“I think we were two laps to the good, so maybe two more laps (left),” Dillon said. “We were chancing it there… . I'm a little bummed about finishing third just because James won, but we've got some speed and some great momentum.”
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