Chris Buescher earns third win of the season in Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

With a push from his teammate and team owner, Chris Buescher is a winner at Daytona for his third checkered flag of the year. RFK Racing is here to make a run for the NASCAR Playoffs. Watch out, Buescher might be a championship threat.

Just like every other race at Daytona International Speedway, you never knew what was going to happen. We had three-wide and four-wide racing. There was a huge wreck in Stage 2 that changed the entire race. With Chase Elliott in the mix at the end, fans were on the edge of their seats, hearts pounding.

He’s won at Richmond, Michigan, and now Daytona. He looks just as excited to win as he did after that first one. Chris Buescher is coming into his own at the perfect time in the season.

BUESCHER LEADS AN RFK 1-2 FINISH AT DAYTONA!

The No. 17 finishes off as the hottest driver in the sport after winning 3 of the last 5 races to end the regular season.@BubbaWallace has pointed his way into the final #NASCARPlayoffs spot.#NASCAR #CokeZeroSugar400 pic.twitter.com/LeW3UhRssY

— NASCAR on TSN (@NASCARonTSN) August 27, 2023

Chris Buescher could be the hottest driver in NASCAR right now. Between Buescher and Martin Truex Jr., the regular season champion, it is hard to pick. Oh yeah, don’t forget Mr. Big Hat himself, William Byron. He has five wins this season and will be a championship favorite as well.

When you have a finish like this, you have to love it. This was a great race. Stage 2 gave us the best racing we saw perhaps at any superspeedway this year. Three-wide, four-wide, for many laps in this race. So, when you consider what went down tonight, it was a good race overall.

Just as you thought that Ford wasn’t much of a factor, here they come with Buescher and RFK Racing. Seriously, the talking point is that Ford isn’t up to snuff with Toyota and Chevy. However, they won the championship last year with Joey Logano and now Buescher is the next big thing in the Cup Series. So, which is it?