Chris Buescher has taken his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win in a shortened Pocono race.
Buescher (Front Row Motorsports) found himself in the lead in the already postponed race when the yellow flag was waved 31 laps short of the 160 lap journey when fog descended on the track.
Eventually officials waved the red flag to call the race at 138 laps which provided the reigning Xfinity Series champion with victory.
Fellow Ford driver Brad Keselowski was second while Regan Smith was third.
Kevin Harvick was fourth ahead of Stewart-Haas team-mate Tony Stewart with Kyle Larson sixth.
Earlier Buescher lost the lead lap after 94 laps after a pit lane speeding violation before he regained it by lap 109.
“I tried not to get my hopes up because I know how these things can play out. Mother Nature can be really nice sometimes and really mean,” Buescher said.
“If that sun would have come out, it would have changed our whole day.”
Buescher stands to win a Chase berth by finishing the regular season in 30th or higher. He is currently 31st, six points behind David Ragan.
VIDEO: Race recap
RESULT: Pennsylvanoa 400 – Pocono Raceway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MAKE
START
LAPS
LAPS LED
FINAL STATUS
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
1
34
Chris Buescher
Ford
22
138
12
Running
44
4
2
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
7
138
8
Running
40
1
3
7
Regan Smith
Chevrolet
30
138
0
Running
38
0
4
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
17
138
7
Running
38
1
5
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
6
138
0
Running
36
0
6
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
11
138
37
Running
36
1
7
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
4
138
0
Running
34
0
8
19
Carl Edwards
Toyota
2
138
0
Running
33
0
9
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
16
138
1
Running
33
1
10
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
15
138
0
Running
31
0
11
21
Ryan Blaney
Ford
18
138
0
Running
30
0
12
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
5
138
1
Running
30
1
13
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
12
138
3
Running
29
1
14
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
13
138
1
Running
28
1
15
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
23
138
0
Running
26
0
16
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
21
138
0
Running
25
0
17
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
9
138
0
Running
24
0
18
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
14
138
0
Running
23
0
19
6
Trevor Bayne
Ford
31
138
0
Running
22
0
20
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
19
138
0
Running
21
0
21
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
20
138
0
Running
20
0
22
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
26
138
0
Running
19
0
23
95
Michael McDowell
Chevrolet
29
138
0
Running
18
0
24
44
Brian Scott
Ford
35
138
0
Running
17
0
25
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
25
138
14
Running
17
1
26
15
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
28
138
0
Running
15
0
27
88
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
24
138
0
Running
14
0
28
83
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
34
138
0
Running
13
0
29
46
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
39
137
0
Running
12
0
30
38
Landon Cassill
Ford
32
137
0
Running
11
0
31
98
Cole Whitt
Chevrolet
36
137
0
Running
10
0
32
23
David Ragan
Toyota
33
135
0
Running
9
0
33
24
Chase Elliott
Chevrolet
8
134
0
Running
8
0
34
30
Josh Wise
Chevrolet
38
132
0
Running
7
0
35
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
3
119
0
Running
6
0
36
32
Jeb Burton
Ford
37
117
0
Running
0
0
37
22
Joey Logano
Ford
10
115
38
Running
6
2
38
78
Martin Truex Jr
Toyota
1
82
16
Accident
4
1
39
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
27
66
0
Accident
2
0
40
55
Reed Sorenson
Chevrolet
40
29
0
Engine
1
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Kevin Harvick
709
Leader
21
1
9
17
1
2
Brad Keselowski
687
-22
21
4
9
13
0
3
Kurt Busch
658
-51
21
1
6
16
0
4
Kyle Busch
634
-75
21
4
11
14
4
5
Carl Edwards
626
-83
21
2
7
13
4
6
Joey Logano
612
-97
21
1
8
13
3
7
Jimmie Johnson
577
-132
21
2
7
8
3
8
Martin Truex Jr
577
-132
21
1
3
9
1
9
Denny Hamlin
576
-133
21
1
6
10
3
10
Matt Kenseth
569
-140
21
2
4
9
2
11
Austin Dillon
549
-160
21
0
3
9
1
12
Ryan Newman
537
-172
21
0
1
7
2
13
Chase Elliott
533
-176
21
0
6
11
1
14
Jamie McMurray
517
-192
21
0
1
5
1
15
Kyle Larson
508
-201
21
0
4
7
2
16
Kasey Kahne
488
-221
21
0
2
6
1
17
Trevor Bayne
480
-229
21
0
2
4
0
18
Ryan Blaney
480
-229
21
0
1
6
2
19
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
472
-237
21
0
2
4
2
20
Dale Earnhardt Jr
461
-248
18
0
5
6
4
21
AJ Allmendinger
449
-260
21
0
1
3
3
22
Greg Biffle
414
-295
21
0
1
3
4
23
Paul Menard
403
-306
21
0
0
2
4
24
Danica Patrick
392
-317
21
0
0
0
3
25
Clint Bowyer
374
-335
21
0
0
3
2
26
Aric Almirola
365
-344
21
0
0
0
4
27
Tony Stewart
353
-356
13
1
4
6
2
28
Casey Mears
330
-379
21
0
0
0
0
29
Landon Cassill
316
-393
21
0
0
0
0
30
David Ragan
287
-422
21
0
0
0
3
31
Chris Buescher
281
-428
21
1
1
1
4
32
Regan Smith
272
-437
21
0
1
2
4
33
Brian Scott
251
-458
21
0
0
0
3
34
Michael McDowell
232
-477
17
0
0
1
2
35
Cole Whitt
212
-497
18
0
0
0
4
36
Matt DiBenedetto
203
-506
21
0
0
1
7
37
Michael Annett
198
-511
21
0
0
0
3
38
Josh Wise
100
-609
17
0
0
0
5
39
Reed Sorenson
94
-615
14
0
0
0
4
40
Brian Vickers
86
-623
5
0
0
1
1
41
Jeffrey Earnhardt
61
-648
10
0
0
0
1
42
Bobby Labonte
51
-658
3
0
0
0
0
43
David Gilliland
46
-663
2
0
0
0
0
44
Michael Waltrip
42
-667
2
0
0
0
0
45
Jeff Gordon
42
-667
2
0
0
0
0
46
Patrick Carpentier
11
-698
2
0
0
0
0
47
Eddie MacDonald
5
-704
1
0
0
0
0
48
Robert Richardson
3
-706
1
0
0
0
1
49
Ty Dillon
0
-709
8
0
0
0
0
50
Alex Bowman
0
-709
1
0
0
0
0
51
Jeb Burton
0
-709
2
0
0
0
0
52
Joey Gase
0
-709
3
0
0
0
0
53
Ryan Ellis
0
-709
3
0
0
0
0
54
Dylan Lupton
0
-709
1
0
0
0
0
55
Cody Ware
0
-709
0
0
0
0
0
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