If there is one aspect of a driver and team\u2019s performance that modern-day NASCAR absolutely refuses to acknowledge or appreciate, it is a consistent run throughout the whole season. RFK Racing\u2019s Chris Buescher knows about it all too well as he looks in from the sidelines during the 2025 Playoffs, along with his teammates Ryan Preece and driver-owner Brad Keselowski.<\/p>\n
With five top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes in 34 races till now for the No. 17 Ford Mustang driver, an average finishing position of 13.97 after an average starting position of 12.1 throughout the year hasn\u2019t done Buescher any favors this season. The Texas native touched on the same, and how the statistics do not paint the complete picture.<\/p>\n
Despite no wins until now in 2025, Buescher was optimistic about his and RFK Racing\u2019s performance, having shown signs of speed on every kind of track the season has to offer, from superspeedways to road courses and everything in between.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsistency isn\u2019t rewarded very well in this format, so, for us, we\u2019ve been good. We haven\u2019t quite been great and we\u2019ve got a couple little steps to take here or there, but we\u2019ve certainly been able to be a lot better rounded and enabled to be more competitive at any different style of racetrack and that\u2019s been a lot of fun, whether it\u2019s been short tracks, road courses, superspeedways, and mile-and-a-halves,\u201d said Buescher ahead of last Sunday\u2019s race at Talladega.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, he did acknowledge how RFK Racing is still one step away from logging victories and challenging at the front week in week out at these facilities. \u201cWe\u2019re close on all of them, and some are a little stronger than others, but we just have this small step to take forward across the board to be in the hunt to win consistently, I guess, is when it really starts to pay off. So, there\u2019s nothing to be ashamed about,\u201d he added.<\/a><\/p>\n