Chris Buescher claims RFK Racing is capable of ‘winning races every week’

Chris Buescher admits that RFK is yet to achieve all the goals set for the 2023 season.

Chris Buescher claims RFK Racing is capable of ‘winning races every week’

Chris Brusher (Credits @Chris_Buescher/Twitter)

2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski moved to RFK Racing as owner-driver; the team has experienced growth they haven’t witnessed in a long time. The team got back to winning ways last season during the playoffs and, despite being unable to score a win so far this season, has been among the most consistent teams.

Chris Buescher Since, the No:17 RFK Mustang driver, now believes the team has grown to a point where they can fight for wins in most races. He credits this change to the momentum they have been able to gain every race weekend, where he and his boss has been able to run consistently in the top 10.  Buescher added that the team has already moved on from circling certain races to fight for the win and surviving the rest.

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“Knowing that we don’t have to get through a race and look six weeks ahead and say, ‘This is the next one we have circled.’ We don’t have anything circled as a specific race anymore. We’re looking at every week as an opportunity for us to, one, win races, or, two, improve on the big progress that we’ve already made,” Buescher is quoted saying by Motorsports.com.

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He also admitted that he used to mock drivers when they talked about positive momentum, but experiencing the same with RFK this season has made him change his beliefs. The Ford driver said, “I used to laugh at some of the momentum talk in our sport early on, and now I mock myself for laughing because it’s a real thing, and I’ve seen it more than not now.”

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RFK Racing hasn’t met the targets they set for themselves in 2023

Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski (credits: @RFK/Twitter)

Though they have been consistent contenders for wins in numerous races this season, one thing that has been a negative for the team in 2023 is their failure to secure the win. With six races left in the season, both of their drivers are in the playoff bubble. Keselowski is in P10 and Buescher in P11, with just nine points separating the two.

Chris Buescher has pointed out that they had set high goals of securing wins and going deep into the playoff coming into the season. He said they have some things to clean up to achieve that goal. RFK needs to work on its execution on and off the track. He also asked the team to give him faster race cars when required.

 “This season, we have high goals, and it was to win races, make it into the playoffs, but also drive through the playoffs. We haven’t met those yet, and we don’t have a way to say yay or nay on in the playoffs or through them, but we don’t have that checkered flag yet, either,” Chris Buescher said.

“We’ve been close at times, but we have a couple of things that just need to be cleaned up. Some of it is execution; some of it I needed to make better decisions inside the race car. Sometimes, we needed faster race cars,” Chris Buescher added.

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