Who is the “criminally underrated” racer in the NASCAR garage?
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s podcasters has named the driver who is the most underrated in the NASCAR Cup Series garage.
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Shane van Gisbergen and Chris Buescher (Via IMAGO)
When it comes to motorsports, often the its not the best driver that come out victorious in the series because of the difference in the machinery. At the end of the day the drivers with the fastest and consistent cars win races, while there is a limit to level of speed even the best can extract from the cars during race weeks.
One of these drivers who aren’t in the best cars often is RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher. The Ford driver has been the leader of the team in the Next-Gen era, despite having a champion teammate in Brad Keselowski, and has won races in all types of tracks in the last three seasons. In the recent episode of The Teardown podcast, senior NASCAR Journalist Jeff Gluck named Buescher as the criminally underrated in the garage.
I think it’s a big statement for him that he’s able to win on a road course. He’s able to finish that off. … I just think this guy is, I don’t know how to say, criminally underrated, but vastly underrated.
Jeff Gluck said via The Teardown podcast.
His co-host Jordan Bianchi agreed with the suggestion and asserted that the No:16 Ford driver is really underrated. Bianchi backed his argument by recalling 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick making the same remarks about the veteran racer.
He’s very underrated. Yeah, I go back to, and I tweeted the story out. I go back to the story I wrote about Chris a year ago on his road course prowess. And I was talking to Kevin Harvick, and Kevin’s just like, ‘This guy’s so underrated.’ People don’t realize how good he is at every kind of track.
Jordan Bianchi said.
Jordan Bianchi claims Chris Buescher is a championship-level driver
The RFK driver is known for producing great runs, maximizing the potential of his cars, putting himself in contention for wins. He pointed out that Buescher always been good at different tracks, making him a championship level racer. The journalist admitted that it was unfortunate the RFK driver couldn’t make into the playoff after his failure to win races in the regular season.
Just takes care of his stuff, puts himself in contention, always gets the most out of his car… He’s good at everywhere. I mean, road courses, he’s won at Daytona, he’s won on a short track, he’s won. He’s just, he’s good. He is a, he is a championship-level driver in the right situation. Just the unfortunate reality is, you need to win a race in the regular season now.
Jordan Bianchi said.
The comments from the two journalist shows how much potential the RFK Racing driver has. If the Ford team can get the best cars on the track for him like they did in the mid-way to the 2023 season, he can soon end a Cup champion.
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