Driver Hub/Top 10 Cup/Chris Buescher
Wikimedia Commons · Sonoma Raceway, 2026
Chris Buescher
The quiet Ford that lives in the top 10
2012 ARCA champ. 2015 Xfinity champ. James Buescher’s cousin. The RFK No. 17 that nobody headlines and everybody still has to beat.
@ChrisBuescher·2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 10th · 676 points · RFK Racing No. 17
- Car
- #17 Ford
- Team
- RFK Racing
- Born
- October 29, 1992
- Hometown
- Prosper, Texas
- Titles
- ARCA 2012 · Xfinity 2015
- 2026 Cup
- 10th · 676 pts
The ride
The No. 17 Mustang
2026 Cup · Las Vegas spring
No. 17
Fastenal / BodyArmor / whatever Fastenal-adjacent Ford Jack Roush and Brad Keselowski are running that week. After Loudon, tenth in points — 676, hanging on the last card.
Wikimedia Commons · Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 2026
Childhood
North Texas, then a family pipeline
Christopher William Buescher was born October 29, 1992 in Prosper, Texas — back when Prosper was still a small Collin County town, not a Dallas suburb commuter stop.
The Buescher name was already on a national-series entry list. He followed the ARCA path and won the 2012 championship, then the 2015 Xfinity title.
Roush / RFK became the long-term home. The style never changed: save the car, hit the long run, steal a win when the loud names overdrive a set.
Family
Off the clock
Buescher married Emma and together they run a small farm in New London, North Carolina — chickens, garden, the anti-motorcoach life. Cousin James won the 2012 Truck title.
- SpouseEmma Buescher
- CousinJames Buescher — 2012 Truck champ
- HomeNine-acre farm, New London, N.C.
Hometown & home
Prosper on the birth certificate. New London in the garden.
Hometown is Prosper, Texas — water tower country north of Dallas that grew up around him.
Race weeks live at RFK in Concord. Off weeks live on that New London farm. After Loudon the No. 17 sits tenth — 676 points, four up on Hocevar in 11th.
Racing career
From hometown nights to the No. 17
2010–12
ARCA title
The 2012 ARCA championship put a Texas kid on the Ford development map.
2013–16
Xfinity, then Cup
2015 Xfinity champion. A Cup win at Pocono as a rookie in 2016 punched a playoff ticket in the old format.
2017–now
RFK lifer
The Roush/RFK No. 17 became home. After Loudon he is tenth in 2026 — quietly, which is how he likes it.
The farm and the 17
Two national titles, zero noise
ARCA in 2012. Xfinity in 2015. A Cup résumé built on consistency instead of press conferences. The 17 is the car you forget about until it is still there with 20 to go.
ARCA champion
2012
Xfinity champion
2015
Family
Cousin of 2012 Truck champ James Buescher
2026 points
10th after Loudon · 676 pts
Hardware
What the résumé paid
ARCA title
2012
Xfinity title
2015
RFK Ford
No. 17
2026 points
10th after Loudon
2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 10th · 676 points · RFK Racing No. 17
Sources for this desk: public biographical records and 2026 Cup points through the Dollar Tree 301 at Loudon. Images: Wikimedia Commons portraits, hometown photos, and Las Vegas spring Cup car shots. Fan site — not affiliated with NASCAR, RFK Racing, or Ford.