NASCAR CUP SERIES: JACK LINK'S 500

April 26, 2026

Chris Buescher

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Chris Buescher takes it home second. As you look at the way things played out on the final lap, anything you could have done different?

CHRIS BUESCHER: H, man. Obviously, yes (smiling).

Really proud of everybody. That was a fun race all the way there at the end. We had that back (indiscernible) going. I felt really good where we were at coming off turn four. Felt like we were in a spot to take this Ford Mustang into victory lane.

Man, it was close. To have the title sponsor on board with us, Jack Link's, hanging out with Sasquatch all weekend, I thought that would have been a cool Victory Lane photo.

Proud of everybody. Solid execution. It was a good race for us, it really was. It was clean.

I'd say we probably needed Jones behind us. He was really strong, was giving us excellent runs. When we lost him, it was a little lonely up there, yeah.

Excellent job by everybody. I was proud of our group, what we did. Yeah, we've been leading last three times I've been here. We're getting closer.