Kentucky Might Cure Buescher’s Blues Next Week

Kentucky Might Cure Buescher’s Blues Next Week

While he hasn’t had the results he or his team have expected this season, defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher is ready to get back to Kentucky Speedway.

Although Buescher has had fast trucks in almost every event he hasn’t been able to get the finishes in his No. 31 Chevrolet that he or his team expects week in and week out.

“For obvious reasons, I’m really excited about returning to Kentucky, I don’t think it could come at a better time for our Turner Scott Motorsports team,” Buescher said. “We’ve had some great runs going all year; we just haven’t had the luck with the finishes that we were looking for.”

Buescher swept both truck races at Kentucky last year en route to a four-win season and the 1.5-mile speedway could help Buescher get back on track in defending his title. The Katy, Texas native is hoping a successful weekend in Texas (a ninth-place finish) is just what the team needs as they prepare to head into the second half of the season.

“With winning both Kentucky races last year, I think that will help our confidence and give us some momentum to get our championship run back on track by putting our truck back in Victory Lane,” he added. In addition to his two back-to-back wins last year at Kentucky, Buescher has five top-10 showings in six career NCWTS starts at the track.

Buescher will compete in Saturday’s Johnsonville Sausage 200, his 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series debut.

Dillon Hopes To Carry Texas Momentum Forward

Not many drivers are happy to finish second in a race in which they led the most laps and ran strong throughout, but Ty Dillon will gladly take his runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway last week and carry that momentum with him to Kentucky in two weeks.

“The No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team did a really good job in Texas,” Dillon said. “We had a fast truck and led a lot of laps. If we had another corner, I think we could have brought home a win. I really wanted to get that cowboy hat in victory lane, but we have a good stack of notes to go back there with in November. We’re going to carry that momentum over to Kentucky (Speedway) next week.

The second-year truck driver, who finished third in both Kentucky races last year, heads to the UNOH 225 eager to pick up his second career win and move back into the top five in the standings.

“The last two races there we’ve finished in the top five and that gives me and my team a lot of confidence going into the race,” he added. “We know what’s fast there, and I know how to get around the track. We just have to put everything together and work hard to bring home a win.”

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Etc.

This week will be one to remember for Ron Hornaday Jr. and Series Director Chad Little. Both men with be inducted in to the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame during a ceremony Thursday night at The Meritage in Napa, Calif. Occasional NCWTS driver and owner Derrike Cope also is among the five 2013 inductees. … Although he doesn’t compete in his truck for another week, Brennan Newberry is taking advantage of his time off to get a little road course experience in advance of the race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on Sept. 1. He will participate in Saturday’s K&N Pro Series West Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway as well as attending Ron Fellows’ driving school. … Next race for the series is the June 27 UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway.