Chris Buescher tests positive for COVID-19, will miss Gateway
Chris Buescher will miss Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway after testing positive for COVID-19, RFK Racing announced Wednesday (June 2).
NASCAR Camping Word Truck Series veteran Zane Smith will pilot the No. 17 Ford in place of Buescher.
The team expects Buescher to be back the following week at Sonoma Raceway.
Buescher has competed in every Cup Series event since the 2016 Daytona 500. He will snap a streak of starting 230 consecutive races.
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Buescher, who has been driving the No. 17 car since 2020, has earned one pole this season and three top-10 finishes. He’s currently 21st in driver’s points.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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