James Buescher

James Howard Buescher (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

[2] He then moved on to the American Speed Association where, in 2006, he was named Most Popular Driver as well as winning the Late Model Series South championship.

He would earn his first top 10 at Gateway International Raceway (finishing 7th) and his first pole at Memphis Motorsports Park.

A week prior to the beginning of the 2010 season, it was announced that Miccosukee was dropping its sponsorship of all NASCAR teams, effective immediately.

[5] Despite this setback, Buescher responded with an 8th-place finish in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

On May 12, 2010 Buescher parted ways with Phoenix Racing and returned to the Camping World Truck Series.

He made his return to the Nationwide Series at Kansas Speedway in September driving for Turner Motorsports in the No.

At the end of the season, Buescher left the team to focus on his new Nationwide Series ride.

90 Great Clips Toyota for Stringer Motorsports, Buescher ran the balance of the 2010 season in the No.

He narrowly missed a win at New Hampshire, giving up the lead to Kyle Busch on a green-white-checker finish.

"[W]e were all pretty shocked...At the time it was the worst feeling in the world, but looking back on it's probably a blessing in disguise because we were able to come on strong the rest of the season and make a run for the championship."

Turner Scott Motorsports announced that Buescher would return to the team for the 2011 season, running the full 25-race schedule.

Two races later, a wreck with Jeffrey Earnhardt at Martinsville dropped Buescher to 20th in the driver standings.

[9] A tenth-place finish at Atlanta gave Buescher the championship lead in a tight points battle with Austin Dillon and Johnny Sauter.

At Texas, Buescher won another pole position and led 56 laps, battling side-by-side with Dillon for much of the event.

There, despite scoring another pole, great runs by Dillon and Sauter and a run-in with Kevin Harvick solidified Buescher's third-place finish in the final point standings.

The streak, which included another dominating victory at Kentucky, secured a 21-point lead for Buescher over Ty Dillon, the younger brother of 2011 championship rival Austin, with three races remaining.

Buescher struggled in the finale, but went on to finish 13th and claim the 2012 Truck Series championship by six points over Peters, the first such title for Turner Motorsports.

[13] He survived a final push from Dillon, who closed to within one point of Buescher but crashed with three laps remaining while battling Kyle Larson for second place.

* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.

Buescher in the No. 99 Nationwide car in 2014
Buescher's 2013 truck at Rockingham Speedway