When the NASCAR Cup Series visited the West Coast for a trio of early-season races last year, the best result RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher had to show for it was a single top-10 finish. He finished 35th at California’s Auto Club Speedway, 18th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 10th at Arizona’s Phoenix Raceway — a tough start to his third Cup Series campaign with RFK. Last Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Buescher finished 13th in the No. As the RFK hauler heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second of three western races, the No. “Some of the wildest restarts I felt like we saw last year came from Las Vegas,” Buescher said.

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