JOLIET, Ill. — James Buescher took the lead from Timothy Peters on the last lap, then held off a charge from Brendan Gaughan to win the NASCAR truck series race at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night.
It was Buescher’s third career victory, with all three coming this season. Buescher previously won at Kansas and Kentucky.
Gaughan finished second after dominating the majority of the race. Peters was third, followed by Matt Crafton and Parker Kligerman.
It was the 200th career start in the series for Todd Bodine, making him the only driver with at least 200 starts in all three of NASCAR’s national series. Bodine finished 18th.
Buescher and Peters went side-by side on the final restart with two laps to go, and Buescher took the lead on the last lap. Gaughan surged to second but couldn’t catch Buescher.
Buescher’s victory came despite a lengthy pit stop just past the race’s halfway point because of an apparent mechanical issue.
“I can’t say enough about these guys,” Buescher said of his team.
Peters leads Ty Dillon by 23 points in the series standings. Dillon finished 12th.
Sports, Pages 23 on 07/22/2012