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The race was called with 22 laps remaining after fog rolled into the track that made it impossible to continue. Buescher had stayed out under green and was in the lead when the caution fell with 28 laps to go. He led 12 of the 138 laps. The race was red flagged for more than an hour before the race was called.
"It was stressful," said Buescher, who lost a lap because of a pit road speeding penalty on Lap 94 and regained it as the highest-scored lapped car under caution on Lap 109. “I tried not to get my hopes up because I know how these things can play out. Mother Nature can be really nice sometimes and really mean.
"If that sun would have come out, it would have changed our whole day."
The race was run on Monday after rain postponed it Sunday.
Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by Regan Smith, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, and Kurt Busch.
"He's a good kid and an XFINITY champion (2015)," Stewart said during the red-flag period. "It doesn't matter how you get your first win. You just want to get your first win. I hope it works out for him right now."
Pole sitter, Martin Truex, Jr. hit the wall early in the race after a tire went down from a broken valve stem. He finished 38th.
Jeff Gordon, subbing for Dale Earnhardt, Jr., finished 28th.
On Lap 106, Joey Logano's winning chances evaporated when Chase Eliott's Chevrolet broke loose in the Tunnel Turn (turn 2) and knocked Logano’s No. 22 Ford into the outside wall. Elliott’s car also took extensive damage when it nosed into the inside wall.
Buescher can earn a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup if he finishes the 26-race regular season in 30th place or higher in the series standings. Buescher currently is six points behind 30th-place David Ragan, who now drives for BK Racing.
There were 19 lead changes among 11 drivers and 7 cautions for 31 yellow flag laps. The average speed was 127.581 mph.
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