Chris Buescher reacts after back-to-back new winners in the NASCAR Cup Series dashes his hopes of making the playoffs.
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00:00Chris Buescher will come home in the 6th position, a solid finish, unfortunately, not the day you needed with a new winner.
00:07You'll be the first guy outside the playoff picture, will not run for a title.
00:10You guys had to overcome so much today, how would you summarize your Southern 500?
00:15Yeah, just, uh, I don't know. We felt like we did what, for the most part, what we needed to do today.
00:22And, you know, got back in contention there at the end, and got a decent finish out of it.
00:28And, uh, just, uh, didn't quite get it done again.
00:32And, uh, now we, uh, we're on the outside looking in.
00:36So, unfortunately, it's just the system we're all playing in.
00:40And, um, you know, we had such a great year.
00:42Everyone at RFK has worked so hard, we've been so fast.
00:44We've outrun so many of these cars that, uh, that are going to get to run for a championship.
00:50But that's the system, and we didn't work it right.
00:54When I talked to your crew chief, Scott Graves, earlier today, regardless of what you did in this race,
00:59he said he felt like you guys could do some damage in the last ten races.
01:03What is the approach to the final ten, and what are your goals?
01:07Yeah, it's not on my mind yet.
01:09Um, yeah, just, uh, had a lot of things figured out.
01:13And, uh, you know, that's not it now.
01:16So, uh, get back, digest this one a little bit.
01:21Such a shame, but, you know, another great run for our Buildsubmarines.com Mustang.
01:25Uh, another great finish here at Darlington.
01:28Just, uh, not enough with a new winner, and, um, yeah, just crazy.
01:33So, uh, definitely going to think back on different times throughout the year.
01:37And, um, you know, figure out how to do better next time.
01:39How do you sum up the emotion in one word?
01:41Uh, it's just, it's frustration and disbelief altogether.