It was a day late, but certainly not a dollar short for Front Row Motorsports' Chris Buescher, who won a weather-shortened Pennsylvania 400 on Monday at Pocono Raceway after the race was postponed from its original Sunday start time.
For Buescher, it was the rookie's first victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the surprise win put a few drivers who are on the Chase bubble on notice. Buescher was 31st in points after his win, six points behind David Ragan for the 30th-place spot required for a Chase berth.
Buescher grabbed the lead before a caution flag on Lap 132 for limited visibility as fog rolled into the area of the 2.5-mile track. A red flag was displayed at Lap 138, and the race was called when fog did not clear adequately for the race to continue.
Brad Keselowski finished in second place. Regan Smith, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five.
Polesitter Martin Truex Jr. hit the wall on Lap 19 and fell a lap down, the first of three incidents for the Furniture Row Racing driver during a tough day in which he finished 38th, 56 laps down.
Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided on Lap 104, bringing out the caution after their accident in Turn 2. Elliott finished 33rd and Logano was 37th.
The race was under caution after Lap 85 because of precipitation, but the cars stayed out on the track until NASCAR cleared a restart.
The Sprint Cup Series will go road-course racing next weekend at Watkins Glen International for Sunday's Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (2:30 p.m. ET, USA, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
This story will be updated.
