Holy smokes! I have to say, this past race at Pocono was the wildest, craziest, most random and exciting race there that I’ve ever seen. Granted, it was delayed till Monday, but that simply added to the excitement.

Martin Truex Jr. won the pole, and led until the competition  caution on lap 15. During the Ensuing pit stops, Brad Keslowski and Greg Biffle stayed off pit road to inherit the lead. In shocking restart, Biffle passed Keslowski for the lead.

Just after the restart, Truex, who was trying to get back to the lead, blew a tire, and slammed the wall. Typically Truex’s foul luck kicks in later in a race, so this was surprising.

On the restart both Kyle Larson and Joey Logano challenged Biffle for the lead, and Logano eventually took it. The race was relatively quiet until lap 67, when Aric almirola and Jeb Burton collided off turn 3 and wrecked.

Due to the timing of this caution, Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon found themselves at the front of the field, and when the green flag waved on lap 72, an epic war for the lead began. Larson had the lead, but Dillon had the faster car.

As Kyle and Austin battled, rain began to be noticed on the track. It was just a small shower, but drivers knew that should they pass the halfway point, lap 80, the race could be called official, and the leader declared the winner. Both Larson and Dillon have never won a Sprint Cup Series race, and they have been close.

The two drove like mad men, each trying desperately to best the other. Words can’t do justice to how hard the two drove. Finally, in turn 3, Dillon went low, and was now side by side with Larson. But Dillon got loose, slid up the track, and hit Larson. While the two banged each other, Joey Logano went low, and passed them both.

Moments later, the caution flew for rain. But the rain didn’t last. Suddenly, the race was back underway. The race continued, and the threat of rain was constant. Thanks to a nicely timed caution, Larson found himself in the lead again, with Dillon right behind him. And this time, Dillon’s car was not only the fastest between him and Larson. It looked like the fastest car all day.

The two leaders had just one set of pit stops remaining, and on laps 124 and 125, Larson and Dillon came to pit road. But then, the most unlikely scenario played out. Fog rolled over the speedway. Fog so thick that the spotters couldn’t see their drivers. The caution flew. and guess who was in the lead?

Chris Buescher, last year’s Xfinity Series champion, driving the underfunded no. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, was in the lead due to a gamble. Now Nascar brought the drivers down pit road and waved the red flag. If the race couldn’t be resumed due to the fog, Chris Buescher would be the winner.

And that’s what happened. Nascar couldn’t safely finish the race, and Buescher was declared the winner. It was Buescher’s first career Sprint Cup win, and should he get in the top-30 in points, he will put his tiny no. 34 team in the Chase for the Nascar Sprint Cup Series Championship. What a finish. Chris is currently 6 points outside the top-30, and he clearly has a good car and team. The 34 is on the path to the Chase.