 Chris Buescher • No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford
NSCS Pocono Starts: 0 Best Pocono Finish: N/A "The only track time I have at Pocono is several ARCA races. And we ran really well there. I don’t believe I’ve run there since they repaved it, but it’s a place that I enjoy going to. We weren’t able to shift in ARCA. I know NASCAR has expressed that they would like to take the shifting away, but I don’t know that you would really be able to, as big a speed difference as you have. It’s a fun racetrack, and it’s cool to see the XFINITY Series going there now. I wish I could’ve run an XFINITY race there last year and been a little bit more prepared for this Cup race. But I do have laps around that place and I feel OK going back. “I remember it being a very wild racetrack going there at 16 years old. You’re going down into Turn 1, and we’re on the chip at the edge of the grandstands, just trying to lift and get back on it. And you sail down into 1, and it’s bumpy and there’s huge washouts. And in the ‘tunnel turn,’ you barely lift and you’re right back to it. It was a lot of fun.” ### Contact: Shari Spiewak Front Row Motorsports office: 704-873-6445 x215 cell: 704-200-1779 sspiewak@frontrowmotorsports.com
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  No. 34 Ford to Display Name of SSgt. Eric McIntosh
STATESVILLE, N.C. (May 24, 2016) – On Memorial Day weekend, Chris Buescher and sponsor CSX will race in the name of a U.S. Marine killed while on patrol during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The No. 34 Ford Fusion will pay tribute to SSgt. Eric McIntosh, a 29-year-old Infantry Unit Leader who died conducting combat operations in Iraq in 2006. SSgt. McIntosh’s name will be displayed across the top of the windshield of Buescher’s No. 34 for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 as part of NASCAR’s tribute to America’s fallen military. SSgt. McIntosh was one month into his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Anbar province. He was survived by his wife, mother, sister and brother. Family members will be guests of CSX on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 600-mile Sprint Cup Series event, where they will get the opportunity to see the special military-themed No. 34 CSX Ford up close, meet Buescher and participate in pre-race ceremonies with the Front Row Motorsports team. “This is what this weekend is all about,” Buescher said. “We should take time on a daily basis to think about the men and women who have died for our country so that we can do the things we love, like going racing on Sundays. I will be extremely proud to have SSgt. McIntosh’s family standing next to me with CSX and our No. 34 Ford Fusion this weekend.” CSX has a proud history of service in hiring individuals with military experience to operate the nation’s largest eastern railroad. One in five CSX employees has served in the armed forces, and the railroad was presented the GI Jobs Most Military Friendly 2015 and ESGR Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award. “We are proud to have a special, commemorative CSX ‘Play It Safe’ Ford on track as part of NASCAR’s Memorial Day weekend and honored to welcome SSgt. McIntosh’s family as our way of saying thank you for their sacrifice,” said John Claybrooks, Director of Brand, Digital Media and Marketing Communications at CSX. “Supporting our military has always been a priority at our company, and we are proud to have so many veterans in our workforce.” Additionally, CSX donated 200 grandstand tickets to the Charlotte Motor Speedway “Let the Troops Race” program so active military members can watch the race in person. The Coca-Cola 600 airs live on FOX Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. About Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports is a winning organization in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the premier division of NASCAR competition. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by Tennessean Bob Jenkins. FRM fields two full-time entries, the No. 34 of Chris Buescher and the No. 38 of Landon Cassill, from its Statesville, N.C., headquarters just outside of Charlotte. The team’s partnership base includes organizations such as Ford Motor Company, Love's Travel Stops and CSX Transportation. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on Twitter at @Team_FRM and on Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports. About CSX CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products. For nearly 190 years, CSX has played a critical role in the nation's economic expansion and industrial development. Its network connects every major metropolitan area in the eastern United States, where nearly two-thirds of the nation's population resides. It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports with major population centers and farming towns alike. More information about CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CSX). ### Contact: Shari Spiewak Front Row Motorsports office: 704-873-6445 x215 cell: 704-200-1779 sspiewak@frontrowmotorsports.com
 Chris Buescher • No. 34 CSX 'Play It Safe' Ford
Sprint Showdown Starts: 0 Best Showdown Finish: N/A “We’re going to learn everything we can during the Showdown for the 600, but we also want to race our way into the All-Star race. We’re going to do everything we can, take some chances. It’s going to be a different car from our 600 car, and, more times than not, two different cars don’t line up the exact same. So, anything that we do learn from a set-up standpoint could differ from car to car. So, we’re just going to go out there and do everything we can to get into the big race. “Charlotte’s a tough track. I think the transitions into the corners are so aggressive there compared to anywhere else we go. It’s a hard track to get around. And with the newer asphalt, for me, it’s been a little unpredictable on tires. As fast as we’re going, there’s not much room for error. It’s been a tough track for me. Luckily we get to run the Showdown and learn what we can as we try to race into the All-Star race.” ### Contact: Shari Spiewak Front Row Motorsports office: 704-873-6445 x215 cell: 704-200-1779 sspiewak@frontrowmotorsports.com
Chris Buescher • No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford
NSCS Dover Starts: 0 Best Dover Finish: N/A "Dover has kind of a Bristol feel, but it’s more spread out. You don’t get the stadium feel like you have at Bristol. You feel like you’ve got a bit more room. The straightaways feel like they’ve got a lot more banking, making it a little more self-cleaning of a racetrack, which can get you in a lot of trouble really quickly. But it’s an awesome race track. We were able to get a win there last year in the XFINITY car. I love going out to that place. I feel like it’s a place that rides a lot like a short track even for as big as it is. It’s kind of like Iowa Speedway. You still get a lot of those short track characteristics mixed in with some intermediate stuff. “It’s like a roller coaster ride at the county fair. It’s awesome. That drop getting in the corner is pretty wild in itself. And then trying to come out of the corner and basically getting thrown up toward the wall as you exit the banking on corner exit. It’s a very physically demanding track because of a lot of different things that are going on.” ### Contact: Shari Spiewak Front Row Motorsports office: 704-873-6445 x215 cell: 704-200-1779 sspiewak@frontrowmotorsports.com
 Chris Buescher • No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford
NSCS Kansas Starts: 0 Best Kansas Finish: N/A "With Kansas having the newer asphalt and the amount of grip it has, I don’t really know what to compare it to yet. I’d say Vegas is going to be our closest comparison. I know at the Michigan test last year, when we were messing around with some of this low-downforce stuff, we had really high straightaway speeds and the corner speeds were starting to come down a bit. But, tires have changed since then, coming up with something different for a lot of the race tracks. So, I’m kind of along for the ride. We’ll have to see how that one plays out with this new downforce package. “Talladega obviously didn't go the way we wanted it to. Went for a bit of a wild ride there. So, we're ready to get back to an intermediate track and look forward to what we expect to be a calmer ride and keep all four wheels on the ground. We've made some progress on our mile-and-a-half stuff, and we'll keep working on getting even better." ### Contact: Shari Spiewak Front Row Motorsports office: 704-873-6445 x215 cell: 704-200-1779 sspiewak@frontrowmotorsports.com
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