Summary: <a href="https://i0.wp.com/jeffgluck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/buescherchris_2018mencs_headshot.jpg"></a><br> The 12 Questions series of interviews continues with JTG Daugherty Racing’s Chris Buescher, a Texas native who heads to his home track this week. These interviews are recorded as a podcast, but are also transcribed for those who prefer to read.<br> 1. How often do you have dreams about racing?<br> I would say probably once a week. It’s pretty often, I would say. If it’s not racing, usually it veers off to snakes or something.<br> You have a fear of snakes?<br> I love snakes, but my wife’s terrified of them and I think somehow that transfers into my dreams, which is not fair.<br> That’s not cool.<br> No, it’s really not.<br> 2. If you get into someone during a race — intentional or not — does it matter if you apologize?<br> If it’s intentional, I don’t think you have any plans to apologize. I think that’s probably understood.<br> You’re gonna rub a little bit and you’re gonna race, and it’s kind of understood. I get run into, I don’t expect anybody to come say anything to me. If I get plowed or I get dumped for something what I consider dumb, I would expect something to be said.<br> Not that it makes it any better, but sometimes it is just the fact that someone did say something, at least they took the time to either own up or say, “Hey, I did that on purpose,” or whatever it was. But to have some kind of acknowledgment of it is nice sometimes.<br> 3. What is the biggest compliment someone could give you?<br> I’d say it probably wouldn’t go anywhere around racing. I’ve had people that seem to appreciate how normal I am away from this deal. I’ve made a lot of friends that just wouldn’t have expected it early on, and I just got to know a lot of people that said that it was actually a lot easier to talk to and become friends with (me) than they thought. And I always thought that’s pretty neat, kind of always my goal. I mean, I like to be as normal as possible, so I think that’s a compliment for me.<br> 4. NASCAR comes to you and says they’re bringing a celebrity to the track and they want you to host them. Who is a celebrity you’d be excited to host?<br> I am very disconnected from that whole side of our world. I don’t have cable at the house. I don’t have anything but internet. So I don’t know a whole lot going on.<br> For me, it usually comes down to other action sports. Like Travis Pastrana, I got to race with him at Roush, and he was awesome to be around and that was really cool. There’s a couple of artists that I’d like to talk to or be able to show around our garage area, like Randy Houser. I get a little mixed up in my music choices — it varies from country to hard rock. So a little bit all over the board there.<br> 5. In an effort to show this is a health-conscious sport, NASCAR decides to offer the No. 1 pit stall selection for an upcoming race to the first driver willing to go vegan for one month. Would you do it?<br><br> <br> I’ll be in pit stall 39, man. Hate to tell you, but you’re gonna find me at the back of that list.<br> You’d be the last one to do it?<br> That just wouldn’t work for me. We have way too many sponsors that could not handle me being vegan. But beyond that, I’m a meat and potatoes and Bush’s Beans kind of guy. I couldn’t ever do it, no. As great as that first pit stall is, I’d just have to apologize to the team and figure something else out.<br> 6. It’s time for the Random Race Challenge. I’ve picked a random race from your career and you have to tell me where you finished. This is the 2015 Darlington Xfinity race from the year you won the Xfinity championship.<br> Was that fifth?<br> Yeah, it was fifth actually! Wow,
