Richard Childress Racing
RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing (RCR), is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by former driver Richard Childress. In the Cup Series, the team currently fields two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE teams: the No. 3 full-time for Austin Dillon, and the No. 8 full-time for Tyler Reddick. In the Xfinity Series, the team currently fields one Chevrolet Camaro team: the No. 21 full-time for multiple drivers including Myatt Snider, Anthony Alfredo, Kaz Grala and Earl Bamber. RCR has had at least one car successfully qualify for every Cup race since 1972, the longest such active streak, and is known for the longstanding use of the number 3 on its primary race car.
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| Owner(s) | Richard Childress |
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| Base | Welcome, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Race drivers | Cup Series: 3. Austin Dillon, Kaz Grala 8. Tyler Reddick (R) Xfinity Series: 21. Myatt Snider (R), Anthony Alfredo, Kaz Grala, Earl Bamber |
| Sponsors | Cup Series: 3. Bass Pro Shops, Dow, Symbicort, Coca-Cola, Behr Ultra, American Ethanol, RigUp, Freightliner 8. Caterpillar, Tame the Beast, I Am Second, Alsco, Okuma, Roland Corporation, Chevrolet (Cares, Accessories), Realtree, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Feeding America Xfinity Series: 21. TaxSlayer, Anderson's Maple Syrup, Iracing, Death Wish Coffee, Dude Wipes, Lucas Oil, Alsco, Ruedebusch, KC Motorgroup |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Cup Series: 1969 Talladega 500 (Talladega) Xfinity Series 1995 Sundrop 400 (Hickory) Camping World Truck Series: 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix) |
| Latest race | Cup Series: 2020 Go Bowling 235 (Daytona) Xfinity Series: 2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono) |
| Races competed | Total: 5,107 Cup Series: 3,038 Xfinity Series: 1,668 Camping World Truck Series: 322 ARCA Racing Series: 79 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 14 Cup Series: 6 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 Xfinity Series: 5 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2019 Camping World Truck Series: 2 1995, 2011 ARCA Racing Series: 1 2011 |
| Race victories | Total: 235 Cup Series: 109 Xfinity Series: 85 Camping World Truck Series: 31 ARCA Racing Series: 10 |
| Pole positions | Total: 175 Cup Series: 52 Xfinity Series: 74 Camping World Truck Series: 39 ARCA Racing Series: 10 |
In addition to its in-house Cup Series teams, RCR has several technical alliances and partnerships with other teams. In the MENCS, it is allied with Richard Petty Motorsports, Germain Racing, and StarCom Racing, while Kaulig Racing enjoys a technical alliance with the team in the Xfinity Series.[1] Beyond this, RCR also has collaborative agreements with Tommy Baldwin Racing, Beard Motorsports and Premium Motorsports, although these are not technical alliances.
RCR has won NASCAR's Cup Series championship six times, all with driver Dale Earnhardt, as well as the Daytona 500 three times; Earnhardt in 1998, Kevin Harvick in 2007, and Austin Dillon in 2018. The team has also fielded cars for notables such as Jeff Burton, Mike Skinner, Ricky Rudd, Neil Bonnett, and Clint Bowyer.
Cup Series
Car No. 3 history
- Richard Childress (1968–1981)
RCR debuted at the 1969 Talladega 500 as a 1968 Chevrolet numbered 13. Childress himself drove the car, finishing 23rd after suffering axle problems. In 1972, the team came back to run fourteen races with Childress driving again, but didn't go full-time until 1976 when he would begin using the No. 3. Childress earned 11 Top 10 finishes and finished 11th in points that year. Over the next few years, he posted many Top 10s and twice was among the highest Top 10 points earners, but he never was in serious contention to win the championship. In 1981, he decided to end his career before the season ended, and handed his No. 3 ride to the defending Winston Cup champion, Dale Earnhardt, who brought his Wrangler sponsorship with him.
- Ricky Rudd (1982–1983)
After posting six Top 10’s, Earnhardt left to drive for Bud Moore, and Ricky Rudd took his place for the 1982 season, with Piedmont Airlines becoming the sponsor. Rudd drove the car for both 1982 and 1983 finishing ninth in points both years, and winning twice in the latter. But after the season was over, Rudd was replaced by Earnhardt, with Wrangler back as sponsor (in perhaps an odd twist of fate, Rudd moved to Earnhardt's old ride, the No. 15 Bud Moore Engineering Wrangler-sponsored Ford Thunderbird, which actually kept its sponsorship despite Earnhardt leaving.[2]
- Dale Earnhardt (1984–2001)
This time, Earnhardt was back for good, winning six championships over the next two decades,[2] with crew chiefs Kirk Shelmerdine and Andy Petree, and Goodwrench replacing Wrangler as the primary sponsor after 1987. In the late-1990s, Earnhardt's performance began to slow down, and went through 1997 without a victory. The next year, he won the Daytona 500, breaking a 20 race losing streak. The year after that one, he was able to score wins at Talladega, as well as cause more controversy, after he spun Terry Labonte out to win a race at Bristol. In 2000, he looked like he was finally regaining his old form, winning twice and finishing runner-up to Bobby Labonte in points, and his many fans hoped he was gearing up for his record-breaking 8th championship. However, this was not to be due to the Death of Dale Earnhardt.
- Kevin Harvick and the 29 (2001–2013)
Following Dale Earnhardt's death on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, Childress changed the number of the car from 3 to 29, inverted the original paint scheme, and tabbed his 25-year-old Busch Series driver Kevin Harvick to drive it. Harvick originally was scheduled to drive the No. 30 car part-time before going full-time in 2002; but the death of the seven-time Winston Cup champion rushed Harvick into the spotlight.[3]
In just his third Winston Cup start, Harvick beat Jeff Gordon by mere inches (.006 seconds) to win the Cracker Barrel 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, dedicating the win to Earnhardt.[4] After posting another win at Chicagoland Speedway, Harvick won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors. In 2002, his infamous temper escalated after announcing on his radio he would intentionally wreck another driver during a Craftsman Truck Series race. In response, NASCAR benched Harvick for the next race, and was replaced during that time by Kenny Wallace. Since then, Harvick has won eight races, including the prestigious Brickyard 400 and Daytona 500 while scoring a (at the time) career-best points effort of 4th in both 2006 and 2008. Despite a win early in the 2005 season, 14th-place efforts in 2004 and 2005 proved to be frustrating, as Harvick threatened to leave the team if performance did not improve. A series of strong runs near the end of 2005 seemed to satisfy him, however, and he was back in the car in 2006 with Reese's as a new co-primary sponsor. After a somewhat slow start, Harvick hit his stride in April, with a string of Top 10 finishes, including a win at Phoenix. This helped RCR to be a dominant force in NASCAR again. After weeks of speculation as to where Kevin would drive starting in 2007, he and RCR announced a new three-year deal that he would drive for him until 2009. For 2007, the team had a significant change in sponsorship. GM Goodwrench would move to an associate sponsor role on the No. 29, while Shell Oil Company and Pennzoil took over the primary sponsorships. Harvick's 2007 season started out on a high note with a win in the Daytona 500 in a close finish with veteran Mark Martin. Harvick would score another win at the All-Star Race, holding off Jimmie Johnson. Harvick entered a slump during the summer, and was involved in a trackside altercation with Juan Pablo Montoya. However, Harvick and his team held off a struggling Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make the Chase for the Cup. Harvick's Chase performance would not be a repeat of 2006, and he would finish 10th in the points. Harvick improved in 2008, he did not win but did score 19 top tens, tying a career-best 4th in the final points standings as a repeat of 2006. Harvick won the 2009 Budweiser Shootout and finished second in the Daytona 500.
After not making the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup as well as finishing a dismal 19th in the final standings once again with no wins, it was expected that Harvick would leave RCR after his contract ended at the conclusion of the 2010 season. However, after a strong start to the 2010 season, leading the most laps at the Daytona 500, consecutive runner-ups to Jimmie Johnson at Fontana & Las Vegas, and winning the 2010 Aaron's 499 at Talladega in an epic photo-finish over Jamie McMurray(his first win since 2007), Harvick signed a multi-year extension to his RCR contract in May 2010. Harvick also went on to win the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, Carfax 400 at Michigan, and ultimately finished third in the championship standings for the 2010 season, the highest finish of his career. The team's sponsor, Shell Oil Company and Pennzoil, left after the 2010 season and joined Penske Racing. Budweiser replaced it as the car's primary sponsor beginning in the 2011 season. Harvick and the 29 team recorded three wins early in the year at Fontana, Martinsville, and Charlotte. The team's consistency kept them near the top of the standings, and they recorded a fourth win at the 26th race in Richmond. Despite the team's Chase performance being inconsistent, Harvick would finish third in points for the second year in a row. For 2012, Harvick was reunited with Shane Wilson as his crew chief at Harvick's request. However, after struggling for most of the season, Childress reunited Harvick with Martin. Harvick won once that year with Martin at Phoenix International Raceway. Despite rumors that he would leave RCR for Stewart-Haas Racing after the 2013 season, the 29 team racked up four wins during the season, and once again finished third in points. Harvick would later announce his departure from RCR to Stewart-Haas midway through the season, taking sponsors Budweiser and Jimmy Johns with him.
- Austin Dillon (2014–present)
On December 11, 2013, Richard Childress announced that his eldest grandson Austin Dillon would replace Harvick for 2014 and contend for Rookie of the Year honors. In addition, the car was renumbered back to the 3, which had not been used since Dale Earnhardt's death, though RCR continued to pay for the rights to the number. New sponsor Dow Chemical and existing RCR sponsors General Mills, American Ethanol, Bass Pro Shops, and Realtree, came on to fund the return of the No. 3.[5][6] Austin had run the number in prior competition, including championship seasons in the Truck and Nationwide Series, as did his younger brother Ty.[5][6][7] The transition back to 3 was met with mixed reactions, with some fans welcoming the move with open arms, and others turning their backs on RCR and even NASCAR as a whole due to accusations of disrespect towards Earnhardt's legacy, and that the number 3 should have been retired, despite the fact that Austin got blessing to drive the number from Earnhardt's children and Chocolate Myers.[5] In addition to the return of the number 3, Austin was set to compete with what many deemed to be the strongest rookie class in the series' history, including talented youngster Kyle Larson and his runner-up for Nationwide Series ROTY Alex Bowman, Nationwide champion Justin Allgaier and Nationwide veteran Michael Annett, and former big team development drivers Parker Kligerman, Ryan Truex, and Cole Whitt. Larson and Dillon were viewed as the top contenders for the title.[8]
Dillon opened up 2014 with a bang, winning the pole at the season opening Daytona 500, then finishing ninth in the race after avoiding serious damage in a lap 145 wreck involving 13 cars.[9] Though his results were not spectacular (one Top 5 and four Top 10s), Dillon's results were very consistent (0 DNF's),and finishing 20th in points, losing Rookie of the Year to Kyle Larson.[10][11][12]
In the 2015 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona on July 5, Dillon started on the outside of the front row after qualifying was rained out, and led the first eight laps. Coming to the checkered flag, Dillon was hit in the left front tire by the spinning car of Denny Hamlin, causing him to flip into the catchfence over two rows of cars. Dillon climbed out of the car unharmed, save for a bruised tailbone and a bruise on his forearm, but five fans were injured by flying debris. Dillon was credited with a seventh-place finish.[13] Dillon ended 2015 with one Top 5 and five Top 10s, finishing 21st in points.
In 2016, Dillon showed strength out of the box when the season started, after 6 races he had two Top 5 finishes, four Top 10s, and won his second career pole at Fontana. Dillon showed speed over the first 26 races, and with so garnered career high numbers with four Top 5s and 13 Top 10s. [13]
His first victory in the Cup Series came in the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after Jimmie Johnson, race leader, ran out of fuel with two laps remaining. On February 18, 2018, on the 17th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's death, Austin Dillon charged back during overtime laps to win his first Daytona 500.[14]
Dillon started the 2018 season by winning the Daytona 500. The win coincided with the 20th anniversary of Earnhardt's Daytona 500 win and qualified Dillon in the Playoffs. Dillon, however, struggled to stay consistent throughout the season with two Top 5s and five Top 10 finishes. He was eliminated in the Round of 16 after hitting the outside wall twice at the Charlotte Roval race and finished the season 13th in points.
Despite Danny Stockman coming atop the pit box in 2019 (as was Dillon's crew chief when he won the Truck and Nationwide championships) along with two poles at Auto Club and Talladega plus his first career stage win at Michigan, Dillon failed to make the Playoffs for the first time since 2015 as he fell outside the Top 20 in points with no wins and Top 5s. On October 28, 2019, Stockman announced he would step down as the crew chief of the No. 3 team at the end of the 2019 season. Justin Alexander returned as the No. 3 team's crew chief in 2020 after having served that position in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[15]
The 2020 season for Dillon and the No. 3 team was an improvement over the previous season. At Las Vegas, Dillon scored his first top-5 in nearly two years by finishing 4th. On July 19th, 2020 Dillon broke an 88-race winless streak by claiming his 3rd career victory at the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. As a result, Dillon and the No. 3 team qualified for the Playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season as well as the 2021 NASCAR All-Star Race. RCR teammate Tyler Reddick also finished in 2nd-place to mark an RCR 1-2 finish for the first time since the 2011 Good Sam Club 500.[16] On August 15, it was announced that Dillon tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to miss the 2020 Go Bowling 235 at Daytona. Kaz Grala was announced as his replacement for the race.[17]
Car No. 3 results
| NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts | |||
| 1972 | Richard Childress | 96 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | RCH 29 |
ONT DNQ |
CAR 37 |
ATL | BRI 18 |
DAR | NWS 27 |
MAR 29 |
TAL DNQ |
CLT | DOV 37 |
MCH 19 |
RSD | TWS 31 |
DAY | BRI 26 |
TRN 18 |
ATL | TAL | MCH | NSV 16 |
DAR | RCH 25 |
DOV 33 |
MAR 33 |
NWS 25 |
CLT | CAR | TWS | 37th | 1521.25 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 3 | RSD 7 |
DAY 9 |
CAR 23 |
RCH 6 |
BRI 20 |
ATL 11 |
NWS 9 |
DAR 9 |
MAR 8 |
TAL 24 |
NSV 17 |
DOV 10 |
CLT 17 |
RSD 11 |
MCH 18 |
DAY 12 |
NSV 28 |
POC 9 |
TAL 8 |
MCH 13 |
BRI 10 |
DAR 36 |
RCH 25 |
DOV 20 |
MAR 10 |
NWS 23 |
CLT 15 |
CAR 27 |
ATL 25 |
ONT 36 |
11th | 3428 | |||||||||||
| 1977 | RSD 6 |
DAY 23 |
RCH 10 |
CAR 17 |
ATL 19 |
NWS 8 |
DAR 17 |
BRI 8 |
MAR 10 |
TAL 21 |
NSV 26 |
DOV 21 |
CLT 14 |
RSD 8 |
MCH 34 |
DAY 19 |
NSV 27 |
POC 17 |
TAL 20 |
MCH 33 |
BRI 8 |
DAR 8 |
RCH 26 |
DOV 7 |
MAR 15 |
NWS 6 |
CLT 16 |
CAR 18 |
ATL 21 |
ONT 10 |
9th | 3463 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | RSD 20 |
RCH 8 |
CAR 8 |
DAR 27 |
10th | 3566 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olds | DAY 13 |
ATL 15 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 28 |
NWS 10 |
MAR 8 |
TAL 9 |
DOV 33 |
CLT 20 |
NSV 8 |
RSD 15 |
MCH 10 |
DAY 24 |
NSV 3 |
POC 24 |
TAL 25 |
MCH 31 |
BRI 7 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 12 |
MAR 12 |
NWS 14 |
CLT 9 |
CAR 10 |
ATL 30 |
ONT 11 |
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| 1979 | RSD 15 |
DAY 17 |
ATL 20 |
TAL 24 |
CLT 10 |
TWS 7 |
RSD 6 |
MCH 23 |
DAY 37 |
TAL 10 |
MCH 10 |
8th | 3735 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | CAR 5 |
RCH 26 |
NWS 7 |
BRI 11 |
DAR 16 |
MAR 14 |
NSV 6 |
DOV 29 |
NSV 7 |
POC 12 |
BRI 11 |
DAR 29 |
RCH 15 |
DOV 13 |
MAR 13 |
CLT 14 |
NWS 10 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 15 |
ONT 16 |
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| 1980 | RSD 6 |
CAR 14 |
NWS 11 |
MAR 11 |
NSV 29 |
DOV 8 |
TWS 6 |
RSD 18 |
MCH 14 |
NSV 9 |
POC 9 |
MCH 27 |
BRI 9 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 37 |
NWS 19 |
MAR 25 |
CLT 11 |
CAR 7 |
ATL 9 |
ONT 21 |
10th | 3742 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olds | DAY 13 |
RCH 22 |
ATL 13 |
BRI 29 |
DAR 21 |
TAL 12 |
CLT 11 |
DAY 8 |
TAL 6 |
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| 1981 | Chevy | RSD 4 |
19th | 3043 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pontiac | DAY 38 |
RCH 13 |
CAR 22 |
ATL 17 |
BRI 16 |
NWS 17 |
DAR 31 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 13 |
NSV 13 |
DOV 17 |
CLT 19 |
TWS 14 |
RSD 18 |
MCH 19 |
DAY 21 |
NSV 17 |
POC 23 |
TAL 26 |
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| Dale Earnhardt | MCH 9 |
BRI 27 |
DAR 6 |
RCH 6 |
DOV 15 |
MAR 26 |
NWS 4 |
CLT 25 |
CAR 9 |
ATL 24 |
RSD 4 |
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| 1982 | Ricky Rudd | DAY 35 |
RCH 22 |
BRI 27 |
ATL 25 |
CAR 15 |
DAR 29 |
NWS 9 |
MAR 4 |
TAL 24 |
NSV 19 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 7 |
POC 6 |
RSD 29 |
MCH 5 |
DAY 7 |
NSV 4 |
POC 31 |
TAL 9 |
MCH 14 |
BRI 7 |
DAR 31 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 11 |
NWS 25 |
CLT 31 |
MAR 2 |
CAR 28 |
ATL 7 |
RSD 2 |
9th | 3537 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Chevy | DAY 24 |
RCH 28 |
CAR 6 |
ATL 10 |
DAR 4 |
NWS 27 |
MAR 5 |
TAL 8 |
NSV 14 |
DOV 24 |
BRI 26 |
CLT 32 |
RSD 1* |
POC 31 |
MCH 6 |
DAY 21 |
NSV 5 |
POC 7 |
TAL 16 |
MCH 27 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 13 |
MAR 1* |
NWS 6 |
CLT 9 |
CAR 3 |
ATL 26 |
RSD 37 |
9th | 3693 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | Dale Earnhardt | DAY 2 |
RCH 6 |
CAR 14 |
ATL 2 |
BRI 7 |
NWS 8 |
DAR 5 |
MAR 9 |
TAL 27 |
NSV 19 |
DOV 5 |
CLT 2 |
RSD 5 |
POC 8 |
MCH 2 |
DAY 8 |
NSV 3 |
POC 10 |
TAL 1 |
MCH 7 |
BRI 10 |
DAR 38 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 12 |
CLT 39 |
NWS 7 |
CAR 13 |
ATL 1 |
RSD 11 |
4th | 4265 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | DAY 32 |
RCH 1 |
CAR 10 |
ATL 9 |
BRI 1* |
DAR 24 |
NWS 8 |
MAR 25 |
TAL 21 |
DOV 25 |
CLT 4* |
RSD 40 |
POC 39 |
MCH 5 |
DAY 9 |
POC 39 |
TAL 24 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 1* |
DAR 19* |
RCH 4 |
DOV 7 |
MAR 1 |
NWS 4 |
CLT 20 |
CAR 8 |
ATL 4 |
RSD 5 |
8th | 3561 | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | DAY 14 |
RCH 3* |
CAR 8 |
ATL 2* |
BRI 10 |
DAR 1* |
NWS 1* |
MAR 21 |
TAL 2 |
DOV 3 |
CLT 1 |
RSD 5 |
POC 2 |
MCH 6 |
DAY 27* |
POC 7 |
TAL 26* |
GLN 3 |
MCH 5 |
BRI 4 |
DAR 9 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 21 |
MAR 12 |
NWS 9 |
CLT 1 |
CAR 6 |
ATL 1* |
RSD 2 |
1st | 4468 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | DAY 5 |
CAR 1* |
RCH 1* |
ATL 16* |
DAR 1* |
NWS 1* |
BRI 1 |
MAR 1* |
TAL 4 |
CLT 20 |
DOV 4 |
POC 5 |
RSD 7 |
MCH 1* |
DAY 6 |
POC 1* |
TAL 3 |
GLN 8 |
MCH 2* |
BRI 1* |
DAR 1* |
RCH 1* |
DOV 31 |
MAR 2* |
NWS 2 |
CLT 12 |
CAR 2 |
RSD 30 |
ATL 2 |
1st | 4696 | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | DAY 10 |
RCH 10* |
CAR 5 |
ATL 1* |
DAR 11 |
BRI 14 |
NWS 3* |
MAR 1* |
TAL 9 |
CLT 13 |
DOV 16 |
RSD 4 |
POC 33 |
MCH 4 |
DAY 4* |
POC 11 |
TAL 3 |
GLN 6 |
MCH 29 |
BRI 1* |
DAR 3 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 2 |
MAR 8 |
CLT 17* |
NWS 6 |
CAR 5 |
PHO 11 |
ATL 14 |
3rd | 4256 | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | DAY 3 |
CAR 3 |
ATL 2 |
RCH 3 |
DAR 33 |
BRI 16 |
NWS 1* |
MAR 2 |
TAL 8 |
CLT 38 |
DOV 1* |
SON 4 |
POC 3 |
MCH 17 |
DAY 18 |
POC 9 |
TAL 11 |
GLN 3 |
MCH 17 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 1* |
RCH 2 |
DOV 1* |
MAR 9 |
CLT 42 |
NWS 10* |
CAR 20 |
PHO 6 |
ATL 1* |
2nd | 4164 | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | DAY 5* |
RCH 2 |
CAR 10 |
ATL 1* |
DAR 1 |
BRI 19 |
NWS 3 |
MAR 5 |
TAL 1* |
CLT 30 |
DOV 31 |
SON 34 |
POC 13 |
MCH 1 |
DAY 1* |
POC 4 |
TAL 1* |
GLN 7 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 8* |
DAR 1* |
RCH 1* |
DOV 3 |
MAR 2 |
NWS 2* |
CLT 25 |
CAR 10 |
PHO 1* |
ATL 3 |
1st | 4430 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | DAY 5 |
RCH 1 |
CAR 8 |
ATL 3 |
DAR 29 |
BRI 20 |
NWS 2 |
MAR 1* |
TAL 3* |
CLT 3 |
DOV 2* |
SON 7 |
POC 2 |
MCH 4 |
DAY 7 |
POC 22 |
TAL 1* |
GLN 15 |
MCH 24 |
BRI 7 |
DAR 8 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 15 |
MAR 3 |
NWS 1 |
CLT 25 |
CAR 7 |
PHO 9 |
ATL 5 |
1st | 4287 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | DAY 9 |
CAR 24 |
RCH 11 |
ATL 3 |
DAR 10 |
BRI 18 |
NWS 6 |
MAR 9 |
TAL 3 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 2 |
SON 6 |
POC 28 |
MCH 9 |
DAY 40 |
POC 23 |
TAL 40 |
GLN 9 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 29 |
RCH 4 |
DOV 21 |
MAR 31 |
NWS 19 |
CLT 14 |
CAR 8 |
PHO 10 |
ATL 26 |
12th | 3574 | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | DAY 2* |
CAR 2 |
RCH 10 |
ATL 11 |
DAR 1* |
BRI 2 |
NWS 16 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 4* |
SON 6* |
CLT 1* |
DOV 1* |
POC 11 |
MCH 14 |
DAY 1* |
NHA 26 |
POC 1* |
TAL 1* |
GLN 18 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 4 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 27 |
MAR 29 |
NWS 2 |
CLT 3 |
CAR 2 |
PHO 4 |
ATL 10 |
1st | 4526 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | DAY 7 |
CAR 7 |
RCH 4 |
ATL 12 |
DAR 1* |
BRI 1* |
NWS 5 |
MAR 11 |
TAL 1 |
SON 3 |
CLT 9 |
DOV 28 |
POC 2 |
MCH 2 |
DAY 3 |
NHA 2 |
POC 7 |
TAL 34 |
IND 5 |
GLN 3 |
MCH 37 |
BRI 3 |
DAR 2 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 2 |
MAR 2 |
NWS 7 |
CLT 3 |
CAR 1* |
PHO 40 |
ATL 2 |
1st | 4694 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | DAY 2 |
CAR 3 |
RCH 2 |
ATL 4 |
DAR 2 |
BRI 25 |
NWS 1* |
MAR 29 |
TAL 21 |
SON 1 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 5 |
POC 8 |
MCH 35 |
DAY 3 |
NHA 22 |
POC 20 |
TAL 3 |
IND 1 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 35 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 2* |
RCH 3 |
DOV 5 |
MAR 1* |
NWS 9 |
CLT 2 |
CAR 7 |
PHO 3 |
ATL 1* |
2nd | 4580 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | DAY 2 |
CAR 1 |
RCH 31 |
ATL 1* |
DAR 14 |
BRI 4 |
NWS 3 |
MAR 5 |
TAL 3 |
SON 4 |
CLT 2 |
DOV 3 |
POC 32 |
MCH 9 |
DAY 4 |
NHA 12 |
POC 14 |
TAL 28* |
IND 15 |
GLN 6* |
MCH 17 |
BRI 24 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 20 |
DOV 16 |
MAR 15 |
NWS 2 |
CLT 6 |
CAR 9 |
PHO 12 |
ATL 4 |
4th | 4327 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | DAY 31 |
CAR 11 |
RCH 25 |
ATL 8 |
DAR 15 |
TEX 6 |
BRI 6 |
MAR 12 |
SON 12 |
TAL 2* |
CLT 7 |
DOV 16 |
POC 10 |
MCH 7 |
CAL 16 |
DAY 4 |
NHA 2 |
POC 12 |
IND 29 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 30 |
RCH 15 |
NHA 8 |
DOV 2 |
MAR 2 |
CLT 3 |
TAL 29 |
CAR 8 |
PHO 5 |
ATL 16 |
5th | 4216 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | DAY 1* |
CAR 17 |
LVS 8 |
ATL 13 |
DAR 12 |
BRI 22 |
TEX 35 |
MAR 4 |
TAL 36 |
CAL 9 |
CLT 39 |
DOV 25 |
RCH 21 |
MCH 15 |
POC 8 |
SON 11 |
NHA 18 |
POC 7 |
IND 5 |
GLN 11 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 6 |
NHA 9 |
DAR 4 |
RCH 38 |
DOV 23 |
MAR 22 |
CLT 29 |
TAL 32 |
DAY 10 |
PHO 3 |
CAR 9 |
ATL 13 |
8th | 3928 | |||||||||
| 1999 | DAY 2 |
CAR 41 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 40 |
DAR 25 |
TEX 8 |
BRI 10 |
MAR 19 |
TAL 1* |
CAL 12 |
RCH 8 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 11 |
MCH 16 |
POC 7 |
SON 9 |
DAY 2 |
NHA 8 |
POC 9 |
IND 10 |
GLN 20 |
MCH 5 |
BRI 1 |
DAR 22 |
RCH 6 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 8 |
MAR 2 |
CLT 12 |
TAL 1 |
CAR 40 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 8 |
ATL 9 |
7th | 4492 | ||||||||
| 2000 | DAY 21 |
CAR 2 |
LVS 8 |
ATL 1 |
DAR 3 |
BRI 39 |
TEX 7 |
MAR 9 |
TAL 3 |
CAL 17 |
RCH 10 |
CLT 3 |
DOV 6 |
MCH 2 |
POC 4 |
SON 6 |
DAY 8 |
NHA 6 |
POC 25 |
IND 8 |
GLN 25 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 4 |
DAR 3 |
RCH 2 |
NHA 12 |
DOV 17 |
MAR 2 |
CLT 11 |
TAL 1 |
CAR 17 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 20 |
ATL 2 |
2nd | 4865 | ||||||||
| 2001 | DAY 12 |
9th | 4406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Harvick | 29 | CAR 14 |
LVS 8 |
ATL 1 |
DAR 14 |
BRI 24* |
TEX 7 |
MAR 34 |
TAL 12 |
CAL 25 |
RCH 17 |
CLT 2 |
DOV 8 |
MCH 10 |
POC 15 |
SON 14 |
DAY 25 |
CHI 1* |
NHA 8 |
POC 20 |
IND 11 |
GLN 7 |
MCH 41 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 8 |
RCH 2 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 16 |
CLT 8 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 32 |
PHO 17 |
CAR 27 |
HOM 7 |
ATL 3 |
NHA 26 | ||||||||
| 2002 | DAY 36 |
CAR 19 |
LVS 25 |
ATL 39 |
DAR 3 |
BRI 10 |
TEX 25 |
TAL 28 |
CAL 35 |
RCH 40 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 28 |
POC 39 |
MCH 27 |
SON 14 |
DAY 11 |
CHI 1 |
NHA 9 |
POC 6 |
IND 5 |
GLN 14 |
MCH 3 |
BRI 4 |
DAR 40 |
RCH 18 |
NHA 33 |
DOV 30 |
KAN 11 |
TAL 27 |
CLT 22 |
MAR 31 |
ATL 40 |
CAR 26 |
PHO 17 |
HOM 20 |
21st | 3501 | |||||||
| Kenny Wallace | MAR 32 |
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| 2003 | Kevin Harvick | DAY 4 |
CAR 25 |
LVS 13 |
ATL 19 |
DAR 36 |
BRI 7 |
TEX 15 |
TAL 2 |
MAR 16 |
CAL 29 |
RCH 6 |
CLT 13 |
DOV 27 |
POC 25 |
MCH 18 |
SON 3 |
DAY 9* |
CHI 17 |
NHA 2 |
POC 12 |
IND 1 |
GLN 5 |
MCH 2 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 2 |
RCH 16 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 4* |
TAL 7 |
KAN 6 |
CLT 10 |
MAR 7 |
ATL 20 |
PHO 34 |
CAR 15 |
HOM 2 |
5th | 4770 | |||||
| 2004 | DAY 4 |
CAR 13 |
LVS 21 |
ATL 32 |
DAR 8 |
BRI 3 |
TEX 13 |
MAR 19 |
TAL 3 |
CAL 9 |
RCH 25 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 10 |
POC 20 |
MCH 17 |
SON 12 |
DAY 14 |
CHI 10 |
NHA 13 |
POC 32 |
IND 8 |
GLN 6 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 24 |
CAL 28 |
RCH 12 |
NHA 10 |
DOV 19 |
TAL 2 |
KAN 35 |
CLT 36 |
MAR 8 |
ATL 35 |
PHO 4 |
DAR 32 |
HOM 10 |
14th | 4228 | ||||||
| 2005 | DAY 28 |
CAL 6 |
LVS 5 |
ATL 21 |
BRI 1 |
MAR 32 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 19 |
TAL 12 |
DAR 14 |
RCH 5 |
CLT 14 |
DOV 25 |
POC 8 |
MCH 25 |
SON 37 |
DAY 24 |
CHI 19 |
NHA 22 |
POC 6 |
IND 19 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 37 |
CAL 14 |
RCH 10 |
NHA 10 |
DOV 19 |
TAL 10 |
KAN 24 |
CLT 28 |
MAR 15 |
ATL 22 |
TEX 16 |
PHO 23 |
HOM 8 |
14th | 4072 | ||||||
| 2006 | DAY 14 |
CAL 29 |
LVS 11 |
ATL 39 |
BRI 2 |
MAR 7 |
TEX 5 |
PHO 1 |
TAL 23 |
RCH 3* |
DAR 37 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 3 |
POC 13 |
MCH 10 |
SON 24 |
DAY 9 |
CHI 4 |
NHA 5 |
POC 5 |
IND 3 |
GLN 1 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 11 |
CAL 15 |
RCH 1 |
NHA 1* |
DOV 32 |
KAN 15 |
TAL 6 |
CLT 18 |
MAR 9 |
ATL 31 |
TEX 3 |
PHO 1* |
HOM 5 |
4th | 6397 | ||||||
| 2007 | DAY 1 |
CAL 17 |
LVS 27 |
ATL 25 |
BRI 4 |
MAR 41 |
TEX 29 |
PHO 10 |
TAL 6 |
RCH 7 |
DAR 17 |
CLT 21 |
DOV 20 |
POC 11 |
MCH 7 |
SON 2 |
NHA 8 |
DAY 34 |
CHI 4 |
IND 7 |
POC 17 |
GLN 36 |
MCH 15 |
BRI 16 |
CAL 14 |
RCH 7 |
NHA 17 |
DOV 20 |
KAN 6 |
TAL 20 |
CLT 33 |
MAR 10 |
ATL 15 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 6 |
HOM 19 |
10th | 6199 | ||||||
| 2008 | DAY 14 |
CAL 8 |
LVS 4 |
ATL 7 |
BRI 2 |
MAR 12 |
TEX 11 |
PHO 19 |
TAL 24 |
RCH 8 |
DAR 39 |
CLT 14 |
DOV 38 |
POC 13 |
MCH 12 |
SON 30 |
NHA 14 |
DAY 12 |
CHI 3 |
IND 37 |
POC 4 |
GLN 6 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 4 |
CAL 4 |
RCH 7 |
NHA 10 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 6 |
TAL 20 |
CLT 13 |
MAR 7 |
ATL 13 |
TEX 7 |
PHO 7 |
HOM 2 |
4th | 6408 | ||||||
| 2009 | DAY 2 |
CAL 38 |
LVS 12 |
ATL 4 |
BRI 30 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 30 |
TAL 38 |
RCH 34 |
DAR 11 |
CLT 31 |
DOV 17 |
POC 24 |
MCH 18 |
SON 29 |
NHA 34 |
DAY 26 |
CHI 19 |
IND 6 |
POC 12 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 38 |
ATL 2 |
RCH 9 |
NHA 32 |
DOV 12 |
KAN 24 |
CAL 10 |
CLT 18 |
MAR 10 |
TAL 21 |
TEX 5 |
PHO 24 |
HOM 3 |
19th | 3796 | ||||||
| 2010 | DAY 7* |
CAL 2 |
LVS 2 |
ATL 9 |
BRI 11 |
MAR 35 |
PHO 13 |
TEX 7 |
TAL 1 |
RCH 3 |
DAR 6 |
DOV 7 |
CLT 11 |
POC 4 |
MCH 19 |
SON 3 |
NHA 5 |
DAY 1* |
CHI 34 |
IND 2 |
POC 4 |
GLN 11 |
MCH 1 |
BRI 14 |
ATL 33 |
RCH 9 |
NHA 5 |
DOV 15 |
KAN 3 |
CAL 7 |
CLT 8 |
MAR 3 |
TAL 2 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 6 |
HOM 3 |
3rd | 6581 | ||||||
| 2011 | DAY 42 |
PHO 4 |
LVS 17 |
BRI 6 |
CAL 1 |
MAR 1 |
TEX 20 |
TAL 5 |
RCH 12 |
DAR 17 |
DOV 10 |
CLT 1 |
KAN 11 |
POC 5 |
MCH 14 |
SON 9 |
DAY 7 |
KEN 16 |
NHA 21 |
IND 11 |
POC 14 |
GLN 6 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 22 |
ATL 7 |
RCH 1* |
CHI 2 |
NHA 12 |
DOV 10 |
KAN 6 |
CLT 6 |
TAL 32 |
MAR 4 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 19 |
HOM 8 |
3rd | 2345 | ||||||
| 2012 | DAY 7 |
PHO 2* |
LVS 11 |
BRI 11 |
CAL 4 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 9 |
KAN 6 |
RCH 19 |
TAL 25 |
DAR 16 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 2 |
POC 14 |
MCH 10 |
SON 16 |
KEN 11 |
DAY 23 |
NHA 8 |
IND 13 |
POC 17 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 15 |
ATL 5 |
RCH 10 |
CHI 12 |
NHA 11 |
DOV 13 |
TAL 11 |
CLT 16 |
KAN 11 |
MAR 32 |
TEX 9 |
PHO 1 |
HOM 8 |
8th | 2321 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY 42 |
PHO 13 |
LVS 9 |
BRI 14 |
CAL 13 |
MAR 13 |
TEX 13 |
KAN 12 |
RCH 1 |
TAL 40 |
DAR 5 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 8 |
POC 9 |
MCH 2 |
SON 10 |
KEN 10 |
DAY 3 |
NHA 7 |
IND 19 |
POC 17 |
GLN 13 |
MCH 2 |
BRI 34 |
ATL 9 |
RCH 11 |
CHI 3 |
NHA 20 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 1* |
CLT 6 |
TAL 12 |
MAR 6 |
TEX 8 |
PHO 1* |
HOM 10 |
3rd | 2385 | ||||||
| 2014 | Austin Dillon | 3 | DAY 9 |
PHO 24 |
LVS 16 |
BRI 11 |
CAL 11 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 21 |
DAR 11 |
RCH 27 |
TAL 15 |
KAN 19 |
CLT 16 |
DOV 20 |
POC 17 |
MCH 30 |
SON 17 |
KEN 16 |
DAY 5 |
NHA 14 |
IND 10 |
POC 15 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 28 |
ATL 24 |
RCH 20 |
CHI 16 |
NHA 11 |
DOV 24 |
KAN 8 |
CLT 13 |
TAL 12 |
MAR 12 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 38 |
HOM 25 |
20th | 958 | ||||
| 2015 | DAY 14 |
ATL 39 |
LVS 20 |
PHO 15 |
CAL 16 |
MAR 41 |
TEX 20 |
BRI 10 |
RCH 27 |
TAL 35 |
KAN 22 |
CLT 16 |
DOV 33 |
POC 19 |
MCH 20 |
SON 17 |
DAY 7 |
KEN 25 |
NHA 8 |
IND 25 |
POC 13 |
GLN 36 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 13 |
DAR 22 |
RCH 27 |
CHI 43 |
NHA 22 |
DOV 23 |
CLT 7 |
KAN 41 |
TAL 14 |
MAR 18 |
TEX 11 |
PHO 20 |
HOM 14 |
21st | 832 | ||||||
| 2016 | DAY 9 |
ATL 11 |
LVS 5 |
PHO 9 |
CAL 24 |
MAR 4 |
TEX 19 |
BRI 26 |
RCH 20 |
TAL 3 |
KAN 6 |
DOV 33 |
CLT 12 |
POC 37 |
MCH 8 |
SON 22 |
DAY 7 |
KEN 16 |
NHA 13 |
IND 9 |
POC 13 |
GLN 31 |
BRI 4 |
MCH 16 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 13 |
CHI 14 |
NHA 16 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 32 |
KAN 6 |
TAL 9 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 37 |
PHO 39 |
HOM 12 |
14th | 2223 | ||||||
| 2017 | DAY 19 |
ATL 32 |
LVS 25 |
PHO 18 |
CAL 11 |
MAR 5 |
TEX 33 |
BRI 13 |
RCH 20 |
TAL 36 |
KAN 16 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 13 |
POC 13 |
MCH 27 |
SON 18 |
DAY 36 |
KEN 19 |
NHA 15 |
IND 21 |
POC 21 |
GLN 26 |
MCH 7 |
BRI 39 |
DAR 4 |
RCH 21 |
CHI 16 |
NHA 19 |
DOV 16 |
CLT 16 |
TAL 29 |
KAN 14 |
MAR 13 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 14 |
HOM 11 |
11th | 2224 | ||||||
| 2018 | DAY 1 |
ATL 14 |
LVS 13 |
PHO 17 |
CAL 10 |
MAR 30 |
TEX 26 |
BRI 15 |
RCH 15 |
TAL 35 |
DOV 26 |
KAN 17 |
CLT 34 |
POC 12 |
MCH 14 |
SON 16 |
CHI 37 |
DAY 9 |
KEN 22 |
NHA 21 |
POC 13 |
GLN 27 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 13 |
DAR 16 |
IND 22 |
LVS 11 |
RCH 6 |
CLT 39 |
DOV 7 |
TAL 17 |
KAN 11 |
MAR 30 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 8 |
HOM 11 |
13th | 2245 | ||||||
| 2019 | DAY 16 |
ATL 21 |
LVS 20 |
PHO 21 |
CAL 10 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 14 |
BRI 14 |
RCH 6 |
TAL 14 |
DOV 19 |
KAN 17 |
CLT 34 |
POC 37 |
MCH 26 |
SON 24 |
CHI 10 |
DAY 33* |
KEN 35 |
NHA 32 |
POC 19 |
GLN 31 |
MCH 13 |
BRI 34 |
DAR 10 |
IND 12 |
LVS 12 |
RCH 22 |
CLT 23 |
DOV 18 |
TAL 6 |
KAN 20 |
MAR 22 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 24 |
HOM 8 |
21st | 700 | ||||||
| 2020 | DAY 12 |
LVS 4 |
CAL 24 |
PHO 36 |
DAR 11 |
DAR 20 |
CLT 14 |
CLT 8 |
BRI 6 |
ATL 11 |
MAR 37 |
HOM 7 |
TAL 39 |
POC 19 |
POC 14 |
IND 18 |
KEN 13 |
TEX 1 |
KAN 27 |
NHA 13 |
MCH 31 |
MCH 8 |
DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | |||||||
| Kaz Grala | DAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Car No. 8 history
- Jeff Green (2001–2003)
What eventually became the No. 8 car at RCR was formed in 2001 as the No. 30 America Online-sponsored Chevrolet, with AOL signing a four-year contract. Childress initially planned to have Kevin Harvick drive the car on a limited basis during that season as part of a transition from the Busch Series to Winston Cup for 2002.[3][18][19][20][21] After Dale Earnhardt's death, Harvick was moved into RCR's primary car and 2000 Busch Series champion Jeff Green was selected to drive the car in his place.[3][18] Originally planning to debut at Atlanta in March,[20] the team debuted at the NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway in April,[22][23] with Green finishing 21st. The team qualified for six more races that season, with Green earning a pole at the Sharpie 500 at Bristol in August,[18] and went full-time the next season as scheduled with Green behind the wheel.[18][24]
Green posted six Top 10s in the 2002 season, including a career best second at Loudon in July,[25] and finished seventeenth in points.[26] Although the team started 2003 with a Daytona 500 pole,[26] Green and the team failed to jell as Childress had hoped and on May 5, was fired following the first race at Richmond. In what amounted to a trade between organizations, Green was replaced by the former driver of the No. 1 car for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Steve Park, with Green taking Park's ride at DEI.[27][28][29][30] Green's firing was largely connected to an altercation between him and teammate Kevin Harvick during the Richmond race in which Harvick wrecked Green while racing for a top 10 position, igniting an already tumultuous relationship between the two drivers that went back to their competition in the Busch Series.[26][27][28] Park would score a pole at Daytona in July[31] and earn two Top 10s but had only six finishes inside the Top 20, ending the season 32nd in points.
- Johnny Sauter (2004)
In 2004, Childress promoted 25-year-old Busch Series driver Johnny Sauter to the ride, hoping he would rise to the occasion like Harvick had in 2001. Kevin Hamlin moved over from the 31 team to serve as Sauter's crew chief.[32] Sauter had helped secure the 2003 Busch Series owner's championship in a partial schedule with RCR, while finishing 8th in driver points.[33] Sauter failed to score a top ten, ranked at the bottom of the Raybestos Rookie standings, and was released just 13 races into the season.[34] After that, Dave Blaney drove the car,[34] only skipping Infineon Raceway when Jim Inglebright took the wheel. A couple of weeks after it was announced Blaney would be in the car for rest of the year, Jeff Burton became available after parting ways with Roush Racing's No. 99 car, leaving Blaney out in the cold. Burton was signed to a multi-year contract and drove the car for the rest of the year beginning at Michigan in August.[34][35] When Robby Gordon left to start his own team, Burton moved to the 31.
- Dave Blaney (2005)
With AOL leaving as sponsor, Childress had two voids left to fill. He decided to rehire Blaney, and signed Jack Daniel's to sponsor the car, marking one of the first hard liquor sponsorships in NASCAR's history. The team also changed its number to 07 to commemorate JD's slogan "Ol' No. 7".[36] Blaney posted just 2 top ten finishes during 2005, finishing 26th in the standings.
- Clint Bowyer (2006–2008)
Blaney moved to Bill Davis Racing in 2006, while rookie Clint Bowyer was placed in the No. 07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet for RCR. In his second season, Bowyer took the first win for this team at the Sylvania 300 at Loudon. Bowyer finished third in the final standings in 2007.[37] In 2008, Bowyer got his second win at Richmond at the Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400, and finished fifth in points.[37]
- Casey Mears (2009)
On August 23, 2008, former Hendrick Motorsports driver Casey Mears was signed to drive the 07 in 2009, with Bowyer moving to the fourth RCR car, the No. 33.[38] Mears struggled in the new ride, however, and had to take on three crew chiefs during the season. More troubling was the fact that Jack Daniel's announced on September 21, 2009 that they would be leaving RCR at the end of the year, leaving the 07 without a sponsor.[37][38][39] Childress decided to release Mears at the end of the year,[40] and sell the 07's owners points to Furniture Row Racing.
- Paul Menard (2011–2017)
On August 11, 2010, Paul Menard was signed to drive a fourth RCR Chevrolet after he decided to leave the struggling Richard Petty Motorsports. The car was re-numbered to 27, and MENARDS Home Improvement, owned by Paul's father John Menard, came on to sponsor the car in a multi-year agreement.[40][41] Former TRG Motorsports partner Tom Pumpelly was listed as the owner of the No. 27 and the No. 35th place owner's points were given to Menard to guarantee a spot in the first five races. The 27 opened the season with a 9th-place finish at the Daytona 500.[42] Menard would go on to win the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, leading four times for a total of 21 laps and using a fuel mileage gamble to take the victory. It was the first career win for Menard, and his father's first win at the track as an owner or sponsor in both NASCAR and IndyCar competition. The victory also made Paul eligible for the $3 million Sprint Summer Showdown.[43][44][45] Menard spent most of the season flirting with the top 12 in points. Menard and the 27 team would end up finishing 17th in points.
In 2012 and 2013, Menard's results were similar, scoring 9 top 10s in both seasons and finishing 16th and 17th in points respectively, with only three DNF's over the two years. At the 2013 season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway, Menard was involved in a freak incident, when his right rear wheel caught fire due to rubber from a previous tire issue being wrapped around the rear axle and igniting from a cut brake line. The tire proceed to explode on pit road, sending black smoke in all directions, and ending their day. ESPN analyst Andy Petree described it as "like a bomb went off" during the telecast of the race.[46] In a less infamous incident at Darlington in April of the next year, Menard blew a right front tire and slammed the turn 2 wall. Once again on pit road, rubber collected under the car (in addition to fluid leaking from the engine) caught fire and exploded, ending the 27 car's race.[47]
Menard returned to the 27 for 2014, with the car running schemes more oriented towards the associate sponsors of MENARDS featured on the hood of the car.[48] Six races prior to the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Indy in July, Menard was involved in an incident with part-time driver Juan Pablo Montoya, sending Menard into the turn 3 wall and relegating him to a 34th-place finish. The incident upset both driver and crew (Menard was dropped to 16th in points).[49] After the fall Richmond race, Menard remained winless and ranked 20th in points.[50]
Menard made his first chase appearance in 2015, but got eliminated after the first round and finished 15th in the final standings. After two mediocre seasons, (25th in 2016, 23rd in 2017), Menard left the team to go race for Wood Brothers Racing for the 2018 season. The No. 27 team was shut down after the 2017 season, with the team's charter being leased and eventually sold to StarCom Racing.[51]
- Daniel Hemric (2018–2019)
The No. 27 team returned to 2018, but as the No. 8 running part-time with Daniel Hemric making his Cup series debut at the spring Richmond race and the Charlotte Roval race. The car was sponsored by Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff, who sponsored Hemric in four races of the 2017 Xfinity Series season.[52][53] Hemric finished 32nd at Richmond and 23rd at Charlotte.[54]
It was announced on December 14, 2018, that the No. 31 team would be changing numbers to No. 8 for the 2019 season.[55] On September 17, 2019, RCR announced that Hemric would be released from his contract at the end of the season.[56][57]
- Tyler Reddick (2020–present)
On October 2, 2019, RCR officially announced Tyler Reddick as the driver of the No. 8 for the 2020 season.[58][59]
Car No. 8 results
| NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts | |||
| 2001 | Jeff Green | 30 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL 21 |
RCH | CLT | DOV DNQ |
MCH 17 |
POC | SON | DAY | CHI 36 |
NHA | POC | IND 21 |
GLN | MCH | BRI 42 |
DAR | RCH 40 |
DOV | KAN | CLT DNQ |
MAR | TAL | PHO | CAR | HOM | ATL 34 |
NHA | 48th | 539 | |||
| 2002 | DAY 19 |
CAR 17 |
LVS 33 |
ATL 41 |
DAR 25 |
BRI 27 |
TEX 16 |
MAR 22 |
TAL 16 |
CAL 11 |
RCH 13 |
CLT 20 |
DOV 38 |
POC 34 |
MCH 18 |
SON 5 |
DAY 21 |
CHI 12 |
NHA 2 |
POC 26 |
IND 19 |
GLN 12 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 35 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 3 |
NHA 26 |
DOV 13 |
KAN 17 |
TAL 5 |
CLT 29 |
MAR 32 |
ATL 24 |
CAR 10 |
PHO 35 |
HOM 38 |
17th | 3704 | ||||||
| 2003 | DAY 39 |
CAR 31 |
LVS 27 |
ATL 25 |
DAR 19 |
BRI 20 |
TEX 7 |
TAL 29 |
MAR 26 |
CAL 26 |
RCH 40 |
33rd | 2856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Park | CLT 27 |
DOV 32 |
POC 35 |
MCH 27 |
SON 41 |
DAY 39 |
CHI 26 |
NHA 8 |
POC 25 |
IND 15 |
GLN 26 |
MCH 5 |
BRI 29 |
DAR 20 |
RCH 31 |
NHA 34 |
DOV 26 |
TAL DNQ |
KAN 22 |
CLT 36 |
MAR 12 |
ATL 36 |
PHO 39 |
CAR 34 |
HOM 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Johnny Sauter | DAY 26 |
CAR 14 |
LVS 24 |
ATL 30 |
DAR 26 |
BRI 15 |
TEX 24 |
MAR 31 |
TAL 14 |
CAL 21 |
RCH 19 |
CLT 40 |
DOV 20 |
22nd | 3704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Blaney | POC 29 |
MCH 15 |
DAY 15 |
CHI 37 |
NHA 33 |
POC 27 |
IND 21 |
GLN 24 |
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| Jim Inglebright | SON 19 |
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| Jeff Burton | MCH 12 |
BRI 4 |
CAL 15 |
RCH 23 |
NHA 15 |
DOV 33 |
TAL 13 |
KAN 15 |
CLT 9 |
MAR 11 |
ATL 6 |
PHO 11 |
DAR 13 |
HOM 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Dave Blaney | 07 | DAY 14 |
CAL 34 |
LVS 13 |
ATL 8 |
BRI 20 |
MAR 34 |
TEX 26 |
PHO 24 |
TAL 19 |
DAR 29 |
RCH 27 |
CLT 29 |
DOV 36 |
POC 24 |
MCH 29 |
SON 19 |
DAY 27 |
CHI 38 |
NHA 20 |
POC 20 |
IND 30 |
GLN 34 |
MCH 32 |
BRI 23 |
CAL 22 |
RCH 33 |
NHA 33 |
DOV 20 |
TAL 15 |
KAN 25 |
CLT 13 |
MAR 16 |
ATL 24 |
TEX 28 |
PHO 25 |
HOM 6 |
27th | 3289 | ||||
| 2006 | Clint Bowyer | DAY 6 |
CAL 14 |
LVS 15 |
ATL 27 |
BRI 29 |
MAR 22 |
TEX 19 |
PHO 5 |
TAL 40 |
RCH 10 |
DAR 23 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 17 |
POC 21 |
MCH 39 |
SON 16 |
DAY 10 |
CHI 9 |
NHA 27 |
POC 41 |
IND 4 |
GLN 14 |
MCH 33 |
BRI 38 |
CAL 3 |
RCH 12 |
NHA 24 |
DOV 8 |
KAN 9 |
TAL 35 |
CLT 23 |
MAR 23 |
ATL 25 |
TEX 5 |
PHO 33 |
HOM 10 |
17th | 3833 | |||||
| 2007 | DAY 18 |
CAL 6 |
LVS 36 |
ATL 6 |
BRI 8 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 16 |
PHO 22 |
TAL 35 |
RCH 9 |
DAR 9 |
CLT 29 |
DOV 8 |
POC 10 |
MCH 16 |
SON 4 |
NHA 37 |
DAY 7 |
CHI 10 |
IND 13 |
POC 8 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 17 |
BRI 3 |
CAL 20 |
RCH 12 |
NHA 1* |
DOV 12 |
KAN 2 |
TAL 11 |
CLT 2 |
MAR 9 |
ATL 6 |
TEX 19 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 39 |
3rd | 6377 | ||||||
| 2008 | DAY 24 |
CAL 19 |
LVS 28 |
ATL 6 |
BRI 3 |
MAR 10 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 2 |
TAL 9 |
RCH 1 |
DAR 15 |
CLT 25 |
DOV 36 |
POC 39 |
MCH 26 |
SON 4 |
NHA 22 |
DAY 9 |
CHI 22 |
IND 19 |
POC 6 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 20 |
BRI 7 |
CAL 10 |
RCH 12 |
NHA 12 |
DOV 8 |
KAN 12 |
TAL 5 |
CLT 12 |
MAR 9 |
ATL 20 |
TEX 4 |
PHO 12 |
HOM 5 |
5th | 6381 | ||||||
| 2009 | Casey Mears | DAY 15 |
CAL 24 |
LVS 30 |
ATL 16 |
BRI 24 |
MAR 21 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 20 |
TAL 16 |
RCH 9 |
DAR 36 |
CLT 33 |
DOV 9 |
POC 14 |
MCH 24 |
SON 23 |
NHA 11 |
DAY 34 |
CHI 28 |
IND 19 |
POC 25 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 6 |
BRI 13 |
ATL 25 |
RCH 30 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 17 |
KAN 15 |
CAL 11 |
CLT 7 |
MAR 18 |
TAL 25 |
TEX 21 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 19 |
21st | 3759 | |||||
| 2011 | Paul Menard | 27 | DAY 9 |
PHO 17 |
LVS 12 |
BRI 5 |
CAL 16 |
MAR 38 |
TEX 5 |
TAL 12 |
RCH 37 |
DAR 22 |
DOV 24 |
CLT 29 |
KAN 19 |
POC 14 |
MCH 4 |
SON 17 |
DAY 8 |
KEN 24 |
NHA 24 |
IND 1 |
POC 10 |
GLN 32 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 30 |
ATL 18 |
RCH 34 |
CHI 20 |
NHA 20 |
DOV 16 |
KAN 12 |
CLT 17 |
TAL 12 |
MAR 24 |
TEX 15 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 16 |
17th | 947 | ||||
| 2012 | DAY 6 |
PHO 31 |
LVS 7 |
BRI 10 |
CAL 19 |
MAR 26 |
TEX 18 |
KAN 18 |
RCH 13 |
TAL 17 |
DAR 13 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 17 |
POC 9 |
MCH 22 |
SON 20 |
KEN 12 |
DAY 14 |
NHA 17 |
IND 14 |
POC 11 |
GLN 12 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 10 |
ATL 8 |
RCH 23 |
CHI 15 |
NHA 12 |
DOV 22 |
TAL 28 |
CLT 27 |
KAN 3 |
MAR 12 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 11 |
16th | 1006 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY 21 |
PHO 20 |
LVS 10 |
BRI 9 |
CAL 8 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 17 |
KAN 10 |
RCH 13 |
TAL 26 |
DAR 19 |
CLT 13 |
DOV 20 |
POC 30 |
MCH 14 |
SON 14 |
KEN 30 |
DAY 43 |
NHA 17 |
IND 12 |
POC 32 |
GLN 17 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 6 |
ATL 24 |
RCH 5 |
CHI 22 |
NHA 22 |
DOV 18 |
KAN 7 |
CLT 24 |
TAL 4 |
MAR 22 |
TEX 15 |
PHO 16 |
HOM 39 |
17th | 949 | ||||||
| 2014 | DAY 32 |
PHO 23 |
LVS 3 |
BRI 21 |
CAL 9 |
MAR 10 |
TEX 9 |
DAR 41 |
RCH 24 |
TAL 6 |
KAN 17 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 10 |
POC 26 |
MCH 4 |
SON 5 |
KEN 15 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 19 |
IND 34 |
POC 33 |
GLN 32 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 9 |
ATL 18 |
RCH 18 |
CHI 21 |
NHA 15 |
DOV 16 |
KAN 9 |
CLT 42 |
TAL 36 |
MAR 14 |
TEX 17 |
PHO 23 |
HOM 4 |
21st | 944 | ||||||
| 2015 | DAY 25 |
ATL 13 |
LVS 12 |
PHO 14 |
CAL 4 |
MAR 23 |
TEX 41 |
BRI 11 |
RCH 15 |
TAL 3 |
KAN 18 |
CLT 14 |
DOV 8 |
POC 31 |
MCH 8 |
SON 13 |
DAY 16 |
KEN 15 |
NHA 25 |
IND 14 |
POC 11 |
GLN 13 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 24 |
DAR 26 |
RCH 26 |
CHI 17 |
NHA 15 |
DOV 25 |
CLT 36 |
KAN 19 |
TAL 6 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 13 |
HOM 21 |
14th | 2262 | ||||||
| 2016 | DAY 18 |
ATL 18 |
LVS 15 |
PHO 38 |
CAL 15 |
MAR 8 |
TEX 26 |
BRI 15 |
RCH 22 |
TAL 26 |
KAN 40 |
DOV 11 |
CLT 17 |
POC 33 |
MCH 18 |
SON 16 |
DAY 36 |
KEN 18 |
NHA 18 |
IND 10 |
POC 35 |
GLN 22 |
BRI 32 |
MCH 18 |
DAR 16 |
RCH 40 |
CHI 21 |
NHA 25 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 34 |
KAN 20 |
TAL 13 |
MAR 25 |
TEX 28 |
PHO 10 |
HOM 14 |
25th | 678 | ||||||
| 2017 | DAY 5 |
ATL 25 |
LVS 19 |
PHO 21 |
CAL 28 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 36 |
BRI 16 |
RCH 25 |
TAL 9 |
KAN 35 |
CLT 13 |
DOV 33 |
POC 20 |
MCH 22 |
SON 11 |
DAY 3 |
KEN 21 |
NHA 22 |
IND 16 |
POC 19 |
GLN 18 |
MCH 34 |
BRI 16 |
DAR 16 |
RCH 28 |
CHI 14 |
NHA 20 |
DOV 26 |
CLT 19 |
TAL 12 |
KAN 12 |
MAR 20 |
TEX 23 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 16 |
23rd | 631 | ||||||
| 2018 | Daniel Hemric | 8 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH 32 |
TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT 23 |
DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 43rd | 20 | ||||
| 2019 | DAY 34 |
ATL 20 |
LVS 23 |
PHO 18 |
CAL 33 |
MAR 27 |
TEX 33 |
BRI 30 |
RCH 19 |
TAL 5 |
DOV 25 |
KAN 18 |
CLT 21 |
POC 13 |
MCH 12 |
SON 15 |
CHI 19 |
DAY 18 |
KEN 24 |
NHA 37 |
POC 7 |
GLN 35 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 12 |
DAR 37 |
IND 34 |
LVS 17 |
RCH 25 |
CLT 33 |
DOV 21 |
TAL 21 |
KAN 31 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 16 |
PHO 21 |
HOM 12 |
25th | 530 | ||||||
| 2020 | Tyler Reddick | DAY 28 |
LVS 18 |
CAL 11 |
PHO 33 |
DAR 7 |
DAR 13 |
CLT 8 |
CLT 14 |
BRI 36 |
ATL 16 |
MAR 16 |
HOM 4 |
TAL 20 |
POC 30 |
POC 35 |
IND 8 |
KEN 10 |
TEX 2 |
KAN 13 |
NHA 10 |
MCH 18 |
MCH 24 |
DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | |||||
Car No. 31 history
- Beginnings (1988–1994)
For over a decade, car No. 31 was Childress's R&D car. It debuted in 1988 at the fall event at North Carolina Speedway, as No. 22 and Rodney Combs driving, finishing dead last. Ironically, when Bill Elliott's backup car failed during practice for the pit crew championship, Elliott drove that backup car for his No. 9 team to do the competition pit stop. The car wasn't seen again until 1993, as No. 31 and Earnhardt's longtime friend Neil Bonnett driving at Talladega Superspeedway. In this race, Bonnett, already on a comeback, was involved in a horrifying accident, but made it out okay. After driving another race in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway as a start and park entry that year for RCR, Bonnett died testing Phoenix Racing's No. 51 Country Time Lemonade car for the 1994 Daytona 500.
- Mike Skinner (1996–2001)
In 1996, the car returned with defending Craftsman Truck Series champion Mike Skinner driving with Realtree sponsoring the car in four of the five races it ran.[60][61][62] Skinner had three top-ten starts that year, including one on the outside pole. The team finally ran full-time in 1997, with Skinner driving and Lowe's signing a five-year deal to sponsor the entry. The move made RCR a multi-car operation for the first time.[63][64] Skinner won the pole position for both of the races at Daytona, and defeated what has turned out to be a very scant field of drivers for Rookie of the Year.[20][65] He suffered some injuries in 1998, and Morgan Shepherd and Childress' son-in-law Mike Dillon filled in for him. Teamed with crew chief Larry McReynolds, 1999 was his best season ever, winning the pole position twice, and finished tenth in points after being the championship leader at one point earlier in the year.[65] Skinner would finish 12th in points in 2000,[66] earning his career-best finish of second at Talladega.[67] However, Skinner was never able to win a points-paying race, although he won two exhibition races in Japan, at Suzuka and Twin Ring Motegi, respectively, as well as some other non-point events.[2][65][67]
- Robby Gordon (2001-2004)
For the 2001 season, McReynolds was replaced by Royce McGee.[66] In 2001, Skinner suffered a concussion and a broken ankle in an early race crash at the inaugural race at Chicagoland in July. Robby Gordon was named his replacement in the No. 31 car.[2][67][68] Gordon struggled heavily, missing two races and failing to post a finish better than 25th in his first four starts for the team.[2][67] During this time in August, Cingular Wireless (then the sponsor of Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 01 car) was announced as the new sponsor for 2002 signing a four-year deal, with Lowe's not renewing their contract and moving to Hendrick Motorsports.[69] Skinner returned at Bristol, but he just wasn't the same. Skinner was released from the final year of his contract in August,[70] and left the team after Dover in September to have season-ending surgery.[67] Gordon once again took his place at Kansas.[67]
At Watkins Glen, Gordon was dominating the second road course race of the season when the telemetry box in his car used by NBC Sports burst into flames, injuring a crew member and ending the No. 31's day.[2][71] In spite of struggles, it was announced in November 2001 that Gordon would drive the car full-time the next year.[72] Robby Gordon continued driving the car for the final races of 2001, DNQing twice (at Charlotte and Atlanta), and missing one race that Jeff Green drove in his place. In the rescheduled season finale at New Hampshire, Robby Gordon was engaged in a closing-laps battle with eventual champion Jeff Gordon (no relation). With 16 laps to go, leader Jeff Gordon (who ended up leading 257 of the 300 laps) was stuck behind the 12th-place No. 77 car of Robert Pressley trying to stay on the lead lap, with Robby right on his tail. In the middle of turns three and four, Robby gave a bump to Jeff Gordon while he had slowed down to try to pass the lapped car of Mike Wallace, sending him into Wallace's No. 12 car and inflicting damage on the 24 car. Jeff was black-flagged while attempting to retaliate under caution, and Robby went on to earn a controversial first career victory. It was also the 31 car's first victory.[63][72]
Armed with a big surge of momentum and a new sponsor in Cingular Wireless, Gordon had five top-ten finishes and finished 20th in points in 2002. 2003 was even better, as he swept both road course events and improved four spots in points.[73] After his performance dipped down in 2004, Gordon decided to leave and start his own team, the No. 7 with Robby Gordon Motorsports,[73] and Jeff Burton was tabbed as his replacement.
- Jeff Burton (2005–2013)
2005 was Jeff Burton's first full year at RCR, and he had six top-tens and three top-fives for the year, including a third in the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix in April and a second-place finish in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
In 2006, Burton won the pole for four races, bringing his total number of career pole wins to six. The four pole wins were for the Daytona 500, the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Prior to qualifying for the Daytona 500, Burton was extremely enthusiastic about the improvements to RCR as a whole. The Allstate 400 pole gave Richard Childress Racing the front row as teammate Clint Bowyer recorded the second fastest time. Burton's best finish came in the Chicagoland race where he recorded a second-place finish. He led the most laps at Indianapolis and Bristol's Sharpie 500, setting the pace for more than half the race. In the Busch Series, he won at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway, breaking his four-year winless streak in any series. Burton won the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway allowing him to take the points lead. However, a series of relatively poor finishes in subsequent races, including a flat tire at Talladega while running in the top five and an engine failure at Martinsville, eliminated Burton from contention for the championship.
Burrton won the Samsung 500 (Texas) on April 15, 2007, driving the Prilosec OTC-sponsored Chevrolet, passing Matt Kenseth on the final lap, making him the first driver with multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished tied for 7th in the 2007 standings and finished the year in 8th
Burton came very close to winning the 50th running of the Daytona 500. He qualified 36th and by the end of the race had worked his way up in the field. He led prior to the race's final caution, but when the green flag dropped with four laps to go, lost several positions and wound up finishing 13th.
Burton won the 2008 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Following contact between Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart, Burton passed both Harvick and Stewart for the 2nd position. On the ensuing restart Burton passed Denny Hamlin coming off of Turn 2 to win the Food City 500 and finishing off a sweep of the podium for Richard Childress Racing. Burton also won the 2008 Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Burton took the lead from Greg Biffle with just over 70 laps to go. During the final round of pit stops Burton took fuel only and held off a hard charging Jimmie Johnson for his first multiple win season since 2001. Burton improved to sixth in points
Burton had a new sponsor on the No. 31 beginning in 2009, after Caterpillar Inc., his brother Ward Burton's former sponsor at Bill Davis Racing, was signed through 2011. Burton was expected to make a run for the championship. Burton's best finish that year was a pair of second-place finishes in the final two races at Phoenix and Homestead.
In 2010, he rebounded but he had still not won a race, he finished second in both Dover races. He nearly won the fall Martinsville but a flat tire with 15 laps to go gave Denny Hamlin the win. A couple weeks later he and Jeff Gordon got into a wreck long after the caution was out. Burton walked up the track to confront Gordon and the two got into a shoving match. Burton finished 12th in the final standings. Afterwards, Burton assumed responsibility for the incident, stating he was attempting to catch up to Gordon, but was unable to see in the sunlight's glare.
In 2011, Burton opened the season by winning the second Gatorade Duel qualifying race, edging out his Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer. After that, Burton's season went downhill. He was leading the Daytona 500 halfway when his engine gave out. He nearly won the Coca-Cola 600 but got spun out on the final restart. Though wanting another caution, the yellow flag never came out because NASCAR wanted to see the race finish under green, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading when the accident occurred. His teammate Kevin Harvick passed Earnhardt Jr. within the last 500 yards of the race, because Dale Jr. ran out of gas. This led to controversy because fans were speculating that NASCAR wanted Earnhardt to win and go back to victory lane in the first time in three years. Burton's first top 10 came in the twenty first race at Watkins Glen International. Burton had a strong run at the fall race at Talladega, leading on the last lap and out of turn four being pushed by Clint Bowyer. At the tri-oval, Bowyer slingshotted to Burton's outside and won by a hood, giving Richard Childress his 100th win as a team owner, Bowyer redeeming his 0.002 second loss to Jimmie Johnson at the track in the spring. In 2012, Burton gained the sponsorship in Wheaties, BB&T and EnerSys. The 31 team also switched crew chiefs too, and Drew Blickensderfer became the crew chief. After a dismal 2012, Blickensderfer was released 4 races early and Luke Lambert became Burton's crew chief in 2013. Shane Wilson became interim crew chief until the end of 2012. Burton had six Top 10s in 2012 including a dramatic 2nd-place finish at Daytona in July after saving his car from spinning on the final lap. At the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Burton would make his 1,000th career NASCAR start, the sixth driver in NASCAR history to do so.
On September 4, 2013, Richard Childress Racing announced that Burton would not be returning to RCR in 2014.
- Ryan Newman (2014–2018)
In September 2013, Burton announced that he would be stepping out of the No. 31 at the end of the season due to a lack of additional sponsorship. On September 9, it was announced that Ryan Newman will drive the No. 31 beginning in 2014,[74] bringing sponsor Quicken Loans with him from Stewart-Haas Racing for 12 races.[75] Kevin Harvick had transferred to Stewart-Haas Racing, Newman's previous team, essentially meaning the two drivers were switching teams, although they did not end up in the same rides.
In 2015, Newman had a productive season. He picked up a few top fives in the spring, but his season changed. After the 2015 Auto Club 400, Newman's team was penalized with one of the harshest penalties ever. Key members of his team including Lambert were suspended for six races and fined $75,000 and stripped of 75 driver and owner points for having intentionally altered their tires. Newman appealed the penalty which got slightly reduced on appeal but the suspensions were upheld.
Newman struggled throughout the 2016 season, only managing 10 top tens and 2 top fives. He finished off the season with a poor 25th-place finish at Homestead Miami Speedway. Newman finished 11th in the 2016 Daytona 500. This was an improvement from 2015's finish which was a 38th-place finish.
In 2017, RCR re-signed Newman to a multi-year contract. On March 19, 2017, Newman won at Phoenix, breaking a four-year winless streak for himself and a nine-year winless streak for the No. 31 team. The team, however, struggled throughout the 2018 season, failing to make the Playoffs and finishing 17th in the points standings. On September 15, 2018, Newman announced he will not return to RCR in 2019.[76]
- Tyler Reddick (2019)
In September 2018, RCR announced that newcomer Daniel Hemric will race full-time in the No. 31, replacing Newman beginning in 2019 while competing for 2019 Rookie of the Year honors.[77] On December 14, 2018, it was announced that the No. 31 car would be changing to No. 8 starting with the 2019 season.[55] In February 2019, RCR announced that the No. 31 would enter in the Daytona 500 with the car being driven by rookie Tyler Reddick.[78]
Car No. 31 results
| NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts | |||
| 1988 | Rodney Combs | 22 | Chevy | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | RSD | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT DNQ |
NWS | CAR 40 |
PHO | ATL | 58th | 46 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Neil Bonnett | 31 | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL 34 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | PHO | ATL 42 |
55th | 98 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Mike Skinner | DAY | CAR 12 |
RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI 36 |
NWS | MAR | TAL 17 |
SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV 19 |
MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | PHO 13 |
ATL | 47th | 529 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | DAY 12 |
CAR 25 |
RCH 26 |
ATL 21 |
DAR 30 |
TEX 22 |
BRI 35 |
MAR 32 |
SON 16 |
TAL 16 |
CLT 34 |
DOV 9 |
POC 41 |
MCH 42 |
CAL 33 |
DAY 41 |
NHA 21 |
POC 6 |
IND 9 |
GLN 19 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 34 |
DAR 36 |
RCH 29 |
NHA 35 |
DOV 19 |
MAR 31 |
CLT DNQ |
TAL 33 |
CAR 23 |
PHO 28 |
ATL 23 |
30th | 2669 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | DAY 8 |
CAR 32 |
LVS 29 |
ATL 42 |
DAR 28 |
BRI 32 |
TEX 33 |
CLT 29 |
DOV 27 |
RCH 30 |
MCH 29 |
POC 29 |
SON 17 |
NHA 5 |
POC 30 |
IND 4 |
GLN 3 |
MCH 19 |
BRI 7 |
NHA 15 |
DAR 26 |
RCH 8 |
DOV 32 |
MAR 16 |
CLT 21 |
TAL 7* |
DAY 3 |
PHO 16 |
CAR 21 |
ATL 9 |
20th | 3373 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan Shepherd | MAR 11 |
TAL 35 |
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| Mike Dillon | CAL 35 |
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| 1999 | Mike Skinner | DAY 4 |
CAR 6 |
LVS 4 |
ATL 6 |
DAR 32 |
TEX 42 |
BRI 21 |
MAR 4 |
TAL 36 |
CAL 10 |
RCH 30 |
CLT 9 |
DOV 19 |
MCH 18 |
POC 22 |
SON 17 |
DAY 4 |
NHA 23 |
POC 10* |
IND 12 |
GLN 9 |
MCH 36 |
BRI 23 |
DAR 36 |
RCH 11 |
NHA 27 |
DOV 21 |
MAR 6* |
CLT 3 |
TAL 13 |
CAR 17 |
PHO 20 |
HOM 6 |
ATL 8 |
10th | 4003 | |||||||
| 2000 | DAY 16 |
CAR 21 |
LVS 27 |
ATL 30* |
DAR 14 |
BRI 13 |
TEX 12 |
MAR 19 |
TAL 2 |
CAL 7 |
RCH 33 |
CLT 7 |
DOV 9 |
MCH 20 |
POC 9 |
SON 20 |
DAY 9 |
NHA 39 |
POC 7 |
IND 9 |
GLN 36 |
MCH 16 |
BRI 14 |
DAR 43 |
RCH 30 |
NHA 24 |
DOV 11 |
MAR 8 |
CLT 20 |
TAL 6 |
CAR 14 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 23 |
ATL 6 |
12th | 3898 | ||||||||
| 2001 | DAY 26 |
CAR 24 |
LVS 18 |
ATL 9 |
DAR 37 |
BRI 18 |
TEX 30 |
MAR 32 |
TAL 29 |
CAL 32 |
RCH 24 |
CLT 11 |
DOV 11 |
MCH 20 |
POC 12 |
SON 34 |
DAY 41 |
CHI 42 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 34 |
DAR 24 |
RCH 33 |
DOV 20 |
26th | 3235 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Gordon | NHA 25 |
POC 28 |
IND 30 |
GLN 40 |
KAN 14 |
CLT DNQ |
MAR 38 |
TAL 19 |
PHO 7 |
CAR 37 |
ATL DNQ |
NHA 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Green | HOM 9 |
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| 2002 | Robby Gordon | DAY 13 |
CAR 24 |
LVS 37 |
ATL 18 |
DAR 24 |
BRI 20 |
TEX 41 |
MAR 34 |
TAL 33 |
CAL 12 |
RCH 37 |
CLT 16 |
DOV 8 |
POC 19 |
MCH 33 |
SON 11 |
DAY 29 |
CHI 8 |
NHA 7 |
POC 25 |
IND 8 |
GLN 3 |
MCH 21 |
BRI 20 |
DAR 17 |
RCH 28 |
NHA 17 |
DOV 17 |
KAN 13 |
TAL 12 |
CLT 38 |
MAR 23 |
ATL 20 |
CAR 11 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 26 |
20th | 3632 | |||||
| 2003 | DAY 6 |
CAR 29 |
LVS 23 |
ATL 17 |
DAR 28 |
BRI 17 |
TEX 18 |
TAL 10 |
MAR 21 |
CAL 27 |
RCH 4 |
CLT 17 |
DOV 9 |
POC 28 |
MCH 22 |
SON 1* |
DAY 40 |
CHI 7 |
NHA 5 |
POC 18 |
IND 6 |
GLN 1* |
MCH 6 |
BRI 35 |
DAR 28 |
RCH 29 |
NHA 21 |
DOV 23 |
TAL 12 |
KAN 25 |
CLT 38 |
MAR 36 |
ATL 21 |
PHO 32 |
CAR 20 |
HOM 30 |
16th | 3856 | ||||||
| 2004 | DAY 35 |
CAR 36 |
LVS 30 |
ATL 17 |
DAR 4 |
BRI 19 |
TEX 23 |
MAR 30 |
TAL 5 |
CAL 12 |
RCH 24 |
CLT 20 |
DOV 14 |
POC 8 |
MCH 33 |
SON 24 |
DAY 19 |
CHI 17 |
NHA 25 |
POC 7 |
IND 25 |
GLN 16 |
MCH 25 |
BRI 12 |
CAL 9 |
RCH 32 |
NHA 32 |
DOV 23 |
TAL 9 |
KAN 28 |
CLT 18 |
MAR 23 |
ATL 16 |
PHO 35 |
DAR 15 |
HOM 29 |
23rd | 3646 | ||||||
| 2005 | Jeff Burton | DAY 29 |
CAL 19 |
LVS 17 |
ATL 15 |
BRI 36 |
MAR 16 |
TEX 12 |
PHO 3 |
TAL 10 |
DAR 21 |
RCH 16 |
CLT 22 |
DOV 12 |
POC 19 |
MCH 11 |
SON 30 |
DAY 11 |
CHI 30 |
NHA 14 |
POC 37 |
IND 20 |
GLN 43 |
MCH 26 |
BRI 2 |
CAL 35 |
RCH 18 |
NHA 9 |
DOV 11 |
TAL 35 |
KAN 28 |
CLT 14 |
MAR 5 |
ATL 8 |
TEX 30 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 25 |
18th | 3803 | |||||
| 2006 | DAY 32 |
CAL 5 |
LVS 7 |
ATL 35 |
BRI 34 |
MAR 33 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 9 |
TAL 4 |
RCH 15 |
DAR 9 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 4 |
POC 9 |
MCH 11 |
SON 7 |
DAY 15 |
CHI 2 |
NHA 7 |
POC 9 |
IND 15* |
GLN 11 |
MCH 42 |
BRI 9* |
CAL 16 |
RCH 9 |
NHA 7 |
DOV 1 |
KAN 5 |
TAL 27 |
CLT 3 |
MAR 42 |
ATL 13 |
TEX 38 |
PHO 10 |
HOM 14 |
7th | 6228 | ||||||
| 2007 | DAY 3 |
CAL 4 |
LVS 15 |
ATL 4 |
BRI 2 |
MAR 6 |
TEX 1 |
PHO 13 |
TAL 34 |
RCH 43 |
DAR 10 |
CLT 24 |
DOV 12 |
POC 13 |
MCH 24 |
SON 3 |
NHA 7 |
DAY 16 |
CHI 7 |
IND 8 |
POC 11 |
GLN 40 |
MCH 14 |
BRI 12 |
CAL 4 |
RCH 18 |
NHA 18 |
DOV 7 |
KAN 36 |
TAL 43 |
CLT 4 |
MAR 12 |
ATL 5 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 8 |
8th | 6231 | ||||||
| 2008 | DAY 13 |
CAL 12 |
LVS 5 |
ATL 10 |
BRI 1 |
MAR 3 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 6 |
TAL 12 |
RCH 11 |
DAR 10 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 8 |
POC 5 |
MCH 15 |
SON 13 |
NHA 12 |
DAY 37 |
CHI 19 |
IND 9 |
POC 21 |
GLN 17 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 42 |
CAL 17 |
RCH 6 |
NHA 4 |
DOV 9 |
KAN 7 |
TAL 4 |
CLT 1 |
MAR 17 |
ATL 18 |
TEX 13 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 40 |
6th | 6335 | ||||||
| 2009 | DAY 28 |
CAL 32 |
LVS 3 |
ATL 14 |
BRI 8 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 9 |
PHO 15 |
TAL 10 |
RCH 3 |
DAR 12 |
CLT 25 |
DOV 16 |
POC 9 |
MCH 26 |
SON 34 |
NHA 31 |
DAY 16 |
CHI 37 |
IND 25 |
POC 21 |
GLN 38 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 34 |
ATL 18 |
RCH 16 |
NHA 16 |
DOV 16 |
KAN 23 |
CAL 30 |
CLT 14 |
MAR 15 |
TAL 5 |
TEX 9 |
PHO 2 |
HOM 2 |
17th | 4022 | ||||||
| 2010 | DAY 11 |
CAL 3 |
LVS 11 |
ATL 20 |
BRI 10 |
MAR 20 |
PHO 25 |
TEX 12 |
TAL 32* |
RCH 4 |
DAR 8 |
DOV 2 |
CLT 25 |
POC 7 |
MCH 8 |
SON 27 |
NHA 12 |
DAY 5 |
CHI 7 |
IND 8 |
POC 8 |
GLN 9 |
MCH 24 |
BRI 16 |
ATL 4 |
RCH 13 |
NHA 15 |
DOV 2 |
KAN 18 |
CAL 23 |
CLT 20 |
MAR 9* |
TAL 41 |
TEX 36 |
PHO 19 |
HOM 31 |
12th | 6033 | ||||||
| 2011 | DAY 36 |
PHO 26 |
LVS 21 |
BRI 20 |
CAL 15 |
MAR 24 |
TEX 11 |
TAL 16 |
RCH 16 |
DAR 33 |
DOV 11 |
CLT 21 |
KAN 25 |
POC 20 |
MCH 24 |
SON 21 |
DAY 21 |
KEN 19 |
NHA 16 |
IND 35 |
POC 17 |
GLN 9 |
MCH 17 |
BRI 15 |
ATL 13 |
RCH 29 |
CHI 15 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 11 |
KAN 21 |
CLT 18 |
TAL 2 |
MAR 6 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 4 |
HOM 10 |
20th | 935 | ||||||
| 2012 | DAY 5 |
PHO 33 |
LVS 14 |
BRI 6 |
CAL 22 |
MAR 22 |
TEX 29 |
KAN 22 |
RCH 31 |
TAL 10 |
DAR 18 |
CLT 19 |
DOV 22 |
POC 15 |
MCH 21 |
SON 11 |
KEN 24 |
DAY 2 |
NHA 21 |
IND 32 |
POC 22 |
GLN 30 |
MCH 19 |
BRI 33 |
ATL 12 |
RCH 6 |
CHI 24 |
NHA 15 |
DOV 27 |
TAL 10 |
CLT 28 |
KAN 28 |
MAR 22 |
TEX 19 |
PHO 13 |
HOM 19 |
19th | 883 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY 30 |
PHO 10 |
LVS 26 |
BRI 32 |
CAL 17 |
MAR 18 |
TEX 23 |
KAN 18 |
RCH 5 |
TAL 28 |
DAR 21 |
CLT 12 |
DOV 11 |
POC 11 |
MCH 10 |
SON 31 |
KEN 19 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 3 |
IND 43 |
POC 36 |
GLN 26 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 13 |
ATL 34 |
RCH 18 |
CHI 14 |
NHA 8 |
DOV 14 |
KAN 12 |
CLT 21 |
TAL 21 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 24 |
PHO 17 |
HOM 23 |
20th | 906 | ||||||
| 2014 | Ryan Newman | DAY 22 |
PHO 7 |
LVS 7 |
BRI 16 |
CAL 20 |
MAR 20 |
TEX 16 |
DAR 10 |
RCH 8 |
TAL 18 |
KAN 11 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 31 |
POC 7 |
MCH 15 |
SON 11 |
KEN 3 |
DAY 24 |
NHA 5 |
IND 11 |
POC 8 |
GLN 41 |
MCH 11 |
BRI 13 |
ATL 7 |
RCH 9 |
CHI 15 |
NHA 18 |
DOV 8 |
KAN 6 |
CLT 7 |
TAL 5 |
MAR 3 |
TEX 15 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 2 |
2nd | 5042 | |||||
| 2015 | DAY 38 |
ATL 10 |
LVS 3 |
PHO 3 |
CAL 5 |
MAR 27 |
TEX 12 |
BRI 5 |
RCH 11 |
TAL 7 |
KAN 10 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 18 |
POC 39 |
MCH 18 |
SON 9 |
DAY 8 |
KEN 20 |
NHA 11 |
IND 11 |
POC 23 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 8 |
BRI 10 |
DAR 13 |
RCH 20 |
CHI 4 |
NHA 10 |
DOV 19 |
CLT 15 |
KAN 11 |
TAL 12 |
MAR 7 |
TEX 22 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 17 |
11th | 2314 | ||||||
| 2016 | DAY 11 |
ATL 24 |
LVS 13 |
PHO 39 |
CAL 14 |
MAR 10 |
TEX 17 |
BRI 9 |
RCH 18 |
TAL 28 |
KAN 7 |
DOV 16 |
CLT 10 |
POC 12 |
MCH 11 |
SON 8 |
DAY 18 |
KEN 3 |
NHA 7 |
IND 31 |
POC 12 |
GLN 16 |
BRI 28 |
MCH 17 |
DAR 8 |
RCH 28 |
CHI 19 |
NHA 20 |
DOV 17 |
CLT 4 |
KAN 12 |
TAL 14 |
MAR 16 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 12 |
HOM 25 |
18th | 895 | ||||||
| 2017 | DAY 21 |
ATL 35 |
LVS 17 |
PHO 1 |
CAL 15 |
MAR 8 |
TEX 26 |
BRI 14 |
RCH 7 |
TAL 25 |
KAN 40 |
CLT 9 |
DOV 4 |
POC 14 |
MCH 15 |
SON 15 |
DAY 5 |
KEN 22 |
NHA 27 |
IND 3 |
POC 14 |
GLN 25 |
MCH 4 |
BRI 6 |
DAR 7 |
RCH 3 |
CHI 23 |
NHA 13 |
DOV 13 |
CLT 40 |
TAL 2 |
KAN 33 |
MAR 14 |
TEX 20 |
PHO 20 |
HOM 10 |
16th | 2196 | ||||||
| 2018 | DAY 8 |
ATL 22 |
LVS 11 |
PHO 11 |
CAL 21 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 27 |
BRI 10 |
RCH 37 |
TAL 9 |
DOV 33 |
KAN 30 |
CLT 35 |
POC 25 |
MCH 22 |
SON 24 |
CHI 15 |
DAY 8 |
KEN 21 |
NHA 6 |
POC 8 |
GLN 19 |
MCH 15 |
BRI 12 |
DAR 19 |
IND 10 |
LVS 9 |
RCH 15 |
CLT 11 |
DOV 17 |
TAL 25 |
KAN 15 |
MAR 8 |
TEX 18 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 15 |
17th | 769 | ||||||
| 2019 | Tyler Reddick | DAY 27 |
ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | KAN 9 |
CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 41st | 38 | |||||
Car No. 33 history
- Part-time beginnings (2003–2008)
What is now the No. 33 car started as the No. 90 car in 2003. RCR entered the No. 90 Chevrolet in the fall Talladega race with John Andretti driving. The car was sponsored by AOL 9.0 and was numbered 90 for marketing purposes. Ron Hornaday, Jr. ran the No. 90 in the season-ending Ford 400 with Childress Vineyards on the hood. In 2004, it was announced that Kerry Earnhardt would drive the car (renumbered to 33) in five NASCAR Nextel Cup races.[79][80] Mike Skinner would run the car in the Daytona 500, finishing 22nd. Earnhardt drove the car in the other three restrictor plate races with Bass Pro Shops sponsoring, getting his best finish of 24th. He attempted all of the restrictor plate races again in 2005, finishing 17th at Talladega. In addition, road course ringer Brian Simo brought home a 10th-place finish at Infineon Raceway. Clint Bowyer (Childress' Busch Series driver) made his Nextel Cup debut in this car with a Sylvania sponsorship at Phoenix in April 2005. Scott Wimmer ran the season finale in 2005, attempted two races in 2006 (making one start), and only made one start out of seven attempts in 2007. On May 2, 2008, Wimmer attempted but failed to qualify for the 2008 Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond. Wimmer had sponsorships from Holiday Inn and Camping World/RVs.com. Ken Schrader and Mike Wallace ran one race apice in 2008.
- Clint Bowyer (2009–2011)
RCR expanded to 4 full-time NASCAR Cup Series teams in 2009 with sponsorship from General Mills' Cheerios and Hamburger Helper sponsorships on the No. 33 Chevrolet. On August 23, 2008, RCR driver Clint Bowyer was announced as the driver of the No. 33 General Mills-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SS for the 2009 season. Casey Mears took over Bowyer's previous car, the No. 07 Jack Daniel's-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SS. In his first race in the car, Bowyer finished fourth in the 2009 Daytona 500. However, the team failed to win in 2009.
The Hartford joined the team as an additional a sponsor of the No. 33 during 2010, and Bowyer's consistency improved markedly. The team had a fairly solid season in 2010.
However, in 2011, the team struggled with consistency. With the departure of Bowyer to Michael Waltrip Racing for 2012, General Mills moved its sponsorship over to the No. 31 team, leaving the No. 33 team without a driver or sponsor.
- Circle Sport (2012–2015)
The No. 33 began 2012 with the intent of running only as long as sponsorship would allow.[81] Kroger and General Mills sponsored at the Daytona 500 with Elliott Sadler driving.[82] Brendan Gaughan drove the next four races with his family's South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa on the car.[83] Elliott's brother Hermie Sadler then drove at Martinsville with Anderson's Maple Syrup sponsoring. This would be the last race for the 33 under RCR control, fielded as a collaboration with the new team ownership (see below).[81][84]
In April 2012, Childress announced that he sold the No. 33 to Joe Falk and Mike Hillman, Sr., who had fielded the No. 40 twice earlier in the season but had yet to qualify for a race. However, they kept the number 33, with the team assuming the name Circle Sport. Falk and Hillman took over the car at Texas in April. The transfer allowed RCR to field the number for their entries on limited occasions.[84][85] In the first of these occasions, Austin Dillon ran the car under the RCR banner with American Ethanol, finishing 24th at the June Michigan race. For 2013, the same arrangement continued,[85] with Dillon running the No. 33 as an RCR entry for selected races including Daytona, Michigan, and Indianapolis. Brian Scott ran an RCR car in his Cup debut at the 2013 Bank of America 500, finishing 27th.[86]
In 2014, RCR ran the 33 in the first two races of the season with Scott and his family's Whitetail Club.[87] Scott finished fifth in his Daytona Duel to earn a spot in the Daytona 500, then finished 25th in the race after several accidents.[88] Scott ran the next race at Phoenix, starting and finishing 32nd. Scott was involved in a controversy in the fifth race of the season at Fontana, when he spun out Cup Series regular Aric Almirola, who expressed displeasure at Scott's driving and source of sponsorship after getting out of the car.[89] Scott would finish 35th in that race. Brian then won the pole at the spring Talladega race, his first career Cup pole.[90] Scott would not lead any laps, however, and finished 42nd after crashing out. 2000 Cup Champion Bobby Labonte, who was doing test driving for RCR, drove the same car at the summer Daytona race, under the Circle Sport banner.[91] The car again had speed in qualifying, timing in 4th. Labonte would contend for the lead for much of the race but finish 26th after being swept up in the Big One. Richard Childress' younger grandson Ty Dillon drove at Atlanta and Phoenix in the fall, with sponsorship from Rheem, Realtree and Charter Communications.[92][93]
Ty Dillon attempted the 2015 Daytona 500 in the No. 33 for RCR with Cheerios and Kroger sponsoring.[94] Dillon qualified for the Daytona 500 and finished 28th. Brian Scott qualified for Atlanta in the No. 33 (under the Circle Sport banner) the next week, but gave up his seat to HScott Motorsports after their driver Michael Annett missed the race. Under NASCAR rules, Falk would receive owner's points.[95] Scott raced the next week at Las Vegas for RCR, finishing 13th, and also ran well two races later at Fontana before finishing 27th. Scott made the field at Talladega in May, but finished last after a blown engine and subsequent crash collecting Michael Waltrip.[96] Dillon ran the car at Kansas in May promoting SpongeBob SquarePants character Plankton.[97] Scott drove the car at Dover with Acme Markets and Kraft, finishing 36th after a crash with Kyle Busch.[98] Dillon returned at Pocono and Michigan in June with Yuengling and Nexium sponsoring in respective events.[99][100] Scott returned with Shore Lodge at the July Daytona race and the Brickyard 400. The 33 shut down at the end of the season.
Car No. 33 results
^ From 2012-2015, RCR shared their owner points with Joe Falk's team, Circle Sport. The 33 car ran races not raced by RCR under the owndership of Falk, thus making their owner's points for the 33 reflective of an entire 36 race season rather than the part time schedule RCR ran.
Car No. 98 history
Austin Dillon made his Cup Series debut at Kansas in October 2011, with sponsorship from Camping World on the No. 98 Chevrolet. The car was fielded in association with music executive Mike Curb and promoted the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration.[101] The entry was allowed because of NASCAR's policy that allows teams to field a fifth car if it is fielded for a rookie in seven or less races.
Car No. 98 Results
| NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts | |||
| 2011 | Austin Dillon | 98 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN 26 |
CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 51st | 18 | |||
Xfinity Series
Car No. 2 history
- Kevin Harvick (1999–2001)
RCR has fielded this entry in the Nationwide Series since the fall North Carolina Speedway race in 1999, moving the entire team from the Craftsman Truck Series. Kevin Harvick was the first driver of the No. 2 AC Delco-sponsored Chevy,[102] winning three races and winning Rookie of the Year along with a third-place points finish, despite missing the spring race at North Carolina Speedway.[20] He went on to win the championship in the Busch Series in 2001 while running full-time in Winston Cup as well.
- Johnny Sauter (2002) and Ron Hornaday Jr. (2003-2004)
In 2002, rookie driver Johnny Sauter won at Chicagoland and finished 14th in points.[103] The next year, Ron Hornaday drove the car full-time, winning one race and posting a third-place finish in points. He followed up that performance with another win and a drop to fourth in points the following year. Hornaday was not re-signed for 2005.[103]
- Clint Bowyer (2005-2008)
In 2005, Clint Bowyer took the wheel, in a program headed up by veteran crew chief Gil Martin,[104] winning at Nashville Speedway and Memphis Motorsports Park to finish second in points.[105] Bowyer was back in the No. 2 car in 2006 with crew chief Dan Deeringhoff, while Martin moved up to run the No. 07 Jack Daniels-sponsored Cup car for Bowyer's rookie season. Bowyer would finish 3rd in points with a win a Dover.[105] 2006 was the final year for longtime sponsor AC Delco (sister company GM Goodwrench also withdrew from the Cup Series after 2006);[106] for 2007, BB&T signed on as the sponsor, with Bowyer running 21 races in the No. 2. Kenny Wallace drove for the team in a one-race deal at Gateway International Raceway, with a sponsorship from sandwich chain Jimmy John's. In 2008, Bowyer returned full-time, scoring 18 Top 10s in the first 21 races including a win at Bristol.[105]
- Development drivers (2009)
In 2009, the No. 2 team ran a partial schedule with Sean Caisse and Austin Dillon sharing the ride.[107][108] The team shut down after 2009.
- Elliott Sadler (2011–2012)
In late 2011, Kevin Harvick sold off his KHI organization, with the Nationwide Series team and equipment going to Childress' stable.[109] KHI's 2 car, driver Elliott Sadler, and sponsor OneMain Financial moved over to RCR. Sadler continued on the success from KHI, finishing second in the 2012 drivers championship for the second year in a row to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.[110] Even though Sadler scored four wins, it was announced in September that he turned down an extension offered by Childress to continue in the second tier series;[111] he and sponsor OneMain Financial moved to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013,[110] which included a start in the Cup Series.
- Brian Scott (2013–2015)
For 2013, former JGR driver Brian Scott took the wheel of the No. 2 under a multi-year contract (essentially swapping rides with Sadler). He brought sponsorship from the Idaho-based Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club, owned by his father.[110] The No. 2 team also switched back to RCR-style angled number logos from KHI-style logos. Scott had markedly improved consistency from his crash-marred seasons with Gibbs, with three Top 5s and 13 Top 10s en route to a seventh-place points finish. Scott's best run by far was at Richmond in September, where he led won the pole and led 229 laps. before being passed on the restart by Brad Keselowski with 11 laps to go, finishing second. Scott's team protested the restart-in-question, and after the race stated "We deserved to win that race."[112]
In the spring Richmond race, Scott and Nelson Piquet Jr. got into altercations on the cool down lap and on pit road following several on-track incidents that carried over from prior races. During the physical altercation, which got both teams' crew members involved, Piquet was shown kicking Scott in the groin, which Scott called "just a chicken move." Scott finished 20th in the race.[113]
Scott returned RCR in 2014, which included several starts in the No. 33 Cup car. Scott's performance continued to improve, winning another Richmond pole (in the Spring race),[114] poles at both Chicagoland races,[115] and was in contention to win several races. Scott ended the year with career bests in Top 5 finishes (six), Top 10s (23), and average start and finish (6.5 and 9.5 respectively). He would come away with a career-best fourth place in the championship standings, losing a numerical tiebreaker for third with former RCR driver Elliott Sadler.[116][117]
For 2015, Scott returned to the No. 2 Camaro, with Mike Hillman, Jr. replacing Phil Gould as crew chief.[116][117] Scott left the team for Richard Petty Motorsports in Cup Series at the end of the season.
- Multiple drivers (2016–2017)
In 2016, the No. 2 began fielding variety of drivers driving including Austin Dillon and Paul Menard, with sponsorship from Rheem and Menards.[93][118] Dillon and Menard would run 27 races combined, with the former winning at Auto Club and the fall Bristol race. Sam Hornish, Jr., Ben Kennedy, Michael McDowell, and Regan Smith would also round out the No. 2 lineup. Hornish would win the spring Iowa race, while McDowell would take his first NASCAR victory at Road America. The 2 team would finish 6th in owners points.
For 2017, Dillon and Menard continued to run the No. 2 Camaro.
- Matt Tifft (2018)
On October 5, 2017, it was announced that Matt Tifft will be the driver of the No. 2 car in 2018 and compete for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship.
- Tyler Reddick (2019)
Defending Xfinity Series champion, Tyler Reddick was signed to the team for 2019. He ended up winning his second championship and was the first championship that was won back-to-back while driving for different teams (2018 was in JR Motorsports).
Car No. 2 results
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NXSC | Pts | |
| 1999 | Kevin Harvick | 2 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR DNQ |
RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR 42 |
MEM | PHO | HOM | 134th | 37 | ||||
| 2000 | DAY 5 |
CAR DNQ |
LVS 13 |
ATL 34 |
DAR 15 |
BRI 26 |
TEX 9* |
NSV 4 |
TAL 16 |
CAL 14 |
RCH 3 |
NHA 18 |
CLT 8 |
DOV 6* |
SBO 8 |
MYB 2 |
GLN 3 |
MLW 11 |
NZH 17 |
PPR 11 |
GTY 1* |
IRP 8 |
MCH 9 |
BRI 1* |
DAR 10 |
RCH 20 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 24 |
CAR 10 |
MEM 1 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 22 |
3rd | 4113 | |||||||
| 2001 | DAY 2 |
CAR 2 |
LVS 12 |
ATL 8 |
DAR 8 |
BRI 7* |
TEX 1* |
NSH 7 |
TAL 40 |
CAL 5 |
RCH 5 |
NHA 2* |
NZH 2* |
CLT 26 |
DOV 3* |
KEN 1* |
MLW 4* |
GLN 3 |
CHI 27 |
GTY 1* |
PPR 3 |
IRP 1 |
MCH 2 |
BRI 1* |
DAR 14 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 14 |
KAN 38 |
CLT 4 |
MEM 3 |
PHO 3 |
CAR 5 |
HOM 37* |
1st | 4813 | ||||||
| 2002 | Johnny Sauter | DAY 17 |
CAR 13 |
LVS 3 |
DAR 11 |
BRI 35 |
TEX 15 |
NSH 23 |
TAL 33 |
CAL 39 |
RCH 22 |
NHA 21 |
NZH 11 |
DOV 40 |
NSH 19 |
KEN 24 |
MLW 12 |
DAY 6 |
CHI 1 |
GTY 11 |
PPR 34 |
IRP 4 |
MCH 22 |
BRI 33 |
DAR 25 |
RCH 36 |
DOV 16 |
KAN 15 |
CLT 37 |
MEM 14 |
ATL 10 |
CAR 20 |
PHO 7 |
HOM 19 |
15th | 3538 | |||||
| Jay Sauter | CLT 9 |
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| 2003 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | DAY 16 |
CAR 12 |
LVS 9 |
DAR 9 |
BRI 12 |
TEX 17 |
TAL 4 |
NSH 16 |
CAL 10 |
RCH 15 |
GTY 28 |
NZH 1* |
CLT 21 |
DOV 10 |
NSH 16 |
KEN 3 |
MLW 4 |
DAY 4 |
CHI 12 |
NHA 8 |
PPR 7* |
IRP 8 |
MCH 28 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 11 |
RCH 7 |
DOV 6 |
KAN 14 |
CLT 12 |
MEM 4 |
ATL 13 |
PHO 5 |
CAR 17 |
HOM 15 |
3rd | 4591 | ||||
| 2004 | DAY 7 |
CAR 10 |
LVS 26 |
DAR 23 |
BRI 9 |
TEX 17 |
NSH 31 |
TAL 3 |
CAL 11 |
GTY 2 |
RCH 12 |
NZH 11 |
CLT 7 |
DOV 29 |
NSH 5 |
KEN 4 |
MLW 1 |
DAY 9 |
CHI 10 |
NHA 6* |
PPR 11 |
IRP 35 |
MCH 18 |
BRI 20 |
CAL 29 |
RCH 21 |
DOV 7 |
KAN 5 |
CLT 15 |
MEM 3 |
ATL 14 |
PHO 28 |
DAR 27 |
HOM 7 |
6th | 4258 | |||||
| 2005 | Clint Bowyer | DAY 12 |
CAL 4 |
MXC 7 |
LVS 9 |
ATL 21 |
NSH 5 |
BRI 13 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 13 |
TAL 19 |
DAR 10 |
RCH 9 |
CLT 32 |
DOV 19 |
NSH 1 |
KEN 3 |
MLW 10 |
DAY 5 |
CHI 6 |
NHA 16 |
PPR 2 |
GTY 8 |
IRP 2 |
GLN 15 |
MCH 30 |
BRI 4 |
CAL 3 |
RCH 11 |
DOV 2 |
KAN 16 |
CLT 33 |
MEM 1* |
TEX 7 |
PHO 2 |
HOM 8 |
2nd | 4869 | |||
| 2006 | DAY 3 |
CAL 16 |
MXC 16 |
LVS 9 |
ATL 14 |
BRI 12 |
TEX 18 |
NSH 2 |
PHO 21 |
TAL 5 |
RCH 7 |
DAR 17 |
CLT 36 |
DOV 4 |
NSH 2 |
KEN 12 |
MLW 18 |
DAY 6 |
CHI 7 |
NHA 5 |
MAR 2 |
GTY 2 |
IRP 40 |
GLN 17 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 23 |
CAL 13 |
RCH 37 |
DOV 1 |
KAN 5 |
CLT 7 |
MEM 2 |
TEX 17 |
PHO 4 |
HOM 11 |
3rd | 4683 | ||||
| 2007 | DAY 4 |
CAL | MXC | LVS 41 |
ATL 6 |
BRI 5 |
NSH | TEX | PHO 1* |
TAL 13 |
RCH 1 |
DAR 5 |
CLT 3 |
DOV | NSH 2 |
KEN | MLW | NHA 6 |
DAY 5 |
CHI 4 |
MCH 10 |
BRI 8 |
CAL 5 |
RCH 33 |
DOV | KAN 4 |
CLT 8 |
MEM | TEX 4 |
PHO 3 |
HOM 9 |
28th | 3157 | ||||||||
| Kenny Wallace | GTY 34 |
IRP | CGV | GLN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Clint Bowyer | DAY 25 |
CAL 9 |
LVS 3 |
ATL 19 |
BRI 1* |
NSH 2 |
TEX 3 |
PHO 8 |
MXC 6 |
TAL 25 |
RCH 9 |
DAR 2 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 9 |
NSH 4 |
KEN 9 |
MLW 3 |
NHA 9 |
DAY 4 |
CHI 7 |
GTY 8 |
IRP 18 |
CGV 9 |
GLN 23 |
MCH 10 |
BRI 2 |
CAL 7 |
RCH 3 |
DOV 10 |
KAN 2 |
CLT 4 |
MEM 16 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 4 |
HOM 5 |
2nd | 5132 | |||
| 2009 | Austin Dillon | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO 34 |
TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | IRP 18 |
IOW 28 |
GLN | MCH 19 |
BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 50th | 452 | ||||||||||
| Sean Caisse | NSH 29 |
KEN | MLW | NHA 22 |
DAY | CHI | GTY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Elliott Sadler | DAY 38 |
PHO 12 |
LVS 12 |
BRI 4 |
CAL 5 |
TEX 5 |
TAL 5 |
NSH 13 |
RCH 4 |
DAR 3 |
DOV 6 |
IOW 5 |
CLT 10 |
CHI 11 |
MCH 8 |
ROA 4 |
DAY 8* |
KEN 5 |
NHA 12 |
NSH 30 |
IRP 16 |
IOW 3 |
GLN 10 |
CGV 10 |
BRI 8 |
ATL 10 |
RCH 6 |
CHI 6 |
DOV 14 |
KAN 3 |
CLT 4 |
TEX 9 |
PHO 27 |
HOM 6 |
6th | 1177 | ||||
| 2012 | DAY 3 |
PHO 1 |
LVS 3 |
BRI 1 |
CAL 9 |
TEX 12 |
RCH 6 |
TAL 10 |
DAR 24 |
IOW 2 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 7 |
MCH 11 |
ROA 15 |
KEN 9 |
DAY 6 |
NHA 7 |
CHI 1 |
IND 15 |
IOW 1 |
GLN 12 |
CGV 4 |
BRI 5 |
ATL 4 |
RCH 12 |
CHI 8 |
KEN 5* |
DOV 4 |
CLT 3 |
KAN 4 |
TEX 11 |
PHO 22 |
HOM 9 |
3rd | 1228 | ||||||
| 2013 | Brian Scott | DAY 6 |
PHO 10 |
LVS 9 |
BRI 10 |
CAL 8 |
TEX 11 |
RCH 20 |
TAL 27 |
DAR 14 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 14 |
IOW 6 |
MCH 10 |
ROA 20 |
KEN 17 |
DAY 17 |
NHA 4 |
CHI 11 |
IND 2 |
IOW 13 |
GLN 11 |
MOH 12 |
BRI 9 |
ATL 10 |
RCH 2* |
CHI 14 |
KEN 11 |
DOV 11 |
KAN 18 |
CLT 12 |
TEX 8 |
PHO 13 |
HOM 32 |
11th | 1053 | |||||
| 2014 | DAY 17 |
PHO 12 |
LVS 7 |
BRI 14 |
CAL 12 |
TEX 12 |
DAR 11 |
RCH 5 |
TAL 33 |
IOW 6 |
CLT 5 |
DOV 7 |
MCH 5 |
ROA 16 |
KEN 8 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 7 |
CHI 6 |
IND 7 |
IOW 7 |
GLN 10 |
MOH 3* |
BRI 11 |
ATL 7 |
RCH 5 |
CHI 9 |
KEN 2 |
DOV 7 |
KAN 9 |
CLT 10 |
TEX 6 |
PHO 7 |
HOM 10 |
7th | 1154 | ||||||
| 2015 | DAY 25 |
ATL 7 |
LVS 38 |
PHO 10 |
CAL 6 |
TEX 10 |
BRI 8 |
RCH 7 |
TAL 2 |
IOW 4 |
CLT 20 |
DOV 36 |
MCH 9 |
CHI 8 |
DAY 23* |
KEN 19 |
NHA 29 |
IND 11 |
IOW 3 |
GLN 6 |
MOH 7 |
BRI 6 |
ROA 3 |
DAR 12 |
RCH 3 |
CHI 17 |
KEN 13 |
DOV 31 |
CLT 13 |
KAN 23 |
TEX 7 |
PHO 11 |
HOM 4 |
13th | 1032 | ||||||
| 2016 | Austin Dillon | DAY 5 |
LVS 6 |
PHO 7 |
CAL 1 |
TEX 8 |
BRI 4 |
RCH 5 |
TAL 6 |
CLT 2 |
DAY 28 |
KEN 2 |
NHA 5 |
BRI 1 |
RCH 7 |
CLT 14 |
KAN 17 |
TEX 7 |
PHO 2 |
HOM 5 |
6th | 2234 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Menard | ATL 4 |
DOV 29 |
POC 7 |
MCH 3 |
IND 3 |
GLN 2 |
DAR 20 |
CHI 9 |
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| Ben Kennedy | IOW 10 |
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| Sam Hornish | IOW 6 |
MOH 2 |
KEN 4 |
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| Michael McDowell | ROA 1* |
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| Regan Smith | DOV 13 |
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| 2017 | Austin Dillon | DAY 3 |
ATL 8 |
LVS 5 |
PHO 33 |
TEX 4 |
BRI 13 |
RCH 4 |
CLT 3 |
DOV 28 |
BRI 8 |
DAR 10 |
CHI 5 |
DOV 23 |
CLT 4 |
KAN 6 |
TEX 10 |
PHO 9 |
10th | 2193 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Menard | CAL 36 |
POC 31 |
MCH 7 |
KEN 34 |
IND 2 |
GLN 5 |
RCH 19 |
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| Ben Kennedy | TAL 4 |
IOW 20 |
DAY 16 |
NHA 6 |
IOW 23 |
MOH 26 |
ROA 18 |
KEN 11 |
HOM 18 |
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| 2018 | Matt Tifft | DAY 19 |
ATL 12 |
LVS 11 |
PHO 7 |
CAL 8 |
TEX 6 |
BRI 35 |
RCH 4 |
TAL 25 |
DOV 8 |
CLT 9 |
POC 14 |
MCH 16 |
IOW 9 |
CHI 16 |
DAY 20 |
KEN 11 |
NHA 5 |
IOW 26 |
GLN 37 |
MOH 4 |
BRI 10 |
ROA 2 |
DAR 8 |
IND 6 |
LVS 36 |
RCH 5 |
CLT 6 |
DOV 15 |
KAN 6 |
TEX 7 |
PHO 3 |
HOM 10 |
12th | 2254 | |||||
| 2019 | Tyler Reddick | DAY 9 |
ATL 5 |
LVS 14 |
PHO 3 |
CAL 4 |
TEX 2 |
BRI 2 |
RCH 4 |
TAL 1* |
DOV 3 |
CLT 1* |
POC 2 |
MCH 1 |
IOW 15 |
CHI 9 |
DAY 16 |
KEN 3 |
NHA 4 |
IOW 5 |
GLN 5 |
MOH 4 |
BRI 1 |
ROA 3 |
DAR 2* |
IND 30 |
LVS 1 |
RCH 10 |
CLT 2 |
DOV 12 |
KAN 2 |
TEX 29 |
PHO 3 |
HOM 1* |
1st | 4040 | |||||
Car No. 3 history
The No. 3 car was initially run in the then-Busch Series by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. beginning in 1989, winning two back-to-back championships with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 1998 and 1999.[119] The No. 3 made its debut as part of the RCR stable in 2002 at the EAS/GNC Live Well 300 at Daytona, driven twice that year by Earnhardt, Jr. with sponsorships from the Nabisco brands Oreo and Nilla. Earnhardt won the Daytona race but finished 36th at the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte after being involved in a crash. The No. 3 car returned for one race in 2010 at the Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona with a sponsorship from Wrangler, in a joint venture between RCR, JR Motorsports, and Dale Earnhardt, Inc.[120] The car was once again driven by Earnhardt, Jr. with a paint scheme resembling the one used by his late father when he first drove for RCR.[120] Earnhardt would go on to win the race, his first victory in 87 Nationwide Series starts, and the first victory in a Nationwide Car of Tomorrow.[121] Prior to the start, Earnhardt, Jr. claimed that it would most likely be the last time he would drive the No. 3 car.[120]
- Austin Dillon (2012–2013)
In 2012, the team moved to full-time status with Childress's grandson Austin Dillon driving, led by crew chief Danny Stockman. The team had a sponsorship from AdvoCare for 20 races, and Bass Pro Shops and American Ethanol for the others.[119] Dillon stayed in the championship hunt throughout the season, sweeping both Kentucky races[122] and easily claiming Rookie of the Year.[123] Dillon would finish third in points behind teammate Elliott Sadler and champion Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.[123] Dillon returned in 2013, with a sponsorship from AdvoCare covering the entire season.[124] Despite not going to victory lane, the No. 3 team scored five consecutive poles midway through the season and seven total on the year. Dillon managed to stay consistent enough to beat Sam Hornish, Jr. for the championship, becoming the first team to win a championship without a victory.[125] Austin would move up to the Cup Series in 2014.
- Ty Dillon (2014–2017)
For 2014, younger brother Ty Dillon took over the No. 3 for 2014 with sponsorships from Yuengling, Bass Pro Shops, and WESCO.[126] Dillon earned a pole in the third race of the season at Las Vegas, and scored his first career victory at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway after leading 24 laps, one of only three rookies to win a race in 2014.[127] Dillon earned three poles, seven Top 5 finishes, and 24 Top 10 en route to a fifth-place points finish, losing Rookie of the Year honors to champion Chase Elliott. He followed it up with a career-best 3rd place in points for 2015 and 5th place in 2016 despite not winning a race either year.
- Multiple drivers (2017–2018)
In 2017 Ty Dillon would run 27 of the 33 races alongside his rookie Cup series campaign. Scott Lagasse Jr. and Brian Scott would round out the No. 3's schedule.
In 2018, Ty would share the No. 3 with his brother Austin along with Jeb Burton and Shane Lee. Brendan Gaughan also drove the No. 3 in 2018.
Car No. 21 history
- Mike Dillon (2000–2001)
The No. 21 debuted in 2000, with Rockwell Automation as the sponsor and Childress' son-in-law Mike Dillon as the driver. Dillon posted two Top 10 finishes and finished 23rd in points that year. Six races into 2001, he was injured at Bristol Motor Speedway and it was announced at the time he would be out for the rest of the season. Since then, he has taken on other roles with the team. His replacement was Mike Skinner but after his injury, Jeff Purvis briefly took over, winning at Pikes Peak, before Skinner returned. After Skinner's release, Robby Gordon had the driving duties for the balance of the season.
- Jeff Green and Jay Sauter (2002)
The next year, Jeff Green and Jay Sauter drove the car.[18] With Green winning twice at Bristol and Charlotte and Sauter having a best finish of 4th at Nashville
- Kevin Harvick (2003–2007)
In 2003, the team set out to win the Busch Series Owner's Championship with a sponsorship from The Hershey Company's PayDay brand. Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick was tabbed to drive 15 of the 34 races, with development driver Johnny Sauter filling out the rest of the schedule.[128] Harvick ended up competing 19 races, with three wins and Top 10s in all but one race, and RCR became the first team to win an owner's points title with two different drivers.[129] Harvick would serve as the team's anchor driver there afterwards, with Clint Bowyer doing the co-driving honors in 2004[130] and Brandon Miller in 2005 and sponsorships from Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.[130] Jeff Burton drove the car at Bristol in 2005. In 2006, Harvick and Burton split the driving duties in the car with sponsorship from United States Coast Guard, as Harvick attempted to run the entire Busch Series schedule in three different cars. Burton won at Atlanta, and Harvick won three more races, pulling out to an over 700-point lead in the points standings with five races to go in the 2006 season. AutoZone replaced the sponsorship with Coast Guard in 2007, and Harvick drove along with development driver Timothy Peters, until Peters was replaced by dirt late model driver Tim McCreadie.
- Bobby Labonte (2008)
Beginning in 2008, Bobby Labonte was tapped to drive the 21 car for 15 races of the season.[131] In May 2008, the team shut down due to financial problems but returned at the Emerson Radio 250 to debut Austin Dillon, son of former driver Mike Dillon and grandson to Richard Childress.
- John Wes Townley (2010)
In 2010, RCR hired John Wes Townley as driver of car No. 21, with family-owned Zaxby's as the sponsor.[132] On April 9, Townley was pulled from the No. 21 car after a practice crash at Phoenix, which had proceeded an arrest for possession of alcohol as a minor. RCR said the move was for precautionary reasons, but Townley never returned to the team and would return to his former team RAB Racing.[132][133] Clint Bowyer took over driving duties at Phoenix, and Scott Riggs drove at Nashville and Kentucky in June. Zaxby's, meanwhile, scaled back to sponsoring 21 of the season's 35 races.[132] After the July Daytona race, Morgan Shepherd stepped behind the wheel for several weeks, taking a break for Bristol to handle his own car for Faith Motorsports, which didn't make the field. RCR and Shepherd formed Shepherd Racing Ventures on August 31 to keep the No. 21 running the rest of the year.[134] Bowyer drove with the Zaxby's sponsorship at Atlanta, Richmond, Charlotte, and Texas while Shepherd drove without a sponsor for the other seven races.[134] Following the season, Shepherd returned full-time to his Faith Motorsports operation with RCR transferring the No. 21 owners points to Shepherd, while RCR shut the 21 team down.
- Part-time (2011–2013)
In 2011, RCR briefly restarted its Nationwide program, running a few races with development driver Tim George, Jr. and sponsorship from Applebee's.[135] In 2012, the No. 21 ran at Charlotte and Homestead with Joey Coulter. The car returned in 2013 with Dakoda Armstrong,[136][137] Brendan Gaughan,[83] and Kevin Harvick driving, taking a best finish of fifth at Indianapolis.
- Daniel Hemric (2017–2018)
The No. 21 was revived for Daniel Hemric who drove full-time in 2017 and 2018. Despite being a consistent front runner, Hemric never won a race before moving up to the Cup series for the 2019 season.
- Part-time (2019)
RCR cut back to one full-time team with the No. 21 running a limited schedule with Kaz Grala and Joe Graf Jr..
Car No. 29 history
- Part-time (2002–2006)
The 29 car first appeared in 2002, with Kevin Harvick (driver of the 29 Cup Series car) running four races with sponsorship from GM Goodwrench, Action Racing Collectibles, Sonic, and Sylvania. Jim Sauter also made his final career start at the Milwaukee Mile with Rockwell Automation and Nilfisk-Advance sponsorship, racing as a teammate to his sons Jay and Johnny and against his other son Tim.[138][139] The car appeared again in 2003 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Johnny Sauter driving and the PayDay sponsorship, as a thank you from Richard Childress for Sauter's help in winning the 2003 owners' championship for the 21 team.[130] In 2004 several drivers including Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Ricky Craven, Brandon Miller and Kevin Harvick ran in the 29.
The 29 car returned in 2005 at Bristol Motor Speedway as part of a promotion for Reese's Chocolate and Peanut Butter Lovers Cups. The promotion involved the 29 painted as the Chocolate Lovers car and the 21 painted as the Peanut Butter Lovers car. The plan was for Jeff Burton to drive the 29 while Kevin Harvick would drive the 21. Qualifying was rained out, so the entries were switched to assure that both cars would make the field (Harvick was a past champion and the No. 29 was not locked in). Burton drove the 21 while Harvick drove the 29. Harvick won the race in this car with Burton finishing second in the 21. Later in the season, Mayflower Transit came on to sponsor Burton after a seven-year relationship with him.[140]
On March 17, 2006, Holiday Inn announced its sponsorship of the 29 for ten races with Burton returning as its driver.[141] The new car made its 2006 debut at Richmond. Burton finished in the top ten seven out of the ten times the car raced in 2006,[142] including a win at Dover in June.[143] Burton started 36th after qualifying was rained out, and passed Kurt Busch with 18 laps to go.[144]
- Full-time (2007–2009)
In 2007, the No. 29 went full-time and, like the No. 21 several years before, Childress set out to win the owners' championship for a second time without a full-time driver. Burton and Scott Wimmer, who had just lost a Cup Series ride due to lack of sponsorship, shared the No. 29 with Holiday Inn sponsoring. Burton won five times including the finale at Homestead and Wimmer put together several strong finishes in his time in the car, and Childress had his second Busch Series owners' championship in which no full-time driver raced for the team.[145]
Holiday Inn signed a multi-year extension near the end of 2007, with Scott Wimmer signing on for 23 races, and Burton filling out the rest. The new deal also brought on branding from Holiday Inn Express, which included commercials featuring Burton.[146] Burton had two poles, but also had two DNFs and went winless in 13 starts. Wimmer, meanwhile had a pole at Bristol and 13 top 10s. This included a win at Nashville, where he went by teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go to take the victory.[147] Wimmer left the team following the 2008 season.[148]
The 2009 season saw a change in driver lineup for the No. 29 team. Longtime driver Jeff Burton was joined by Cup teammate and 2008 Nationwide Series Champion Clint Bowyer, as well as up and comer Stephen Leicht. Bowyer's championship crew chief Dan Deeringhoff also moved from the No. 2 team over to the 29 for all three drivers.[149] After seeing Burton's name on the window of the car during a photoshoot (Burton being the longest tenured in the 29), the three drivers entered into a competition between each other: whoever could score the most wins in the 17 races between February and July would have their name placed on the car for the remainder of the season, including the other drivers appearances. Burton was set to drive 7 events in the first half of the season, Bowyer in 6 events including the opener at Daytona International Speedway, and Leicht at four standalone events.[150] The drivers did not have as much success as anticipated; Bowyer scored the team's only two wins (the 2nd races at both Daytona and Dover), Burton had 10 top 10s but only two top 5s, and Leicht had 6 top 10s in nine total starts with a best finish of 6th (twice). Burton also made his 300th career Nationwide Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.[151] After 2009, RCR shut down the team after Holiday Inn pulled its sponsorship.
Car No. 33 history
- Multiple Drivers (2012–2015)
For 2012, the No. 33 car was transferred to RCR to run for the owners championship. 2011 champion Tony Stewart drove the No. 33 with sponsorship from Nabisco's Oreo and Ritz brands at the season opener in Daytona. Kevin Harvick ran 13 races with South Point, Pinnacle Foods, Hunt Brothers Pizza and AdvancePierre Foods sponsoring, Brendan Gaughan drove for 10 races with South Point sponsoring,[83] Menard ran for 7 races, and Max Papis drove at Road America, both with sponsorship from Menards and Rheem.[118] Harvick would be the only driver to win in the No. 33, winning at Richmond and Texas.
The No. 33 car returned in 2013 mainly driven by Harvick and Ty Dillon. Tony Stewart would take the No. 33 team to victory lane at the season opener at Daytona, which was marred by a last lap incident. The No. 33 team would take its second and last win of the season with Harvick at Atlanta. Dakoda Armstrong ran Fontana with sponsorship from WinField.[136][137] Paul Menard, Max Papis, Truck series driver Matt Crafton, and Ryan Gifford[152] all took turns driving the car with MENARDS sponsorship.
In 2014, Menard returned to the car for a few races, scoring a win at Michigan. Rookie Cale Conley drove several races with OKUMA and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America sponsoring.[153]
For 2015, Austin Dillon, Menard, and Brandon Jones shared the ride with sponsorship from Rheem and Menards.[154][155][156][118] Menard scored a win in August at Road America in his native Wisconsin, taking the lead on pit strategy and holding off Ryan Blaney.[157]
- Brandon Jones (2016–2017)
For 2016, Brandon Jones will run full-time, competing for Rookie of the Year. Menards and Nexteer Automotive will sponsor the effort.[118][158][159] Mike Hillman, Jr. was named the crew chief for the team.[118] In his first season with the team he would finish 10th in points with 13 top tens, however he regressed in 2017 missing the chase and scoring only 3 top tens to finish 16th in points.
On November 17, 2017, it was announced that RCR is down sizing to three teams in 2018, shutting down the 33 and 62 team after the 2017 season.[160]
Car No. 62 history
- Brendan Gaughan (2014–2017)
In 2014, Brendan Gaughan and crew chief Shane Wilson moved up from the Truck Series to the Nationwide Series, bringing family-owned South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa and longtime number 62 with him. The team used the owners points of the No. 33 team from 2013; the No. 33 scaled back to part-time.[161] Gaughan scored his first career Nationwide win at Road America in June, after struggling early and sliding off the track on several occasions, but gaining an advantage as downpours forced the competitors to switch to treaded rain tires. When pole-sitter Alex Tagliani ran out of fuel before a Green-White-Checkered finish, Gaughan assumed the lead and fended off Chase Elliott and a hard-charging Tagliani (on fresh slick tires). Brendan dedicated the win to his late grandfather Jackie Gaughan.[162] Gaughan scored his second win of the season at Kentucky in September, passing teammate Ty Dillon on the final restart.[163] Gaughan scored a total of seven top tens to finish eighth in points.
Gaughan and South Point returned for 2015.[164] At Richmond in May, two pit crew members from the 62 team were injured in a fire when fuel from a malfunctioning gas can ignited.[165][166] The next week, Gaughan was involved in a crash at Talladega that sent the 62 car spinning down pit road, injuring two crew members from Biagi-DenBeste Racing.[165] Gaughan's best finish of the season was a runner up at California.
Gaughan returned for 2016. Gaughan did not get back to victory lane in 2016 but scored 4 top 5s and 16 top tens throughout the season including a 2nd place at Road America(the site of his first win).
Brendan Gaughan and South Point returned for the 2017 season, but he failed to score a victory after running solidly all year. However, on November 17, 2017, it was announced that RCR is down sizing to three teams in 2018, shutting down the 33 and 62 team after the 2017 season.[160]
Camping World Truck Series
Truck No. 2 history
For 2012, RCR took over the No. 2 truck of KHI that won the Owners Championship in 2011. The truck was split by Tim George, Jr. running 12 races with Applebee's sponsoring, with a best finish of 9th, Brendan Gaughan in 7 races with a best finish of 2nd,[164] and Harvick at both Martinsville races and Dover, winning at the spring Martinsville race. George, Jr. was set to run another partial season in 2013, but he decided to move to Wauters Motorsports instead.[167]
Austin Dillon ran the No. 2 truck at Eldora in 2014 with sponsorship from American Ethanol.
Truck No. 3 history
- Mike Skinner (1995–1996)
In the infant years of the CWTS (then known as the SuperTruck Series), RCR fielded its own truck team, the No. 3 Goodwrench Chevy. 37-year-old driver Mike Skinner was signed to drive the truck for the 1995 season. Skinner won the series' inaugural race at Phoenix International Raceway, passing Winston Cup driver Terry Labonte on the final lap of the race.[64][168] He went on to win eight races, and won the series first championship by a 126-point margin.[20][64][168] Skinner won eight more races and finished third in points in 1996.[64][168] Skinner scored a total of 16 wins and 15 poles over two seasons.[168]
- Jay Sauter (1997–1999)
After Skinner moved onto the Cup series, Jay Sauter hopped on board, winning four times and finishing in the top 10 in points all three years. He was the last driver to win for RCR in the NASCAR Truck Series, until July 11, 2010, when Childress's grandson, Austin Dillon, won the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway. After 1999, Childress moved the program up to the NASCAR Busch Series.
- Austin Dillon (2009–2011)
The truck team returned during the 2009 season as the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Childress's grandson, Austin Dillon for the inaugural race at Iowa Speedway. Dillon would start 9th and finish 12th despite an early spin.
In 2010, Dillon drove the No. 3 truck full-time sponsored by Bass Pro Shops. Austin won an impressive 5 poles, 2 wins (Iowa and Vegas), and had 15 top tens en route to a 5th-place finish in the championship and the 2010 ROTY award.
In 2011, Dillon drove the No. 3 truck to two wins at Nashville and Chicago, winning the championship over Johnny Sauter.
- Ty Dillon (2012–2013)
After winning the Truck Series championship, Austin moved up to the Nationwide Series, passing down the No. 3 truck to his brother Ty Dillon for 2012. Ty would take his first win at Atlanta and nearly won the championship at Homestead before crashing while battling Kyle Larson. Ty finished 4th in standings.
In the 2013 WinStar World Casino 350K, Dillon won the 100th victory in NASCAR for a No. 3.[169]
- Part-time (2014)
Ty Dillon returned to the No. 3 truck with Bass Pro Shops for the dirt race at Eldora in 2014. After the Eldora race, Austin Dillon then won with the No. 3 at Pocono, with Yuengling as a sponsor.
Truck No. 39 history
In 2013 RCR purchased the No. 39 owners points from RSS Racing to field the truck for Austin Dillon in the inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, with sponsorship from American Ethanol. Dillon led a race-high 63 laps, and won after a green-white-checker finish.[170][171] The truck, the trophy and the famed piece of dirt track are on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.[170] The No. 39 owners points were then sold back to RSS Racing.
Truck No. 62 history
- Joey Coulter (2011–2012)
Childress' second truck entry debuted in 2011 with Joey Coulter behind the wheel of the No. 22. Coulter stayed consistent throughout the year, having the least DNF's among all other rookies. Coulter would eventually prevail over Nelson Piquet, Jr. and Parker Kligerman to win Rookie of the Year. Coulter would get his first win in the Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway, his first win in 36 attempts in the Camping World Truck Series.
- Brendan Gaughan (2013)
For 2013, Truck Series veteran Brendan Gaughan drove the truck, now numbered 62, for the full season. Gaughan would come close to finding victory lane on multiple occasions, scoring 10 top 5s and 13 top 10s to finish 7th in points. Gaughan and the No. 62 team moved up to the Nationwide series in 2014.[164]
Driver development
RCR has featured a strong development program since the 1990s that has groomed several NASCAR regulars, most notably 2014 Cup Series Champion Kevin Harvick[102] and Richard Childress' own grandsons Austin and Ty Dillon. Other notable former development drivers include Johnny Sauter, Mike Skinner, Clint Bowyer, Timothy Peters, John Wes Townley, Joey Coulter, and Ryan Gifford.[110]
K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series
RCR fielded a 31 car in the ARCA Racing Series in 2006, with Kevin Harvick Incorporated driver Burney Lamar running three races and RCR development driver Timothy Peters running one. The car returned in 2007 in six races, with Peters, Alex Yontz, and Tim McCreadie, scoring three top ten finishes.[172]
In 2008, Austin Dillon ran the full Camping World East Series schedule in the No. 3 Garage Equipment Supply Chevrolet. Initially driving for Andy Santerre Motorsports,[173] Dillon moved under the RCR umbrella after four races.[174] Dillon scored a win in his series debut at Greenville-Pickens Speedway (after Peyton Sellers winning car was disqualified)[175] and finished second in points. Dillon also ran a single ARCA Racing Series event at Rockingham Speedway, finishing seventh in the No. 31 Chevrolet.
The 3 car ran five East Series races in 2009 sponsored by longtime RCR partner Mom N' Pops, with Austin Dillon running two races and brother Ty Dillon running three. Ryan Gifford ran four races in the East Series in the 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet with 3 top 10s, and made one start in the West Series.[176] Austin also ran three ARCA races in the No. 31, with two second-place finishes. Kyle Grissom, son of Steve Grissom, drove the car at Rockingham to a 16th-place finish.
Ty Dillon ran eight of the ten K&N East Series races in 2010, scoring a win at Gresham Motorsports Park. Dillon also ran three ARCA races, scoring two victories in the No. 41 Chevrolet.[177] The team also fielded the No. 31 Chevy full-time in ARCA for Tim George, Jr.,[178] finishing 9th in points with five top 10 finishes. Dillon moved full-time in the ARCA Series in 2011[177] along with George, Jr. Dillon won the ARCA championship with an impressive seven wins and seven poles.[179] George improved to 7th in points and scored a weather-shortened win at Pocono.[180]
Partnerships and affiliations
ECR Engines
ECR Engines, also known as ECR Technologies[181] and formerly Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies,[182] is the engine department for Richard Childress Racing, located on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina. The company builds Chevrolet engines for RCR and several teams in the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Truck Series, and ARCA Racing Series. It also produces engines for all Cadillac DPi-V.Rs in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series. Current ECR clients include Richard Petty Motorsports, Germain Racing, StarCom Racing, Beard Motorsports, Kaulig Racing, Action Express Racing, Wayne Taylor Racing, and JDC-Miller Motorsports.[183] Former clients included Furniture Row Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Leavine Family Racing, and Juncos Racing.[181][182][184][185]
The partnership was formed in May 2007 as a cooperation between Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Richard Childress Racing to develop and build common engines for the Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series teams campaigned by the two companies.[181][182] The partnership was inherited in 2008 by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, following the merger between DEI and Chip Ganassi Racing.[186][187] At the time, the Nationwide Series (now Xfinity Series) and Truck Series engine departments were located at the DEI facility in Mooresville.[188] The company is now known as ECR Engines, no longer connected with DEI or CGR.[189][190] In 2016, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of RCR.[181][191]
ECR Engines has secured 8 straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Engine Manufacturers Championships from 2012 - 2018 with 5 overall wins at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in years 2014, 2017-2020.[192][193]
Technical alliances
RCR also holds technical alliances with several teams, including Germain Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, and StarCom Racing in the Cup Series, as well as Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series. Under these relationships, RCR provides engines, equipment, and technical support.[194][195][196][197] RCR's first alliance model was in the mid-1990s as RAD (Richard, Andy, and Dale), an aerodynamics program shared with DEI and Andy Petree Racing.[182]
RCR previously held a successful alliance with Furniture Row Racing,[198][199][200] JTG Daugherty Racing, Leavine Family Racing, and GMS Racing.
Sponsorship controversies
2007
Following the 2007 Daytona 500, the paint scheme of Kevin Harvick's winning No. 29 car infuriated NASCAR fuel supplier Sunoco, particularly the large Shell Oil logos on the car and team uniforms. Harvick had also worn his Shell firesuit during the Busch Series race he won the day before. Sunoco believed its exclusive rights to provide fuel to the sport also gave them exclusive marketing rights to gasoline, with other companies' limited to marketing secondary products such as motor oil.[201] The 29 team altered its paint scheme the following week with smaller Shell decals, and larger emphasis of co-sponsor Pennzoil.[202] It is to note that Sunoco sponsored Billy Hagan's race team from 1989 to 1992 with Sterling Marlin and Terry Labonte while Unocal 76 was the fuel supplier. Shell/Pennzoil remains in the sport with Team Penske's No. 22.
Meanwhile, AT&T had repeatedly requested that NASCAR allow them to advertise the AT&T Mobility brand on the No. 31 car following their merger with Cingular Wireless, but NASCAR refused to allow it, citing the Sprint Nextel contract. Cingular and Alltel (the sponsor of Team Penske's No. 12) had been grandfathered in when NEXTEL entered the sport in 2004, with the drivers wearing white NEXTEL Cup Series logos on their fire suits, but the change in ownership of the former led Sprint to contest the sponsorship.[202] After trying and failing to get NASCAR to approve the addition of the globe logo to the rear of the car, AT&T filed a lawsuit against NASCAR on March 16, 2007.[203] On May 18, a federal judge ruled that AT&T should be allowed to replace the Cingular logos with AT&T logos, and said that AT&T was likely to win the lawsuit.[204] The AT&T logo ran on the No. 31 at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup All-Star Challenge on May 19 and every race afterwards until NASCAR ordered the sponsorship off before the 2007 Sharpie 500. RCR and Jeff Burton went a step further, with Burton showing up in a logo-less firesuit, and the black and orange car ran without Cingular or AT&T logos. A settlement before the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 was made where AT&T Mobility could sponsor the car until the end of 2008.[205]
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