Richard Childress Racing

RCR Enterprises, LLC
Richard Childress Racing
Owner(s)	Richard Childress
Base	Welcome, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series; NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	Cup Series:; 3. Austin Dillon; 8. Tyler Reddick (R); Xfinity Series:; 21. Myatt Snider (R), Anthony Alfredo, Kaz Grala (part-time)
Sponsors	Cup Series:; 3. Bass Pro Shops, Dow, Symbicort, Coca-Cola, Behr Ultra, American Ethanol, RigUp ; 8. Caterpillar, Tame the Beast, I Am Second, Alsco, Okuma, Roland Corporation, Chevrolet Cares, Realtree ; Xfinity Series:; 21. TaxSlayer, Anderson's Maple Syrup, Iracing, Death Wish Coffee, Dude Wipes
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 Pocono Organics 325 (Pocono) ; Xfinity Series:; 2020 Unhinged 300 (Talladega) ; Camping World Truck Series:; 2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono)
Races competed	Total: 5,082; Cup Series: 3,020; Xfinity Series: 1,661; 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: 234; Cup Series: 108; 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

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, and Kaz Grala. RCR has had at least one car successfully qualify for every Cup race since 1972, the longest such active streak.

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

Dale Earnhardt's 1994 racecar

Dale Earnhardt in the No. 3 car

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 loss win 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)

Harvick awaiting Happy Hour prior to his win at Phoenix at 2006

Harvick's 2008 Cup Series car

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 (the lowest car number available at the time), 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.

Harvick in the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

One of Harvick's final runs with RCR, in a black & red Rheem Chevy in 2013.

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)

Austin Dillon (shown in 2015) took over RCR's flagship car in 2014.

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]

Car No. 3 results

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup 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	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
1978			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							10th	3566
1979			Olds	RSD 15	DAY 17			ATL 20					TAL 24			CLT 10	TWS 7	RSD 6	MCH 23	DAY 37			TAL 10	MCH 10																8th	3735
1979			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						8th	3735
1980			Chevy	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
1980			Olds		DAY 13	RCH 22		ATL 13	BRI 29	DAR 21			TAL 12			CLT 11				DAY 8			TAL 6																	10th	3742
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
	Dale Earnhardt																							MCH 9	BRI 27	DAR 6	RCH 6	DOV 15	MAR 26	NWS 4	CLT 25	CAR 9	ATL 24	RSD 4
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	Ricky Rudd		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
2001	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	9th	4406
2002	Kevin Harvick			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
2002	Kenny Wallace										MAR 32																													21st	3501
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	IND	KEN	TEX	KAN	NHA	DOV	MCH	MCH	GLN	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

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][16][17][18][19] 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][16] Originally planning to debut at Atlanta in March,[18] the team debuted at the NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway in April,[20][21] 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,[16] and went full-time the next season as scheduled with Green behind the wheel.[16][22]

Green posted six Top 10s in the 2002 season, including a career best second at Loudon in July,[23] and finished seventeenth in points.[24] Although the team started 2003 with a Daytona 500 pole,[24] 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.[25][26][27][28] 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.[24][25][26] Park would score a pole at Daytona in July[29] 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.[30] Sauter had helped secure the 2003 Busch Series owner's championship in a partial schedule with RCR, while finishing 8th in driver points.[31] 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.[32] After that, Dave Blaney drove the car,[32] 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.[32][33] When Robby Gordon left to start his own team, Burton moved to the 31.

Dave Blaney (2005)

Clint Bowyer in the No. 07 car in 2007.

Bowyer at Daytona in 2008.

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".[34] 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.[35] In 2008, Bowyer got his second win at Richmond at the Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400, and finished fifth in points.[35]

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.[36] 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.[35][36][37] Childress decided to release Mears at the end of the year,[38] and sell the 07's owners points to Furniture Row Racing.

Paul Menard (2011–2017)

Paul Menard's No. 27 Menards Chevy with Mastercraft Door on the hood in 2012

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.[38][39] 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.[40] 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.[41][42][43] 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.[44] 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.[45]

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.[46] 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).[47] After the fall Richmond race, Menard remained winless and ranked 20th in points.[48]

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.[49]

Daniel Hemric (2018–2019)

Hemric's No. 8 Cup Series car at Richmond Raceway in 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.[50][51] Hemric finished 32nd at Richmond and 23rd at Charlotte.[52]

It was announced on December 14, 2018, that the No. 31 team would be changing numbers to No. 8 for the 2019 season.[53] On September 17, 2019, RCR announced that Hemric would be released from his contract at the end of the season.[54][55]

Tyler Reddick (2020–present)

On October 2, 2019, RCR officially announced Tyler Reddick as the driver of the No. 8 for the 2020 season.[56][57]

Car No. 8 results

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup 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	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
2003	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	33rd	2856
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
	Jim Inglebright																		SON 19
	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	Daniel Hemric			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	IND	KEN	TEX	KAN	NHA	DOV	MCH	MCH	GLN	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)

Mike Skinner, the first full-time driver of the No. 31, in 1997 with the Lowe's scheme he ran until 2001.

Mike Skinner races the No. 31 Chevrolet in the 2000 Coca-Cola 600.

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.[58][59][60] 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.[61][62][63] 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.[18][64] 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.[64] Skinner would finish 12th in points in 2000,[65] earning his career-best finish of second at Talladega.[66] 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][64][66]

Robby Gordon (2001-2004)

Robby Gordon in the No. 31 Cingular Chevy at PIR in 2004. All three of Robby Gordon's Cup wins came in the No. 31.

For the 2001 season, McReynolds was replaced by Royce McGee.[65] 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][66][67] Gordon struggled heavily, missing two races and failing to post a finish better than 25th in his first four starts for the team.[2][66] 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.[68] Skinner returned at Bristol, but he just wasn't the same. Skinner was released from the final year of his contract in August,[69] and left the team after Dover in September to have season-ending surgery.[66] Gordon once again took his place at Kansas.[66]

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][70] In spite of struggles, it was announced in November 2001 that Gordon would drive the car full-time the next year.[71] 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.[61][71]

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.[72] After his performance dipped down in 2004, Gordon decided to leave and start his own team, the No. 7 with Robby Gordon Motorsports,[72] and Jeff Burton was tabbed as his replacement.

Jeff Burton (2005–2013)

Burton in the pits during his 2007 win at Texas

Burton celebrates after winning at Texas in 2007

2008 Cup car at Daytona

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 in the No. 31 at Las Vegas in 2012. Burton's final four wins came with RCR

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.

Burton during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

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,[73] bringing sponsor Quicken Loans with him from Stewart-Haas Racing for 12 races.[74] 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.[75]

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.[76] On December 14, 2018, it was announced that the No. 31 car would be changing to No. 8 starting with the 2019 season.[77] 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
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
	Mike Dillon												CAL 35
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
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)

Brendan Gaughan at Las Vegas in 2012.

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

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup 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	36	Owners	Pts
2003	John Andretti	90	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL 15	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR		62nd	103
2003	Ron Hornaday Jr.	90																																					HOM 20	62nd	103
2004	Mike Skinner	33		DAY 22	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR																													51st	465
	Kerry Earnhardt											TAL 35	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH DNQ	SON	DAY 28	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL				TAL 24	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL DNQ	PHO	DAR	HOM
	Johnny Sauter																												RCH DNQ	NHA DNQ	DOV
2005	Kerry Earnhardt			DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX		TAL 17	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH		DAY 42	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL 39	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	53rd	454
	Clint Bowyer										PHO 22
	Brian Simo																		SON 10
2006	Scott Wimmer			DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 12	60th	127
2007				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR	TEX DNQ	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND 31	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	54th	142
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH DNQ	DAR																										50th	165
	Ken Schrader														CLT 33	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN
	Mike Wallace																																TAL 30	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009	Clint Bowyer			DAY 4	CAL 19	LVS 2	ATL 6	BRI 13	MAR 5	TEX 22	PHO 26	TAL 39	RCH 18	DAR 37	CLT 36	DOV 11	POC 12	MCH 10	SON 8	NHA 20	DAY 29	CHI 9	IND 18	POC 3	GLN 9	MCH 8	BRI 21	ATL 29	RCH 6	NHA 10	DOV 15	KAN 21	CAL 9	CLT 6	MAR 19	TAL 12	TEX 7	PHO 7	HOM 11	15th	4359
2010				DAY 4	CAL 8	LVS 8	ATL 23	BRI 40	MAR 7	PHO 9	TEX 36	TAL 7	RCH 12	DAR 32	DOV 17	CLT 7	POC 9	MCH 22	SON 31	NHA 7	DAY 17	CHI 4	IND 4	POC 15	GLN 32	MCH 13	BRI 4	ATL 7	RCH 6	NHA 1*	DOV 25	KAN 15	CAL 2	CLT 17	MAR 38	TAL 1	TEX 7	PHO 21	HOM 12	10th	6155
2011				DAY 17	PHO 27	LVS 15	BRI 35	CAL 7	MAR 9	TEX 2	TAL 2	RCH 6	DAR 31	DOV 6	CLT 15	KAN 18	POC 16	MCH 8	SON 4	DAY 36	KEN 35	NHA 17	IND 13	POC 18	GLN 11	MCH 8	BRI 26	ATL 36	RCH 22	CHI 7	NHA 26	DOV 8	KAN 7	CLT 24	TAL 1	MAR 19	TEX 9	PHO 10	HOM 6	13th	1047
2012	Elliott Sadler			DAY 27																																				37th	253
	Brendan Gaughan				PHO 27	LVS 34	BRI 22	CAL 43
	Hermie Sadler								MAR 31	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC
	Austin Dillon																	MCH 24	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	TAL	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2013	Austin Dillon			DAY 31	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH 11	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND 26	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL 19	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN				TEX 22	PHO	HOM	38th	441
2013	Brian Scott																																	CLT 27	TAL	MAR				38th	441
2014	Brian Scott			DAY 25	PHO 32	LVS	BRI	CAL 35	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL 42	KAN	CLT 32	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI												HOM 28	40th	337
2014	Ty Dillon																											ATL 25	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 27		40th	337
2015	Ty Dillon			DAY 28	ATL									KAN 26	CLT	DOV	POC 18	MCH 14																					HOM 23	35th	458
2015	Brian Scott					LVS 13	PHO	CAL 27	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 43			DOV 38				DAY 42	KEN	NHA	IND 36	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 22	CHI 22	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN 12	TAL	MAR	TEX 14	PHO		35th	458

^ 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.

Cup Series

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.[18] 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)

Elliott Sadler moved over from KHI in 2012, winning four races.

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)

Brian Scott at Road America in 2014.

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.

Reddick in 2019

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. 3 history

Austin Dillon won the 2013 Nationwide Championship.

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)

Ty Dillon's 2014 Nationwide Series car

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)

Lagasse in the Childress No. 3 car at Road America in 2017

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.

2018 Xfinity car at Road America driven by Brendan Gaughan

Car No. 21 history

Mike Dillon (2000–2001)

The No. 21 driven by Brendan Gaughan at Road America in 2013

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.[16] 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)

Morgan Shepherd in 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 No. 29 car in 2007.

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]

Stephen Leicht's car at Milwaukee in 2009.

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)

Max Papis at Road America in 2013.

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]

Paul Menard after winning at Road America in 2015.

For 2015, Austin Dillon, Menard, and Brandon Jones shared the ride with sponsorship from Rheem and Menards.[154][155][156][157] Menard scored a win in August at Road America in his native Wisconsin, taking the lead on pit strategy and holding off Ryan Blaney.[158]

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][159][160] 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.[161]

Car No. 62 history

Brendan Gaughan (2014–2017)

Brendan Gaughan's winning car at Road America in 2014.

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.[162] 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.[163] Gaughan scored his second win of the season at Kentucky in September, passing teammate Ty Dillon on the final restart.[164] Gaughan scored a total of seven top tens to finish eighth in points.

Gaughan and South Point returned for 2015.[165] 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.[166][167] 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.[166] 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.[161]

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 2 history

Tim George, Jr. in 2012.

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,[165] 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.[168]

Austin Dillon ran the No. 2 truck at Eldora in 2014 with sponsorship from American Ethanol.

Truck No. 3 history

Mike Skinner (1995–1996)

Jay Sauter in 1997, running the classic GM Goodwrench scheme.

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.[62][169] He went on to win eight races, and won the series first championship by a 126-point margin.[18][62][169] Skinner won eight more races and finished third in points in 1996.[62][169] Skinner scored a total of 16 wins and 15 poles over two seasons.[169]

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)

Third-generation driver Ty Dillon at Rockingham in 2012.

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.[170]

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.[171][172] The truck, the trophy and the famed piece of dirt track are on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.[171] 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.[165]

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.[173]

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,[174] Dillon moved under the RCR umbrella after four races.[175] Dillon scored a win in his series debut at Greenville-Pickens Speedway (after Peyton Sellers winning car was disqualified)[176] 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.[177] 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.[178] The team also fielded the No. 31 Chevy full-time in ARCA for Tim George, Jr.,[179] finishing 9th in points with five top 10 finishes. Dillon moved full-time in the ARCA Series in 2011[178] along with George, Jr. Dillon won the ARCA championship with an impressive seven wins and seven poles.[180] George improved to 7th in points and scored a weather-shortened win at Pocono.[181]

Partnerships and affiliations

ECR Engines

ECR Engines, also known as ECR Technologies[182] and formerly Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies,[183] 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, Juncos Racing, and JDC-Miller Motorsports.[184] Former clients included Furniture Row Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Tommy Baldwin Racing, and Leavine Family Racing.[182][183][185][186]

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.[182][183] The partnership was inherited in 2008 by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, following the merger between DEI and Chip Ganassi Racing.[187][188] At the time, the Nationwide Series (now Xfinity Series) and Truck Series engine departments were located at the DEI facility in Mooresville.[189] The company is now known as ECR Engines, no longer connected with DEI or CGR.[190][191] In 2016, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of RCR.[182][192]

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.[193][194][195][196] 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.[183]

RCR previously held a successful alliance with Furniture Row Racing,[197][198][199] 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.[200] The 29 team altered its paint scheme the following week with smaller Shell decals, and larger emphasis of co-sponsor Pennzoil.[201] 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.

The 31 car without AT&T or Cingular logos at Bristol in 2007.

Jeff Burton's firesuit at the race.

The 31 car with AT&T logos at Daytona in 2008

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.[201] 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.[202][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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Richard Childress Racing

Cup Series

Car No. 3 history

Car No. 3 results

Car No. 8 history

Car No. 8 results

Car No. 31 history

Car No. 31 results

Car No. 33 history

Car No. 33 results

Car No. 98 history

Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Car No. 2 history

Car No. 3 history

Car No. 21 history

Car No. 29 history

Car No. 33 history

Car No. 62 history

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 2 history

Truck No. 3 history

Truck No. 39 history

Truck No. 62 history

Driver development

K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series

Partnerships and affiliations

ECR Engines

Technical alliances

Sponsorship controversies

2007

See also

References

External links