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Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard Childress with a 40 percent ownership by Chartwell Investments.
In the Cup Series, the team currently fields three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s: the No. 3 full-time for Austin Dillon, the No. 8 full-time for Kyle Busch, and the No. 33 part-time for Jesse Love and Austin Hill. In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, the team currently fields four Chevrolet Camaro teams: the No. 2 full-time for Jesse Love, the No. 3 part-time for Austin Dillon, the No. 21 full-time for Austin Hill, and the No. 33 part-time for Cleetus McFarland. RCR has had at least one car successfully qualify for every Cup race since 1972, the longest such active streak, and is known for the longstanding use of the number 3 on its primary race car.
In addition to its in-house Cup Series teams, RCR has several technical alliances and partnerships with other teams. In the Cup Series, it is allied with Rick Ware Racing. In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Big Machine Racing, Jordan Anderson Racing and Viking Motorsports have a technical alliance with the team, with Big Machine Racing having shops on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina. Beyond this, RCR also has collaborative agreements with Beard Motorsports, although these are not technical alliances.
RCR has won the NASCAR 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, Ryan Newman, and Clint Bowyer.
In 1996, RCR fielded the No. 03 RealTree Camouflage Chevy for Jay Sauter at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He finished 22nd.
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 twelve races with Applebee's sponsoring, with a best finish of ninth, Brendan Gaughan in seven races with a best finish of second, 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.
Austin Dillon ran the No. 2 truck at Eldora in 2014 with sponsorship from American Ethanol.
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. He went on to win eight races, and won the series first championship by a 126-point margin. Skinner won eight more races and finished third in points in 1996. Skinner scored a total of sixteen wins and fifteen poles over two seasons.
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Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard Childress with a 40 percent ownership by Chartwell Investments.
In the Cup Series, the team currently fields three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s: the No. 3 full-time for Austin Dillon, the No. 8 full-time for Kyle Busch, and the No. 33 part-time for Jesse Love and Austin Hill. In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, the team currently fields four Chevrolet Camaro teams: the No. 2 full-time for Jesse Love, the No. 3 part-time for Austin Dillon, the No. 21 full-time for Austin Hill, and the No. 33 part-time for Cleetus McFarland. RCR has had at least one car successfully qualify for every Cup race since 1972, the longest such active streak, and is known for the longstanding use of the number 3 on its primary race car.
In addition to its in-house Cup Series teams, RCR has several technical alliances and partnerships with other teams. In the Cup Series, it is allied with Rick Ware Racing. In the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Big Machine Racing, Jordan Anderson Racing and Viking Motorsports have a technical alliance with the team, with Big Machine Racing having shops on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina. Beyond this, RCR also has collaborative agreements with Beard Motorsports, although these are not technical alliances.
RCR has won the NASCAR 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, Ryan Newman, and Clint Bowyer.
In 1996, RCR fielded the No. 03 RealTree Camouflage Chevy for Jay Sauter at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He finished 22nd.
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 twelve races with Applebee's sponsoring, with a best finish of ninth, Brendan Gaughan in seven races with a best finish of second, 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.
Austin Dillon ran the No. 2 truck at Eldora in 2014 with sponsorship from American Ethanol.
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. He went on to win eight races, and won the series first championship by a 126-point margin. Skinner won eight more races and finished third in points in 1996. Skinner scored a total of sixteen wins and fifteen poles over two seasons.