Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing

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Owner(s)	Richard Childress
Base	Welcome, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	Cup Series: 3. Austin Dillon 8. Kyle Busch 33. Austin Hill (part-time) Xfinity Series: 2. Jesse Love (R) 21. Austin Hill
Sponsors	Cup Series: 3. Bass Pro Shops, BREZTRI AEROSPHERE, BetMGM, Morgan & Morgan, Get Bioethanol, Dow, Huk Gear, Boot Barn, SENIX Tools 8. Zone Nicotine Pouches, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, BetMGM, FICO, Mark III Employee Benefits, Rebel Bourbon, Lucas Oil, Lenovo, Morgan & Morgan, Global Industrial, 3Chi 33. United Rentals Xfinity Series: 2. Whelen 21. Bennett Family of Companies, Global Industrial, United Rentals, Realtree
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: 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead) Xfinity Series: 2016 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte) Camping World Truck Series: 2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono)
Races competed	Total: 2,661 Cup Series: 1,609 Xfinity Series: 775 Camping World Truck Series: 220 ARCA Racing Series: 57
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: 251 Cup Series: 116 Xfinity Series: 94 Camping World Truck Series: 31 ARCA Racing Series: 10
Pole positions	Total: 187 Cup Series: 56 Xfinity Series: 82 Camping World Truck Series: 39 ARCA Racing Series: 10

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 Richard Childress. In the Cup Series, the team currently fields three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 teams: the No. 3 full-time for Austin Dillon, the No. 8 full-time for Kyle Busch, and the No. 33 part-time for Austin Hill In the Xfinity Series, the team currently fields two Chevrolet Camaro teams: the No. 2 full-time for Jesse Love and the No. 21 full-time for Austin Hill. 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 Kaulig Racing, while Big Machine Racing and Jordan Anderson Racing have a technical alliance with the team in the Xfinity Series. 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.

Cup Series

Further information: Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Car No. 2 history

See also: Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Tyler Reddick

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, 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. 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. The next year, Ron Hornaday Jr. 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.

Clint Bowyer (2005–2008)

In 2005, Clint Bowyer took the wheel, in a program headed up by veteran crew chief Gil Martin, winning at Nashville Speedway and Memphis Motorsports Park to finish second in points. 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. 2006 was the final year for longtime sponsor AC Delco (sister company GM Goodwrench also withdrew from the Cup Series after 2006); 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. Bowyer would go on to win the 2008 Nationwide Series title.

Development drivers (2009)

In 2009, the No. 2 team ran a partial schedule with Sean Caisse and Austin Dillon sharing the ride. The team shut down after 2009.

Elliott Sadler (2012)

Main article: Kevin Harvick Incorporated

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. 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. 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; he and sponsor OneMain Financial moved to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013, 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. 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."

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.

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), poles at both Chicagoland races, 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.

For 2015, Scott returned to the No. 2 Camaro, with Mike Hillman Jr. replacing Phil Gould as crew chief. 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. 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. Neither Dillon nor Menard won a race that year, with the No. 2 car having a best finish of 2nd in the Lilly Diabetes 250 with Menard behind the wheel.

Matt Tifft (2018)

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Matt Tifft at Road America in 2018

On October 5, 2017, it was announced that Matt Tifft will be the driver of the No. 2 car in 2018 and compete for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship.

Tyler Reddick (2019)

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Reddick in 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).

Myatt Snider (2021)

On December 10, 2020, it was announced that Myatt Snider will drive the No. 2 car full-time. Snider picked up his first career win in the Contender Boats 250.

Sheldon Creed (2022–2023)

On September 14, 2021, it was announced that Sheldon Creed will drive the No. 2 car full-time in 2022 replacing Snider. On April 12, 2022, crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz was suspended for four races after the car lost a ballast during the 2022 Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville Speedway. At the September Darlington race, Creed scored a career-best second place after engaging in a three-car battle with race winner Noah Gragson and Kyle Larson on the closing laps.

Creed started the 2023 season with a 34th place DNF at Daytona. Despite not winning a race, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. On September 12, crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz was suspended for the Bristol playoff race and fined US$10,000 after the car was found to have two loose lug nuts following the Kansas race. On October 11, Creed announced he will not return to RCR in 2024.

Jesse Love (2024)

On October 25, 2023, it was revealed that Jesse Love would drive the No. 2 car full-time in 2024, replacing Creed. Love showed RCR's Dominance on superspeedways, Notching The First 2 poles of the season.

Car No. 2 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	Owners	Pts
1999	Kevin Harvick	2	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR 42	MEM	PHO	HOM				134th	37
2000				DAY 5	CAR DNQ	LVS 13	ATL 34	DAR 15	BRI 26	TEX 9*	NSV 4	TAL 16	CAL 14	RCH 3	NHA 18	CLT 8	DOV 6*	SBO 8	MYB 2	GLN 3	MLW 11	NZH 17	PPR 11	GTY 1*	IRP 8	MCH 9	BRI 1*	DAR 10	RCH 20	DOV 22	CLT 24	CAR 10	MEM 1	PHO 27	HOM 22				3rd	4113
2001				DAY 2	CAR 2	LVS 12	ATL 8	DAR 8	BRI 7*	TEX 1*	NSH 7	TAL 40	CAL 5	RCH 5	NHA 2*	NZH 2*	CLT 26	DOV 3*	KEN 1*	MLW 4*	GLN 3	CHI 27	GTY 1*	PPR 3	IRP 1	MCH 2	BRI 1*	DAR 14	RCH 27	DOV 14	KAN 38	CLT 4	MEM 3	PHO 3	CAR 5	HOM 37*			1st	4813
2002	Johnny Sauter			DAY 17	CAR 13	LVS 3	DAR 11	BRI 35	TEX 15	NSH 23	TAL 33	CAL 39	RCH 22	NHA 21	NZH 11		DOV 40	NSH 19	KEN 24	MLW 12	DAY 6	CHI 1	GTY 11	PPR 34	IRP 4	MCH 22	BRI 33	DAR 25	RCH 36	DOV 16	KAN 15	CLT 37	MEM 14	ATL 10	CAR 20	PHO 7	HOM 19		15th	3538
	Jay Sauter															CLT 9
2003	Ron Hornaday Jr.			DAY 16	CAR 12	LVS 9	DAR 9	BRI 12	TEX 17	TAL 4	NSH 16	CAL 10	RCH 15	GTY 28	NZH 1*	CLT 21	DOV 10	NSH 16	KEN 3	MLW 4	DAY 4	CHI 12	NHA 8	PPR 7*	IRP 8	MCH 28	BRI 2	DAR 11	RCH 7	DOV 6	KAN 14	CLT 12	MEM 4	ATL 13	PHO 5	CAR 17	HOM 15		3rd	4591
2004				DAY 7	CAR 10	LVS 26	DAR 23	BRI 9	TEX 17	NSH 31	TAL 3	CAL 11	GTY 2	RCH 12	NZH 11	CLT 7	DOV 29	NSH 5	KEN 4	MLW 1	DAY 9	CHI 10	NHA 6*	PPR 11	IRP 35	MCH 18	BRI 20	CAL 29	RCH 21	DOV 7	KAN 5	CLT 15	MEM 3	ATL 14	PHO 28	DAR 27	HOM 7		6th	4258
2005	Clint Bowyer			DAY 12	CAL 4	MXC 7	LVS 9	ATL 21	NSH 5	BRI 13	TEX 6	PHO 13	TAL 19	DAR 10	RCH 9	CLT 32	DOV 19	NSH 1	KEN 3	MLW 10	DAY 5	CHI 6	NHA 16	PPR 2	GTY 8	IRP 2	GLN 15	MCH 30	BRI 4	CAL 3	RCH 11	DOV 2	KAN 16	CLT 33	MEM 1*	TEX 7	PHO 2	HOM 8	2nd	4869
2006				DAY 3	CAL 16	MXC 16	LVS 9	ATL 14	BRI 12	TEX 18	NSH 2	PHO 21	TAL 5	RCH 7	DAR 17	CLT 36	DOV 4	NSH 2	KEN 12	MLW 18	DAY 6	CHI 7	NHA 5	MAR 2	GTY 2	IRP 40	GLN 17	MCH 12	BRI 23	CAL 13	RCH 37	DOV 1	KAN 5	CLT 7	MEM 2	TEX 17	PHO 4	HOM 11	3rd	4683
2007				DAY 4	CAL	MXC	LVS 41	ATL 6	BRI 5	NSH	TEX	PHO 1*	TAL 13	RCH 1	DAR 5	CLT 3	DOV	NSH 2	KEN	MLW	NHA 6	DAY 5	CHI 4					MCH 10	BRI 8	CAL	RCH 33	DOV	KAN 4	CLT 8	MEM	TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 9	28th	3157
	Kenny Wallace																							GTY 34	IRP	CGV	GLN
2008	Clint Bowyer			DAY 25	CAL 9	LVS 3	ATL 19	BRI 1*	NSH 2	TEX 3	PHO 8	MXC 6	TAL 25	RCH 9	DAR 2	CLT 6	DOV 9	NSH 4	KEN 9	MLW 3	NHA 9	DAY 4	CHI 7	GTY 8	IRP 18	CGV 9	GLN 23	MCH 10	BRI 2	CAL 7	RCH 3	DOV 10	KAN 2	CLT 4	MEM 16	TEX 6	PHO 4	HOM 5	2nd	5132
2009	Austin Dillon			DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO 34	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV								IRP 18	IOW 28	GLN	MCH 19	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	50th	452
	Sean Caisse															NSH 29	KEN	MLW	NHA 22	DAY	CHI	GTY
2011	Elliott Sadler			DAY 38	PHO 12	LVS 12	BRI 4	CAL 5	TEX 5	TAL 5	NSH 13	RCH 4	DAR 3	DOV 6	IOW 5	CLT 10	CHI 11	MCH 8	ROA 4	DAY 8*	KEN 5	NHA 12	NSH 30	IRP 16	IOW 3	GLN 10	CGV 10	BRI 8	ATL 10	RCH 6	CHI 6	DOV 14	KAN 3	CLT 4	TEX 9	PHO 27	HOM 6		6th	1177
2012				DAY 3	PHO 1	LVS 3	BRI 1	CAL 9	TEX 12	RCH 6	TAL 10	DAR 24	IOW 2	CLT 5	DOV 7	MCH 11	ROA 15	KEN 9	DAY 6	NHA 7	CHI 1	IND 15	IOW 1	GLN 12	CGV 4	BRI 5	ATL 4	RCH 12	CHI 8	KEN 5*	DOV 4	CLT 3	KAN 4	TEX 11	PHO 22	HOM 9			3rd	1228
2013	Brian Scott			DAY 6	PHO 10	LVS 9	BRI 10	CAL 8	TEX 11	RCH 20	TAL 27	DAR 14	CLT 15	DOV 14	IOW 6	MCH 10	ROA 20	KEN 17	DAY 17	NHA 4	CHI 11	IND 2	IOW 13	GLN 11	MOH 12	BRI 9	ATL 10	RCH 2*	CHI 14	KEN 11	DOV 11	KAN 18	CLT 12	TEX 8	PHO 13	HOM 32			11th	1053
2014				DAY 17	PHO 12	LVS 7	BRI 14	CAL 12	TEX 12	DAR 11	RCH 5	TAL 33	IOW 6	CLT 5	DOV 7	MCH 5	ROA 16	KEN 8	DAY 16	NHA 7	CHI 6	IND 7	IOW 7	GLN 10	MOH 3*	BRI 11	ATL 7	RCH 5	CHI 9	KEN 2	DOV 7	KAN 9	CLT 10	TEX 6	PHO 7	HOM 10			7th	1154
2015				DAY 25	ATL 7	LVS 38	PHO 10	CAL 6	TEX 10	BRI 8	RCH 7	TAL 2	IOW 4	CLT 20	DOV 36	MCH 9	CHI 8	DAY 23*	KEN 19	NHA 29	IND 11	IOW 3	GLN 6	MOH 7	BRI 6	ROA 3	DAR 12	RCH 3	CHI 17	KEN 13	DOV 31	CLT 13	KAN 23	TEX 7	PHO 11	HOM 4			13th	1032
2016	Austin Dillon			DAY 5		LVS 6	PHO 7	CAL 1	TEX 8	BRI 4	RCH 5	TAL 6		CLT 2				DAY 28	KEN 2	NHA 5					BRI 1			RCH 7				CLT 14	KAN 17	TEX 7	PHO 2	HOM 5			6th	2234
	Paul Menard				ATL 4								DOV 29		POC 7	MCH 3					IND 3		GLN 2				DAR 20		CHI 9
	Ben Kennedy																IOW 10
	Sam Hornish Jr.																					IOW 6		MOH 2						KEN 4
	Michael McDowell																									ROA 1*
	Regan Smith																														DOV 13
2017	Austin Dillon			DAY 3	ATL 8	LVS 5	PHO 33		TEX 4	BRI 13	RCH 4		CLT 3	DOV 28											BRI 8		DAR 10		CHI 5		DOV 23	CLT 4	KAN 6	TEX 10	PHO 9				10th	2193
	Paul Menard							CAL 36							POC 31	MCH 7			KEN 34		IND 2		GLN 5					RCH 19
	Ben Kennedy											TAL 4					IOW 20	DAY 16		NHA 6		IOW 23		MOH 26		ROA 18				KEN 11						HOM 18
2018	Matt Tifft			DAY 19	ATL 12	LVS 11	PHO 7	CAL 8	TEX 6	BRI 35	RCH 4	TAL 25	DOV 8	CLT 9	POC 14	MCH 16	IOW 9	CHI 16	DAY 20	KEN 11	NHA 5	IOW 26	GLN 37	MOH 4	BRI 10	ROA 2	DAR 8	IND 6	LVS 36	RCH 5	CLT 6	DOV 15	KAN 6	TEX 7	PHO 3	HOM 10			12th	2254
2019	Tyler Reddick			DAY 9	ATL 5	LVS 14	PHO 3	CAL 4	TEX 2	BRI 2	RCH 4	TAL 1*	DOV 3	CLT 1*	POC 2	MCH 1	IOW 15	CHI 9	DAY 16	KEN 3	NHA 4	IOW 5	GLN 5	MOH 4	BRI 1	ROA 3	DAR 2*	IND 30	LVS 1	RCH 10	CLT 2	DOV 12	KAN 2	TEX 29	PHO 3	HOM 1*			1st	4040
2021	Myatt Snider			DAY 7	DAY 13	HOM 1	LVS 32	PHO 11	ATL 11	MAR 15	TAL 9	DAR 19	DOV 16	COA 21	CLT 26	MOH 29	TEX 33	NSH 31	POC 10	ROA 23	ATL 21	NHA 7	GLN 15	IND 7	MCH 36	DAY 8	DAR 9	RCH 25	BRI 8	LVS 15	TAL 31	CLT 8	TEX 21	KAN 10	MAR 13	PHO 19			10th	2172
2022	Sheldon Creed			DAY 6	CAL 32	LVS 7	PHO 14	ATL 9	COA 10	RCH 22	MAR 30	TAL 24	DOV 8	DAR 38	TEX 26	CLT 8	PIR 32	NSH 36	ROA 27	ATL 12	NHA 5	POC 5	IND 23	MCH 11	GLN 8	DAY 36	DAR 2	KAN 11	BRI 37	TEX 7	TAL 12	ROV 16	LVS 37	HOM 17	MAR 2	PHO 6			14th	751
2023				DAY 34	CAL 23	LVS 9	PHO 3	ATL 21	COA 9	RCH 6	MAR 27	TAL 2	DOV 11	DAR 25	CLT 28	PIR 7*	SON 11	NSH 17	CSC 11	ATL 35	NHA 21	POC 11	ROA 26	MCH 12	IRC 8	GLN 2	DAY 2	DAR 8	KAN 3	BRI 11	TEX 8	ROV 10	LVS 15	HOM 26	MAR 2	PHO 2			8th	2224
2024	Jesse Love			DAY 20*	ATL 12*	LVS 17	PHO 2	COA 6	RCH 5	MAR 9	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 3 history

Austin Dillon won the 2013 Nationwide Championship.

Dale Earnhardt Jr (2002, 2010)

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. 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. 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. 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. Prior to the start, Earnhardt Jr. claimed that it would most likely be the last time he would drive the No. 3 car.

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. Dillon stayed in the championship hunt throughout the season, sweeping both Kentucky races and easily claiming Rookie of the Year. Dillon would finish third in points behind teammate Elliott Sadler and champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Dillon returned in 2013, with a sponsorship from AdvoCare covering the entire season. 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. 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. 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. 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)

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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.

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2018 Xfinity car at Road America driven by Brendan Gaughan

Part-time (2022–Present)

The No. 3 car returned for one race in 2022. The car was driven by Jeffrey Earnhardt. It was the first time that Earnhardt drove the No. 3, the number made famous by his grandfather Dale when he drove for RCR in the Cup Series, in NASCAR and the first time he drove for RCR in NASCAR. He finished the race in a career-best second place.

On January 25, 2023, RCR announced Ty Dillon will drive the No. 3 car part time in 2023 with sponsorship coming from Ferris.

Car No. 3 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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	Owners	Pts
2002	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	Chevy	DAY 1*	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT 36	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2010				DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY 1*	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	57th	195
2012	Austin Dillon			DAY 5	PHO 4	LVS 7	BRI 12	CAL 5	TEX 5	RCH 9	TAL 17	DAR 5	IOW 4	CLT 11	DOV 6	MCH 5	ROA 18	KEN 1*	DAY 4	NHA 3	CHI 6	IND 5	IOW 15	GLN 23	CGV 9	BRI 4	ATL 6	RCH 6	CHI 3	KEN 1	DOV 10	CLT 6	KAN 2	TEX 6	PHO 6	HOM 5			4th	1227
2013				DAY 21	PHO 6	LVS 6	BRI 11	CAL 5	TEX 3	RCH 35	TAL 10	DAR 11	CLT 14	DOV 8	IOW 2	MCH 20	ROA 10	KEN 6	DAY 5	NHA 3	CHI 3	IND 12	IOW 4	GLN 12	MOH 21	BRI 3	ATL 8	RCH 12	CHI 4	KEN 2	DOV 6	KAN 6	CLT 2	TEX 5	PHO 3	HOM 12			3rd	1180
2014	Ty Dillon			DAY 7	PHO 10	LVS 11	BRI 6	CAL 8	TEX 9	DAR 10	RCH 14	TAL 15	IOW 8	CLT 10	DOV 8	MCH 9	ROA 19	KEN 7	DAY 11	NHA 12	CHI 5	IND 1	IOW 5	GLN 8	MOH 19	BRI 4	ATL 9	RCH 9	CHI 7	KEN 3*	DOV 10	KAN 5	CLT 30	TEX 15	PHO 4	HOM 7			8th	1148
2015				DAY 3	ATL 3	LVS 8	PHO 6	CAL 14	TEX 12	BRI 5	RCH 9	TAL 8	IOW 14	CLT 7	DOV 8	MCH 13	CHI 9	DAY 26	KEN 15	NHA 6	IND 9	IOW 4	GLN 5	MOH 3	BRI 4	ROA 10	DAR 15	RCH 8	CHI 5	KEN 2	DOV 28	CLT 6	KAN 4	TEX 5	PHO 5	HOM 7			7th	1172
2016				DAY 13	ATL 5	LVS 7	PHO 6	CAL 17	TEX 13	BRI 7	RCH 2	TAL 19	DOV 5	CLT 8	POC 3	MCH 15	IOW 2	DAY 14	KEN 7	NHA 34	IND 9	IOW 2	GLN 11	MOH 4	BRI 25	ROA 12	DAR 12	RCH 6	CHI 11	KEN 27	DOV 2	CLT 11	KAN 12	TEX 16	PHO 7	HOM 2			9th	2214
2017				DAY 19	ATL 17	LVS 24	PHO 10	CAL 10	TEX 8	BRI 6	RCH 19	TAL 14	CLT 18	DOV 10	POC 8	MCH 6		DAY 21	KEN 5	NHA 8	IND 10		GLN 7		BRI 4		DAR 7	RCH 3	CHI 8		DOV 13	CLT 15	KAN 9	TEX 16	PHO 13				11th	2182
	Scott Lagasse Jr.																IOW 32							MOH 22		ROA 23										HOM 21
	Brian Scott																					IOW 3								KEN 8
2018	Austin Dillon			DAY 32		LVS 12		CAL 4								MCH 1					NHA 10		GLN 25																12th	2175
	Ty Dillon				ATL 13		PHO 13		TEX 12					CLT 4						KEN 14					BRI 15		DAR 9	IND 33
	Shane Lee									BRI 14		TAL 15			POC 12		IOW 16		DAY 6			IOW 13							LVS 30	RCH 9		DOV 17	KAN 4	TEX 23	PHO 14	HOM 20
	Jeb Burton										RCH 12		DOV 12					CHI 34
	Brendan Gaughan																							MOH 12		ROA 24					CLT 17
2022	Jeffrey Earnhardt			DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL 2	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO			44th	38
2023	Ty Dillon			DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR 18	CLT	PIR	SON	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC 14	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO			44th	41

Car No. 21 history

Mike Dillon (2000)

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.

Multiple drivers (2001)

Six races into 2001, Dillon 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. With Green winning twice at Bristol and Charlotte and Sauter having a best finish of 4th at Nashville

Kevin Harvick and others (2003–2007)

File:Brandon Miller Atlanta 2005.jpg

Brandon Miller in the No. 21 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2005

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. 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. Harvick would serve as the team's anchor driver there afterwards, with Clint Bowyer doing the co-driving honors in 2004 and Brandon Miller in 2005 and sponsorships from Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. 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 multiple dirt late model series champion Tim McCreadie.

Multiple drivers (2008, 2010)

Beginning in 2008, Bobby Labonte was tapped to drive the 21 car for 15 races of the season. 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.

In 2010, RCR hired John Wes Townley as the driver of car No. 21, with family-owned Zaxby's as the sponsor. 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. 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. After the July Daytona race, Morgan Shepherd stepped behind the wheel for several weeks, taking a break for Bristol to handle his 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. Bowyer drove with the Zaxby's sponsorship at Atlanta, Richmond, Charlotte, and Texas while Shepherd drove either without a sponsor or with limited sponsorship from Zaxby's and other companies for the other seven races. 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. In 2012, the No. 21 ran at Charlotte and Homestead with Joey Coulter. The car returned in 2013 with Dakoda Armstrong, Brendan Gaughan, and Kevin Harvick driving, taking a best finish of fifth at Indianapolis.

Daniel Hemric (2017–2018)

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Daniel Hemric in the No. 21 at Richmond Raceway in 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.

Multiple drivers (2020)

In 2020, the No. 21 was returned to full-time competition after inheriting the No. 2 owner points. This car was shared by Myatt Snider, Anthony Alfredo, Kaz Grala, and Earl Bamber.

Austin Hill (2022–present)

On October 29, 2021, it was announced that RCR would field two full-time cars again in 2022, with their second car driven by Austin Hill. On January 21, 2022, RCR revealed on their website that Hill's car number would be the No. 21. Hill began the season with a win at Daytona. He also won at Atlanta on his way to the playoffs. Hill was eliminated following the Round of 8 after finishing ninth at Martinsville as a result of a collision with Snider. Following the race, Hill punched Snider in the face on pit road. At the end of the season, he finished sixth in the points standings and won the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year honors.

Hill began the 2023 season by winning his second straight season opener at Daytona. He also scored wins at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Pocono.

In 2024, Hill made history by winning his third straight season opener at Daytona. A week later, his team used fuel strategy to dominate Atlanta.

Car No. 21 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	Owners	Pts
2000	Mike Dillon	21	Chevy	DAY 9	CAR 17	LVS 22	ATL 19	DAR 13	BRI 37	TEX 38	NSV 37	TAL 34	CAL 28	RCH 19	NHA 36	CLT 18	DOV 32	SBO 20	MYB 37	GLN 19	MLW 25	NZH 37	PPR 20	GTY 32	IRP 12	MCH 22	BRI 32	DAR 21	RCH 17	DOV 8	CLT 20	CAR 36	MEM 27	PHO 31	HOM DNQ				-	-
2001				DAY 29	CAR 19	LVS 18	ATL 20	DAR 28	BRI 37
	Mike Skinner									TEX 9	NSH 6	TAL 5	CAL 23	RCH 3	NHA 3		CLT 5	DOV 4		MLW 11		CHI 2				MCH 6	BRI 11	DAR 24		DOV 19
	Ted Christopher															NZH 19
	Travis Kvapil																		KEN 28
	Robby Gordon																				GLN 5										KAN 11	CLT 23
	Jeff Purvis																						GTY 15	PPR 1*	IRP 21
	Johnny Sauter																												RCH 5				MEM 13	PHO 11	CAR 30	HOM 35
2002	Jeff Green			DAY 25	CAR 11*	LVS 5	DAR 3	BRI 1*	TEX 5			CAL 2	RCH 39			CLT 1	DOV 2					CHI 7				MCH 3	BRI 5	DAR 3	RCH 12	DOV 4*	KAN 7	CLT 4		ATL 17	CAR 6*	PHO 31	HOM 10
	Jay Sauter									NSH 15	TAL 30			NHA 30	NZH 7			NSH 4	KEN 21	MLW 13	DAY 37		GTY 13	PPR 17	IRP 36								MEM 8
2003	Kevin Harvick			DAY 3	CAR 10	LVS 2*		BRI 1*				CAL 3*	RCH 1			CLT 9							NHA 2*			MCH 1	BRI 5*	DAR 5*	RCH 2	DOV 9		CLT 9		ATL 9	PHO 2	CAR 14	HOM 6
	Johnny Sauter						DAR 5		TEX 37	TAL 26	NSH 2			GTY 7	NZH 10		DOV 21	NSH 11	KEN 17	MLW 13	DAY 5	CHI 27		PPR 4	IRP 11						KAN 34		MEM 3
2004	Kevin Harvick			DAY 4	CAR 3	LVS 1	DAR 21	BRI 2				CAL 8		RCH 3		CLT 3	DOV 6				DAY 8	CHI 41	NHA 5			MCH 30	BRI 4	CAL 3	RCH 7	DOV 6		CLT 11			PHO 13	DAR 23
	Clint Bowyer								TEX 36	NSH 4	TAL 22		GTY 12		NZH 18			NSH 3	KEN 10	MLW 10				PPR 4	IRP 17						KAN 32		MEM 4	ATL 20			HOM 39
2005	Kevin Harvick			DAY 2	CAL 2	MXC 2	LVS 2					PHO 4	TAL 18		RCH 12	CLT 11	DOV 29*				DAY 2	CHI 1	NHA 8*					MCH 13	BRI 3		RCH 1*		KAN 4	CLT 24		TEX 1	PHO 4	HOM 4
	Brandon Miller							ATL 32	NSH 25		TEX 36							NSH 43	KEN 16	MLW 24				PPR 10	GTY 6	IRP 39				CAL 23					MEM 20
	Jeff Burton									BRI 2*				DAR 5													GLN 6					DOV 27
2006				DAY 30	CAL 4			ATL 1*		TEX 6																								CLT 35
	Kevin Harvick					MXC 3	LVS 3*		BRI 2*		NSH 1	PHO 1	TAL 2	RCH 1	DAR 7	CLT 8	DOV 13	NSH 6	KEN 9	MLW 19	DAY 3	CHI 4	NHA 2	MAR 1*	GTY 5	IRP 1*	GLN 7	MCH 8	BRI 2	CAL 2	RCH 1*	DOV 3	KAN 1		MEM 1	TEX 1*	PHO 2	HOM 6
2007				DAY 1			LVS 4	ATL 5					TAL 10		DAR 10						NHA 1*	DAY 2	CHI 1			CGV 1	GLN 1*	MCH 3								TEX 1	PHO 5	HOM 16*
	Timothy Peters				CAL 17				BRI 25	NSH 32	TEX 41	PHO 13						NSH 20	KEN 17
	P. J. Jones					MXC 24
	Scott Wimmer													RCH 10		CLT 9	DOV 3												BRI 5				KAN 15	CLT 13
	Tim McCreadie																			MLW 28				GTY 14	IRP 12						RCH 32	DOV 24			MEM 16
	Clint Bowyer																													CAL 5
2008	Bobby Labonte			DAY 15		LVS 34	ATL 5	BRI 29		TEX 4
	Stephen Leicht				CAL 10				NSH 12		PHO 7		TAL 34	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL						TEX 18	PHO
	Austin Dillon																														RCH 26	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 4
	Scott Wimmer																																					HOM 6
2010	John Wes Townley			DAY 23	CAL 30	LVS 15	BRI 26	NSH 18	PHO Wth†																														18th	2705
	Clint Bowyer								PHO 11	TEX 35	TAL 6	RCH 23	DAR 39	DOV 25	CLT 10					DAY 6	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI 7	CGV	ATL 14	RCH 7	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT 5	GTY	TEX 30	PHO	HOM
	Scott Riggs															NSH 9	KEN 9
	Tim George Jr.																	ROA 32
	Austin Dillon																		NHA 25
2011	Tim George Jr.			DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL 36	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY 21	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN 21	CGV DNQ	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		55th	54
2012	Joey Coulter			DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT 10	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 14			51st	64
2013	Brendan Gaughan			DAY	PHO	LVS DNQ	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR					ROA 11	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI					BRI 15	ATL	RCH	CHI										39th	199
	Dakoda Armstrong												CLT 31	DOV	IOW	MCH								CHI 15	IND					KEN 13	DOV	KAN 19	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
	Kevin Harvick																					IND 5	IOW
2017	Daniel Hemric			DAY 31	ATL 9	LVS 13	PHO 7	CAL 11	TEX 32	BRI 5	RCH 3	TAL 38	CLT 13	DOV 13	POC 9	MCH 12	IOW 21	DAY 32	KEN 9	NHA 12	IND 8	IOW 7	GLN 11	MOH 2	BRI 7	ROA 15	DAR 18	RCH 4	CHI 4	KEN 7	DOV 4	CLT 7	KAN 18	TEX 14	PHO 5	HOM 34			8th	2231
2018				DAY 26	ATL 11	LVS 6	PHO 6	CAL 5	TEX 3	BRI 3	RCH 29	TAL 23	DOV 3	CLT 7	POC 3	MCH 2	IOW 3	CHI 5	DAY 8	KEN 2	NHA 11	IOW 11	GLN 16	MOH 3	BRI 24	ROA 3	DAR 11	IND 5	LVS 29	RCH 3	CLT 10	DOV 7	KAN 2*	TEX 10	PHO 2	HOM 5			3rd	4033
2019	Kaz Grala			DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX 18	BRI	RCH 14	TAL	DOV 14	CLT	POC						NHA 14	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA 5	DAR	IND	LVS										37th	175
	Joe Graf Jr.															MCH DNQ	IOW 19	CHI	DAY 23	KEN										RCH 14	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2020	Myatt Snider			DAY 33	LVS 16		PHO 14		CLT 10	BRI 5					POC 4																				MAR 23	PHO 18			11th	2185
	Anthony Alfredo					CAL 6		DAR 14			ATL 10	HOM 4	HOM 11	TAL 6		IND 20	KEN 6	KEN 6	TEX 27				DOV 11	DOV 13	DAY 21	DAR 27			BRI 6	LVS 8	TAL 12		KAN 29	TEX 3
	Kaz Grala																			KAN 13	ROA 4						RCH 9	RCH 9				CLT 31
	Earl Bamber																					DAY 33
2022	Austin Hill			DAY 1	CAL 27	LVS 31	PHO 17	ATL 2	COA 2	RCH 18	MAR 4	TAL 27*	DOV 14	DAR 10	TEX 5	CLT 14	PIR 3	NSH 8	ROA 4	ATL 1*	NHA 7	POC 8	IND 9	MCH 5	GLN 30	DAY 14	DAR 10	KAN 12	BRI 3	TEX 2	TAL 14*	ROV 29	LVS 6	HOM 9	MAR 10	PHO 9			6th	2273
2023				DAY 1	CAL 6	LVS 1	PHO 7	ATL 1*	COA 37	RCH 9	MAR 17	TAL 18	DOV 4	DAR 4	CLT 4	PIR 5	SON 8	NSH 4	CSC 5	ATL 12	NHA 3	POC 1	ROA 3	MCH 11	IRC 4	GLN 14	DAY 23*	DAR 2	KAN 5	BRI 33	TEX 7	ROV 9	LVS 7	HOM 4	MAR 21	PHO 7			5th	2273
2024				DAY 1	ATL 1	LVS 4	PHO 4	COA 2	RCH 8	MAR 34	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

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. 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. 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.

On March 17, 2006, Holiday Inn announced its sponsorship of the 29 for ten races with Burton returning as its driver. 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, including a win at Dover in June. Burton started 36th after qualifying was rained out, and passed Kurt Busch with 18 laps to go.

Multiple Drivers (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.

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. 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. Wimmer left the team following the 2008 season.

The 2009 season saw a change in the 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. 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. 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. After 2009, RCR shut down the team after Holiday Inn pulled its sponsorship.

Car No. 29 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	Owners	Pts
2002	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI 24	TEX 6	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN								BRI 30	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO 37	HOM
	Jim Sauter																			MLW 29	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH
2003	Johnny Sauter			DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZh	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM 12
2004	Bobby Labonte			DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX 11	NSH	TAL
	Tony Stewart											CAL 2	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY
	Ricky Craven																					CHI 11	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH
	Kerry Earnhardt																													DOV 23
	Brandon Miller																														KAN 16	CLT	MEM
	Kevin Harvick																																	ATL 15	PHO	DAR	HOM 1
2005				DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI 1	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI
	Jeff Burton																													CAL 16	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2006	Kevin Harvick			DAY 5	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL
	Jeff Burton													RCH 2	DAR	CLT 6	DOV 1	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 3	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP 5	GLN	MCH 10	BRI 33	CAL	RCH 40	DOV	KAN 40	CLT		TEX 3	PHO	HOM
	Timothy Peters																																		MEM 13
2007	Scott Wimmer			DAY 13		MXC 30			BRI 9	NSH 7			TAL 34					NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 2	NHA 11	DAY 31		GTY 2	IRP 7						RCH 8	DOV 29			MEM 6		PHO 4
	Jeff Burton				CAL 7		LVS 1	ATL 1			TEX 10	PHO 3		RCH 3*	DAR 4	CLT 4	DOV 19						CHI 3			CGV 10	GLN 2	MCH 4	BRI 40	CAL 1			KAN 8	CLT 1*	MEM	TEX 8		HOM 1
2008	Scott Wimmer			DAY 18				BRI 12	NSH 1			MXC 7	TAL 9	RCH 10			DOV 12	NSH 7	KEN 2	MLW 6	NHA 12	DAY 7		GTY 30	IRP 4	CGV 11		MCH 22	BRI 6		RCH 2	DOV 4			MEM 22	TEX 13	PHO 19
	Jeff Burton				CAL 8	LVS 24	ATL 3			TEX 2	PHO 31				DAR 21	CLT 8							CHI 8				GLN 14			CAL 4			KAN 14	CLT 2				HOM 35
2009	Clint Bowyer			DAY 3			BRI 3				TAL 31				DOV 3				NHA 14	DAY 1							BRI 7			RCH 11	DOV 1	KAN 9	CAL 26				PHO 4
	Jeff Burton				CAL 6	LVS 10		TEX 8		PHO 20		RCH 31	DAR 8	CLT 9							CHI 11				GLN 6	MCH 9			ATL 5					CLT 9				HOM 3
	Stephen Leicht								NSH 11							NSH 6	KEN 31	MLW 8				GTY 6	IRP 13	IOW 10				CGV 8							MEM 9
	Casey Mears																																			TEX 2

Car No. 33 history

Main article: Kevin Harvick Incorporated

Multiple Drivers (2012–2015)

Max Papis at Road America in 2013.

In 2012, the No. 33 car was transferred to RCR to run for the owner's 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, Menard ran for 7 races, and Max Papis drove at Road America, both with sponsorship from Menards and Rheem. 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. Paul Menard, Max Papis, Truck series driver Matt Crafton, and Ryan Gifford 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.

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. Menard scored a win in August at Road America in his native Wisconsin, taking the lead on pit strategy and holding off Ryan Blaney.

Brandon Jones (2016–2017)

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Brandon Jones at Road America in 2017

For 2016, Brandon Jones will run full-time, competing for Rookie of the Year. Menards and Nexteer Automotive will sponsor the effort. Mike Hillman Jr. was named the crew chief for the team. 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 downsizing to three teams in 2018, shutting down the 33 and 62 team after the 2017 season.

Car No. 33 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	Owners	Pts
2012	Tony Stewart	33	Chevy	DAY 8																																	5th	1182
	Kevin Harvick				PHO 5*		BRI 9			RCH 3*	TAL 22			CLT 4*				KEN 3	DAY 28	NHA 2						BRI 15*	ATL 3*	RCH 1*				CLT 2		TEX 1*
	Brendan Gaughan					LVS 5		CAL 10				DAR 26	IOW 10								CHI 28		IOW 14		CGV 11					KEN 3					PHO 26	HOM 3
	Paul Menard								TEX 2*							MCH 8						IND 8		GLN 8					CHI 5		DOV 2		KAN 16*
	Ty Dillon														DOV 7
	Max Papis																ROA 4
2013	Tony Stewart			DAY 1																																	6th	1097
	Kevin Harvick				PHO 33		BRI 5		TEX 5	RCH 2*			CLT 5									IND 5					ATL 1*		CHI 9		DOV 3		CLT 4		PHO 9
	Ty Dillon					LVS 11					TAL 24	DAR 13		DOV 23					DAY 27							BRI 7		RCH 16						TEX 12		HOM 14
	Dakoda Armstrong							CAL 15
	Max Papis														IOW 31		ROA 17								MOH 4
	Paul Menard															MCH 3				NHA 32		IND 6										KAN 2
	Matt Crafton																	KEN 3			CHI 10									KEN 3
	Ryan Gifford																						IOW 9
	Brendan Gaughan																							GLN 14
2014	Matt Crafton			DAY	PHO	LVS 12
	Cale Conley						BRI 11	CAL	TEX	DAR 32	RCH 17	TAL	IOW 30	CLT	DOV 31						CHI 12					BRI 15	ATL	RCH 17		KEN 6	DOV 11		CLT 33
	Paul Menard															MCH 1	ROA	KEN 4	DAY	NHA 19		IND 6	IOW	GLN 9	MOH				CHI 11			KAN 4				HOM 12
	Austin Dillon																																	TEX 7	PHO
2015	Austin Dillon			DAY 4		LVS 1*	PHO 4	CAL 38	TEX 5	BRI 16	RCH 8	TAL 3		CLT 1*	DOV 4		CHI 3	DAY 1		NHA 2								RCH 9			DOV 7	CLT 1	KAN 16	TEX 3	PHO 14	HOM 2	4th	1187
	Paul Menard				ATL 6											MCH 18			KEN 6		IND 4		GLN 9			ROA 1	DAR 25		CHI 4
	Brandon Jones												IOW 8									IOW 20		MOH 29	BRI 13					KEN 5
2016				DAY 7	ATL 11	LVS 6	PHO 11	CAL 9	TEX 9	BRI 11	RCH 15	TAL 18*	DOV 25	CLT 7	POC 8	MCH 10	IOW 12	DAY 29	KEN 11	NHA 11	IND 10	IOW 16	GLN 13	MOH 19	BRI 9	ROA 16	DAR 9	RCH 23	CHI 10	KEN 26	DOV 17	CLT 16	KAN 8	TEX 19	PHO 18	HOM 15	13th	901
2017				DAY 28	ATL 14	LVS 15	PHO 15	CAL 32	TEX 15	BRI 20	RCH 33	TAL 37	CLT 16	DOV 29	POC 36	MCH 9	IOW 23	DAY 19	KEN 40	NHA 34	IND 9	IOW 10	GLN 14	MOH 14	BRI 20	ROA 25	DAR 23	RCH 23	CHI 12	KEN 13	DOV 39	CLT 13	KAN 11	TEX 35	PHO 15	HOM 14	21st	549

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

Gaughan and South Point returned for 2015. 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. 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. 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 downsizing to three teams in 2018, shutting down the 33 and 62 teams after the 2017 season.

Car No. 62 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	Owners	Pts
2014	Brendan Gaughan	62	Chevy	DAY 6	PHO 16	LVS 16	BRI 7	CAL 15	TEX 11	DAR 22	RCH 20	TAL 34	IOW 12	CLT 17	DOV 12	MCH 22	ROA 1	KEN 6	DAY 28	NHA 16	CHI 11	IND 19	IOW 11	GLN 28	MOH 20	BRI 6	ATL 14	RCH 18	CHI 13	KEN 1	DOV 28	KAN 13	CLT 16	TEX 16	PHO 8	HOM 29	13th	954
2015				DAY 29	ATL 12	LVS 6	PHO 8	CAL 2	TEX 33	BRI 9	RCH 11	TAL 39	IOW 10	CLT 18	DOV 7	MCH 12	CHI 4	DAY 25	KEN 9	NHA 11	IND 13	IOW 5	GLN 10	MOH 12	BRI 10	ROA 16	DAR 13	RCH 16	CHI 10	KEN 6	DOV 16	CLT 15	KAN 10	TEX 12	PHO 12	HOM 23	14th	1012
2016				DAY 10	ATL 13	LVS 10	PHO 13	CAL 7	TEX 12	BRI 16	RCH 7	TAL 5	DOV 15	CLT 10	POC 14	MCH 18	IOW 15	DAY 5	KEN 13	NHA 9	IND 16	IOW 11	GLN 8	MOH 8	BRI 5	ROA 2	DAR 16	RCH 18	CHI 8	KEN 6	DOV 9	CLT 13	KAN 31	TEX 15	PHO 35	HOM 8	12th	2161
2017				DAY 5	ATL 13	LVS 35	PHO 27	CAL 33	TEX 19	BRI 35	RCH 35	TAL 30	CLT 9	DOV 20	POC 6	MCH 14	IOW 26	DAY 9	KEN 39	NHA 17	IND 13	IOW 13	GLN 9	MOH 7	BRI 30	ROA 5	DAR 13	RCH 21	CHI 13	KEN 14	DOV 10	CLT 11	KAN 13	TEX 17	PHO 32	HOM 13	17th	685

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 2 history

Main article: Kevin Harvick Incorporated

Tim George Jr. in 2012.

Multiple Drivers (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, 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.

Part Time (2014)

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

Truck No. 2 results

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Owners	Pts
2012	Brendan Gaughan	2	Chevy	DAY 20				CLT 12		TEX 4			CHI 2*			BRI 5				LVS 4			TEX 17	PHO 23
	Kevin Harvick				MAR 1*				DOV 3*													MAR 12*
	Tim George Jr.					CAR 16	KAN 17				KEN 24	IOW 15		POC 15	MCH 21		ATL 28	IOW 22	KEN 18		TAL 9				HOM 18
2014	Austin Dillon			DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD 10	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

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. 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 16 wins and 15 poles over two seasons.

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 the standings.

In the 2013 WinStar World Casino 350K, Dillon won the 100th victory in NASCAR for a No. 3.

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. 3 results

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Owners	Pts
1995	Mike Skinner	3	Chevy	PHO 1*	TUS 27	SGS 5*	MMR 4	POR 1*	EVG 4	I70 1*	LVL 1*	BRI 20	MLW 1*	CNS 2	HPT 5	IRP 1*	FLM 3	RCH 3	MAR 2*	NWS 10	SON 3	MMR 1	PHO 1*								1st	3224
1996				HOM 20*	PHO 2	POR 3	EVG 5	TUS 1	CNS 1*	HPT 1*	BRI 4*	NZH 14	MLW 7	LVL 2	I70 2	IRP 1*	FLM 1*	GLN 3	NSV 16*	RCH 1*	NHA 27	MAR 1	NWS 9*	SON 3	MMR 1	PHO 4	LVS 7				3rd	3771
1997	Jay Sauter			WDW 4	TUS 3	HOM 19	PHO 11	POR 10	EVG 30	I70 31	NHA 1	TEX 11	BRI 3	NZH 9	MLW 2	LVL 31	CNS 4	HPT 16	IRP 31	FLM 6	NSV 13	GLN 12	RCH 3	MAR 7	SON 3	MMR 4	CAL 25	PHO 7	LVS 4		6th	3467
1998				WDW 7	HOM 3	PHO 6	POR 8	EVG 16	I70 16	GLN 2	TEX 16	BRI 12	MLW 14	NZH 3	CAL 24	PPR 22	IRP 10	NHA 11	FLM 13	NSV 15	HPT 7	LVL 20	RCH 17	MEM 2	GTY 3	MAR 1	SON 8	MMR 8	PHO 12	LVS 4	4th	3672
1999				HOM 21	PHO 8	EVG 19	MMR 11	MAR 11	MEM 3	PPR 9	I70 14	BRI 7	TEX 2	PIR 8	GLN 6	MLW 9	NSV 12	NZH 4	MCH 2	NHA 11	IRP 6	GTY 18	HPT 3	RCH 36	LVS 5	LVL 1	TEX 1	CAL 10			5th	3543
2009	Austin Dillon			DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW 12	GTW	NHA 15	LVS	MAR	TAL DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM
2010				DAY 26	ATL 10	MAR 16	NSH 14	KAN 6	DOV 21	CLT 35	TEX 3	MCH 5	IOW 1*	GTW 7	IRP 6	POC 7	NSH 2	DAR 5	BRI 17	CHI 9	KEN 9	NHA 5	LVS 1*	MAR 16	TAL 8	TEX 25	PHO 7	HOM 31
2011				DAY 20	PHO 5	DAR 15	MAR 7	NSH 11	DOV 4	CLT 7	KAN 12	TEX 26	KEN 14	IOW 2*	NSH 1	IRP 9	POC 5	MCH 22	BRI 23	ATL 6	CHI 1	NHA 2	KEN 2	LVS 17	TAL 7	MAR 3	TEX 2	HOM 10
2012	Ty Dillon			DAY 9	MAR 2	CAR 8	KAN 9	CLT 10	DOV 6	TEX 7	KEN 3	IOW 7	CHI 12	POC 6	MCH 6	BRI 21	ATL 1	IOW 2	KEN 3	LVS 10	TAL 4*	MAR 28	TEX 5	PHO 15	HOM 25
2013				DAY 6*	MAR 18	CAR 12	KAN 8	CLT 5	DOV 31	TEX 2*	KEN 1	IOW 16*	ELD 16	POC 20	MCH 3	BRI 6	MSP 17*	IOW 3	CHI 5	LVS 4	TAL 14*	MAR 22	TEX 1*	PHO 4	HOM 14
2014				DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD 5
	Austin Dillon													POC 1*	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

Truck No. 22 history

Tim George Jr. (2009–2010)

Childress' second truck entry debuted in 2009 with Tim George Jr. behind the wheel of the No. 22 truck part-time.

Joey Coulter (2011–2012)

In 2011 with Joey Coulter was tabbed as the driver behind the wheel of the No. 22 truck. 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.

Truck No. 22 results

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Owners	Pts
2009	Tim George Jr.	22	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO 29	HOM
2010				DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO 23	HOM
2011	Joey Coulter			DAY 34	PHO 9	DAR 28	MAR 17	NSH 24	DOV 6	CLT 16	KAN 5	TEX 5	KEN 7	IOW 5	NSH 10	IRP 7	POC 6	MCH 18	BRI 6	ATL 13	CHI 12	NHA 11	KEN 13	LVS 22	TAL 20	MAR 5	TEX 6	HOM 5
2012				DAY 18	MAR 30	CAR 6	KAN 14	CLT 7	DOV 11	TEX 3	KEN 7	IOW 8	CHI 15	POC 1	MCH 7	BRI 4	ATL 7	IOW 13	KEN 4	LVS 3*	TAL 14	MAR 3	TEX 7	PHO 3	HOM 3

Truck No. 39 history

Part Time (2013)

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. The truck, the trophy and the famed piece of dirt track are on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The No. 39 owners points were then sold back to RSS Racing.

Truck No. 39 results

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Owners	Pts
2013	Austin Dillon	39	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD 1	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

Truck No. 62 history

File:Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Rockingham 2013.jpg

Brendan Gaughan in the No. 62 at Rockingham Speedway in 2013

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.

Truck No. 62 results

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Owners	Pts
2013	Brendan Gaughan	62	Chevy	DAY 29	MAR 12	CAR 3	KAN 4	CLT 2	DOV 5	TEX 5	KEN 25	IOW 31	ELD 5	POC 9	MCH 8	BRI 16	MSP 18	IOW 24	CHI 25	LVS 8	TAL 11	MAR 2	TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 4

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 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.

K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series

File:Ty Dillon Pocono ARCA 2011.jpg

Ty Dillon in the No. 41 at Pocono Raceway in 2011

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.

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

Sponsorships

RCR has had numerous sponsor relationships over the years. From 1988 to 2007, Goodwrench GM Certified Service was a primary sponsor, finally ending its sponsorship in 2007. Starting in 2001, Cingular Wireless began a four-year sponsorship with RCR, which led to a sponsorship controversy after Cingular was merged with AT&T. Starting in 2001, The Hershey Company became an RCR sponsor with its candy brands such as Reese's Fast Break, Hershey's Kissables, Ice Breakers candy and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Big Cup.

Partnerships and affiliations

File:Richard Childress Racing October 2022 05 (Austin Dillon's No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet).jpg

Richard Childress Racing shop in October 2022

ECR Engines

ECR Engines, also known as ECR Technologies and formerly Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies, 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 produced engines for all Cadillac DPi-V.Rs in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series from years 2017-2022. Current ECR clients include Beard Motorsports, Kaulig Racing, Trackhouse Racing, Our Motorsports, Jordan Anderson Racing and Big Machine Racing Team. Former clients included Furniture Row Racing, Wayne Taylor Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Tommy Baldwin Racing, Leavine Family Racing, StarCom Racing, Germain Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Legacy Motor Club, Action Express Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, JDC-Miller MotorSports and Juncos Racing.

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

ECR Engines has secured 8 straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Engine Manufacturers Championships from 2012 - 2018 with 5 overall wins at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in years 2014, 2017–2020.

Technical alliances

RCR also holds technical alliances with several teams, including Kaulig Racing in the Cup Series, as well as Kaulig Racing, Our Motorsports, Jordan Anderson Racing, Alpha Prime Racing, and Big Machine Racing Team in the Xfinity Series. Under these relationships, RCR provides engines, equipment, and technical support. RCR's first alliance model was in the started in 1997 as RAD (Richard, Andy, and Dale) Racing engines, an aerodynamics program shared with DEI and Andy Petree Racing. The Alliance concluded midway into 2004, when Petree shut down his team.

RCR previously held a successful alliance with Furniture Row Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Leavine Family Racing, GMS Racing, Germain Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, and StarCom Racing.

In 2021, RCR and Hendrick Motorsports will formalize a joint venture focused on engine R&D and the establishment of a common Chevrolet engine specification. The effort will be led by Jeff Andrews of Hendrick Motorsports and Richie Gilmore of RCR and be referred to as HCD (Hendrick Childress Development).

Sponsorship controversies

See also: NASCAR rules and regulations § Viceroy rule

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. The 29 team altered its paint scheme the following week with smaller Shell decals, and larger emphasis of co-sponsor Pennzoil. 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 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. 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. 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. 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.

See also

• Childress Vineyards

External links

• Official website for Richard Childress Racing
• Richard Childress Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference