Richard Childress Racing Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Career firsts continue for Daniel Hemric as the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Road America for the Johnsonville 180. This will be Hemric’s first time competing at the 4.048-mile road course. In his two previous road course races in the Xfinity Series, Hemric finished 11th at Watkins Glen, and second in his first race at Mid-Ohio in the No. 21 Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet Camaro. The second-place finish was a career best for Hemric. Hemric also has two top-fives at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park inRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Brendan Gaughan is fed up, and he’s just not going to take it anymore. After a late race wreck took him out of contention for at least a top-10 finish for the second week in a row, Gaughan called his shot for next week’s race at Road America, proclaiming that he was going to go out and win the whole damn thing. Last weekend at Mid-Ohio, Gaughan got ran off course late by eventual race winner Sam Hornish, but was able to rebound to finishRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After struggling for much of the season, Brendan Gaughan hopes to turn his season around at Iowa Speedway. This weekend Gaughan will have race sponsor US Cellular on board his No. 62 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro for the first time this season. In 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 7/8-mile speedway, Gaughan has one top five and three Top 10s. His average finish at the Newton, IA track is 15.5. Gaughan earned his one top five at Iowa with a fifth-place in AugustRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer It has been long rumored and is now official, Paul Menard will replace Ryan Blaney at the Wood Brothers in 2018. Menard, who is in his 11th full season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, will take his Menard’s sponsorship to the Team Penske alliance team. Menard’s will sponsor 22 races on the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Team Ford Fusion. Plans for long-time Wood Brothers partner Motorcraft / Quick Lane, along with additional sponsorship will be announced later. The Wood Brothers, the oldestRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In just his fifth race with Richard Childress Racing, Ben Kennedy scores his third NASCAR Xfinity Series Top 10 finish. Kennedy finished the Overton’s 200 in sixth, his No. 2 Richmond / Menards Chevrolet Camaro the last car on the lead lap. Kennedy had an up and down day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, running as low as 19th after a rain delay in Stage 1 split strategies throughout the field. Like others, he brought his car down pit road to the attention of hisRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the first time in his career, Ben Kennedy will compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Kennedy will return to the No. 2 Richmond / Menard’s Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing (RCR) for the Overton’s 200. Kennedy has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the ‘Magic Mile,’ he has a best finish of 11th last year. He also has four NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starts in Loudon with a best finish of 16th in 2011. KennedyRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Armed with a new crew chief and a gas tank that held just enough fuel to get him to the end of 600 miles with less than a second to spare, Austin Dillon won the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series of his career and put the vaunted No. 3 Chevrolet back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2000. Working for the first time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with crew chief Justin Alexander, Dillon was one ofRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – As the NASCAR Xfinity Series entered Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brendan Gaughan looked to turn around what so far, has been a miserable season. Since finishing fifth in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Gaughan has had six finishes 27th or worse. Off the truck Gaughan and his Richard Childress Racing team struggled to find speed. His No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro was 31st on the speed charts in the first practice. In the final practice, the ShaneRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Ben Kennedy had been out of the cockpit of a race car for five long months, but as he made his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start of the season, the 25-year-old driver for Richard Childress Racing certainly didn’t show any rust as he drove his way to a fourth-place finish at Talladega. Making his first start in the Xfinity Series since Iowa last summer and first start at all since the end of the 2016 season, Kennedy started Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 in fourth placeRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway marks the ninth race of the 2017 season for the NASCAR Xfinity Series season. For Ben Kennedy, however, this marks his first race of the 2017 season. Kennedy will be behind the wheel of the No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing with Justin Alexander serving as his crew chief at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Kennedy will be able to work with teammates Ty Dillon, Daniel Hemric, Brandon Jones, and Brendan Gaughan in the draft all weekendRead More