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Richard Childress Reflects on Dale Earnhardt, Predicts an RCR Title

WELCOME, N.C. -- Richard Childress knew the questions were coming. But that didn't make it any easier. On Feb. 18, it will have been 10 years since his best friend, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, was killed in the last corner of the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt drove Childress' black No. 3...

Kevin Harvick Comes Full Circle From Dramatic Cup Debut

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Sitting on stage just to the left of his two championship rivals for a final NASCAR championship contenders press conference, Kevin Harvick leaned back in his chair and smiled, listening to Sprint Cup series points leader Denny Hamlin and second place Jimmie Johnson trade barbs and confidently explain...

Childress Penalties Slightly Reduced on Final Appeal

Car owner Richard Childress received only the slightest relief in his final appeal to National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook, who on Tuesday upheld the severest penalties against Clint Bowyer's No. 33 Chevrolet team, but reduced the fine and the suspensions. In a statement released by NASCAR...

Richard Childress Racing to Appeal NASCAR Penalty, Blames Wrecker

How could they have been so stupid? That's the $64 million question as to why a NASCAR championship team would try to cheat or modify its car in the opening round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs after NASCAR had already warned it was perilously close to being illegal only a week earlier. That team's owner and...

Kevin Harvick Lands NASCAR Budweiser Sponsorship

Richard Childress Racing made it official Tuesday: Longtime NASCAR sponsor Budweiser will join RCR as primary sponsor on current Sprint Cup Series championship leader Kevin Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet for 20 of the 36 points races in 2011. Harvick is the latest in a long line of high-profile sponsorships for the company...

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05/30/12 Ty Dillon/Dover Source: SceneDaily Ty Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of Richard Childress and younger brother of Austin, will make his Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Dover International Speedway.
05/29/12 Furniture Row Continues To Progress Source: The Nascar Insiders Since coming to the Cup Series in 2005, Furniture Row Racing has grown into its current form gradually.
05/22/12 Easy NASCAR Hall Voting Is Thing Of The Past Source: Racin' Today As we walked toward the room in the Charlotte Convention Center prior to voting for the first class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame three years ago, a colleague shook his head and said, man, this could be tough.
05/22/12 Short/dirt track notebook: Ramsey steals show in NDRA... Source: Gaston Gazette - Gastonia NC In the past, Rock Hill, S.C.'s Kenny Ramsey has been a powerhouse at Carolina Speedway in the Thunder Sportsman division.
05/18/12 NASCAR Hall of Fame to annouce 2013 inductees Source: AutoWeek NASCAR's Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., will introduce its fourth class on Wednesday, May 23, following a full day of discussion and debate by the voting panel.