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Articles tagged ‘RCR’

Mar 23
Friday

Kasey Kahne Leads Chevrolet in Qualifying at Auto Club Speedway

Kasey Kahne - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR Team Chevy Drivers Occupy Five of the Top-10 Starting Positions for Sunday's Auto Club 400 FONTANA, Calif. (March 23, 2012) – Kasey Kahne No. 5 Quaker State Chevrolet, earned a fifth-place starting position during today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session at Auto Club Speedway. Kahne was the 44th qualifier out of 46 cars and missed claiming his second pole of 2012 by just two-tenths of a second in the closely stacked field. A total of 46 cars took turns for a run at the front row on the 2.0-mile oval. When the 43-car field was set, five Team Chevy drivers scored top-10 starting positions for the 200-lap/400-mile race. In addition to Kahne, other Team Chevy drivers starting in the top-10 are: ... FULL STORY »

2012 NNS Royal Purple 300 Final Practice Session Speeds

NNS Austin Dillon and crew chief Danny Stockman - Photo Credit: Austin Dillon and crew chief Danny Stockman During the only practice session being held for Saturday's NNS Royal Purple 300, it was Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Austin Dillon, with a lap speed of 176.086 mph, showing the fastest way around Auto Club Speedway. Second fastest was ... FULL STORY »

2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Kevin Harvick

2012 NSCS Kevin Harvick Jimmy Johns - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 JIMMY JOHNS CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway and discussed his trip to the LA Kings game, the results of the No. 48 penalty appeal, the attendance at Bristol Motor Speedway ... FULL STORY »

Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Pre-Race Notes & Quotes

Team Chevy Logo TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE AUTO CLUB 400 AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY FONTANA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 25, 2012 DID YOU KNOW? The all-new Ecotec 2.5L debuting on the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan this summer is one of the most-powerful naturally aspirated four-cylinder engines in the midsize segment, topping ... FULL STORY »

Austin Dillon, No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala Auto Club Speedway Preview

No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala Austin Dillon No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet This Week's AdvoCare Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 105 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in the Royal ... FULL STORY »

Elliott Sadler, No. 2 Pierre Drive Thru Sandwiches Chevrolet Impala Auto Club Speedway Preview

Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler No. 2 Pierre Drive Thru Sandwiches Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet This Week's Pierre Drive Thru Sandwiches Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 Pierre Drive Thru Sandwiches team will ... FULL STORY »

Brendan Gaughan, 2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Race Preview

2012 NCWTS Brendan Gaughan (South Point) - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR Brendan Gaughan   No. 33 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet This Week's South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Brendan Gaughan will pilot Chassis No. 392 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. ... FULL STORY »



2012 NSCS Jeff Burton - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR
Jeff Burton, 2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Race Preview
Posted 03.20.12
Jeff Burton No. 31 Caterpillar  Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet This Week's Caterpillar Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Jeff Burton will race chassis No. 393 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable this weekend. This is a brand new No. 31 Chevrolet Impala that will turn its first laps at the Fontana, Calif., track ...FULL STORY »
2012 NSCS Paul Menard - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR
Paul Menard, 2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Race Preview
Posted 03.20.12
Paul Menard No. 27 CertainTeed/Menards Chevrolet Impala Event Preview Fact Sheet This Week's CertainTeed/Menards Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Paul Menard will pilot Chassis No. 384 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This No. 27 Chevrolet Impala is a brand new addition to the RCR fleet ...FULL STORY »
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Richard Childress Racing, 2012 NSCS Auto Club 400 Race Preview
Posted 03.20.12
Race: Auto Club 400 Date: March 25, 2012 Location: Auto Club Speedway Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Notes: RCR in SoCal ... In 65 overall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Auto Club Speedway, RCR Chevrolet teams have earned one win (Kevin Harvick - 2011), one pole (Mike Skinner - April 2000), ...FULL STORY »
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Richard Childress Racing, 2012 NSCS Food City 500 Post-Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 03.19.12
RCR Post Race Report -- Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Series RACE: Food City 500 TRACK: Bristol Motor Speedway DATE: March 18, 2012 Race Highlights: Richard Childress Racing teammates finished sixth (Jeff Burton), 10th (Paul Menard), 11th (Kevin Harvick) and 22nd (Brendan Gaughan) in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Burton's 6.718 average ...FULL STORY »
Kevin Harvick - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR
Despite Late-Race Penalty Kevin Harvick and Crew Finish Ninth at Bristol
Posted 03.18.12
Kevin Harvick entered the Bristol 300 looking to add to his NASCAR Nationwide Series-leading five wins at Bristol Motor Speedway, instead a late-race pit road speeding penalty relegated the No. 33 Armour Vienna Sausages team to a ninth-place finish. After qualifying sixth for the fourth Nationwide Series event of the ...FULL STORY »
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Austin Dillon Escapes Tough Bristol Motor Speedway with 12th-Place Finish
Posted 03.18.12
Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Austin Dillon survived his first NASCAR Nationwide Series appearance at Bristol Motor Speedway with a 12th-place finish in Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet. Dillon started the 300-lap race from the ninth position and quickly noted a loose-handling condition on his Chevrolet. The ...FULL STORY »
Elliott Sadler celebrates his second NASCAR Nationwide Series win in four starts this season after winning the Ford EcoBoost 300 on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. - Photo Credit: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images for NASCAR
Elliott Sadler Outdrives Competition for Victory at Bristol Motor Speedway
Posted 03.18.12
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team earned their second victory of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season on Saturday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway. Sadler took the green flag from the second row, but was shuffled back in traffic to the fifth position in the opening laps ...FULL STORY »
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Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Food City 500 Post-Race Recaps
Posted 03.18.12
BRISTOL, Tenn (March 18, 2012) - It was a rough and tumble day in the Food City 500. Richard Childress Racing's (RCR) Jeff Burton, No. 31 BB&T Chevrolet, led the way for Team Chevy when the checkered flag flew at Bristol Motor Speedway. Burton finished sixth and jumped four spots in ...FULL STORY »
Elliott Sadler celebrates in Bristol Motor Speedway Victory Lane on Saturday after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300 in Bristol, Tenn. - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR
Elliott Sadler Steals The Show In Thunder Valley
Posted 03.17.12
It was looking like in an uncharacteristically clean Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the Roush Fenway Racing duo of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne would be battling for the trophy. But, a gutsy call by crew chief Luke Lambert to keep his driver on the racetrack ...FULL STORY »


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