RCR Race Preview: Charlotte Motor Speedway

RCR Race Preview: Charlotte Motor Speedway

Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway… Richard Childress Racing has made eight trips to Victory Lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including six wins in the prestigious Coca-Cola 600, which is the longest race in the NASCAR Cup Series season and widely considered a “Crown Jewel” event in our sport. Dale Earnhardt is the winningest driver under the RCR banner at Charlotte, winning the Coca-Cola 600 in 1986, 1992, and 1993, as well as a 500-mile race at the track in 1986. Kevin Harvick won the Coca-Cola 600 in 2011 and 2013, and Austin Dillon earned his career-first Cup Series win in the Coca-Cola 600 in 2017. Jeff Burton earned one win for RCR at Charlotte Motor Speedway in November 2008.

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NASCAR Preview: Texas Wild Card

NASCAR Preview: Texas Wild Card

by Nate Ryan, NASCAR

How does a NASCAR driver stay in the good graces of the primary sponsor that pays the majority of the annual bills?

It seems a rudimentary question to ask about a sport whose lifeblood has been tied to the largesse of Corporate America for roughly six decades. And it could seem sillier when posed to NASCAR’s reigning seven-time Most Popular Driver, who happens to be employed by the most successful team in the Cup Series.

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