Richard Childress Racing all-time champion, Dale Earnhardt

Richard Childress Racing has six NASCAR Cup Series champions, all coming courtesy of Dale Earnhardt (1986-87, 1990-91, 1993-94).

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This year, Childress will look for his fourth Daytona 500 victory as a team owner, which will tie him with Joe Gibbs on the all-time list. Earnhardt won the Great American Race in 1998, with Harvick getting his in 2007, while grandson Austin Dillon captured the Harley J. Earl Trophy in 2018.

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Earnhardt was also one of only three Richard Childress Racing drivers to win the Brickyard 400 (1995), the second-most prestigious race on the Cup circuit, along with Kevin Harvick (2002), and Paul Menard (2011).

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Over the years, Richard Childress Racing’s driver lineup has some of the most recognizable names of the sport, including Ricky Rudd, Neil Bonnett, Morgan Shepherd, Robby Gordon, Dave Blaney, and a host of others. In all, Richard Childress Racing has 109 victories in Cup, 85 in Xfinity, 31 in Trucks, and ten in 79 ARCA Menards races.

Richard Childress Racing is a two-car Cup Series team piloted by Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick. Dillon had just one victory in 2020, coming at Texas Motor Speedway. More importantly, it got him into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and he made it as far as the Round of 12 before being eliminated. Reddick is in his second full season with Richard Childress Racing and is looking for his first premier series victory, which would put him into the playoffs for the first time. The Daytona 500 would be as good a place as any to do it.

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The two drivers for Richard Childress Racing met the media via Zoom calls, and here are some of their thoughts via Team Chevy Media.

Austin Dillon – No. 3 Camaro ZL1 1LE

On winning the Daytona on the 20th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death with the same numbered car he used:

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On his emotions leading up to the anniversary:

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Tyler Reddick – No. 8 Camaro ZL1 1LE

On what it would mean to give Richard Childress a Daytona 500 win on the 20th Anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death:

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