Brendan Gaughan will drive 10 Nationwide Series races and eight Camping World Truck Series races for Richard Childress Racing in 2012.
Drew Blickensderfer to serve as crew chief for Jeff Burton and the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevy in the Sprint Cup Series in 2012.
Austin Dillon withstood a strong challenge from race winner Johnny Sauter to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship in Friday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Rheem Manufacturing Company will continue its relationship with Kevin Harvick in 2012, sponsoring the Richard Childress Racing driver and his No. 29 Chevy for 10 Sprint Cup events. Rheem will appear as a major associate sponsor for the remaining 26 races. Rheem will also continue its co-sponsorship of RCR’s No. 33 Nationwide Series team driven [...]
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General Mills will move its sponsorship from Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 Chevy to RCR’s No. 31 Chevy next season following Clint Bowyer’s departure next season. General Mills is replacing the Cheerios brand with Wheaties on Jeff Burton’s car.
Richard Childress Racing parted ways with Scott Miller, the team’s competition director since 2008. Also, Kevin Harvick has swapped several crew members with Clint Bowyer to bolster his Chase effort.
Richard Childress Racing is said to be still seeking sponsorship to field a fourth car next season with Clint Bowyer behind the wheel.
Clint Bowyer is expected to sign a multi-year deal to drive for Michael Waltrip Racing next season. Five Hour Energy will sponsor him.
Richard Petty Motorsports has withdrawn its offer to Clint Bowyer, team owner Andrew Murstein has confirmed. RPM is happy with the performance of Marcos Ambrose and AJ Allmendinger.