RCR Extends Kyle Busch Amid NASCAR Struggles And Future Uncertainty
The post RCR Extends Kyle Busch Amid NASCAR Struggles And Future Uncertainty appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – AUGUST 23: Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen … More Chevrolet, and RCR team owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Richard Childress meet on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 23, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Getty Images Despite their collective struggles, Richard Childress and Kyle Busch are giving it at least one more go. On Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the pair made it official: the team has picked up the one-year option that keeps Busch behind the wheel of the No. 8 Chevrolet through the end of the 2026 season. That means Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion with 63 career wins, is staying put at Richard Childress Racing. But that headline doesn’t tell the whole story—because since 2023, Busch’s NASCAR tale has taken a turn. After a promising start with RCR that year, racking up three wins and injecting fresh optimism into the program, 2024 turned out to be a statistical ghost town. No wins. No playoff appearance. And the end of a 19-season streak of at least one win per year—a record-breaking run that quietly shaped Busch’s reputation as a perennial contender. Twelve races into 2025, there are flickers of the old fire. A top-five here. A handful of laps led there. But the winless streak now stands at 62 races and counting—the longest drought of his Cup career. Still, if Busch is frustrated, Richard Childress isn’t ready to pull the plug. Far from it. “I love a driver that doesn’t like to lose,” Childress said. “We’ve worked hard. We’ve got some exciting things coming up. He and I are both alike in one area—we don’t like to lose.…
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – AUGUST 23: Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen … More Chevrolet, and RCR team owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer, Richard Childress meet on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 23, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Getty Images Despite their collective struggles, Richard Childress and Kyle Busch are giving it at least one more go. On Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the pair made it official: the team has picked up the one-year option that keeps Busch behind the wheel of the No. 8 Chevrolet through the end of the 2026 season. That means Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion with 63 career wins, is staying put at Richard Childress Racing. But that headline doesn’t tell the whole story—because since 2023, Busch’s NASCAR tale has taken a turn. After a promising start with RCR that year, racking up three wins and injecting fresh optimism into the program, 2024 turned out to be a statistical ghost town. No wins. No playoff appearance. And the end of a 19-season streak of at least one win per year—a record-breaking run that quietly shaped Busch’s reputation as a perennial contender. Twelve races into 2025, there are flickers of the old fire. A top-five here. A handful of laps led there. But the winless streak now stands at 62 races and counting—the longest drought of his Cup career. Still, if Busch is frustrated, Richard Childress isn’t ready to pull the plug. Far from it. “I love a driver that doesn’t like to lose,” Childress said. “We’ve worked hard. We’ve got some exciting things coming up. He and I are both alike in one area—we don’t like to lose.…
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