At Richard Childress Racing, all the pieces seemed to be in place. After two years of qualifying three cars for NASCAR’s year-end playoff system — yet still left searching for that first championship since 1994 — there was hope in the preseason that they could finally close the deal. There was a strong, stable driver lineup. There was a solid business sense that left RCR as one of the few major Sprint Cup organizations that didn’t lay off anyone. And there was a fourth racing program, backed by another major sponsor, whose dollars just might put the team over the top.
That was the hope, at least. The reality is something quite different.
RCR, one of the steadier organizations on NASCAR’s premier level the past two seasons …Â Details
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