RCR 3 Returns

[SpiderGearsMan]

[SpiderGearsMan]

WELCOME, N.C. (November 4, 2011) – Richard Childress Racing and AdvoCare, an award-winning premier health and wellness company, have entered into a partnership for the company to be the primary sponsor of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala driven by Austin Dillon for 20 races in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.

Dillon, who currently drives the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has an 11-point lead in the driver championship point standings with two races remaining. The 21-year-old from Lewisville, N.C., made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in 2008 and, in 11 races in the series, has earned two top-five and four top-10 finishes.

“Continuing our solid history with the motorsports community, we are proud to partner with Richard Childress Racing to bring back the No. 3 car in the Nationwide Series with Austin Dillon as the driver. This is the start of an exciting era for both AdvoCare and Richard Childress Racing,” AdvoCare President and CEO Richard Wright said, “This extraordinary opportunity is the next step forward in our strategic efforts to take AdvoCare to new heights.”

RCR returns full time to the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2012 after a one-year hiatus but with a strong heritage to build from. RCR has earned 56 victories and five series championships since its first season in 2000. Kevin Harvick won overall championships (driver and owner) in 2001 and 2006, Harvick and Johnny Sauter won the owner championship in 2003, Jeff Burton and Scott Wimmer won the owner championship in 2007 and Clint Bowyer won the driver championship in 2008.

“We are excited to have AdvoCare on board as Austin makes the full time step into the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2012 driving the No. 3 Chevrolet,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. “AdvoCare is a company with a great culture that creates a great fit with RCR. We look forward to working closely with them and the other partners on the No. 3 team to build a competitive and successful program.”

AdvoCare was the title sponsor of the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The Plano, Texas, based company is also a platinum sponsor of Operation Homefront, an organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance to those serving in the military and their families. The AdvoCare National Spokesperson is NFL championship-winning and championship game MVP quarterback Drew Brees.

“It’s great to have a company like AdvoCare on board for the move into the NASCAR Nationwide Series because I already use and benefit from some of their products,” said Dillon. “I believe strongly in their products and quickly became a believer in the strength of their company after the first meeting with them. I’m looking forward to the challenge of moving with Danny Stockman (crew chief) and the guys to the NASCAR Nationwide Series with the No. 3. Our goal next year is to win races and compete for rookie of the year honors.”

Dale Earnhardt, Jr., earned back-to-back NASCAR Nationwide Series championships (1998, ’99) driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc. He also earned two Nationwide Series victories in the No. 3 for RCR, in February 2002 at Daytona International Speedway and July 2010 at Daytona International Speedway.

“Austin is taking the next step in his career by moving to the Nationwide Series,” said Earnhardt. “He has used the 3 predominantly throughout his career, and I for one am excited to know he'll be running it at the next level. He's a sharp kid with a lot of potential. The respect he shows the sport and his competitors is a reflection of the family values that has molded him into the person he is today. I wish him luck and can't wait to compete with him on the track next season.”

[Stich496]

and keeps the #3 out of toyotas hands..
as that would've been the final straw

[SpiderGearsMan]

they are hot to get earnhardt ganassi to get the e name

[JeffMcKC]

When he is ready to move up, the 3 will be back in the Cup too.

[Stich496]

When he is ready to move up, the 3 will be back in the Cup too.

no sh^t ,

[JeffMcKC]

no Stich496 ,

There fixed it for you.

[Stich496]

There fixed it for you.

hardy ha ha..

[38P]

Mark martin -- no longer cutting the mustard but pathetically still licking the jar

Speed TV's reporting that the descent into nothingness continues for the washed-up, has-been Mark Martin. He's now signed to drive part-time in 2012 the rolling chicane otherwise known as the 00 "Toyota" in Cup for Crashmaster Michael Waltrip. But don't fear . . . Mikey will still inflict his unique brand of incompetent driving and unnecessary crashes on the restrictor plate races and the Bud Shootout.

Martin was once a great driver. He was cheated out of a championship in 1990 by NASCAR's chaotic, elastic rules enforcement and blind love for money, as then personified by The Intimidated, Man-in-Back . . . ol' Ironhead.

Then he got too old and greedy to "dance with the ones who brung him" (RoushFenway and Ford). So instead of retiring gracefully or accepting a senior driver role, he fumbled around in a Jailbird Rick Hendrick Chevy . . . until he got too old and washed-up to cut it in an organization that tolerates the pathetic Dale, Jr.

Now he's going to be serving out the last days of his career in futility as a shill for Toyota, further staining his reputation in the same way that Dale Jarrett ruined his.

I guess it's true . . . if you can't cut the mustard, you can still lick the jar . . . Right, Mark? Enjoy the sushi.

[SpiderGearsMan]

jeff gordon kicked his ass

[Bamfster]

NASCAR ....... yawn!

[SpiderGearsMan]

gotta clear the way for kasey kahne
earnhardt junior pepsi money sure feeds a lot of mouths

[Stich496]

speedo.. he is one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.. and your just pissed that he has been in a chevy for the last few years..
and he still runs better than alot of guys.. and is in better shape than you...(guess'n but more than likely)
he did more with the hendrick bottom feeder #5 that anyone thought...
you are a total tool.. hendrick has a pecking order... and mark has all the deadbeats for a crew...

[Stich496]

gotta clear the way for kasey kahne
earnhardt junior pepsi money sure feeds a lot of mouths

speedos just mad that he came back and ran better in a bowtie than the roush fords...

[tiresmoke!]

I kinda figured this was the way it would end up, as far as Childress' grandson and the #3.

Personally....I firmly believe #3 should've been retired by NASCAR after Dale Sr.'s passing. Yes, RC ran the number when he drove, and Ricky Rudd ran it before Big E got the ride....but still, that number is synonymous with ol'Ironhead.

Still, best of luck to Austin....from what I've read the kid can drive.