![]() ![]() ![]() “You’ve got to have a good horse to ride. ![]() “We’re really putting our heads down and digging in and trying to figure out what it’s going to be able to take to get me comfortable to make me fast,” Busch said. But then there are days like Sunday, when “Rowdy” reminds us: Oh, right. The results have been inconsistent, and there have been some weeks when Busch and the No. Sunday’s race, in which he was untouchable on five late-race restarts, was about as vintage of a Busch performance as we’ve seen recently. Then the team won four last year, when Reddick picked up a trio of victories and pushed Austin Dillon to a win at Daytona to make the playoffs.īut now Busch has stepped into Reddick’s old car with his former crew and immediately delivered results. From 2014-2021, RCR only won four races total. I want to keep Kyle there, and hopefully, we can end his career when he gets ready to.”Ĭhildress cares about winning races, and that’s what Busch is doing. “Everybody says, ‘Man, how (are) y’all going to get along?’ Same question they asked me about, ‘You and Dale (Earnhardt Sr.) won’t last six months.’ We lasted 20 years. “He’s such a pleasure to work with,” Childress said after the race. Former foes Busch and Childress - whose “hold my watch” altercation had its 12-year anniversary on Sunday - turned out to be a perfect match. The partnership at RCR seems to be working better than anyone could have imagined. Busch has also matched JGR’s win total from this season, a stat of which he is certainly aware. Sunday’s victory at Gateway was already Busch’s third win so far in 2023, meaning Busch has now won as many times in less than half a season at RCR as he did in his final two years combined at Joe Gibbs Racing. ![]() Reddick is having a fine year so far at 23XI Racing he won at Circuit of the Americas, is tied for the third-most top-five finishes in the series and ranks 10th in the point standings.īut Busch? Despite fans’ lack of faith in the two-time Cup Series champion, he’s thriving at RCR and on pace for one of his best seasons in years. ![]()
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