Nobody expected the Richard Childress Racing duo of Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon to be world-beaters during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, but RCR is off to a historically bad start to the 2026 campaign.
For the first time since 1982, RCR has failed to score a top-10 finish in the first six races of a season. That stat takes on more meaning this season given that RCR is putting two full-time entries on the track along with a part-time third car for drivers Jesse Love and Austin Hill.
The last time RCR went six races into a year without recording a top 10 was 1982, when a then-25-year-old Ricky Rudd struggled in his first year with the organization before breaking through with a ninth-place run at North Wilkesboro.
Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon need momentum
Busch and Dillon need a similar shot in the arm this weekend at Martinsville.