{"id":164051,"date":"2025-09-23T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164051\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:03:07","slug":"randall-burnett-to-move-to-trackhouse-racing-in-2026-to-serve-as-zilisch-crew-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164051\/","title":{"rendered":"Randall Burnett to Move to Trackhouse Racing in 2026 to Serve As Zilisch Crew Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randall Burnett will move on from Richard Childress Racing at season\u2019s end and will move to Trackhouse Racing to become the crew chief for Connor Zilisch in 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trackhouse Racing announced the acquisition of Burnett<\/a> on Tuesday morning in a post shared to social media.<\/p>\n

NEWS: Welcome to The House, Randall Burnett!<\/p>\n

He joins as @ConnorZilisch<\/a>‘s crew chief for 2026. pic.twitter.com\/cbrVi9vcIs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Trackhouse Racing (@TeamTrackhouse) September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

After the news was officially released, Zilisch issued a post on his personal X account welcoming his new crew chief to the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cStoked to welcome Randall to the team! Can\u2019t wait for next year,\u201d Zilisch said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zilisch, one of the hottest prospects in recent memory<\/a>, will compete for Rookie of the Year honors with Burnett atop the pit box next season.<\/p>\n

Burnett, a native of Fenton, MO, has been the crew chief of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet since the start of the 2020 season. Burnett has collected six NASCAR Cup Series victories in 250 career NASCAR Cup Series starts.<\/p>\n

In addition to the six wins, Burnett has accumulated 36 top-five finishes and 85 top-10s as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series.<\/p>\n

Prior to moving to the NASCAR Cup Series as a full-time crew chief in 2020, Burnett won the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship as the crew chief for Tyler Reddick.<\/p>\n

Reddick secured his first career NASCAR Cup Series win with Burnett, who also secured his first career win as a crew chief, at Road America in 2022. The pairing then won at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course and Texas Motor Speedway to cap off a three-win season.<\/p>\n

Reddick departed Richard Childress Racing to move to 23XI Racing for the 2023 season. With Reddick on the move, Kyle Busch joined RCR and was paired with Burnett.<\/p>\n

With Burnett on the pit box, Busch got his stint at Richard Childress Racing off to a fast start as they won three races, Auto Club<\/a>, Talladega<\/a>, and Gateway<\/a>, in their first season together. However, since the three-win season in 2023, Busch and Burnett have gone cold.<\/p>\n

Busch has gone winless over his last 87 races, the longest winless drought of his NASCAR Cup Series career.<\/p>\n

Burnett will look to get Busch back into victory lane before moving to Trackhouse Racing next season.<\/p>\n

Zilisch, 19, who will partner with Burnett next season, has amassed nine victories this year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series ranks. Currently, Zilisch has a streak of 15 consecutive top-five finishes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.<\/p>\n

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