May 14, 2026, 4:58 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Austin Dillon has been a stable presence within Richard Childress Racing since joining the NASCAR Cup Series in 2014. Dillon has two Crown Jewel victories, coming in the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 and 2018 Daytona 500; however, he has struggled in recent years. So, could the Richard Childress Racing driver’s ride be in jeopardy?<\/p>\n
Dillon is expected to return to the No. 3 car for Richard Childress Racing during the 2027 Cup Series season, as reported by FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass<\/a>. Dillon has won races in each of the last two Cup Series seasons, despite struggling in overall performance. This is similar to Kyle Busch and the No. 8 team since 2023.<\/p>\n While Dillon should be returning to Richard Childress Racing, it is unclear who will be joining him in the No. 8 car. Busch is in a contract year, and Jesse Love is waiting in the wings for a Cup Series ride. Either way, Dillon will continue to be the steady force in Richard Childress Racing, driving the No. 3 car.<\/p>\n More: Kyle Busch’s plans for the 2027 NASCAR season receives a big update<\/a>Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 14, 2026, 4:58 p.m. ET Austin Dillon has been a stable presence within Richard Childress Racing since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[159202,49,48,634,247067,82,161408,160874,190829,160875,160885,160883,160878,159088,159089,159085],"class_list":["post-670778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sourcemotorsports-wire","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsmotornascar","tag-sstsnnascar","tag-tagaustin-dillon","tag-tagauto-racing","tag-tagdaytona-500","tag-tagfox-sports","tag-tagnascar","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}