NASCAR fans are about to get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Richard Childress Racing as the team prepares to kick off the season at Daytona International Speedway.
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The championship-winning organization revealed on Jan. 26 that it will release a six-part documentary series on YouTube leading up to Daytona. This series, "Road to Daytona," will feature interviews with all four Richard Childress Racing drivers, as well as the team owner.
According to the description, the series will also feature insight from the engineers and crew chiefs who get the cars ready for Xfinity Series and Cup Series races.
Road to Daytona: Coming Soon
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Richard Childress Racing did not provide a release date for the docuseries.
"So the Daytona 500 in our sport is basically the Super Bowl of racing," Kyle Busch said in the trailer. "The race in which NASCAR was built on."
Busch continued and aptly described the importance of the season-opening Cup Series race. He acknowledged that it would feel like a failure if he went through his entire career without winning the Daytona 500, a race that routinely features high-profile celebrities as spectators.
The 2.5-mile superspeedway in Florida is a track where Richard Childress Racing has delivered success. Austin Dillon, who will appear in the series, has won both the Daytona 500 and the Daytona summer race. He also won an Xfinity Series race at Daytona while driving for RCR.
Austin Hill has won the last three season-opening Xfinity Series races at Daytona. He is one of six drivers who have combined to win nine Xfinity races at Daytona for RCR.
RCR's success at Daytona extends to the Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500 once and the Daytona summer race twice. Kevin Harvick won the Daytona 500 and the summer race.
What is the secret to this success at Daytona over the decades? The upcoming series is unlikely to provide a detailed answer, but the drivers and crew members will be able to highlight exactly why racing at Daytona is like high-speed chess.
