From the September, 2006 issue of Stock Car Insider
Mixed Emotions for Richard Childress Racing!
Richard Childress must be feeling a bit manic these days. It seems whenever good news comes, it's quickly followed with bad. Coming off of Kevin Harvick's win in the Slyvania 300 last weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway, reports surfaced that RCR manipulated the wheels used on both Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton's cars to gain a competitive advantage. Both drivers vehemently denied any wrongdoing.Next, rewind to yesterday's Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway where points leader Kevin Harvick suffered mechanical problems late in the race that knocked him down to a 32nd place finish. Any disappointment the #29 team felt from a poor finish was quickly erased when their teammate, Jeff Burton, pulled out the win.
While Kevin Harvick fell from the points leader to 5th place (-55 points), Jeff Burton assumed the points lead by 6 points over Jeff Gordon. And so it goes this year, whenever one RCR driver suffers from misfortune, another driver pulls through for not only his team but the entire organization. Maybe this explains why RCR has two drivers in top 5 in points when no other team does.
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