CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch’s announcement Tuesday that he’ll join Richard Childress Racing in 2023 was anticlimactic because of a report this past weekend that the deal was done.
But there remained a number of questions. Some of those questions were answered Tuesday.
Here are key questions and answers (where possible) about Busch’s move from Joe Gibbs Racing after this season to drive for Richard Childress Racing:
He’ll be in the No. 8 car.
Childress said he spoke to Tyler Reddick about an hour before the announcement that Reddick would not be in the No. 8 car next year. It was a less-than-subtle reference to Childress saying previously he was not aware of Reddick’s announcement to 23XI Racing in 2024 until about an hour before it was made.
Said Childress of his conversation with Reddick Tuesday: “I just told him we had a contract to race next year and I’ll talk to him later about keeping him posted on how it’s going and what we’re going to be doing, how we’re going to put it together.”
Randall Burnett, who is serving as Reddick’s crew chief, will move over to Busch’s team next year.
“We’re both going to have to learn each other,” Burnett said. “I know when he comes in, it’s all business on the weekend, it’s come to win. That’s what I like. That’s just what I like to do. It’s going to be my job to give him everything he needs, and I don’t mind the pressure.”
Childress did not announce any sponsors, saying those would be forthcoming. He said the team “already had some commitments.”
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Three. Childress will have teams for Busch, Reddick and Austin Dillon. All three will have a charter, meaning Childress will need to acquire a third charter.
Childress said: “Our plan is to race three cars next year, and we’re way down
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