Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing to Collaborate on Chevrolet Engines

Hendrick Motorsports team and the Richard Childress Racing team are set to collaborate towards the end of the 2020 NASCAR season. As it turns out, the two teams are teaming up to establish a common engine spec with Chevrolet.

The idea is for the two to put their heads together in the research and development sector. At the same time, they will function on the racetrack as two separate entities, as rivals.

In light of this, Hendrick Motorsports Executive VP Jeff Andrews spoke to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. He said, “We started talking about this about two years ago. That the day was going to come when we really needed to figure out how to get these two programs together.”

What else did the Hendrick Motorsports Executive say?

Hendrick Motorsports and RCR are thrilled to announce this partnership. Therefore, they will likely have a joint development effort where the two programs will work in tandem. However, they will have two separate facilities for the respective teams to develop the engines.

Andrews continued, “You have to get to a point where, when you have these resources, these people. We have to do what’s best for Chevrolet, first and foremost to continue to push their performance. Get them back to the front of the field with wins and championships.”

He insisted that the two teams work in a very similar fashion. They worked on their aerodynamics around two years ago, and are now trying to do the same with their engines.

Obviously, the joint project did not take off without the approval of Mr. Hendrick and Mr. Childress. As it turns out, the two founders were excited at the prospect of this alliance. Now the primary aim is to extract the best out of the program and help Chevrolet improve as an engine.

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