Richard Childress Racing Names New VP of Competition and Chief Technology Officer

Austin Dillon comes in after practice at Pocono in July
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In an effort to improve performance in 2018, Richard Childress Racing has made changes in their front office. NASCAR veteran Andy Petree has been appointed the Vice President of Competition, and Dr. Eric Warren as Chief Technology Officer. Both members of the staff have more than 50 years of experience in the sport. 

"These organizational moves will strengthen our competition department tremendously," said Richard Childress, Chairman, and CEO of RCR in the team release. "We felt that Andy did an exceptional job in the past month during his review of our competition area. Bringing him on as a Vice President of Competition is a valuable addition to our leadership team."


"I've known Andy for a long time and we're thrilled to have him work alongside our team, including Eric in his new role as Chief Technology Officer. This move will allow Eric to use his years of experience and many technical talents to focus on engineering and the application of emerging technologies," Childress said.

Petree has seen many different parts of the sport including piloting a race car in both the NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. Petree is most famous though as a crew chief where he won the Cup series championship with Dale Earnhardt Sr. 1993 and 1994. 

Warren, a 20 year veteran of the sport, has done taken many tasks in the sport including competition director, chief aerodynamicist and technical director. Warren joined RCR in October of 2012 and has been a part of 24 victories and one championship in NASCAR's top-three touring series. (Koelle,2017)