{"id":239326,"date":"2025-09-19T16:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:26:12","slug":"randall-burnett-to-leave-rcr-and-kyle-busch-after-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239326\/","title":{"rendered":"Randall Burnett to Leave RCR and Kyle Busch After 2025 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/nascar-cup-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> season has been wild for teams and drivers alike and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is no exception. The \u21168 Chevrolet Camaro with <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kyle-busch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Busch<\/a> has had its own set of challenges and the rumors are swirling that crew chief Randall Burnett may be leaving RCR after the season.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett has been with RCR since 2017 and worked in various technical roles before becoming Kyle Busch\u2019s crew chief in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Early on the team was strong with several top 5s and wins but 2025 has been tough. Short tracks and car setup have been the challenges and consistency has been hard to come by. And lately, it\u2019s been less consistent with short track challenges and car setup issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Could This Be the End of Kyle Busch and Burnett\u2019s Struggling Run at\u00a0RCR?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NASCAR-Food-City-Dirt-Race-18108644-788x525.jpg\" alt=\"NASCAR: Food City Dirt Race\" class=\"wp-image-1337469\"  \/>Credit: Randy Sartin-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Now, there are rumors going around that with all these challenges, Burnett will leave Richard Childress Racing at the end of the season, from a trusted NASCAR insider, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOye12ake6L\/?igsh=MXdkaHRxc2NiaW5kaw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nascarrumornostalgia<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion, has struggled to get into the groove this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/driver\/stats\/_\/id\/580\/kyle-busch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In 29 races<\/a> this season, he has 2 top 5s and 8 top 10s with an average finish of 18 and no wins. Busch and Burnett are working hard to try and fix the issues, but the results are inconsistent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And this winless streak has stretched beyond this season as Busch\u2019s last win was in 2023. And that naturally raises questions about team performance and team plans going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the struggles Burnett is committed to his role and says it\u2019s all about teamwork. \u201cWe have a long way to go to get RCR up front, but we\u2019re working hard to get back in the mix on Sundays\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/videos\/franchise\/nascar-cup-post-race-reactions\/randall-burnett-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-to-get-rcr-up-front\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the season goes on the NASCAR world will be watching. If Burnett decides to leave RCR it will be the end of an era for both the crew chief and the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/farrah.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMy  love  for  motorsports  started  in  my  childhood  in  Tunisia,  watching  races  with  my  family.  Fast  forward  to  today,  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/farah-ben-gamra\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farah Ben Gamra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t                        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has been wild for teams and drivers alike and Richard Childress Racing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[22238,1406,44899,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-239326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-kyle-busch","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-richard-childress-racing","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115231902000380132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}