The partnership includes technology sharing, engineering, research
and development provided to Germain Racing as they switch their No. 13 GEICO
Cup Series cars to Chevrolet next season. The partnership also includes Germain
Racing utilizing the highly reliable and powerful engines of ECR Engines.
This will also be a homecoming of sorts for the team’s driver,
Casey Mears, who drove for RCR in 2009.
“We are very pleased to have a team like Germain Racing become our
partner,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress
Racing. “Bob (Germain) and his team have worked very hard to become one of the
better single-car teams over the past few years and we are looking to build on
what they’ve already achieved.
”They’ve proven they can be winners by what they did in the
Camping World Truck Series. Bob is an asset to this sport for wanting to
improve the team’s performance and take them to the next level. We also look
forward to having Casey back in the RCR family.”
Located in Mooresville, N.C., Germain began competing in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2004, and won championships
in both 2006 and 2010. They entered the Nationwide Series in 2007, making 113
starts through the end of 2011. Their full-time Sprint Cup Series endeavors
began in 2009.
“Richard Childress and
RCR have an extremely competitive program with a long history of winning races
and championships. They have great people and tremendous resources which will
allow us to continue to improve our GEICO team’s performance in 2014 and beyond,”
said Bob Germain Jr., team owner.
Dave, what are your thoughts - is it the team, or the driver, or both, that's kept them from improving like, for example, Furniture Row has? Mears was with a few big teams and not done as well as his teammates before he came here, but sometimes that's not the driver's fault. And this is the third manufacturer in a few years for Germain at the Cup level. - Mike, NH
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