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Rodney Childers to join JR Motorsports as a crew chief in 2026

Rodney Childers will be back atop the pit box in 2026, working as a crew chief for JR Motorsports and the No. 1 Chevrolet.

Childers brings with him the experience of over 600 Cup races, including 40 race wins and the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series championship with Kevin Harvick. He joined Spire Motorsports after a decade with Stewart-Haas Racing, but Spire and Childers parted ways early in the 2025 season. Before SHR, he led Michael Waltrip Racing to its first two victories as a team, as well as its last before shutting down.

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