RCR suspends the No. 8, team renumbered to No. 33
Richard Childress Racing has suspended the use of the No. 8 for its NASCAR Cup Series program, electing to change to the No. 33 after the news of Kyle Busch’s sudden passing this week, the team announced Friday (May 22).
The team will utilize the No. 33 moving forward.
Busch’s stylized No. 8 was unveiled ahead of his debut with RCR for 2023.
Busch won three races in his first year with RCR.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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