Randall Burnett
| File:Randall Burnett (53643750123) (cropped).jpg Burnett at Martinsville Speedway in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | Fenton, Missouri |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | NASCAR Cup Series |
| Team | 8. Richard Childress Racing |
Randall Burnett is an American professional NASCAR crew chief who currently works for Richard Childress Racing as the crew chief for their No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Kyle Busch. In 2026, he will move to Trackhouse Racing as the crew chief for Connor Zilisch's Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series. He previously crew chiefed Tyler Reddick for RCR on the No. 8 car as well as in the Xfinity Series, where the two of them won the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship together.
Racing career
Burnett began his crew chiefing career in 2016, replacing Brian Burns as the crew chief for JTG Daugherty Racing's No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series, driven by A. J. Allmendinger. He had previously been the engineer for Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 42 Cup Series car driven by Kyle Larson.[1] He was released from the team partway through the 2017 season. Later in the year, he would join Richard Childress Racing as the crew chief for their No. 2 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, replacing Justin Alexander, who was promoted to crew chief RCR's No. 3 car in the Cup Series, replacing Slugger Labbe. The car was driven by multiple drivers in 2017, Matt Tifft full-time in 2018, and Tyler Reddick full-time in 2019. Burnett and Reddick won the 2019 Xfinity Series championship together. In 2020, Reddick moved up to the Cup Series full-time, driving RCR's No. 8 car, and Burnett moved up with him, replacing Luke Lambert as the crew chief of that car. Burnett has remained in that position ever since and will continue as crew chief of the No. 8 car when it is driven by Kyle Busch starting in 2023 (with Reddick moving to a new third RCR Cup Series car before leaving for 23XI Racing in 2024).[2]
Burnett and Kyle Busch started the 2023 season strong, coming close to winning the Clash and the Daytona 500 and then winning the second race of the year at Fontana as well as the races at Talladega in April and Gateway.
On September 23, 2025, it was announced that Burnett would leave RCR in 2026 to go to Trackhouse Racing to crew chief Connor Zilisch in his rookie season in the Cup Series.[3]
Personal life
References
- ↑ Spencer, Lee (November 23, 2015). "JTG makes crew chief change for Allmendinger". Motorsport.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ↑ Albert, Zack (September 13, 2022). "Kyle Busch joins RCR for 2023, ending tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ↑ DeGroot, Nick (September 23, 2025). "Kyle Busch crew chief Randall Burnett will exit RCR to join Zilisch at Trackhouse". Motorsport.com.
- ↑ "Missouri Native Randall Burnett Eager For NASCAR Homecoming at WWT Raceway". Richard Childress Racing. June 1, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
External links
- Randall Burnett crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
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