Rheem Racing News

Two-time NASCAR Champion Austin Dillon will return to the NASCAR XFINITY Series with Rheem Manufacturing Company as primary sponsor on Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 Chevrolet for a majority of the 2015 season.

Dillon, the 2013 XFINITY Series Champion, will drive the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet under the RCR banner during the 2015 season while maintaining a full schedule in RCR’s No. 3 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is a two-time XFINITY Series race winner,

NASCAR Nationwide Series – Ford Ecoboost 300
November 15, 2014 – Homestead-Miami Speedway

The final race of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series was all about small victories for James Buescher and the No. 99 Rheem / RAB Racing team. Throughout the 2014 season, the Rheem Toyota team seemed to run into bad luck everywhere they turned. A solid result in the Ford Ecoboost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway would put all that behind them ending into the off-season.

NASCAR Nationwide Series – Ford Ecoboost 300
November 15, 2014 – Homestead-Miami Speedway
James Buescher, No. 99

James Buescher and the No. 99 Rheem team head into the Ford Ecoboost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway looking to close out the 2014 season on a high-note. The 24-year-old is no stranger to the Homestead-Miami Speedway. In his seventh season of competing at the highest levels of NASCAR, Buescher has one previous NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start and six NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start at the 1.5-mile oval.

NASCAR Nationwide Series – DAV 200 Honoring America’s Veterans
November 8, 2014 – Phoenix International Raceway

Looking to recover from a disappointing finish last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, James Buescher and the RAB Racing/Rheem team used a late-race green-white-checkered flag restart to climb their way back inside the top-15. Buescher, 24, started the second to last race of the season in the 16th position. The Texas native wasted no time moving forward through the field,

NASCAR Nationwide Series – DAV 200 Honoring America’s Veterans
November 8, 2014 – Phoenix International Raceway
James Buescher, No. 99

The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) invades the 1.0-mile tri-oval of Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) for the DAV 200 this Saturday afternoon. The 24-year-old has seven previous NNS starts at the raceway; in addition to his NNS experience at the track, the Texas native has four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starts including one top-10.

NASCAR Truck Series – WinStar World Casino and Resort 350
October 31st, 2014 – Texas Motor Speedway

Returning to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) for his final start of 2014 with NTS Motorsports, four-time series champion and all-time career wins (51) leader, Ron Hornaday Jr. rolled into Texas Motor Speedway to once again pilot the No. 9 Rheem Chevrolet Silverado. Following two productive days of on-track activity, at the end of the 147-lap event,

NASCAR Nationwide Series – O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
November 1st, 2014 – Texas Motor Speedway

James Buescher and the Rheem came into Texas Motor Speedway with high hopes of having a strong showing in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. After struggling to find speed with a new car during the two practice sessions on Friday, the speed was still lacking in qualifying. Buescher started 28th in the field of 40 for the 200-lap Saturday afternoon race.

NASCAR Truck Series – WinStar World Casino and Resort 350
October 31, 2014 – Texas Motor Speedway
Ron Hornaday, No. 9

For the 360th start of Ron Hornaday Jr.’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career, the Four-Time Champion will return to Texas Motor Speedway with NTS Motorsports and Rheem. After sweeping both Fort Worth races in the NCWTS in 2008 and also making a trip to victory lane in 2011, Hornaday is excited to continue his lone star success,

NASCAR Nationwide Series – O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
November 1, 2014 – Texas Motor Speedway
James Buescher, No. 99

The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) returns to action after taking a two-week break from the schedule. To start off the last three weeks of the 2014 season schedule, the series will head to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. Buescher cut his teeth in racing at TMS and has won on the various circuits.

NASCAR Nationwide Series – Drive For the Cure 300
October 10th, 2014 – Charlotte Motor Speedway

After showing speed early, James Buescher and the No. 99 Rheem Toyota team’s night ended early after getting caught up in a wreck on lap 74. The Texas native started the Drive for the Cure 300 from the 18th position. Buescher wasted no time early in the race and worked his way up to a top-15 running position. Early in the 200-lap race,