Correct history of DEI / RCR engines

From an August 2016 RCR press release on NASCAR.com;

WELCOME, N.C. -- ECR Technologies (ECR), the high-performance research, development and engine production company located on the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) campus in Welcome, North Carolina, is now a wholly owned division of RCR Enterprises, LLC. With the strong brand equity that ECR has built in worldwide motorsports since 2007, the company will continue to use the name ECR Engines.


The state-of-the-art company has grown over the past nine years to provide engines for NASCAR teams such as RCR, Germain Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing, Circle Sport - Leavine Family Racing, and others in the Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series.


Beyond NASCAR, ECR also produces engines for the Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototypes competing in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, SCCA, dirt and asphalt short track, and sprint car racing.

ECR was formed in 2007 when Richard Childress Racing and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. combined their engine development and production efforts. The subsidiary of RCR Enterprises has earned more than 250 victories, including two Daytona 500s, three Brickyard 400 championships, and championships in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. ECR Engines won the 2014 and 2015 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype.


With a focus on leading-edge development and world-class engine production, ECR Engines enjoys technical partnerships with market leaders in innovation, including Chevrolet, WIX Filters, Lucas Oil, Zeiss, PTC, Cometic Gasket, Bosch, Clevite, ARP, Smith Brothers, Spring Technologies, Total Seal, and others.

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So when Dale was alive, DEI just produced engines for themselves??
 
Started in the late 90's or early 00's with RAD at Restrictor plates. RCR, Andy Petree racing and DEI.
 
From another NASCAR.com article;

Childress and Petree’s relationship didn’t end when Petree left RCR. Along with fellow team owner Dale Earnhardt, the three formed RAD, a technical alliance that combined resources to focus on research and development. Much of that work resulted in dominant superspeedway programs for the group.
“We were working on some forward-thinking things in that RAD alliance,” Petree said. “There were a lot of things that we were spending a lot of money on that weren’t producing any fruit for us. At least immediately. I convinced Dale and Richard that we shift that (focus) to things we were doing that were really moving the needle. And when we did it made a huge difference."


RAD was primarily an R&D/engineering program. If anything engine related came out of it, it was ancillary to the primary focus.
 
Thanks Formerjackman for the history lesson. I can see why Petree is back with RCR again.
 
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