The Chandler Smith and Carson Brown tandem in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series at Richard Childress Racing was three years in the making.
Danny Lawrence, who oversees division operations for RCR, says the recruitment of Brown has been something he and Chief Operating Officer Mike Dillon have contemplated for quite a long time.
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“This is going to surprise you,” Lawrence told Motorsport.com, “but Mike called me one day and said ‘there’s a kid in my neighborhood that’s in Late Models, and he’s racing everything, and he’s pretty good.’ That’s where this whole thing started.
“Mike met Brad, his father, and they got to be friends. We had them come out...
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