RCR Enterprises, LLC Announces Leadership Appointments

WELCOME, NC (February 2, 2026) – RCR Enterprises, LLC, the parent company of Richard Childress Racing , ECR Engines, RCR Manufacturing Solutions, CT Spring Company, and others, announced this week several key leadership appointments designed to promote strategic development and emerging opportunities inside and outside of motorsports. Each RCR Enterprises operating company is now represented by a business president, with Bob Fisher leading ECR Engines, Mike Brown taking the helm of RCR Manufacturing Solutions (RCRMS), and Jim Suth overseeing Childress Technologies (CT) Spring Company.

All three business presidents report to RCR Enterprises president Mike Verlander and RCR Enterprises chairman and CEO, Richard Childress .

“RCR Enterprises is positioned for growth with the appointments of three strong business presidents in Bob Fisher, Mike Brown, and Jim Suth,” said RCR president Mike Verlander. “Beyond RCR’s legendary status as a championship-winning race team, Richard Childress has quietly expanded operations into manufacturing, advanced analytics, engineering and defense work, building a national presence while becoming one of the top employers in Davidson County, North Carolina. Having strong, business-savvy presidents leading key areas of RCR Enterprises’ operations sets us up for long-term stability and continued progression.”

ECR Engines, a high-performance combustion engine research, development and production company, will benefit from the continued leadership and expertise of Fisher, who as president, leads the day-to-day operations of one of NASCAR’s most proficient engine operations. Fisher has more than 30 years of experience working with combustion engines and has been part of ECR since the company’s inception. Wiles, who first joined ECR in 2014 and has significant experience in research and development, engine design and integration, has been named vice president and chief operating officer and is vital to ECR’s continued growth. ECR has expanded in recent years to include numerous projects outside of motorsports, including a revolutionary project with M2X Energy designed to eliminate methane emissions through a transportable, modular, gas-to-methane mobile plant.

As president of RCRMS, Brown and his team develop and implement business strategies and opportunities for the RCR manufacturing business, including development of the company’s precision machining business, specifically as it relates to RCR’s Okuma Technology Center capabilities, focus on military applications, along with RCR’s engineering services and manufacturing group. Brown has more than 30 years of experience in motorsports, including more than 15 years at RCR. In recent years, RCRMS’ manufacturing, machining and engineering capabilities have served as a catalyst to position RCR Enterprises as a trusted integrator, especially in the areas of ground mobility and defense as evidenced through a recent collaboration with American defense and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin, who recently conducted a successful 90-degree launch Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) utilizing a special 6x6 military vehicle purpose-built by RCRMS.

Suth, president of CT Spring Company, oversees the production of high-performance valve springs within the motor sports ecosystem, as well as for other high-performance applications. CT springs are used in Richard Childress Racing and Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR engines, General Motors engines competing in IMSA and other forms of road racing, as well as various grassroots sprint car, late model, and modified engines. Suth is a third-generation spring maker who managed the startup of the valve spring manufacturing facility which is now based in Lexington, N.C., and led the valve spring manufacturing research and development efforts at ECR from 2007 through 2021 before officially moving to the CT Spring Company.

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