Richard Childress




















































Richard Childress

RichardChildress.jpg
Childress in 2008

Born
(1945-09-21) September 21, 1945 (age 73)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements
1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 Winston Cup Series Champion car owner
2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 Busch Series Champion car owner
1995, 2011 Camping World Truck Series Champion truck owner
2011 ARCA Racing Series Champion car owner
Awards
NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee (2017)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
285 races run over 12 years
Best finish 5th (1975)
First race
1969 Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Last race
1981 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)











Wins Top tens Poles
0 76 0


NASCAR Grand National East Series career
17 races run over 2 years
Best finish 9th (1972)
First race 1972 Hickory 276 (Hickory)
Last race 1973 Buddy Shuman 100 (Hickory)











Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0

Statistics current as of October 30, 2013.

Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver and the current team owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR). As a business entrepreneur, Childress became one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina. A 2003/2004 business venture was the opening of a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in North Carolina.[1] Childress was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is on the Board of Directors to the National Rifle Association.[2] His grandsons Austin Dillon and Ty Dillon are NASCAR competitors.




Contents






  • 1 Driving career


  • 2 Ownership of Richard Childress Racing


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Controversies


    • 4.1 Alleged favoritism towards teams


    • 4.2 Kyle Busch


    • 4.3 2010 New Hampshire controversy


    • 4.4 Tire deflations




  • 5 Motorsports career results


    • 5.1 NASCAR


      • 5.1.1 Grand National Series


      • 5.1.2 Winston Cup Series


        • 5.1.2.1 Daytona 500








  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


    • 7.1 Further reading




  • 8 External links





Driving career


Childress' career in NASCAR's top levels started auspiciously when a drivers' strike at Talladega Superspeedway left NASCAR President William France Sr. looking for scab drivers. Childress started his first race as a scab. By 1971, Childress began racing on the top level as an independent driver, using the number 96. He changed to number 3 in 1976 as a tribute to Junior Johnson's past as a driver. Although he never won as a driver, he proved to be average behind the wheel registering six top-5, seventy-six top-10 finishes, with a career-best of third in 1978.[citation needed]



Ownership of Richard Childress Racing





Childress working the pits in 1986


He retired from driving in 1981 after Rod Osterlund sold his NASCAR team to J.D. Stacy, and Osterlund's driver, Dale Earnhardt, did not want to drive for Stacy. Childress, with recommendations from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, chose to retire and put Earnhardt behind the wheel of his No. 3 car, complete with Wrangler Jeans sponsorship. That first alliance lasted for the season. Ricky Rudd was hired in 1982 and drove for two years, giving Childress his first career victory in June 1983 at Riverside. Earnhardt returned for the 1984 season, and together with Childress formed one of the most potent combinations in NASCAR history. They won championships in 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994. In the mid-1990s, Childress began expanding his racing empire, fielding entries in the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series. The team won the 1995 Craftsman Truck Series championship with driver Mike Skinner in the series' first season. He expanded to a two-car operation in what is now known as the Sprint Cup, with driver Skinner driving the No. 31. In the first part of the 2000s, he expanded to three cars, with the No. 30 car driven by Jeff Green.


Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Childress promoted Busch driver Kevin Harvick to drive the renumbered No. 29. Harvick would win in only his third start, at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. With Harvick having won the Busch Series championship in 2001 and 2006, RCR became the first team in NASCAR history to win all three of NASCAR's national championship series. RCR also won the Busch Series owners championships in 2003 with Kevin Harvick and Johnny Sauter and in 2007 with Scott Wimmer and Jeff Burton. RCR won the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship, both with Childress' grandson Austin Dillon driving the No. 3.[citation needed]


Childress' full-time drivers in the Sprint Cup Series are:




  • Austin Dillon No. 3


  • Ryan Newman No. 31


Childress' full-time drivers in the Xfinity Series are:




  • Matt Tifft No. 2


  • Daniel Hemric No. 21



Personal life




A section of Interstate 85 between exit 96 and exit 102 has been declared the Richard Childress Freeway.


Richard Childress currently resides in one of the largest mansions in northwestern Davidson County, North Carolina. The Richard Childress Racing Museum is located in nearby Lexington, along with numerous racing maintenance shops. The Childress Vineyards winery is located a few miles south of the museum in Lexington at the US 52/US 64 interchange. Childress remains active in his current county of residence, attending fundraisers and supporting local candidates for office.[citation needed] He also owns a home in the famous Spruce Creek Fly In, Port Orange, Florida which he purchased from his friend, Mark Martin.


In 2008, Richard and his wife Judy established The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma[3] with the mission to lead national efforts to reduce death and disability following injury to children less than 18 years old.[4] The Childress Institute is focused on funding research and medical education throughout the U.S. to improve treatment, as well as raising public awareness.[4]


Childress has a number of racers in his family. His son-in-law is RCR general manager Mike Dillon, long-time Nationwide Series driver who made one Sprint Cup start (1998 California 500) in an RCR car. Austin and Ty Dillon (sons of Mike, grandchildren of Richard) are NASCAR drivers.


In 2017 he was elevated from Second Vice President[5] to First Vice President[6] of the National Rifle Association,which in accordance with NRA tradition would mean he could expected to serve as the organization's president from 2019 to 2021.
However,in 2018 Oliver North was designated to take over as president.



Controversies



Alleged favoritism towards teams


During the 2003 Pontiac Excitement 400, there was a feud between RCR drivers Kevin Harvick and Jeff Green. In 2001, Green helped RCR start what is currently the #27 Chevrolet team in the Cup series. Back then, the #27 was #30 and it was sponsored by AOL, with Green as the driver. Harvick and Green had a Busch Series rivalry, but rejected notions that they couldn't get along. During the race, Kevin Harvick wrecked Green with 128 laps to go, taking Green out of the race. An upset Green replied by confronting Harvick's crew chief Todd Berrier in the #29 pit stall, forcing Richard Childress to restrain him. Green later said to the medias that, "It's tough to be teammates when it seems like there is only one car at RCR." Green was fired the next day by Richard Childress, who said that change was needed after the relationship had gone awry.(21)



Kyle Busch


Childress was involved in a physical altercation with fellow Camping World Truck Series owner and current driver Kyle Busch following the Truck race on June 4, 2011. Joey Coulter, driver of Childress's No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado, battled tightly for position with the No. 18 Toyota Tundra of Busch. Coulter would eventually hold off Busch, taking the 5th spot in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. Once the race had concluded, Busch purposely bumped into the 22 truck on the cool-down lap.[7] Childress reportedly approached Busch in the garage area, took off his jewelry (a gold watch) and proceeded to punch Busch in the face. The fight was broken up and insults were exchanged before Childress put Busch in a headlock and hit him again.[8]


Two days later, NASCAR fined Childress $150,000 and placed him on probation through the end of the year.[9] Busch was not fined or disciplined. NASCAR President Mike Helton stated that "[Busch] did nothing that would have warranted the actions of Richard Childress."[10]



2010 New Hampshire controversy


In 2010 at the Sylvania 300, Clint Bowyer won the race in Childress' No. 33 Cheerio's car. However his car failed inspection twice. The car didn't meet specifications. Two days later NASCAR penalized Bowyer's team with a 6-week crew chief suspension, a 150-point deduction and a $150,000 fine for crew chief Shane Wilson. NASCAR executive Robin Pemberton said Childress' team didn't lose the win only because Mike Helton considered the team punished enough.


Childress filed an appeal. The penalty dropped Bowyer back to 12th in points, 185 points behind then championship leader Denny Hamlin. Childress appealed the decision, which reduced the suspension to four races and $100,000, but the 150-point deduction was upheld. The penalty eliminated any shot Bowyer had at the Cup series championship that year. Despite the penalties, Childress was pleased with the outcome of the penalties being reduced, claiming that chief appellate officer John Middlebrook was fair in the appeal.


Childress maintained during the appeals and to this day that the car failed inspection because it had been damaged by a pushing truck that pushed the car into victory lane when it ran out of gas.



Tire deflations


Following the 2015 Auto Club 400, NASCAR officials received rumors that teams in NASCAR were purposely deflating their tires. Deflation of the tires provides more control and grip on the track. Officials confiscated the tires of several teams including the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing car driven by Ryan Newman. Two weeks later, NASCAR penalized Childress's team with a $125,000 fine and a 6-race suspension for No. 31 crew chief Luke Lambert, and other key players. Also Newman was stripped of 75 driver & owner points. The penalty dropped him from 8th in the standings to 26th.


Childress and Newman appealed the penalties. They filed an appeal to the National Motorsports Appeal Panel. A hearing was scheduled for April 16. The penalties were slightly reduced. The $125,000 fine for Lambert was reduced to $75,000, the point deductions were reduced to 50 but the suspensions were upheld. Childress filed an appeal to the Final Appeals Board. There, the appeals board upheld the penalties, leaving Lambert and key players suspended. Newman dropped from 8th to 18th in the standings as a result.



Motorsports career results



NASCAR


(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)



Grand National Series





































































































































































































NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year
Team
No.
Make
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54

NGNC
Pts
Ref

1969

Richard Childress Racing
13

Chevy

MGR

MGY

RSD

DAY

DAY

DAY

CAR

AUG

BRI

ATL

CLB

HCY

GPS

RCH

NWS

MAR

AWS

DAR

BLV

LGY

CLT

MGR

SMR

MCH

KPT

GPS

NCF

DAY

DOV

TPN

TRN

BLV

BRI

NSV

SMR

ATL

MCH

SBO

BGS

AWS

DAR

HCY

RCH

TAL
23

CLB

MAR

NWS

CLT

SVH

AUG

CAR

JFC

MGR

TWS
NA
0
[11]

1971

Garn Racing
96

Chevy

RSD

DAY

DAY

DAY

ONT

RCH

CAR

HCY

BRI

ATL

CLB

GPS

SMR

NWS

MAR

DAR

SBO
21

TAL

ASH

KPT
22

CLT

DOV
18

MCH

RSD

HOU

GPS
23

DAY

BRI
DNQ

AST
28

ISP
31

TRN
36

NSV
21

ATL

BGS
21

ONA

MCH

TAL

CLB
27

HCY

DAR

MAR
DNQ

CLT


RCH
20

NWS

TWS

46th
601
[12]

Faustina Racing
5

Plymouth


DOV
30

CAR

MGR



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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year
Team
No.
Make
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

NWCC
Pts
Ref

1972

Richard Childress Racing
96

Chevy

RSD

DAY

RCH
29

ONT
DNQ

CAR
37

ATL

BRI
18

DAR

NWS
27

MAR
29

TAL

CLT

DOV
37


TWS
31

DAY

BRI
26

TRN
18

ATL

TAL

MCH

NSV
16

DAR

RCH
25

DOV
33

MAR
33

NWS
25

CLT

CAR

TWS
37th
1521.25
[13]

Warren Racing

Plymouth


MCH
19

RSD


1973

Garn Racing

Chevy

RSD

DAY
DNQ

RCH

CAR
9

BRI
20

ATL
13

NWS
16

DAR
4

MAR
24

TAL
22

NSV
23

CLT
11

DOV
18

TWS
35


MCH
14

DAY
27

BRI
25

ATL
23

TAL
31

NSV
20

DAR
40

RCH
12

DOV
16

NWS
17

MAR
25

CLT
18

CAR
14

15th
5169.5
[14]
98


RSD
17


1974
96

RSD

DAY
40

RCH
16

CAR
36

BRI
20

ATL
27

DAR
39

NWS
22

MAR
10

TAL
11

NSV
26

DOV
21

CLT
34

RSD
15

MCH
6

DAY
23

BRI
24

NSV
23

ATL
11

POC
12

TAL
13

MCH
27

DAR
18

RCH
24

DOV
18

NWS
7

MAR
24

CLT
41

CAR
24

ONT
12

16th
735.44
[15]

1975
88

RSD
11

5th
3818
[16]
96


DAY
18

RCH
9

CAR
6

BRI
9

ATL
15

NWS
17

DAR
22

MAR
9

TAL
10

NSV
16

DOV
16

CLT
23

RSD
9

MCH
10

DAY
13

NSV
6

POC
5

TAL
13

MCH
31

DAR
7

DOV
6

NWS
8

MAR
4

CLT
8

RCH
21

CAR
21

BRI
13

ATL
12

ONT
10


1976

Richard Childress Racing
3

Chevy

RSD
7

DAY
9

CAR
23

RCH
6

BRI
20

ATL
11

NWS
9

DAR
9

MAR
8

TAL
24

NSV
17

DOV
10

CLT
17

RSD
11

MCH
18

DAY
12

NSV
28

POC
9

TAL
8

MCH
13

BRI
10

DAR
36

RCH
25

DOV
20

MAR
10

NWS
23

CLT
15

CAR
27

ATL
25

ONT
36

11th
3428
[17]

1977

RSD
6

DAY
23

RCH
10

CAR
17

ATL
19

NWS
8

DAR
17

BRI
8

MAR
10

TAL
21

NSV
26

DOV
21

CLT
14

RSD
8

MCH
34

DAY
19

NSV
27

POC
17

TAL
20

MCH
33

BRI
8

DAR
8

RCH
26

DOV
7

MAR
15

NWS
6

CLT
16

CAR
18

ATL
21

ONT
10

9th
3463
[18]

1978

RSD
20


RCH
8

CAR
8


DAR
27

10th
3566
[19]

Olds


DAY
13


ATL
15

BRI
6

DAR
28

NWS
10

MAR
8

TAL
9

DOV
33

CLT
20

NSV
8

RSD
15

MCH
10

DAY
24

NSV
3

POC
24

TAL
25

MCH
31

BRI
7


RCH
11

DOV
12

MAR
12

NWS
14

CLT
9

CAR
10

ATL
30

ONT
11


1979

RSD
15

DAY
17


ATL
20


TAL
24


CLT
10

TWS
7

RSD
6

MCH
23

DAY
37


TAL
10

MCH
10

8th
3735
[20]

Chevy


CAR
5

RCH
26


NWS
7

BRI
11

DAR
16

MAR
14


NSV
6

DOV
29


NSV
7

POC
12


BRI
11

DAR
29

RCH
15

DOV
13

MAR
13

CLT
14

NWS
10

CAR
7

ATL
15

ONT
16

1980

RSD
6


CAR
14


NWS
11

MAR
11


NSV
29

DOV
8


TWS
6

RSD
18

MCH
14


NSV
9

POC
9


MCH
27

BRI
9

DAR
12

RCH
11

DOV
37

NWS
19

MAR
25

CLT
11

CAR
7

ATL
9

ONT
21
10th
3742
[21]

Olds


DAY
13

RCH
22


ATL
13

BRI
29

DAR
21


TAL
12


CLT
11


DAY
8


TAL
6


1981

Chevy

RSD
4

25th
2144
[22]

Pontiac


DAY
38

RCH
13

CAR
22

ATL
17

BRI
16

NWS
17

DAR
31

MAR
22

TAL
13

NSV
13

DOV
17

CLT
19

TWS
14

RSD
18

MCH
19

DAY
21

NSV
17

POC
23

TAL
26

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR

ATL


Junior Johnson & Associates
41

Buick


RSD
39


Daytona 500



























































Year
Team
Manufacturer
Start
Finish

1973

Garn Racing

Chevy
DNQ

1974
36
40

1975
36
18

1976

Richard Childress Racing

Chevy
36
9

1977
32
23

1978

Olds
19
13

1979
31
17

1980
22
13

1981

Pontiac
18
38


See also



  • Childress Vineyards

  • List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards



References





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  2. ^ "Board Spotlight: Richard Childress | NRA Publications and Magazines". Nrapublications.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


  3. ^ "NASCAR Foundation". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05.


  4. ^ ab "Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma mission".


  5. ^ Richard Childress named NRA Second Vice-President


  6. ^ [1]


  7. ^ "NASCAR owner Richard Childress reportedly fights Kyle Busch - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


  8. ^ "Kyle Busch, Richard Childress have an altercation after Trucks race". baltimoresun.com. 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


  9. ^ "Richard Childress fined $150K for altercation with Kyle Busch - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


  10. ^ "NASCAR clears Kyle Busch in incident". Msn.foxsports.com. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


  11. ^ "Richard Childress – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  12. ^ "Richard Childress – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  13. ^ "Richard Childress – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  14. ^ "Richard Childress – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  15. ^ "Richard Childress – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  16. ^ "Richard Childress – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  17. ^ "Richard Childress – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  18. ^ "Richard Childress – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  19. ^ "Richard Childress – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  20. ^ "Richard Childress – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  21. ^ "Richard Childress – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.


  22. ^ "Richard Childress – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2016.



21. Rodman, Dave (2003). Green out at RCR, no replacement named. NASCAR.com. Retrieved October 19, 2006.



Further reading



  • Associated Press (2011-11-04). "No. 3 to return full time to Nationwide". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-10-01.


External links








  • Richard Childress owner statistics at Racing-Reference


  • Richard Childress driver statistics at Racing-Reference










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