In today’s NASCAR, Richard Childress is a successful team owner. Currently, he fields four full-time rides in the Sprint Cup Series and his teams are also active in the Nationwide Series and occasionally in the Camping World Truck Series.
But, before he was a team owner, Richard Childress was a driver.
He raced for a number of years in NASCAR’s highest division and earned six top-5 finishes and 76 top-10s. In 1975, he had his career best season when he finished 5th in the point standings.
He formed Richard Childress Racing in 1972 but continued to drive until 1981. That year Dale Earnhardt got behind the wheel of Childress’ car and he never left.
Childress and Earnhardt won six championships and 67 races together before Earnhardt’s death in the 2001 Daytona 500.
In addition to his team, Childress has a lot of off-track endeavors including his winery located in Lexington, NC and the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
All of his accomplishments, on and off the racetrack, prove why Richard Childress has been nominated for the NASCAR Hall of Fame inaugural class.
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