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Richard Childress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945 in Winston-Salem, NC) is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner in NASCAR Nextel Cup competition. Childress was such a driver, and started his first race as a replacement. By 1971, Childress began racing on the top level as an independent driver, using the number 3 as a tribute to Junior Johnson's past as a driver. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Childress   (392 words)

Richard Childress Racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Recently Childress has expanded his intrests into the food industry, recently coming out with his own brand of wine and sausages. On February 18, 2001, on the last lap of the Daytona 500, Earnhardt was tagged from behind and crashed head-on into the turn 4 wall. Deciding to carry on, Childress changed the number of the car to 29, changed the paint schme from fl to white, and chose his Busch Series driver Kevin Harvick to drive the car. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Childress_Racing   (2019 words)

The Childers ~ Childress Family Association Childress Genealogy Childress was born Abt 1850 in, Kanawha, Virginia. Janetta "Nettie" Childress was born Abt 1859 in, Kanawha, Virginia. Richard Childress (Murray, Ebbert "Ebb", Felix W., Henry, Robert, Richard) was born 17 Dec 1922 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. www.childers-childress.com /richchild.html   (10787 words)

Richard Childress | Clint Bowyer | Sports Connection | ACDelco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Childress was the first NASCAR team owner to win championships in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series (Dale Earnhardt —; 1986, ’87, ’90, ’91, ’93, and ’94), Busch series (Kevin Harvick — 2001, Harvick and Johnny Sauter — 2003), and Truck series (Mike Skinner —; 1995). Childress finished fifth in the point standings in 1975 and earned top-10 points finishes in five of the eight full seasons he competed as a driver. Childress received the 2002 Bill France Award of Excellence from Pocono Raceway presented to the person, corporation, or organization that has made outstanding contributions to the sport of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing. www.acdelco.com /html/cb_childress.htm   (360 words)

NASCAR.com : Drivers & Teams : owners Richard Childress is the first owner to win championships in the NASCAR's top series(Dale Earnhardt -- 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93 and '94), Busch Grand National (Kevin Harvick -- 2001) and Truck Series (Mike Skinner -- 1995), earning more than 100 victories. Childress retired as a driver in mid-1981, naming a young Dale Earnhardt to finish the season in his car. Childress formed a second Cup team in 1996, added two Busch teams in 2000 and a third Cup team in 2001. www.nascar.com /drivers/tps/rcr   (128 words)

NASCAR.com - Chat Transcript: Richard Childress - March 14, 2001 Richard Childress We had talked about the caliber of driver we wanted to put in the car and Dale Earnhardt was involved in who was going to drive the car when he retired. Richard Childress I think the whole stronghold of this race team is that all of us knew that Dale Earnhardt was a racer and we are trying to make him proud of what we are doing. Richard Childress We all thank you for your prayers and support through these tough times and it is a difficult thing for all of us to go through. www.nascar.com /2001/NEWS/03/14/transcript_childress   (1624 words)

rpm.espn.com: Childress has watched Harvick struggle Kevin Harvick, a phenom in 2001 who became Rookie of the Year and was considered a championship contender at the start of this season, is a mortifying 35th. Childress is hopeful things will begin to straighten out Sunday, when Harvick starts 19th in a brand new Chevrolet with a setup similar to ones the team used last year when he won two races and finished ninth in the Winston Cup standings. Childress has so far forbidden Harvick to race again in the truck series, but said Saturday he is close to signing off on another event. espn.go.com /rpm/wc/2002/0615/1395308.html   (726 words)

USATODAY.com - Childress chases title without legend, friend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Childress, an owner with much clout in NASCAR, is sitting in a cushy captain's chair in the motor coach that serves as home on race weekends, pointing out the window toward Daytona's garage area. Childress gave the ride to Kevin Harvick, 26, a brash rookie from California who was supposed to be developing his skills in Childress' Busch Series car in 2001 and moving to Winston Cup this season. For years, rivals have suspected Richard Childress Racing cars have an easier time getting through prerace inspections — where NASCAR officials make sure teams aren't gaining a competitive advantage by using a variety of illegal parts, from body panels to engine accessories — although such suspicions are usually dismissed as jealousy. www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/daytona500/2002-02-15-childress-cover.htm   (1701 words)

Richard Childress: A Business Decision Over the last three decades, Richard Childress has built one of the most successful racing dynasties in NASCAR, but R.C. will be the first to tell you that he is a much better businessman than he ever was a driver. Richard Childress Racing has been a dominant force throughout the 1980s and well into the 1990s, when the No. 3 team won four championships in five years. Childress has had several sponsorship offers to start a third team and, with Jack Roush's operation having expanded to five teams, Rick Hendrick maintaining three teams, and Joe Gibbs adding a second Busch series car that will mature into a Winston Cup deal, the time is right to grow again. www.stockcarracing.com /thehistoryof/1583   (2380 words)

CNNSI.com - NASCAR Plus - CNNSI.com's Denise N. Maloof: Childress gives bird's-eye view to qualifying - ... Childress adds a few words, then points toward the track, where Ken Schrader's Pontiac is now a yellow-tinged blur. Childress retires to the aluminum bench welded to one corner of the hauler's protective roof railing. Childress paces the hauler roof while watching the No. 30 Chevrolet, one hand shielding his sunglasses from glare. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/nascar_plus/news/2002/03/20/childress_qualifying   (953 words)

A.J. Foyt Partners with Richard Childress for Indy 500 Richard and I have been friends for many, many years and I know he has enjoyed coming to Indy in the past so I figured I’d give him a reason to come again. Childress was a frequent visitor to the Speedway in May during practice and Pole Day qualifying in the 1980’s. Childress won the Brickyard 400 in 1995 with the late Dale Earnhardt, who led the race’s final 28 laps. www.stockcarracing.com /thehistoryof/21198   (485 words)

Race 2 Win: Richard Childress Racing Press Conference Richard Childress: “First off, I’d like to thank all the press for giving us our space during this time. Richard Childress: “That was a question that came up a whole lot. Richard Childress: “None of us were thinking clear, and none of us gave that a thought. www.race2win.net /wc/01/rcrpc.html   (2153 words)

RCR Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Richard Childress Racing agreed to insure Earnhardt for $7.2 million, to be payable to Teresa Earnhardt if he died during the first year of the contract. A $3.5 million life insurance policy was already in effect with National Life of Vermont and Richard Childress Racing purchased an additional policy worth $3.7 million through agents of United of Omaha, a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha prior to Earnhardt’s death. Richard Childress Racing contends that United of Omaha did not conduct such an investigation and illegally refused to pay under the policy, thus violating the law and regulations applicable to insurance companies in North Carolina. www.rcrracing.com /messageboards/trans/displayShortMsgRpt.asp?type=1&id=553   (413 words)

REESE'S RACING : Team Owner: Richard Childress Childress hired drivers Mike Dillon and Kevin Harvick for the 2000 season. Childress' success continued in 2001, when he became the first team owner to win championships in NASCAR's top three series. Childress paired Harvick with Sauter and had the pair split driving duties. www.hersheys.com /racing/team29/owner.asp   (877 words)

TEC | Richard Childress After years as a struggling independent driver, sharing a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread with his crew, Richard Childress retired as a driver and put Dale Earnhardt in his cars. Childress' knowledge of cars, racing and business have put him on a short list of the top owners in the sport. Childress is married, and he and his wife Judy have a daughter and two grandchildren. www.daleearnhardt.net /rcr/richard.htm   (395 words)

Richard Childress Racing : Rotoworld.com - Richard Childress Racing News from Rotoworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) His wife, Delana, and car owner, Richard Childress, comforted him and he was able to go on with the interview. The Richard Childress Racing #29 Chevrolet did not have the gas overflow tube connected, the trunk area was not sealed properly and the shock doors inside the trunk are were opened and not secured. Besides piloting Richard Childress Racing's #29 Chevrolet in the Batman Begins 400, Harvick has entered his own #192 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Silverado in the June 18th Paramount Health Insurance 200 truck race. www.rotoworld.com /content/clubhouse_news.asp?leaguenum=&sport=NAS&majteam=29   (1629 words)

Childress Vineyards Childress Vineyards set to open doors in the Fall of 2004 » full story Childress to develop winery and vineyard » full story Nestled at the gateway of the Yadkin Valley, Childress Vineyards is planted on 65 acres of fertile farmland, and our winery sits at the crossroads of two popular routes, U.S 52 and U.S. 64, just west of Lexington. www.childressvineyards.com /home.asp   (167 words)

RacinDeals.com Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Robby Gordon is the driver of Richard Childress Racing's #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet and in one word I believe I can describe his current situation at RCR, that word is lonely. Childress is hesitant to do this so AOL may be out shopping for a new team. I believe Childress respects Gordon as a driver, but at the end of the day he knows Burton can take his team to the next level while Gordon is a 15th to 20th place driver in the championship points chase. www.racindeals.com /record.asp?ArticleID=869   (1441 words)

AUTO RACING - CBS SportsLine.com The move fulfilled the wishes of Earnhardt, who at one time wanted Childress to pursue the young driver to be his teammate. "I've taken a tremendous amount of personal interest in getting Richard Childress Racing back to where it used to be, and that's because I have a lot of respect for where it was and what Richard's done and what Earnhardt did, and for what I think Richard can do," Burton says. "I know some people think that Richard Childress Racing is up in the middle of nowhere, and it's a bunch of country guys trying to run a race team the way they did 20 years ago. www.sportsline.com /autoracing/story/8115246   (696 words)

NASCAR.com - Q&A: Richard Childress - March 31, 2003 Childress teammates Jeff Green (30) and Robby Gordon (31) run together at Daytona. During a break in the action at Texas Motor Speedway, the president of Richard Childress Racing sat down with NASCAR.com's Dave Rodman to discuss the status of his Winston Cup teams, reorganization after Dale Earnhardt's death and the impact that engineers have had on the sport. Richard Childress shares a conversation with NASCAR president Mike Helton during pre-season testing. www.nascar.com /2003/news/headlines/wc/03/31/rchildress_qa   (1235 words)

OSRAM SYLVANIA - Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress Racing Enterprises, Inc. has set the standard for modern-era stock car racing teams. It fields the Winston Cup teams of the 2001 Busch Series champion and the 2001 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, Kevin Harvick, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Champion, Jeff Green, and Robby Gordon, and the Busch Series teams of Ron Hornaday, Jr., and the two-driver team of Harvick and Johnny Sauter. Richard Childress Racing sits on nearly 35 acres and consists of 13 buildings and more than 300,000 sq. www.sylvania.com /aboutus/sylvaniaracing/richardchildressracing   (1068 words)

ABC News: Ex-Driver Tries to Sell NASCAR Fans on Wine Richard Childress, a former NASCAR driver turned team owner, also is the owner of Childress Vineyards in North Carolina. There, Richard Childress, a former NASCAR driver turned team owner, spent more than $12 million converting his back yard into a vineyard. So Childress has his work cut out for him trying to turn his beer and bourbon drinkers into connoisseurs of Bordeaux and blush. abcnews.go.com /WNT/Business/story?id=963427&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (415 words)

Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Past Team News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Richard Childress, president and CEO of RCR, attended as an analyst for The Speed Channel's coverage of the event, which is scheduled to air July 18 at 8:00pm/et.(RCR PR)(5-26-2004) Richard Childress, who won six Winston Cup championships with Dale Earnhardt under the points system in place since 1975, said he was hesitant about a proposed playoff format for NASCAR's top series, but has since gained a better understanding of it. Richard Childress may be losing a crew chief to the Bobby Labonte-Jimmy Makar team, according to team sources, and there has been speculation that it could be Todd Berrier [#30 AOL Crew Chief/driver Jeff Green], who has been Childress' top performing crew chief this year. www.jayski.com /teams/past/30past.htm   (20164 words)

PTC Partners with Richard Childress Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Richard Childress Racing will use Pro/ENGINEER Manufacturing Solutions to generate and optimize NC toolpaths for 5-axis machining of their engine blocks and race-car components. Celebrating 30 years of NASCAR racing in 1998, Richard Childress Racing has won six of the last twelve NASCAR Winston Cup Championships. Richard Childress Racing operates two Winston Cup teams, a NASCAR Truck team, a show car program with 10 show cars and a motorsport museum. www.ptc.com /company/news/press/releases/19980916childress.htm   (457 words)

Richard J. Childress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The Childress Lecture, named in honor of former Dean Richard J. Childress (1969-1976), is a premier academic event highlighting a provocative and timely area of law. The lecture commemorates the contributions Dean Childress made academically, ethically and socially to benefit the School of Law. Among other achievements, Dean Childress is credited with founding the Saint Louis University Law Journal. lawlib.slu.edu /conf/childress/childress.html   (82 words)

RICHARD CHILDRESS RIDES AGAIN - RacingWest CONCORD, North Carolina Richard Childress Racing (RCR) awarded the grand prize for the “Ride With Richard” sweepstakes today as RCR president and CEO Richard Childress made laps at Lowe’s Motor Speedway with winner Bob Buell. In addition to his “Ride With Richard,” Buell, along with his guest Christine Anderson, received round-trip airfare, lodging at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, $500 spending money and a VIP weekend at the track. In 35 years as a team owner in NASCAR’s upper echelons, Childress has earned more than 125 victories and was the first owner to win championships in the NEXTEL Cup Series (1986, '87, '90, '91, '93, '94), Busch Series (2001 and owners'-only in 2003) and Truck Series (1995). www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/9951   (509 words)

Cingular Wireless to Team With Richard Childress Racing In 2002 Winston Cup Series Cingular, the country's second largest wireless company, will be a primary sponsor of Richard Childress Racing, and will compete nationally in the 36-race series in the Cingular Wireless Chevrolet. The driver and the number of the Cingular Wireless/Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet will be announced in the near future. Childress and his teams have earned more than 100 victories and more than $50 million in NASCAR Winston Cup, Busch and Truck Series competition. www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-15-2001/0001555851&EDATE=   (444 words)

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