| Richard Childress | |||||||
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.jpg) Childress in 2010 | |||||||
| Born | Richard Reed Childress September 21, 1945 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 Winston Cup Series Champion car owner 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019 Xfinity 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 (2017) | ||||||
| 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) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of October 30, 2013. | |||||||
Richard Reed Childress (born September 21, 1945) is an American former race car driver in NASCAR. As the owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR). In 2004, he opened a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley AVA near Lexington.[1] Childress sat on the board of directors at the National Rifle Association of America until 2019.[2][3]
- ^ "Childress Vineyards". Childress Vineyards. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "Board Spotlight: Richard Childress | NRA Publications and Magazines". Nrapublications.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ Asher Stockler (August 20, 2019). "Exclusive: Fifth NRA Board Member Resigns Amid String of Recent Defections". NewsWeek. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2023.