F4F - Richard Childress & Iowa Speedway President - Eric Peterson

F4F - Richard Childress & Iowa Speedway President - Eric Peterson

Sponsored by Iowa Corn Growers

Funded by Estes Performance Concaves

Richard Childress

  • Grew up in Winston-Salem, NC
  • Married to his wife for over 50 years
  • 3 great-grandchildren
  • Who or what is Growth Energy
  • Richard Childress Racing
  • Former race car driver in NASCAR
  • Childhood
  • As a child spent time at Bowman Gray Stadium - city’s local short track
  • Sold peanuts and popcorn to help support his family
  • First race car - an old 1947 Plymouth - $20
  • 1969: first time competing in NASCAR - placed 23rd
  • For awhile he was a one-man team: driver, mechanic, chief engine builder, etc
  • Had to find other jobs to fund racing
  • 1980’s: grown RCR to full-time and part-time employees
  • Other who raced the No. 3 car
  • Ricky Rudd
  • Dale Earnhardt - help them become a dominant team in 80’s/90’s
  • Mike Skinner - drove Chevrolet Silverado in Truck Series
  • 1998: Earnhardt won their first Daytona 500
  • 2007: Kevin Harvick won the No. 29 car in Daytona 500
  • 2018: Austin Dillon won the 60th running of the Daytona 500
  • First team owner to win championships in all three NASCAR’s top touring series
  • 2017: inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
  • Family
  • Grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillion race under RCR in early 2000s
  • Now:
  • Over 300 team members
  • Multiple teams in the Cup and Xfinity Series
  • Over 200 NASCAR victories
  • 3 Daytona 500 wins
  • And a lot more wins listed on the RCR racing page
  • Away from the track
  • Loves wine, the outdoors and investing in America’s youth
  • 2004: opened a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley AVA near Lexington, NC
  • Activist for the conservation of natural resources
  • He can be found hunting at home in Montana or fishing at his Hampton Estates in Lexington, NC
  • 2008: his wife (Judy) and him founded the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma (CIPT)
  • Mission to help discover and share the best ways to prevent and treat severe injuries to children

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