About Richard Childress

Date of Birth: September 21, 1945
Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Residence: Clemmons, N.C.
Wife: Judy
Children: Tina Dillon; grandsons Austin and Ty

• 2007 marks Childress’ 39th year as a team owner in NASCAR’s top division.
• RCR clinched its first berth in NASCAR’s Chase for the NEXTEL Cup in 2006 with the teams of Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton - it was the first time RCR teams qualified for NASCAR’s 10-race playoff format since the concept was introduced for the 2004 season.
• Named 2006 NASCAR Owner of the Year by The Sporting News
• RCR was a one-team shop (No. 3 team) from 1969-1994. A NASCAR Truck Series program (No. 3 team) was added in 1995 and a second Cup team (No. 31 team) was added for the 1997 season. A two-team NASCAR Busch Series program (Nos. 2 and 21 teams) was started for the 2000 season and the Truck Series team ceased operation. A third Cup Series team (former No. 30 team, now No. 07) was started in 2001 to run a part-time schedule and became a full-time program in 2002. A third Busch Series team (No. 29 team) was added in 2006 to run a partial schedule with Jeff Burton and became a full time program in 2007.
• 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), NASCAR Busch Series (Kevin Harvick – 2001, Harvick and Johnny Sauter – 2003, Harvick - 2006) and Truck Series (Mike Skinner - 1995).
• An RCR team has finished in the top 10 of the NASCAR Nextel Cup point standings in 21 of the last 25 seasons.
• An RCR team has earned a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory in 22 of the last 24 seasons.
• RCR has more than 145 victories in NASCAR competition, including the 1998 Daytona 500 with Earnhardt, and the 1995 and 2003 Brickyard 400 with Earnhardt and Harvick, respectively.
• RCR won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Rookie of the Year award in 1997 with Skinner and in 2001 with Harvick.
• RCR’s first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory came in 1983 with Ricky Rudd at Riverside (Calif.) International Speedway.
• Childress was a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver from 1969 to 1981, recording six top-five and 76 top-10 finishes.  He 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. He retired as a driver in mid-1981, naming Earnhardt to finish the season in his car.
• Childress purchased his first race car, a 1947 Plymouth, for $20 at age 17.