F4F - Richard Childress & Iowa Speedway President - Eric Peterson

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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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