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F4F - Richard Childress & Iowa Speedway President - Eric Peterson
Manage episode 425831380 series 2906122
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
Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen!
Website
Shareable episode link
https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.com
Email address
Phone
515.207.9640
Subscribe to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5Xqw
Follow us on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profit
Connect with us on Facebook
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Manage episode 425831380 series 2906122
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
Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen!
Website
Shareable episode link
https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.com
Email address
Phone
515.207.9640
Subscribe to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5Xqw
Follow us on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profit
Connect with us on Facebook
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