Richard Childress Reflects

Pretty amazing where the sport means there's been a heck of regret from. There's been a lot of peaks and valleys throughout these things. When fans think of NASCAR's biggest names in mostly think of drivers. The one of the biggest and most influential names in NASCAR didn't have much success as a driver. Here's some of hall of fame inductees Richard Childers is most memorable career moments next I'm Alexa Henry and this is contracts and a motor racing network. This all over. At Martinsville we're getting your record Saturday at all of our world black rooster classic give our employees broadcast on the ammonium go to call. Watch a program. Crazy time frame and I can't sit and the ball goes Walter planned. Everybody else that was either way out of the report horizontal line yield bond is gonna win the northwestern like 400 you'll be laughing at you calling it a lot of minutes here at North Hillsborough. He stayed in Thursday's it leases. Memory in dot com. It might even ask our off season but what I hear 52 week ending year odd NASCAR USA. I'm your host club head enjoying good two hours of country music at the. It's down from the biggest stars in Nashville. Along with offseason racing report from the motor racing network owned and hope we'll spotlight like it features an interview. He works you up to speed all of you along and Americans feel. Thought. With Richard Childress going into the holiday in this weekend. And aren't we became got them to do some storytelling about the moment that stands out and define his career. I've read stories where you talked about the break you got Talladega that you mentioned but I've never heard you tell the story tell folks who are familiar whether and how that happened because it really was your big break right. Yeah it was all based breaks you know remnant you get Earnhardt kimono was another great break because just I've I've been fortunate. To be able to take. Advantage of it. And in 69 and they had this when they boycotted for the speed so idea. Bill France senior we ran the grand American rice a day before they gave us money to come and do that and they we ran the race on Sunday. And I gave us some extra money for common plus person opera live. We'll you're in a win back balls land built my first shop over so I was a big bright and I got really know the France everywhere else there. Speaking of dale tell me about the first time you met him what you think. You know I met him a couple of times around the track misspoke but in. We ran her race over metro Atlanta. And kill an idea. Was racing for the win I'd settle in Poland had a really good car a bit today. And it was an invitational. Moves all the cup cars back to you what we called grand national and kill our women in the last corner and how it's kind of got into my end of wind and rice they'll finish second the came over Pope in the chest and over Earnhardt. Movement sits down in the summer ratio we will win. So it DD earth oh yeah he's one everything's that's. The relationship that you got started I mean it was there was in fits and starts at first and then once she really got going together and solidified it was. Like a rocket taken off. Tell me about the early part of that relationship been and and getting the ball rolling. Blood known dale for years before he started Grayson. And went back into the early seven is like a sieve after a won that race begins talking to each other again and I have club South Carolina. And 81. When he came in Tennessean races he didn't want to draft her hospital room in the year in the continued growth was rice's. And we even got closer and we may defect someday we'll get back together. Opportunity came along and 1980 nineteen. 84. And we've got back yet the Richie red and give sip. The tone for our company you know we won races one phone to him it really jump started his career and our career. And so we got back together in 84 were in aggressiveness. Mysteries like Alex. In that time I think folks have today have a hard time understanding count was guys drove their own car so the traction. It did everything almost by the seat of their pants and now what's you know big time corporation shoe shops all around. When when you look back at those times what lessons do you take from those that help you get to where you're now. You know I think god learning how to race on a budget. Which we did being we have very very little money right so that we've made things happen and and not have a lot of wasting your business and have people around you that's a whole key is surround yourself with people that has the same ambitions and gold as you do in life and in your job. Tell me a little book about today how gratifying is it. From all the stories that you told about how things started to now be where you are and see your grandchildren moving up through the ranks and and Austin bill would you a couple of years already now own your own your own team. Yeah I mean it's it's both of whom started out racing when they were thirteen and fifteen yes you're probably got a late start ahead in today's world. That's yeah its its puts a lot of Brad in the whole family is seen in western race. And that they good to also won a couple of championships. Taiwan's championship and are gonna think one man have a point erases that your sons and and a you know they they both have have did their job on the car are more proud I'm from being great young man and understand the sport having you respect. For our fans and for the sport fifth that the team. How are where you ought to come enough about the country do things the right way in and work on the cars and learn and everything that you need to know to do this properly. But what state decided to race you know also must see news gag you mature all. And but before they were in all the other sports you know lucky is I'm glad they got to do all the football and baseball and soccer and and NB kids and then when they decided to go race and we decision paid. You've got to go out and prove yourself in this just like you have and everything. And laughs. Success is about one African yourself. Your budget questions about the pass of one of British report about the future. With where we are now when you're used earlier you never thought you'd seen anything like this where do you think it will be 51020 years from now and in the NASCAR world. I can see the sport. He is just keep escalating. I know what's on your horizon that NASCAR's getting rated to do and implement and it's just gonna reenergize. All the fans. Got to reenergize a whole sport. You know it's it's today's technology world. People just don't have the attention span that they had years ago and it's hard to sit for 45 hours but if you're really entertained. You can watch anything for awhile. The hall of fame induction ceremony is Friday night and MIN salutes Richard Childress on a remarkable career that is far from over. I'm Alexa Henning and this has been contracts on the motor racing network.