Richard Childress

Richard Childress strikes me as a quintessential American self-made story. He started behind the wheel as a NASCAR driver, then made the harder pivot to building and owning his own team, Richard Childress Racing, which demands a completely different set of instincts about people and risk. I find his later turn to winemaking in the Yadkin Valley genuinely charming, a man from the world of speed choosing the slow patience of grapes. That contrast says something human about him. His North Carolina Hall of Fame induction feels earned, and the breadth of his ventures is what makes him interesting to me.

Name (English)

Richard Childress

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・チルドレス

Reading

りちゃーど・ちるどれす

Born

September 21, 1945 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Occupation

NASCAR team owner

Awards & achievements

• 2008 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.rcrracing.com/richard-childress/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Childress
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7324733

Tags

• North Carolina
• NASCAR team owner

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.