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Richard Childress
Motorsports
Inducted: 2008
- Native of Winston-Salem, NC
- Outstanding stock car driver and the leader of one of the most successful partnerships in NASCAR history
- As the owner of Richard Childress Racing (headquartered in Welcome), he won six Winston Cup championships with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheelÂ
- Won 11 total championships in all, including the 2001 Busch Grand National championship and the Truck Series title six years earlier