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 wheel 
  • Won 11 total championships in all, including the 2001 Busch Grand National championship and the Truck Series title six years earlier