Richard Childress of the
Prilosec OTC Race Team

Owner

President and CEO

Career Highlights

2008 marks Childress' 40th year as a team owner in NASCAR's top division.

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) was the only organization to have all of its teams (Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick) in NASCAR's Chase for the Cup in 2007 — it was the first time all three RCR teams qualified for NASCAR's 10-race playoff format since the concept was introduced for the 2004 season.

RCR clinched its first berth in NASCAR's Chase for the Cup in 2006 with the Harvick and Burton teams.

Named 2006 NASCAR Owner of the Year by The Sporting News.

RCR was a one-team shop (No. 3 team) from 1969 — 1994. A NASCAR Truck Series program (No. 3 team) was added in 1995 and a second Cup team (No. 31 team) was added for the 1997 season. A two-team NASCAR Nationwide Series program (Nos. 2 and 21 teams) was started for the 2000 season and the Truck Series team ceased operation. A third Sprint Cup Series team (former No. 30 team, now No. 07) was started in 2001 to run a part-time schedule and became a full-time program in 2002. A third Busch Series team (No. 29 team) was added in 2006 to run a partial schedule with Jeff Burton and became a full-time program in 2007.

Childress was the first NASCAR team owner to win championships in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (Dale Earnhardt — 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93, and '94), Busch Grand National Series (Kevin Harvick — 2001, Harvick and Johnny Sauter — 2003, Harvick — 2006, Burton and Scott Wimmer — 2007) and Truck Series (Mike Skinner — 1995).

An RCR team has finished in the top 10 in NASCAR Nextel Cup point standings in 22 of the last 26 seasons.

An RCR team has earned a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series victory in 23 of the last 25 seasons.

RCR has 179 victories in NASCAR competition, including the 1998 and 2007 Daytona 500 with Earnhardt, and the 1995 and 2003 Brickyard 400 with Earnhardt and Harvick, respectively.

RCR won the NASCAR Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year award in 1997 with Skinner and in 2001 with Harvick.

RCR's first NASCAR Nextel Cup Victory came in 1983 with Ricky Rudd at Riverside (CA) International Speedway.

Childress was a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver from 1969 to 1981, recording six top-five and 76 top-10 finishes. He finished fifth in the point standings in 1975 and earned top-10 points finishes in five of the eight full seasons he competed as a driver. He retired as a driver in mid-1981, naming Earnhardt to finish the season in his car.

Childress purchased his first race car, a 1947 Plymouth, for $20 at age 17.

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