NASCAR Race Mom: Intruders at Richard Childress' Home Carried Military-Style Weapons

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Intruders at Richard Childress' Home Carried Military-Style Weapons

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Three intruders had military-style weapons when they tried to break into the North Carolina home of NASCAR team owner and 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Richard Childress late Sunday, authorities said Friday.

Childress, 72, said he was upstairs with his wife at about 10:30 p.m. when he heard glass shatter downstairs. He grabbed his handgun, went downstairs and fired multiple shots at the home invaders, scaring them off, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office.

The intruders broke a window beside a doorknob, which sounded an alarm, the Winston-Salem Journal and other news outlets reported.

Three intruders had military-style weapons when they tried to break into the
North Carolina home of NASCAR team owner and 2017 Hall of Fame inductee
Richard Childress late Sunday, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office

Away from the track, Childress is a businessman, philanthropist and conservationist – he loves wine, the outdoors and investing in America’s youth. Childress also enjoys spending his free time outdoors and has been an avid hunter and fisherman since he was a child.

He proudly supports the Congressional Sportsman Foundation and served two terms on the organization’s board. Childress also supports the Boone & Crocket Club as well as non-government organizations like Ducks Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

In 2015, he was elected as second vice president of the National Rifle Association after serving as a board member for the largest pro-Second Amendment organization in the United States. Childress currently serves as the NRA’s first vice president.

Grandpa Childress with Austin and Ty Dillon

Childress’ family shares his love for motorsports. His grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon, began racing under the RCR banner in the early 2000s.

When he was sixty-five, Childress and driver Kyle Busch were involved in a physical confrontation after a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Busch had made contact with RCR driver Joey Coulter on the cool-down lap of Saturday's Truck race – apparently drawing Childress' ire. Richard Childress was fined $150000 for the altercation.

NASCAR Race Mom's advice to would be criminals - pick on someone a tad more pusillanimous to rob.

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This story just keeps getting crazier, I’m waiting for it to get the national attention it deserves.

Thank god @Rchildress3 was armed and ready. https://t.co/4q77jBnbxN
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 23, 2017

I am proud of my grandfather for the man he is. The criminals that tried to attack him and my grandma would have stopped at nothing to get whatever it was they wanted. We are blessed to live in a country that allows the right to bare arms, protect the 2nd amendment #JoinTheNRA
— Austin Dillon (@austindillon3) December 22, 2017