Richard Childress is aware of Dale Earnhardt made a big impact on Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in the course of the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties. On Kevin Harvick’s Pleased Hour, Childress spoke to Kevin Harvick in regards to the affect Earnhardt had on the crew.
“Dale and I have been on a mountain, and his horse flipped over backwards,” Childress informed Harvick. “I went off the mountain, busted my nostril, acquired again to camp and I busted my chest up. He grabs me and says, ‘Why’d you pull horse off the mountain?’ You understand Dale.
“That evening on the campfire, we have been speaking. I stated, ‘Dale, if something occurs to me, you bought to go in and race the following week. You’d have needed to went on in Phoenix and race.’ He stated ‘Nicely, if it ever occurs to me, you bought to do this.’ I thought of that. I used to be going to give up till I thought of that. So I knew we needed to do it to maintain issues going on your firm. You have been the proper individual on the proper time.
Earnhardt died on Feb. 18, 2001, in the course of the Daytona 500. It led to Harvick taking on, and he gained two races and completed ninth within the standings that yr. Harvick drove for RCR till the tip of the 2013 season.
Richard Childress shares extra on Dale Earnhardt’s affect
“I ain’t saying this since you’re sitting right here. I’ve stated it earlier than that I don’t know of one other driver that might’ve gotten in that automotive below the circumstance, and the strain of driving that automotive that Dale Earnhardt acquired,” Childress stated. “However the factor I bear in mind is how a lot all of us pulled collectively.”
RCR had a loads of success with Earnhardt as he gained six NASCAR Cup Collection championships. The crew additionally gained the Daytona 500 3 times with Earnhardt (1998), Harvick (2007) and Austin Dillon (2018).
Whereas RCR has had loads of success through the years, 2024 is a season Childress and the crew wish to neglect. “It’s been a tricky yr, however everyone has fought onerous. We see that we’ve acquired to make some adjustments and we acquired extra adjustments coming [that] you’re going to be listening to about within the subsequent month most likely. And we’re enthusiastic about subsequent yr,” Childress said in October, per Sports activities Illustrated. “You understand, you’ll be able to’t dwell on the previous, you must be taught from the previous. You understand, historical past teaches you. And that’s what we’ve acquired to be taught from is what occurred this yr and take it into subsequent yr with a constructive perspective that we’re not going to do it.”
