Hard-Charging, Hands-On: Richard Childress’ entrepreneurial drive resulted in $250 million family business empire
*originally published in Triad Business Journal by Julie Knight and John Brasier on Nov. 3, 2023 Sometimes as he drives through his Welcome race team campus or his Lexington vineyards, racing legend Richard Childress admits he looks around and wonders how he built his Davidson County empire. How did a kid from south Winston-Salem who began his career as an…