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Childress' confidence is justified: Richard Childress Racing proved at Daytona that it is on the mend.(NASCAR)
Richard Childress has regained his swagger. Not that he ever lost it. But the suave R.C. greeting visitors at his winery is far from the hungry guy who used to sell hot dogs at Bowman Gray Stadium to subsidize his racing efforts. Early on race day, the owner in the crisp lavender shirt with the fresh manicure isn't about to get his hands dirty.
Still, Childress says he spent the three weeks leading up to Daytona working around the clock at his shop. Perhaps the engine problems at preseason testing served as a wake-up call--if his teams finishing 14th, 22nd and 24th in owners points last season didn't do the trick. "I'm trying to get back on top of any holes and gaps," Childress says. "We have good people, but I want to see what we're missing. I need to spend more time with my people to figure out what we need to do to get our stuff back together. I think I need to be there to let everyone know how serious I am about it."
At Daytona, you have to be prepared to defend your honor, especially when you have the storied past Childress had with Dale Earnhardt.
Since becoming an owner in 1969, Richard Childress has won 76 races. Only seven of those victories were in the past four seasons. The last win came 52 races ago, when Robby Gordon took the checkers at Watkins Glen on August 10, 2003.
Gordon and Childress since have parted ways. In the past year, Jeff Burton and Dave Blaney have joined Kevin Harvick as full-time RCR teammates. Burton and Blaney bring maturity to an organization that desperately was in need of direction. Blaney can get along with anyone, and Burton is a leader--the man who Dale Earnhardt once chose to be his successor.
Burton is a savvy car guy and knows how to motivate a team. Despite problems with a rear-end gear and an eventual 29th-place finish at Daytona, Burton showed the promise of great things to come.
"This is a good race team," he says. "There's a lot of dedicated people, a lot of commitment. Those things will pay off."
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