A decades-old incident in which Dale Earnhardt Sr. and his boss Richard Childress tumbled down a New Mexico mountain has been re-examined by NASCAR. The Inimitador, a seven-time Cup Series champion, was questioned about his recent antics with his boss at the Phoenix Raceway in 1994.
#3 RCR With Chevy’s victory in 1984, the pair became a dominant force in the sport. With Richard Childress, the Intimidator would win 67 of his 76 race triumphs and six of his seven Cup titles. The link between them became, of course, the family bond.
Childress and Dale Sr. once went hunting with their horses. But the horses toppled because they were unable to keep their balance on the steep mountain ascent. Fortunately, neither of the mythical people fell over the cliff because of the trees. Senior recalled the event and described how it went horribly wrong.
It’s important to note that the memorable occasion that kept Childress from retiring the #3 was the pair’s Horse wreck. Richard Childress remembers the pledge he and Dale Earnhardt Sr. made to one another following the events in New Mexico. Richard Childress and Dale Earnhardt Sr. both experienced a sea change after their near-death encounter in New Mexico.
They made a commitment to one another that they would race on even if one of them perished since they knew that one day they might not be around. When Childress was upset over Earnhardt Sr.’s passing during the 2001 Daytona 500, the horse wreck came in handy.
The former was prepared to give up his NASCAR career and his racing empire. But then he recalled their vow to one another after their deadly mountain crash, which gave him the courage to go on racing without the seven-time Cup Series champion. Ten years later, in December 2013, Childress revealed that his grandson, Austin Dillon, would use Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s legendary #3 to record his first Cup Series season in 2014.
