Richard Childress Racing mentioned in a Monday assertion that ‘authorized motion in being contemplated’ after its eponymous workforce proprietor was insulted by NASCAR executives in textual content messages unsealed as a part of the continued 23XI Racing and Entrance Row Motorsports lawsuit towards the sanctioning physique.
“RCR and Richard Childress are deeply dissatisfied by the insensitive and defamatory statements made about Mr. Childress in not too long ago surfaced textual content messages between NASCAR executives Steve Phelps and Brian Herbst. These feedback replicate the way in which sure NASCAR executives have traditionally seen and handled many workforce homeowners like Mr. Childress, who’ve devoted their lives to strengthening the game for its followers, its sponsors, and all who compete in it. RCR and Richard Childress are equally dissatisfied for the NASCAR followers, with whom Mr. Childress carefully identifies given his humble and hard-working background.
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“Mr. Childress and the group will subject no additional statements concerning these or different defamatory textual content messages which have not too long ago surfaced, as authorized motion is being contemplated and mentioned with authorized counsel.”
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Within the 2023 textual content messages that have been unsealed on Friday night time, NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps mentioned Childress ‘must be taken out again and flogged. He’s a silly redneck who owes his complete fortune to NASCAR’ in a textual content dialog with Chief Media Officer Brian Herbst.
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Phelps added, once more, that ‘Childress is an fool’ and ‘in the event that they don’t like the game, promote (your) constitution and get out.’ And for good measure, he instructed Herbst once more that ‘Did I point out that Childress is an fool.’
The animus dates again to a SiriusXM NASCAR Radio hit the place Childress mentioned some issues concerning the state of the constitution negotiations that did not sit nicely with NASCAR management. Particularly, Childress mentioned he may construct 14 Gen-6 vehicles for the value of seven NextGens. And when requested if the brand new TV deal might be a optimistic, he mentioned ‘for who?’
Since then, the Childress workforce has additionally been penalized in two important methods, having Austin Dillon’s playoff standing stripped following a win at Richmond in 2024 by which the motive force crashed each Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano on the ultimate lap within the remaining nook to take action.
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Austin Hill additionally misplaced his playoff factors for a proper rear hook intentional crash of Aric Almirola this 12 months. On the time, Childress mentioned he was only a dumb redneck when requested if he felt the penalties have been private, insinuating that he knew to a level what had been mentioned.
Over the weekend, NASCAR officers have mentioned privately that Phelps had reached out to Childress to inform him of the approaching unsealed textual content messages however no particulars have emerged over the contents of that dialog.
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