In NASCAR, fans are often limited to knowing the professional journeys of their favorite entities. Let’s take Rodney Childers for example. Fans know how the veteran crew chief has had a storied career that began with driving late models, to becoming a crew chief for Kevin Harvick and winning the championship with him and Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014. But little do they get to know about the hidden backstories that they live behind the scenes. One such refreshing, rare tale about Childers was shared by Dale Earnhardt Jr. himself.

Next year, Childers is all set to take over the crew chief duties for the No. 1 car with Dale Jr’s JR Motorsports for Carson Kvapil and Connor Zilisch. “It was just a dream scenario,” Childers had said a few days ago. But few know that Dale Jr and Childers share

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