Childress off to the Artic after Bristol: Richard Childress [owner of the #’s 29,30,31] is taking a hunting trip, smack in the middle of Winston Cup season. “I’m changing my lifestyle a little bit,” Childress said. “I need to.” The change was prompted in part by the death of Childress’ friend and driver, Dale Earnhardt, more than a year ago. Not that the hunting trip will cost Childress much time in the garage, but it might. A day after Sunday’s race at Bristol, Tenn., Childress leaves for the Arctic to hunt polar bear and musk ox. Winston Cup does not race the following weekend, Easter Sunday. Childress plans to fly directly to Texas on April 7 for that race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.(Atlanta Journal Constitution)(3-21-2002) (3-20-2002)
