Lock & Load! Auto Racing Legend Sending One Million Rounds Of Ammo To Ukraine

Ask for what you want and you’ll get! Volodymyr Zeleskyy, Ukrainian President, said that while his nation will not give up in the David vs. Goliath matchmatch, its military badly needs ammunition. That statement prompted NASCAR racing team owner Richard Childress to say done deal, ammunition will soon be on the way.

Childress claimed that the inspiring words of President Zelensky inspired him to stand up for freedom. The racing legend appeared on Fox and Friends and said, “I was listening the other day and heard President Zelensky say he didn’t want out, he wanted ammunition.”  

That request is right up Childress’s ally, since he is a board member of Ammo, Inc. Childress added: 

“I called my good friend Fred Wagenhals, who is the chairman of AMMO, Inc., which is a publicly-traded company, POWW, and I said, ‘Fred, we gotta help these people. They need ammunition.’ And he stepped right up, he said, ‘We’ll do it,’ and now we’re turning our production to this as our number one priority.” 

It’s a tall order to get the ammunition to a country being besieged by war, but Ammo and Childress are now making plans to deliver one million rounds of bullets to Ukraine. They’re working with government agencies and a private company to expedite the shipment of 7.62s. 

The Russian war on Ukraine served as a “wake up call for America,” Childress explained. “To see the people in Ukraine fighting, it’s terrible to see the lives that are being lost over there. It is our responsibility to make every effort, which I feel with Ammo. Inc. and myself, we were doing the right thing.” 

Inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 2017, Childress is one of many sports figures and organizations attempting to help Ukraine in its underdog battle against the Russian invasion. 

Richard Childress Racing’s driver is Tyler Reddick, winner of the first two stages of the NASCAR Cup Series. The team has won six Cup Series championships, since 1969. 

Another NASCAR team owner, Rick Hendrick, is stepping up in a big way, too. He is donating $200,000 to the Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief efforts in Ukraine and another $2,000 for every lap his driver, Kyle Larson, leads during Sunday’s race in Las Vegas. Franklin Graham, the son of late Billy Graham is leading Samaritan’s Pleasure.

Hendrick said, “Like most people around the globe, our family has been watching the Ukraine crisis worsen with sadness and shock.” We’ve been especially struck by the needless suffering inflicted on innocent children.”

Breitbart’s Warner Todd Huston noted that, among the groups supporting Ukraine, are soccer’s governing body, FIFA; the International Olympics Committee; international skating’s authority; Formula 1 racing; and others.