Lock & Load! NASCAR Owner 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 battleground, its military urgently needs more ammunition. That statement prompted NASCAR racing team owner and former NRA board member Richard Childress to say done deal, ammunition will soon be on the way.

Childress stated that he felt inspired by the words of the Ukrainian leader to take a stand for freedom and make a goodwill gesture. On Wednesday, the racing legend made his appearance. 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. 

One of Richard Childress Racing’s drivers is Tyler Reddick, who won the first two stages of last week’s NASCAR Cup Series race while his other driver, 2018 Daytona 500 winner Austin Dillon, is his grandson. The team, which was founded in 1969 with Dale Earnhardt as its driver, has won six Cup Series titles.

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 (son of Billy Graham) is the head of Samaritan’s purse.

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.