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NASCAR Commissioner Expresses Regret Over Derogatory Comments on Richard Childress

The leaked messages referred to Childress as “a stupid redneck who owes his entire fortune to NASCAR” and needed to be “flogged.” While Phelps said that "by and large", he has always shown respect to team owners, he is "not proud" of the texts about Childress and apologized for them. Childress declined to comment about the text messages after his testimony.