Richard Childress confesses to delivering illegal moonshine during his teenage years, revealing a past few could have imagined. Before becoming a NASCAR icon, he navigated the shadows of a world ...

This year’s edition of the festival offers inventive visions, in fiction and nonfiction, of passionate lives amid difficult circumstances. With a style as daring as his narrative sense, Rob ...

Though he wasn’t an elite driver, Childress had a keen eye for talent—a skill that changed the face of NASCAR forever. Richard Childress’ moonshining past adds yet another layer to NASCAR’s rich ...

Richard Roeper, a Sun-Times contributor since 1987 and a Chicago native, is the author of seven books and the former co-host of “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” He is the film critic for ABC-7 ...