NASCAR super star Richard Childress has pledged to donate a minimum of 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine amidst its defend freedom versus Russian forces, Fox Information reported Wednesday.
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The previous race car driver and also team owner told Fox Information’ Brian Kilmeade on “Fox & Pals” that he will certainly give away 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukrainian after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for help from around the world.
“I was paying attention a few days ago and also heard President Zelenskyy say he didn’t want out, he desired ammunition,” Childress recalled. “I called my buddy Fred Wagenhals, who is the Chairman of Ammunition, Inc., which is a publicly traded company, POWW, and also I said, ‘Fred, we got ta aid these individuals. They need ammo.’ And also he tipped right up, he claimed, ‘We’ll do it,’ as well as now we’re turning our manufacturing to this as our primary concern.”
Childress, who offers on AMMO’s board of directors, is apparently worth $250 million.
‘This is a wake-up call for America’ “We have … 82 million gun owners in America, and to see individuals in Ukraine battling– it’s dreadful to see the lives that are being lost over there. We have to do all we can, as well as I felt with Ammo Inc. as well as myself, we were doing the appropriate thing.”
Childress stated that he and Wagenhals are working with the general public and also private sector in order to identify the logistics of transporting the ammunition to the battle torn country.
“We’re collaborating with some government agencies, but to get it there swiftly, we’re going to work through a private company that will be working to get it in there,” Childress described. “The leading ammo they’re requiring right now over there is the 7.62 s, which’s what we’re going to be producing.”
