Armed men break into Nascar owner’s home, get more than they bargained for…. [PHOTOS]

Three men armed with military-style weapons broke into the home of Nascar owner Richard Childress. However they quickly got more than they bargained for:

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER – Three intruders had military-style weapons when they tried to break into the North Carolina home of NASCAR team owner and 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Richard Childress late Sunday, authorities said Friday.

The intruders broke a window beside a doorknob, which sounded an alarm, the Winston-Salem Journal and other news outlets reported.

Childress, 72, said he was upstairs with his wife at about 10:30 p.m. when he heard glass shatter downstairs. He grabbed his handgun, went downstairs and fired multiple shots at the home invaders, scaring them off, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office.

No one was injured, and nothing was taken from the home, Sheriff David Grice told the Winston-Salem Journal. Childress and his wife, Judy, live in Reedy Creek, an unincorporated part of the county near his race shop in Welcome.

Friends of Childress have upped the reward to $50,000 for information leading to arrests, the sheriff’s office said Friday. Sheriff’s investigators also posted more home surveillance photos of the intruders on Facebook.

Here’s a few snaps from the video cameras around the home of Childress:

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