Ray Hendrick was known as "Mr Modified" during his 36-year career in motorsports, mainly in the modified stock car racing class.
10 Facts About Ray Hendrick
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Ray Hendrick was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Rick Ray Hendrick was a pit crew member on his car in the 1960s.
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Ray Hendrick never won the National Modified Championship but finished in the Top 10 in Points nine times:.
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Ray Hendrick finished 8th in 1974 and 9th in 1975 in the National Late Model Sportsman Points before it became known as the Busch Grand National Division.
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Ray Hendrick won the Modified "Race of Champions" 2 times, in 1969 on the 1-mile Langhorne Speedway asphalt and in 1975 on the Trenton Speedway 1.5-mile oval.
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Ray Hendrick is 1st on the all-time winners list of Martinsville Speedway with 20 wins between 1963 and 1975.
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Ray Hendrick won a 100 Lap National Championship race on Memorial Day Weekend of 1970 at Stafford Motor Speedway.
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Ray Hendrick was best known for his racing philosophy of racing anywhere and everywhere.
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Ray Hendrick's modified career and philosophy of racing anywhere and everywhere prevented him from competing full-time in NASCAR Winston Cup.