14 Facts About Rick Hendrick

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Rick Hendrick is best known as the owner of the NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports.

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Rick Hendrick is a co-owner of JR Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group, a network of over 100 car dealerships.

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Rick Hendrick is one of only three owners in history to win NASCAR Championships in the top three series, joining Richard Childress and Jack Roush.

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Two years later, at age 16, Hendrick won the Virginia division of the Chrysler-Plymouth Troubleshooting Contest, a two-part test consisting of a written exam and a timed hands-on diagnosis and repair of defects planted on a car.

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Rick Hendrick had a single start in both the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series.

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Rick Hendrick had been a pit crew member for the Flying 11 that Ray Hendrick drove in the 1960s.

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In 1997, Hendrick began the Hendrick Marrow Program, a non-profit works with the Be The Match Foundation to support the National Marrow Donor Program.

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Rick Hendrick then moved to the NASCAR Model Sportsman Series, in which he earned one victory with Dale Earnhardt at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Rick Hendrick is widely considered to be the most successful team owner in NASCAR history.

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On December 13,2018, Hendrick announced that when he retires as owner of Hendrick Motorsports, there are plans in the works for Jeff Gordon to replace him.

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Rick Hendrick is the father of the late Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR driver, who died in a plane crash in 2004 along with other members of the Hendrick family and Hendrick Motorsports crew members.

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Rick Hendrick's main private jet is a Gulfstream V with the tail number N500RH.

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Linda suffered minor injuries while Rick suffered three broken ribs and a fractured clavicle.

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In December 2000, Hendrick received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton.