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	Rick Hendrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949 in Charlotte, North Carolina), better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars, as well as one of the largest automotive chains in the United States.
		Hendrick was sentenced in December of that year to a $250,000 fine, 12 months home confinement (instead of prison, due to his leukemia), three years probation, and to have no involvement with Hendrick Automotive Group or Hendrick Motorsports during his year of confinement.
		On October 24, 2004, Hendrick's son, Ricky Hendrick and nieces and brother were killed in an airplane crash en route to the Subway 500 in Martinsville, Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_Hendrick (420 words)

	Hendrick Motorsports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hendrick Motorsports is a group of NASCAR racing teams started by Rick Hendrick in 1984 under the name "All Star Racing", racing only Chevrolets, racing in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series circuits.
		All Hendrick race cars are constructed start-to-finish at the 62 acre (250,000 m²) complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, and more than 700 engines are built or re-built on-site each year, with the team leasing some of those to other NASCAR outfits.
		Hendrick Motorsports originally debuted in 1984 with the #5 Northwestern Security Life Chevy, driven by Geoff Bodine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hendrick_Motorsports (2676 words)

	SI.com - Racing - Hendrick plane crashes en route to race, kills all 10 aboard - Monday October 25, 2004 12:38AM
		Rick Hendrick owns the teams of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte and Brian Vickers, who raced Sunday in the Subway 500 in the Nextel Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway.
		"Hendrick Motorsports asks that those affected be kept in your thoughts and prayers, and respectfully requests that privacy be considered throughout this difficult time," the company said in a statement released late Sunday.
		Rick Hendrick recently began grooming Ricky Hendrick for a larger role with the company.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/racing/10/24/bc.car.nascar.hendrickp.ap/index.html?cnn=yes (573 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hendrick family races past tragedy but doesn't forget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson cried in Victory Lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway a week after the accident, and Johnson and Gordon remained in contention for the Nextel Cup championship until the last lap of the season's last race.
		That's Rick Hendrick the racer talking and showing a hint of his trademark: a disarming sense of humor, one valuable thing that wasn't lost in the crash.
		Rick Hendrick's empire, which began in 1976 with a Chevrolet dealership in Bennettsville, S.C., now includes more than 60 dealerships selling more than 20 brands in nine states and generating more than $3 billion in revenue annually.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2005-05-26-hendrick_x.htm (1839 words)

	SI.com - Racing - Hendrick plane crashes en route to NASCAR race - Monday October 25, 2004 2:16PM
		Hendrick Motorsports issued a statement late Sunday asking "that those affected be kept in your thoughts and prayers, and respectfully requests that privacy be considered throughout this difficult time."
		Rick Hendrick, 53, did not go to the race because he wasn't feeling well, a team spokesman said.
		Rick Hendrick pleaded guilty in 1997 to a single count of mail fraud involving the payment of $20,000 to a Honda executive.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/racing/10/25/bc.car.nascar.hendrickp.ap/index.html?cnn=yes (868 words)

	Joseph R. Hendrick Jr., 84; built legacy in auto racing - The Boston Globe
		Rick Hendrick first went racing himself at a drag strip in 1965 in a hot rod he and his father built.
		Hendrick was at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on April 29, 1984, when Geoffrey Bodine gave the family's team its first victory in the Cup series.
		Hendrick was a decorated veteran of World War II; he served as a flight engineer and gunner in the Air Force.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/07/17/joseph_r_hendrick_jr_84_built_legacy_in_auto_racing?mode=PF (477 words)

	USATODAY.com - Racing community mourns with Hendrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rick Hendrick has spent 20 years as a NASCAR team owner and is one of the big players in the sport.
		Hendrick, 55, owner of one of the nation's biggest networks of auto dealerships, already had a championship drag boat team when he established his NASCAR operation in 1984 with Geoffrey Bodine as his first driver.
		Hendrick, however, made it clear his plans for the organization revolved around his son, who decided after an injury during a Busch Series race at Las Vegas to give up driving and concentrate on being a team owner.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2004-10-26-hendrick-reaction_x.htm (1134 words)

	DuPont.com: Rick Hendrick Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Founder of Hendrick Automotive Group which controls over 60 automobile and truck dealerships from the Carolinas to California and ranks as one of the largest auto retailers in the United States.
		Hendrick Motorsports claims five NASCAR Winston Cup championships — Jeff Gordon in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001 and Terry Labonte in 1996.
		Hendrick also fielded a full-time CTS team for son Ricky in 2001.
	www.dupont.com /corp/overview/motorsports/hendrick-profile.html (300 words)

	Car dealer Rick Hendrick wins pardon from Clinton [Free Republic]
		Hendrick pleaded guilty in August 1997 to one count of mail fraud in connection with $20,000 in illegal payments to a Honda executive.
		Hendrick was one of 23 people nationwide with convictions in connection with a federal investigation into corruption at American Honda.
		Hendrick then "purchased or caused to be purchased'' the house from Cardiges and leased it back to him at a rate substantially lower than the cost of servicing the debt.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a4ac4112ecc.htm (2465 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Hendrick still a force despite troubles 02/15/98
		This is the story of 49-year-old Rick Hendrick, the decade's most successful NASCAR owner, one of North Carolina's most revered citizens, the nation's largest car dealer and a man whose life has taken dramatic, sometimes tragic turns for a year and a half:
		The investigation eventually named Rick Hendrick and 80 other Honda and Acura dealers for participation in a scheme in which dealers paid kickbacks to Honda executives for the right to sell hotselling models.
		Not Hendrick, which angered NASCAR people, who believed Hendrick's original claims that he was a victim of extortion by Honda and that the government made an example of Hendrick.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021598/spo_hendrick.shtml (1504 words)

	Hendrick Motorsports
		As Rick Hendrick recalled, "Jeff got on the radio and thought that he killed Kenny." The team worked to calm the young driver down, but it wasn't until Schrader spoke to him did he feel that he could continue.
		Rick Hendrick was home in Charlotte undergoing treatment while his race teams were in Daytona.
		Rick Hendrick's battle with leukemia has resulted in a greater awareness of the disease.
	www.gordonline.com /feature/hendrick2.html (3461 words)

	Hendrick Motorsports Tragedy
		Hendrick Motorsports is located out of Concord, N.C. In remembrance of the 10 individuals who lost their lives on Sunday, Hendrick Motorsports will hold a candlelight service Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 6-8 p.m.
		Hendrick has won the Brickyard 400 four times at IMS with driver Jeff Gordon: “At moments like this, it is difficult to adequately express the deep sense of loss so many friends and families are feeling.
		Rick, the elder of the two, quickly recognized John’s potential and recruited him to join his ventures in Charlotte, N.C., where the younger Hendrick began his introduction to the automotive industry in 1978, working at City Chevrolet to experience the car business top-to-bottom, from parts to sales.
	www.catchfence.com /hendricktragedy.html (8410 words)

	Jayski's® Silly Season Site - The Hendrick Tragedy
		Hendrick Motorsports alleges that the air traffic controllers failed to properly monitor the aircraft and respond when they should have known the plane was in danger of missing the approach at Martinsville Airport.
		Hendrick honored: Car owner Rick Hendrick was honored by NASCAR drivers and officials Sunday afternoon, one day after he returned to the track for the first time since four family members and several employees were killed in a plane crash.
		Hendrick at the track: mulit-team owner [#5,#24,#25,#48], Rick Hendrick, is at the track and made a statement today in the media center, thanking the racing community and fans for their support in the aftermath of the tragic plane crash.
	www.jayski.com /trib/hendrick-tragedy.htm (15002 words)

	NASCAR.com - Q&A: Rick Hendrick - April 21, 2004
		Hendrick sat down with a group of media Sunday morning at Martinsville to discuss the significance of the track, the state of NASCAR racing and the future of his racing operation.
		Hendrick: I think what's really happened is with the popularity of NASCAR racing, a lot of talented drivers from other venues' goal is now to drive in NASCAR Nextel Cup.
		Hendrick: I think they've got to be careful about how they come up with a car of the future and make 800 cars obsolete out here.
	www.nascar.com /2004/news/headlines/cup/04/21/hendrick_qa (2162 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- One of auto racing's most successful teams in mourning after plane crash ...
		Johnson, who drives a Hendrick car, won the race and was taken to a NASCAR trailer where he was told of the crash of a Hendrick Motorsport plane, killing 10 people, earlier in the day.
		MARTINSVILLE, Va. – One of auto racing's most successful dynasties was in mourning after a plane owned by Hendrick Motorsports crashed in thick fog en route to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, including the son, brother and two nieces of owner Rick Hendrick.
		One of auto racing's most successful dynasties is in mourning after a plane owned by Hendrick Motorsports crashes in thick fog en route to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, including the son, brother and two nieces of owner Rick Hendrick.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20041025-0437-nascar-hendrickplane.html (959 words)

	Hendrick Motorsports
		Hendrick Motorsports teammates Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon were battling for the Winston Cup title.
		The founder of Hendrick Motorsports was stricken with a form of leukemia late in 1996 and has been battling the disease at home.
		Soon there were Hendrick Imports and by the 1980's, he was one of the largest car dealers in the nation as the CEO of the Hendrick Automotive Group.
	www.gordonline.com /feature/hendrick.html (3185 words)

	Tragic Plane Crash Overshadows Johnson's Victory, Chase Gain:: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		However, after the race, the drivers were informed that a plane carrying, among others, team owner Rick Hendrick’s son, Ricky, brother John and twin nieces Jennifer and Kimberly Hendrick, had crashed in heavy fog into the mountains about 7 miles from the Martinsville airport shortly before the race began.
		Rick Hendrick, 54, was reared on a small farm in South Hill, Va. At 25, he purchased an ailing Chevrolet dealership in Bennetsville, S.C., and eventually formed Hendrick Automotive Group, consisting of 60 dealerships and 4,700 employees across the country with annual net revenues of $2 billion.
		Rick Hendrick brought his brother into the firm when he saw John had the same passion for automobiles and business acumen that he did.
	www.brickyard.com /news/print.php?story_id=3720 (902 words)

	AUTO RACING NOTE
		On Sunday, a Hendrick Motorsports twin-engine Beech 200 King Air plane carrying 10 people, including four members of team owner Rick Hendrick's immediate family, crashed into a nearby mountain, killing everyone on board.
		The crash also killed Hendrick chief engine builder Randy Dorton, who appeared with Rick Hendrick on a TV advertisement for Quaker State Motor Oil; Hendrick Motorsports general manager Jeff Turner; team engineer Scott Latham; and company pilots Dick Tracey and Liz Morrison.
		On Sunday, Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson gave the organization its 128th Cup win, taking the lead with 60 laps to go in the Subway 500 and holding off several challenges in the final laps.
	slam.canoe.ca /StatsRAC/BC-RAC-LGNS-HENDRICKPLANECRASH-R.html (639 words)

	Rick Hendrick Celebrity Golf Classic
		Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, Kyle Busch, and Brian Vickers were also present to support the 250 golfers who played in the benefit tournament.
		The Classic benefits the Hendrick Marrow Program, founded by Rick Hendrick in 1997 in collaboration with The Marrow Foundation, to increase access to transplantation by raising support for the Foundation's partner, the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), in two key areas: donor recruitment and patient assistance.
		To date, the Hendrick Marrow Program has added more than 75,000 volunteers to the NMDP Registry of unrelated marrow and blood cell donors and has helped nearly 1,000 patients with uninsured transplant-related expenses.
	www.themarrowfoundation.org /EVENTS/2006/rick_hendrick_golf_classic.html (735 words)

	Official NASCAR News from Hendrick Motorsports Teams: Busch 5, Gordon 24, Vickers 25, Johnson 48, Labonte 44
		In 2005, the employees of Hendrick Motorsports once again nominated potential candidates, and Rick Hendrick, founder and owner of Hendrick Motorsports, was the overwhelming choice.
		“Rick is my choice for the Papa Joe Hendrick Award because he set an example in enduring and succeeding during the worst of times,” wrote one employee.
		“Rick persevered in the face of adversity and was an example to all of us,” one said.
	www.hendrickmotorsports.com /news_detail.asp?id=1321 (516 words)

	NMDP - Feature Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the weekend plane crash that claimed the lives of several members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization, including the son, brother and two nieces of owner Rick Hendrick.
		Because of the work of Rick and the Hendrick Marrow Program and the employees of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Motorsports team, thousands of volunteers have joined the NMDP Registry and have increased awareness about our work.
		Rick and Linda Hendrick were honored by The Marrow Foundation with the E. Donnell and Dorothy E. Thomas Leadership for Life Award in 1999.
	www.marrow.org /NEWS/ARTICLES/hendrick_plane10252004.html (334 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We know your time is valuable, so here at Rick Hendrick Chevrolet we have put most of the information you would need on this website for you to make a conscience decision on purchasing a new or pre-owned vehicle.
		Rick Hendrick Chevrolet of Durham is a member of the Hendrick Automotive Group, the 6th largest automotive group in the United States.
		I know that when you buy a New or Pre-owned vehicle from Rick Hendrick Chevrolet you know you are getting a vehicle from a reputable organization.
	www.rickhendrickchevrolet.com /en_US/f_Welcome_1.chtml (249 words)

	Hendrick Automotive -
		Terry Labonte is bidding to become the first driver to earn back-to-back Southern 500 victories since teammate Jeff Gordon won four in a row from 1995-98.
		Car owner Rick Hendrick has 10 Cup Series victories at Darlington, tying him with Junior Johnson for most all-time.
		Of those first-place finishes, eight have been delivered by active Hendrick Motorsports drivers, with Gordon taking six, Labonte one (2003) and Jimmie Johnson one (2004).
	www.hendrickauto.com /nascar/article.asp?art_id=EE01F4A9-DA64-4B59-ADFD-312760C46959 (723 words)

	NASCAR News: Rick Hendrick, Jeff Gordon on Sunday's Celebration
		Possibly, if one reads between the lines in these comments from Rick Hendrick (team owner) and driver Jeff Gordon, NASCAR and possibly the George family (owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) were somewhat taken aback by Gordon's stopping on the front straight and not driving directly to Victory Lane.
		It was clear that this victory was a particularly emotional one for Hendrick Motorsports, in light of the recent passing of Rick’s father, Papa Joe Hendrick.
		Posted by: John La Mantia on August 11, 2004 at 05:20 PM It was a big day for Jeff, The Hendrick family, and the fans..I can't believe we are even discussing it...
	www.fastmachines.com /archives/nascar/002211.php (1045 words)

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