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Cool-Down Lap: Rick Hendrick has much to celebrate, but Jeff Gordon can’t be happy
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – Doubtless Jeff Gordon was happy for his boss. In a euphoric Victory Lane, Rick Hendrick celebrated his long-awaited 200th victory, a win delivered by five-time champion Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR Sprint Cup racing’s most prolific winner since he entered the series full-time in 2002. Gordon, however, is a larger part of Hendrick’s milestone than Johnson is. Over a career now in its 20th full season, Gordon has contributed 85 victories … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Rick Hendrick released from hospital
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Rick Hendrick was released Monday afternoon from a hospital in North Carolina after a six-day stay following a crash landing of his plane in Key West, Fla. The Hendrick Motorsports owner has four broken ribs and a broken clavicle from the Oct. 31 accident, which occurred when the brakes failed on the team’s plane. The plane crossed a 600-foot overrun, impacted the far side of a ditch, crossed a dirt road, cleared … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Rick Hendrick injured in plane crash
CONCORD, N.C. - Monday evening, a Gulfstream G150 aircraft operated by Hendrick Motorsports ran off the runway after experiencing braking issues upon landing at Key West International Airport in Key West, Fla. All four people on board — Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, his wife, Linda Hendrick, and two Hendrick Motorsports pilots — were released from Lower Keys Medical Center early Tuesday morning. Rick Hendrick was diagnosed with a broken rib and a broken clavicle, and Linda … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
No matter who gets in, Hall of Fame voters won’t get it right
By Matt Crossman Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service The best thing about Tuesday’s NASCAR Hall of Fame announcement is how joyful so many people are going to be. For someone, for five someones, the beauty of that joy is that a lifetime of accomplishment will be validated, exalted, celebrated. Those five someones will, collectively if not individually, have millions of fans, and those fans will feel joy, too. Close on that joy’s heels will be anger. There will be angry fans, angry former drivers, maybe an angry former crew chief or owner. But the beauty of that anger is that it will fade into hope. For those left on the outside, when the anger washes away, there will be the hope of next year, always the hope of next year. It’s like real … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
NASCAR Notebook: Stewart turned down Hendrick ride in 1996
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Could you see Tony Stewart in the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet? Rick Hendrick could—15 years ago. But Stewart turned down a job offer from Hendrick because he didn’t feel he was ready for the Sprint Cup Series. At that point, the sum total of Stewart’s stock car experience amounted to a handful of Nationwide races for owner Harry Ranier. “In the fall of ’96 I got a call, and Rick’s organization had offered me the 25 car,” Stewart said Wednesday at a press conference at Levine Children’s Hospital to announce details of his Prelude to the Dream dirt Late Model charity race. “I’d only run eight (actually nine) Nationwide races that year, so I just didn’t feel that I’d earned the right and … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch has mellowed but not when it comes to winning
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service At some point, Kyle Busch will thank Rick Hendrick for creating the monster that drives the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. There is nothing ordinary about Kyle Busch, and there never has been. There’s a different drummer in Busch’s brain. At driver introductions before Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Busch strode down the gangway to his own music, “Rowdy Busch,” a song written for him by Raytona500. “Why can’t we all just be friends?” Busch asked the crowd with just the right amount of sass—and elicited a derisive chorus from the grandstand. Afterward, he proceeded to spank all comers for the fifth straight time at the world’s fastest half-mile. Busch, 25, is on pace this season to move into second place all time … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup, Truck Series
Subway Fresh Fit 500 Winners Press Conference Transcript
Avondale, Ariz – For the 83rd time in his career, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Jeff Gordon took a trip to victory lane. Today’s win was the second time he has won at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) and ties him with the great Cale Yarborough on the all-time NSCS win list for fifth in the order. He led six times for a total of 138 laps, the most of any driver in the field to end his 66-race winless streak. Race winner press conference trasncript Kerry Tharp: Rick, congratulations. You had to be really, really happy for that car and the race organization today. Rick Hendrick: You know, someone said it a little while ago; I think it was like our first win. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Kasey Kahne to Drive for Red Bull Racing in 2011
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Kasey Kahne will drive a Red Bull Racing Team Toyota in 2011, the team announced Tuesday. “We were fortunate to have the opportunity to hire a very talented driver for the 2011 season and we took it,” said Jay Frye, Red Bull Racing Team Vice President and General Manager. “This is a unique situation that doesn’t happen every day. Kasey is a perfect fit for our company, team and Red Bull.” Kahne, 30, owns an impressive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series resume. He has 11 wins, 17 poles, 47 top-five and 84 top-10 finishes and twice was a Chase participant in 2006 and 2009. … Read entire article »
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’11 Can Wait For Dreamy Kahn
Guest Column by Cathy Elliott Each January, the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) holds its annual convention and awards banquet in Charlotte. It’s a fun event, and it’s always nice to see the sometimes underappreciated motorsports media corps rewarded for its hard work. The portion of the program attendees either look forward to most or absolutely dread, depending on how photogenic they are, is a slide show of media members going about their business during the previous season, punctuated by pithy comments from a current NMPA executive board member. … Read entire article »
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