Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, United States on July 12th, 1949 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 74, Rick Hendrick biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Joseph Riddick III (born July 12, 1949) is the current owner of Hendrick Motorsports, co-owner of JR Motorsports, and creator of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Programs.
He attended Park View High School in South Hill, Virginia, and began his auto racing at age 14.
He is also a retired race car racer, competing in just four NASCAR races during his NASCAR career.
He is the father of late Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR racer. Hendrick earned his stock car racing fame as owner, winning 12 NASCAR Cups at the helm of Hendrick Motorsports, which culminated in his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2017. On March 17, 2020, he will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Early and personal life
Hendrick was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, and was raised on his family's farm in South Hill, Virginia, where he attended Park View High School.
Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR racer who died in a plane crash in 2004 alongside other Hendrick family members and Hendrick Motorsports crew members, is his father.
His main private jet is a Gulfstream V with the tail number N500RH.
Hendrick and his wife, Linda, were involved in a plane crash in Key West, Florida, on October 31, 2011, when the plane landed long at Key West International Airport. Linda sustained minor injuries, while Rick suffered from three fractured ribs and a fractured clavicle.
Hendrick pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1997. Honda motorcycles were in high demand in the 1980s, and Honda executives reportedly requested bribes from dealers for increased product disbursements. Hendrick confessed to delivering hundreds of thousands of dollars, BMW cars, and houses to American Honda Motor Company executives. Hendrick was sentenced to a $250,000 fine, 12 months' home confinement (instead of prison), three years of probation, and his refusal to work with Hendrick Automotive Group (which was owned by his brother John) or Hendrick Motorsports (run by his brother John) during his year of confinement in December 1997. President Bill Clinton gave Hendrick a complete pardon in December 2000.
Career
Hendrick started drag racing at the age of 14 in a 1931 Chevrolet built for drag racing. Hendrick won the Virginia division of the Chrysler-Plymouth Troubleshooting Contest two years ago, a two-part examination that consisted of a written examination as well as a hands-on diagnostic and repair of defects planted on a vehicle.
Hendrick and Mike Leith opened a small used car lot afterwards. At age 23, Leith, a well-established new-car dealer, was convinced to name Hendrick as the company's general sales manager. In 1976, he sold his company to buy a Bennettsville, South Carolina franchise. He became the country's youngest Chevrolet dealer after doing so. Hendrick's popularity helped the once struggling location become the area's most profitable. Bennettsville was a precursor to Hendrick Automotive Group, which now has over 100 franchises and 10,000 employees throughout 13 states. Since selling 100,000 vehicles and servicing 1.5 million, his company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, had a greater success in 2009 and is the country's sixth-largest dealership. Hendrick is also the chairman of the company.
Hendrick also competed in two championships during the 1987 and 1988 Winston Cup Series, with finishes of 33rd and 15th, respectively. He also got his first work in both the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. He had previously served as a pit crew for the Flying 11 that Ray Hendrick (no relation) drove in the 1960s. Hendrick founded the Hendrick Marrow Program in 1997, a non-profit that partners with the Be The Match Foundation to promote the National Marrow Donor Program.
Motorsports career results
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(Bold) (British – pole position won by qualifying time). Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. (Most laps led.)
