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Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon Part of Hendrick Crew Chief Swap

Hendrick Motorsports may have won its fifth-straight championship just last Sunday, but it took only a matter of days for the organization to make some of its biggest changes in years. "This will improve us as an organization, across the board," team owner Rick Hendrick (right) said Tuesday. Save for champion Jimmie...

Who Is Jimmie Johnson's Favorite Driver? "Jeff Gordon."

PHILADELPHIA (AP ) -- Jimmie Johnson walked onto a stage where some of his biggest fans got to ask questions of the four-time defending NASCAR champion. One of the easiest suddenly seemed like the thorniest after the last two weeks: "Who's your favorite driver?" Johnson smiled and said: "Jeff Gordon." The crowd laughed...

Johnson Wins 4th Straight Championship

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson was chasing much more than a championship.He was also chasing NASCAR history.The most dominant driver of this decade won a record fourth consecutive championship Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he raced hard to finish fifth when 25th-place would have gotten the job...

Rick Hendrick Misses Season Finale

Hendrick Motorsports announced Sunday morning that team owner Rick Hendrick would not be trackside at Homestead Miami Speedway for that afternoon's Ford 400 NASCAR season finale, but instead remained back in Charlotte, N.C., for a family emergency. Hendrick's 29-year-old niece Alesha Gainey is in critical condition at a...

Martin May Finally End Title Drought

Mark Martin's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory last weekend at Phoenix very well may have been the most popular and sentimental win in years.Not only did the fans in the grandstands voice their thundering approval but numerous drivers and car owners ducked into Victory Lane to congratulate Mark on his accomplishment. Greg...

Rick Hendrick News From the Web

05/30/12 Caraviello: Most important Hendrick driver not who you... Source: Yahoo Sports - NASCAR The event brought together Rick Hendrick's dual worlds of automobile sales and automobile racing, all on a single steamy early-summer afternoon.
05/30/12 CUP: Gordon Woes Put Damper On Hendrick Roll Source: FOX Sports Kasey Kahne's win was awesome, not only for him, but for that whole No. 5 team.
05/29/12 Hendricks team continues to pile up victories Source: The Gaffney Ledger - Gaffney SC Rick Hendrick says he made a mistake last year, something the owner's teams haven't done much lately.
05/29/12 Grading the NASCAR Cup Field with 12 Races Down and 24... Source: The Frontstretch 12 down, 24 to go, and just ten races until the repeatedly slandered 2012 Chase for the Championship begins in earnest.
05/29/12 Kahne's Coca-Cola 600 victory continues string of... Source: The Janesville Gazette - Janesville WI CONCORD, N.C Rick Hendrick says he made a mistake last year, something the ownerÃ¢s teams havenÃ¢t done much lately.

Background on Rick Hendrick

Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949), better known as Rick Hendrick, is the current owner of the American NASCAR team, Hendrick Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Program.

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