Rick Hendrick

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Joseph Riddick “Rick” Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949) is an American businessman. He is best known as the owner of the NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports. He is also a co-owner of JR Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group, the largest privately held dealership group in the United States.
As of 2024, his team has won 304 NASCAR Cup Series races, making him the winningest team owner in NASCAR. His team has also won a combined total of nineteen NASCAR Championships: fifteen in the NASCAR Cup Series (seven by Jimmie Johnson, four by Jeff Gordon, two by Kyle Larson and one each by Chase Elliott, Terry Labonte), three in the NASCAR Truck Series (all by Jack Sprague) and one in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (by Brian Vickers in 2003). He is one of only three owners in history to win NASCAR Championships in the top three series, joining Richard Childress and Jack Roush. Hendrick was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2020.

Hendrick began drag racing at the age of fourteen in a self-built 1931 Chevrolet. Two years later, at the age of 16, Hendrick won the Virginia division of the Chrysler-Plymouth Troubleshooting…