Ricky Hendrick
| Ricky Hendrick | |||||||
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 Hendrick's 2002 Busch Series car | |||||||
| Born | Joseph Riddick Hendrick IV (1980-04-02)April 2, 1980 Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| Died | October 24, 2004(2004-10-24) (aged 24) Bull Mountain (near Martinsville), Virginia, United States | ||||||
| Cause of death | Aircraft accident | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 49 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 29th (2002) | ||||||
| First race | 1999 Myrtle Beach 250 (Myrtle Beach) | ||||||
| Last race | 2002 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
| 30 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2001) | ||||||
| First race | 2000 Grainger.com 200 (Pikes Peak) | ||||||
| Last race | 2001 Auto Club 200 (Fontana) | ||||||
| First win | 2001 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV (April 2, 1980 – October 24, 2004) was an American NASCAR stock car driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a team that his father Rick Hendrick founded. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 2, 1980, and began his career in racing at the age of fifteen. He competed in both the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series before his death from an airplane accident on October 24, 2004. He was killed with seven other family members and friends during the accident.
Contents
1 Racing career
2 Death
3 Motorsports career results
3.1 NASCAR
3.1.1 Busch Series
3.1.2 Craftsman Truck Series
4 References
5 External links
Racing career
Hendrick began his career in auto racing at the age of 15 by racing in the Legends Series Summer Shootout. In 1998, he received his first win on May 23, and earned his first pole position on July 18. One year later, he entered the NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) at Myrtle Beach Speedway, where he qualified fifth and finished 20th.
Hendrick continued to run the series in 2000, with the addition of competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now Camping World Truck Series). During Busch series season he was involved in two accidents, and received a mild concussion in one of them.
In 2001, he started to compete in all the Truck races. He recorded his first NASCAR career win on July 7, becoming the youngest rookie to win a race. Hendrick was also able to accomplish 19 top ten finishes, the most by a rookie at that time. However, at the end of the season, he finished second in the Rookie of the Year Standings, with Travis Kvapil winning the award.[1]
In 2002, he moved to the Busch Series with Jack Sprague. During the season he was involved in an accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, sustaining a shoulder injury. He required surgery and two months of healing before he could race again. Hendrick decided to retire from driving in October of the same year. He continued to be employed by Hendrick Motorsports, as the owner of two teams: Brian Vickers in the Nextel Cup Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) and Kyle Busch in the Busch Series. Hendrick also founded a motorcycle dealership in Pineville, North Carolina, named Ricky Hendrick's Performance Honda.[1]
Death
On October 24, 2004, around 12:30 p.m. EDT, Hendrick died in a plane crash near Martinsville, Virginia, killing him and nine others. The plane, on its way to the Martinsville Speedway for the Subway 500, crashed on Bull Mountain due to pilot error in heavy fog.[2]
After Hendrick died, his fiancée Emily Maynard learned that she was pregnant. Maynard gave birth to their daughter, Josephine Riddick "Ricki" Hendrick, on June 29, 2005, naming the girl after her late fiancé.[3][4]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NBSC | Pts | ||
1999 | Gordon/Evernham Motorsports | 24 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB 20 | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH DNQ | DOV | CLT | CAR 37 | MEM DNQ | PHO | HOM | 92nd | 155 | ||||
2000 | JG Motorsports | DAY | CAR DNQ | LVS | ATL | DAR DNQ | BRI | TEX | NSV 5 | TAL | CAL | RCH 28 | NHA DNQ | CLT | DOV | SBO 42 | MYB 13 | GLN | MLW DNQ | NZH | PPR 26 | GTY 38 | IRP 36 | MCH | BRI DNQ | DAR 29 | RCH | DOV | CLT 13 | CAR 39 | MEM | PHO | 49th | 876 | |||||||
| 14 | HOM 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Hendrick Motorsports | 24 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT 18 | DOV | KEN 15 | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM 41 | 75th | 267 | |||
2002 | 5 | DAY 27 | CAR 21 | LVS 37 | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH 15 | NHA 15 | NZH 30 | CLT 22 | DOV 25 | NSH 15 | KEN 8 | MLW 15 | DAY 20 | CHI 21 | GTY 24 | PPR 22 | IRP 7 | MCH 23 | BRI 29 | DAR 33 | RCH 17 | DOV 27 | KAN 38 | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 28th | 2125 | ||||
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | NCTC | Pts | |||||||||||||||
2000 | Hendrick Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | DAY | HOM | PHO | MMR | MAR | PIR | GTY | MEM | PPR 6 | EVG | TEX | KEN | GLN | MLW | NHA 7 | NZH | MCH | IRP 12 | NSV 9 | CIC | RCH DNQ | DOV 25 | TEX 8 | CAL | 30th | 846 | |||||||||||||||
2001 | DAY 2 | HOM 5 | MMR 8 | MAR 9 | GTY 6 | DAR 34 | PPR 5 | DOV 3 | TEX 5 | MEM 7 | MLW 10 | KAN 1 | KEN 6 | NHA 4 | IRP 18 | NSH 11 | CIC 11 | NZH 5 | RCH 8 | SBO 6 | TEX 8 | LVS 6 | PHO 28 | CAL 10 | 6th | 3412 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
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^ "Ten die in crash of Hendrick plane". Usatoday.Com. October 26, 2004. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
^ Tyler, Marty (2004-10-26). "A True Hero: Ricky Hendrick". CatchFence.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Hembree, Mike (2005-07-11). "Special delivery for Hendrick family". SceneDaily.com (Street & Smith's Sports Group, Inc.). Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
External links
Ricky Hendrick driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Ricky Hendrick owner statistics at Racing-Reference
