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Hendrick Motorsports race shop in Concord, North Carolina. What is now Hendrick Motorsports was founded prior to the 1984 season by Rick Hendrick, a Charlotte, North Carolina–based car dealership owner who currently operates a network of dealerships called Hendrick Automotive Group.
Rick Hendrick's first NASCAR win came in 1983 in the then-Sportsman Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway with Dale Earnhardt driving. Hendrick had purchased a stake in the team with Robert Gee as the primary owner. [5] Hendrick Motorsports fielded entries in the renamed Busch Series from 1984 to 1990, and again from 2000 to 2007. [6]
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. [4] He is the father of the late Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR driver, who died in a plane crash in 2004 along with other members of the Hendrick family and Hendrick Motorsports crew members.
In December 2021, Toyota first announced plans for a major North Carolina battery plant on a 1,800-acre megasite about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro near the town of Liberty.
Lawmakers this week approved another $150 million for highway construction near the Randolph County factory.
The win was the first Daytona 500 win for the No. 24 since 2005 by Jeff Gordon and the first Daytona 500 win for Hendrick Motorsports since 2014 by Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was also a special win because the win occurred 40 years to the date Hendrick Motorsports ran its first ever race as a team in the 1984 Daytona 500. [64]