Hendrick Motorsports
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Hendrick Motorsports originally named All Star Racing, is a current American
auto racing
team created in 1984 by Rick Hendrick
. The team currently competes in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series with Chevrolet Impala
s. One of stock car racing's premier organizations, Hendrick Motorsports has garnered ten Sprint Cup Series owners and drivers championships, three Camping World Truck Series owners and drivers titles, and one Nationwide Series drivers crown, 199 Sprint Cup Series victories, 29 Nationwide Series wins, and 25 Camping World Truck Series victories.
The team currently fields four Sprint Cup Series cars, including the #5 Farmers Insurance Group/Carquest
/Delphi
Chevrolet Impala
for Kasey Kahne
, the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont
Chevrolet Impala for four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon
, the #48 Lowe's
/Kobalt Tools
Chevrolet Impala for five-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson
, and the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/United States National Guard Chevrolet Impala for seven-time most popular driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
The 2009 season marked the 25th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports, which has fielded cars for past NASCAR stars Geoff Bodine
, Tim Richmond
, Darrell Waltrip
, Benny Parsons
, Ricky Rudd
, Ken Schrader
, Terry Labonte
, Kyle Busch
, Mark Martin
, and Brian Vickers
.
All Hendrick race cars are constructed start-to-finish at the 100-plus acre Hendrick Motorsports complex in Concord, North Carolina
. More than 550 engines are built or re-built on-site each year, with the team leasing some of those to other NASCAR outfits. Hendrick Motorsports employs over 500 people that perform many day-to-day activities. In 2009 Hendrick Motorsports made history by having 3 out of 4 drivers in the top 3 places in the points.
Hendrick Motorsports debuted in 1984
under the banner "All Star Racing" with the #5 Northwestern Security Life Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by Geoff Bodine
. Running all 30 races, Bodine and the team won three times and finished ninth in points. Levi Garrett
came on board to sponsor the #5 Chevy in 1985. Despite not winning a race that year, Bodine improved to fifth in points. The team briefly became a two-car operation when Dick Brooks
drove the #1 Exxon
Chevy at Charlotte Motor Speedway
, in what proved to be Brooks' last NASCAR race.
Hendrick moved to a multi-car team full-time in 1986, with Bodine and Tim Richmond
as drivers. Bodine won twice in the #5 and posted an eighth place finish in points. His younger brother, Brett
, raced as a teammate in the World 600
that year. Bodine went winless again in 1987
, finishing thirteenth in points. Bodine won one race each of the next two years before leaving for Junior Johnson
in 1990
. Ricky Rudd
took his place, winning once and finishing seventh in points. For 1991
, the team received sponsorship from Tide
as part of the car's merger with Darrell Waltrip
's old team. Winning one race that year, Rudd finished a career high second in points. On the final lap of that year's race at Sears Point Raceway
, second-place Rudd spun out leader Davey Allison
on the last turn and went on to win. NASCAR penalized the team for rough driving and awarded Allison the win. Rudd won once each of the next two years, and then left to form his own team, taking Tide with him.
Rudd's replacement was 1984 Winston Cup champion Terry Labonte
. The car received sponsorship from Kellogg's and their Corn Flakes
brand. Labonte won three races each in 1994
and 1995
, and defeated teammate Jeff Gordon for the 1996 Winston Cup championship by 37 points. Labonte won one race each of the next three seasons. The 2000 season was a very difficult year for the team as two long streaks that defined Labonte's career came to an end. In the Pepsi 400, Labonte crashed his car and broke his leg. After an accident at New Hampshire damaged his inner ear, Labonte was not capable of driving, and he ended up missing two races, bringing his streak of most consecutive races to an abrupt end. Todd Bodine
and Ron Hornaday, Jr. subbed for Labonte. His six-year winning streak was also broken as he failed to visit victory lane that year.
At the end of the 2000 season Labonte's team switched to Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
brand for its primary sponsorship. After a couple of low-key years, Labonte finished tenth in the points in 2003
. He also revisited victory lane after a four-year drought, winning the final Southern 500 at Darlington
. After slipping to twenty-sixth in points in 2004
, Labonte announced his semi-retirement. He would drive a limited schedule for two years before officially retiring after the 2006
season. Hendrick tabbed Kyle Busch
as his replacement.
Busch easily won the 2005 rookie of the year
battle and made history when he took the checkered flag in the Sony HD 500
at California Speedway
for his first win, becoming the youngest driver to ever win a Cup Series race at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Busch would win later that year at Phoenix
. In 2006, Kyle won once and qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, ultimately finishing tenth in points. In 2007
, Busch grabbed a win at the Food City 500
, the inaugural race for the Car of Tomorrow
. On June 13, 2007 Hendrick announced that Kyle Busch would not return to drive the #5 car in 2008. On September 4, 2007 it was announced that Casey Mears
would drive the #5 in 2008
.
On June 22, 2008 ESPN.com reported that Mark Martin would leave Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
to replace Casey Mears in the #5 car for the 2009 season. On Friday, July 4 at Daytona International Raceway, Hendrick and Mark Martin
announced that Martin had agreed to a two-year contract in the #5 car.
Mark Martin scored his first career win with Hendrick Motorsports at Phoenix on April 18, 2009. He became the third oldest winner and fourth driver over the age of 50 to win a Sprint Cup Series race. The win was also the 36th victory and 400th top 10 of Martin's career. On September 18, 2009 Hendrick announced that Martin had extended his contract through the 2011 season and will race full-time with GoDaddy.com
as a primary sponsor.
Beginning in 2011, Lance McGrew
will be the crew chief of the #5 team, taking over from Gustafson. Jimmie Johnson
will use the #5 instead of his regular #48 for All-Star XXVII
only
Kasey Kahne
will drive the #5 car full-time beginning in the 2012 season. He will be sponsored by Farmers Insurance Group for 22 races
The #17 car at Hendrick Motorsports came about when Darrell Waltrip
left Junior Johnson
's team following the 1986
season in order to end his relationship with Budweiser. Waltrip chose to join Hendrick Motorsports with Tide
as his sponsor and 17 as his car number. The team stayed mostly constant for all of its existence. Waltrip finally won the Daytona 500
in 1989
, a race that had eluded him for so many years. At the end of the 1990
season, Waltrip decided he wanted to start his own team, so he left, taking the #17 with him. The Tide sponsorship moved to the flagship #5 team with Ricky Rudd
as the driver and remained there until the end of the 1993
season.
During its entire history, the #24 car has been driven by Jeff Gordon
and has been sponsored by DuPont
. Gordon debuted in the 1992
Hooters 500, qualifying twenty-first and finishing thirty-first following a crash. Almost symbolically, that race was the last for seven-time champion Richard Petty
. The team went full-time in 1993
with crew chief Ray Evernham
. Gordon won his Twin 125 qualifying race
at Daytona and finished fifth in the Daytona 500. He finished fourteenth in points and took home rookie of the year honors. In 1994
, Gordon won his first career race at the Coca-Cola 600
and also won the inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. Gordon improved to eighth in the points that year. The following year, Gordon would go on to win the 1995
Winston Cup championship. He finished runner-up to teammate Terry Labonte for the 1996
championship.
Gordon won back-to-back championships in 1997
and 1998
and also tied Richard Petty's modern era record for most victories in a season with thirteen. Gordon won the 1999
Daytona 500
, but the team struggled with consistency that year. Crew chief Ray Evernham announced he was leaving the team to help with Dodge
's return to NASCAR that September. He was replaced by Brian Whitesell
, who guided Gordon to wins in the first two races after Evernham's departure. At the end of the season, Gordon signed a lifetime contract with the team that gave him part ownership.
In 2000
, Whitesell moved to a new position within the organization and was replaced by Robbie Loomis
. Gordon picked up his fiftieth career victory at Talladega
but finished ninth in points. He bounced back in 2001
, winning his fourth championship. In 2002
, Gordon became car owner for Jimmie Johnson and filed for divorce from his first wife Brooke. He finished fourth in points in 2003
. In 2004
, Gordon finished third in the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup. After winning three of the first nine races in 2005
, his season fell into a downward spiral. Gordon finished eleventh in points that year, which was the first time since his rookie season that he finished outside the top ten in points. 2006
was Gordon's comeback year. With the help of new crew chief Steve Letarte
, Jeff would rebound to make the Chase for the Nextel Cup and finish sixth in points. In 2007, despite winning six races and scoring a modern era record thirty top 10s, Gordon wound up finishing second in points to teammate Jimmie Johnson.
In 2008 Gordon returned to the Chase, but he failed to win a race against Dale Earnhardt Jr. his fellow teammate for the first time since his rookie year. Despite that statistic, he managed to finish seventh in the season points standings.
At the end of the 2008 season, Gordon unveiled on The Today Show his new Firestorm paint scheme for 2009 and beyond. Gordon also broke a 47 race winless drought on April 4, 2009 at Texas. If he wins at Homestead-Miami Speedway
, he will be the only driver to win on all current NASCAR Sprint Cup racetracks in use.
Beginning in 2011, Alan Gustafson will become the crew chief of the #24 team, effective immediately. Gordon's primary sponsor will change for the first time, with AARP
and Gordon partnering to form the "Drive to End Hunger" initiative. The deal will last for 22 races over the next two years.
and driver David Green. The car was originally formed as a partnership with Gene Haas
, but the team evolved into Hendrick's R & D
team, Haas CNC Racing
. Green ran one additional race that year and Brian Vickers ran the #60 at the fall Charlotte race.
Kyle Busch took over the car the following season, which had been rebranded as the #84 Carquest
Chevy. He made his debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
and made five more starts that year with a best finish of twenty-fourth at California.
In 2005, Terry Labonte took over the car, which had been changed to the #44, his first number, and Kyle Busch moved to the #5. Sponsored by Kellogg's and Pizza Hut
, Labonte drove the car in a limited schedule over the next two years before retiring. Hendrick did not run a fifth car until 2008, when they fielded the #25 Go Daddy
Chevrolet for Brad Keselowski
for a pair of races. Making his Sprint Cup debut at Texas Motor Speedway
in the 2008 Dickies 500
, Brad Keselowski started 37th and finished 19th in the #25 Chevrolet. This car is classified as a research and development car (or R&D car). Brad finished 13th in his last start in this car in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway
. He then left for Penske Racing
, where he raced most of the remainder of the season in the #12 Dodge he took over full time at the start of the 2010 season. The number will return for 2011, being driven by Mark Martin
at All-Star XXVII
for a special promotion with Farmers Insurance Group.
On May 29, 2011 at the Sprint All Star race the Hendrick Motorsports #25 driven by Mark Martin
finished 15th after starting 19th in the race.
The current #48 car that the 5 time champion (Johnson) races was originally the #58 Racing for a Reason Chevrolet. The sponsor is a leukemia
marrow sponsor founded by Rick Hendrick. The car was a safety car for Jeff Gordon to clinch his first championship. The 58 was driven by Jeff Purvis
. Jeff had to finish 41st or better in the 42 car field. Jeff clinched the championship by staying out on green flag pit stops. Purvis came in 26th place. The #58 would not return until 2001 as the #48 car.
The current #48 car, co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, began competing in 2001 when Hendrick signed Jimmie Johnson
, a second-year Busch Series driver for Herzog-Jackson Motorsports
. Johnson made his debut at the fall Charlotte
race, qualifying fifteenth and finishing thirty-ninth after crashing out. Johnson competed in two other races that year before moving to the Cup circuit full-time in 2002. The #48 team was given all of the #24 team's old cars, while the #24 built all new cars for the 2002 season. He won three races and finished runner-up to Ryan Newman
in the rookie battle. During his first season, Johnson became the first rookie to ever lead the points standings. He Finished fifth in points in 2002. He won three more races in 2003 and finished Second in points.
Johnson led much of the 2004
season's points but suffered bad luck before the Chase for the Nextel Cup began, falling to second behind Jeff Gordon. After falling as far as ninth in points during the Chase, he rebounded with four wins in five races. Despite this, Johnson would lose the championship by only eight points to Kurt Busch
in the closest final championship margin in Cup history.
Johnson led the points for much of the 2005
season, but lost the points lead to Tony Stewart
after the Brickyard 400
when he suffered a hard crash. He won four races and ultimately finished fifth in points that year. On February 19, 2006, Johnson won his first Daytona 500
while crew chief Chad Knaus
was serving a four-race suspension for rules infractions. Johnson would go on to win the All-Star Challenge, Brickyard 400, and the 2006
Nextel Cup championship.
Johnson also won the 2007
Nextel Cup championship in a season that Hendrick Motorsports won eighteen of thirty-six races. Johnson won a staggering 10 races, including taking four in a row during the Chase for the Cup.
In 2008, Jimmie tied Cale Yarborough's
record by winning his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series title. In 2009 Jimmie Johnson won 7 races, had 16 top fives, and 24 top tens. He went on to win his fourth consecutive championship. He is the only driver in NASCAR History to ever win four cup championships in a row. In 2010 he beat that record by winning a fifth championship in a row. He was in second at the start of the race. This is the first time since 2005, that he had to run a final race with him not in the lead of the points.
Car #88 was owned for many years by Rick Hendrick's father, the late Joe "Papa" Hendrick. It debuted as the #25 in 1986 with Folgers
sponsorship and Tim Richmond
driving. Richmond, who was teamed with veteran crew chief Harry Hyde
, won seven times that year and finished third in points. He missed the beginning of the 1987 season due to AIDS, while publicly saying he was suffering from pneumonia. Benny Parsons
and Darrell Waltrip
were hired to drive Hendrick's second and third cars at this time. Richmond returned midway through the season and won twice, but he was not going to make a quick recovery.
In 1988
, Ken Schrader
took over the ride. He won two pole positions, won the Talladega DieHard 500, and finished fifth in points. He won four more poles in 1989 and picked up a victory in the fall race at Charlotte. Kodiak
replaced Folgers as the sponsor of the #25 for the 1990 season. Schrader failed to win a race in 1990, but he won the Daytona 500 pole for the third year in a row. He won two more races in 1991 and finished ninth in points. Schrader did not win again, but he finished a career-best fourth in points in 1994. After that year, Budweiser
replaced Kodiak as the sponsor. Schrader left the team after the 1996 season and was replaced by Ricky Craven
.
Craven helped Hendrick complete a 1–2–3 finish in the 1997 Daytona 500. After suffering a concussion at Texas
, he missed two races. Jack Sprague
and Todd Bodine filled in for him during the injury. The other highlight for Craven during the 1997
campaign was a Winston Open win. Craven ultimately finished nineteenth in points. In 1998
, the car number was changed from #25 to #50 in honor of NASCAR's 50th anniversary. Shortly after the season started, Craven was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, and he was forced to sit out several races while Randy LaJoie
and Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
filled in. Craven returned to driving at his home track, New Hampshire, and won the pole for the event. Despite his effort, Craven was unable to produce strong results and was replaced by Dallenbach on a full-time basis.
Dallenbach brought the renumbered #25 to an eighteenth place finish in points 1999
, but both he and Budweiser departed at the end of the season. Hendrick hired Melling Racing's Jerry Nadeau
to drive the car for 2000 and obtained sponsorship from home improvement television personality Michael Holigan. Nadeau had a solid first year with Hendrick, finishing twentieth in points and winning the season-ending race at Atlanta
. The team returned for 2001 with the United Auto Workers
and Delphi Auto Parts
as co-sponsors, and Nadeau finished a career high seventeenth in points. After eleven races in 2002
, Nadeau was released and eventually was replaced by Joe Nemechek
. Nemechek won at Richmond
in 2003 before leaving for MB2/MBV Motorsports at the end of the year.
After winning the Busch Series championship in 2003, Brian Vickers
took over the #25 in 2004 with sponsorship from GMAC and Ditech
. With a third place finish in the rookie points battle, his first season was somewhat of a disappointment. 2004
was a sad year for Brian Vickers and the #25 team. "Papa" Joe, long-time owner of the #25 car, died in July, while close friend Ricky Hendrick perished in a plane crash that also took the lives of nine others in October. Vickers improved to seventeenth in points in 2005
. Midway through the 2006
campaign, Vickers announced he would leave Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the season. On June 9, 2006 Hendrick Motorsports announced that Casey Mears
of Chip Ganassi Racing
would take the spot of Vickers in 2007
. Vickers collected his first career win later that season at Talladega
.
In 2007, the Army National Guard
joined forces with longtime Hendrick Motorsports partner GMAC to sponsor the #25 Chevrolet driven by Casey Mears
. Mears piloted the #25 to his first career win at Lowe's
in the Coca Cola 600.
On June 13, 2007, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
announced he would join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 season. On September 14, 2007 it was announced that he would drive the #88 car. The #88 replaced the #25, and AMP Energy
and the National Guard
stepped up to sponsor the car. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief and cousin, Tony Eury, Jr.
, also made the move to Hendrick Motorsports. However, this partnership only lasted until April, 2009 when Tony Eury, Jr. was replaced by Lance McGrew, a technical advisor and part-time crew chief with HMS for the #25 car.
At the start of the 2011 season, Steve Letarte
moved over from the #24 team and became the crew chief of the #88 team. For 2012, PepsiCo
decided to replace the struggling AMP Energy brand with the Diet Mountain Dew brand.
drove for Hendrick in 1987 as a replacement for Tim Richmond. Hendrick kept the #25 available for Richmond to run a limited schedule, so Parsons drove the #35 car instead.
Jeff Gordon had to avoid finishing last in the 1995 NAPA 500 in order to win the championship, so Jeff Purvis
drove the #58 car in that event to ensure the first championship for Hendrick Motorsports.
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and Hendrick Motorsports officially combined NASCAR Nationwide Series operations following the conclusion of the 2007 racing season. The No. 5 Chevrolets were fielded full-time under the JR Motorsports
banner in 2008. The team will be fielded by JR Motorsports
in parnership with Hendrick Motorsports. The partnership will campaign two full-time race cars under the JR Motorsports banner that utilize Hendrick Motorsports engines, chassis and vehicle engineering support. Rick Hendrick
will be listed as car owner of the No. 5 team and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be car owner of the No. 88. JR Motorsports
and Hendrick Motorsports will also collaborate in the areas of partnership development, sponsorship services, marketing and media relations. Jayski stated that JR Motorsports
will field a third car, the #83, driven by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
and began competing in 2001
as the Hendrick #24 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet with Ricky Hendrick driving. Hendrick made three starts in the car, his best finish coming at Kentucky Speedway
, when he finished 15th. He and truck series teammate Jack Sprague moved up to the Busch Series full-time. Hendrick drove the #5 car but was injured early in a wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
. Ron Hornaday
would take over for him for the next six races, before Hendrick returned at Richmond. Towards the end of the season, Hendrick suddenly announced his retirement from driving, but would remain on board as a team co-owner until his 2004 death. David Green
and Ward Burton
finished out the season for the team.
Brian Vickers was hired to drive the 5 car in 2003. He won three races and the Busch Series championship. When he moved up to NEXTEL Cup, Kyle Busch
was hired as the team's new driver. In his rookie year, he won five races and was runner-up to Martin Truex Jr.
in points. He moved up to Cup as well after the season, but he continued to drive the 5 part-time. Mexican driver Adrian Fernández
drove the car in six races, finishing tenth at Mexico City, but did not have another top-ten finish that season. Hendrick development drivers Blake Feese
, Boston Reid
, and Kyle Krisiloff
also drove the car, running a total of eighteen races with best finishes of twenty-third, seventeenth, and nineteenth, respectively. Busch and Jimmie Johnson ran the rest of the schedule with Busch winning at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He drove 30 races the in 2006
, winning at Bristol and finishing seventh in points. He skipped the race at Memphis Motorsports Park
, being replaced by Justin Labonte
for that race.
In 2007
, Busch and Mark Martin shared the #5 on a part-time basis. The car carried a number of different sponsors including Lowe's, Delphi, Spectrum, and Hendrick Autoguard. Kyle Busch drove the car to victory lane in the rain delayed Daytona, Richmond
, and Kansas
. In 2008, this team will be based out of the JR Motorsports
shop, with Hendrick engines and chassis. Five drivers ran the car in 2008, Jimmie Johnson
, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
, Casey Mears
, Mark Martin and Landon Cassill
, as well as Martin Truex, Jr. and Ron Fellows
in one-race deals. This car was sponsored by Delphi
, the National Guard
, and GoDaddy.com
In 2009, the #5 car would be reduced to a part-time schedule due to the lack of sponsorship. Fastenal
, Unilever
and GoDaddy.com would sponsor the car with Cassill, Truex Jr, Earnhardt Jr, Martin, Tony Stewart
, Ryan Newman
and Scott Wimmer
scheduled to drive the car. The car would continue to be based in the JR Motorsports' shop, alongside Brad Keselowski
and the #88 car.
For 2010, this car would be driven by Kelly Bires under the JR Motorsports banner.
In 2010 JR Motorsports would field the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Danica Patrick retiring the #5. Dale Jr. will also run 4 additional races in the #7 and the #88 Hellmans Chevy in the Drive 4 COPD 300.
For 2011, the #88 car will be driven full-time by Aric Almirola.
/Ore-Ida
sponsorship. He qualified second but finished forty-third after an early wreck. His best finish in the car came at Dover, where he finished fifth. Kyle Busch drove the car in an additional four races, finishing in the top-five once. Boston Reid also drove the car once at IRP, finishing 23rd. Vickers drove the car in eight races, not finishing any higher than 23rd. Adrian Fernandez drove at Mexico City and Watkins Glen, finishing twelfth and seventeenth, respectively. In 2006
Brian Vickers ran eight races and the #57 had a new part time sponsor in Mountain Dew
with the full time sponsor remaining Ore-Ida for the other five races. Mountain Dew was the full time sponsor for three races in 2006 at Fontana, Darlington and Michigan with 9th, 12th, and 16th the finishes respectively. Vickers best finish in 2006 was a second at Daytona in July.
After Vickers' departure from Hendrick Motorsports, the team changed back to the 24 with Casey Mears
and the U.S. National Guard coming on board for a limited schedule. Adrian Fernandez
, and Landon Cassill also shared the ride. This team did not run in 2008.
. Jimmie Johnson drove it to a third place finish. He drove the car for five races in 2005, winning a pole at Lowe's
. During 2006, he started 3 races, both Lowe's
Races and the Ameriquest 300 At California. His best finish was 7th in the first Lowe's race. Jimmie Johnson drove the 48 car in the 2007 Carquest Auto Parts 300
at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the first of 3 Busch races of 2007 for Johnson.
The #24 Busch Series team, did not run in 2008 as operations are consolidated with JR Motorsports
.
with Ricky Hendrick driving with GMAC/Quaker State
sponsorship. He made six races that season and finished in the top-ten four times. In 2001
, Hendrick won his only career Truck race at Kansas Speedway
and finished sixth in points, runner-up to Travis Kvapil
for Rookie of the Year honors. The team did not run after 2001.
with Scott Lagasse Sr.
driving and DuPont
sponsoring. Lagasse posted two top-fives and finished ninth in the standings. The team also fielded the 25 Budweiser Chevrolet part-time with Hendrick Sr. and Roger Mears
driving. Midway through the season, Jack Sprague came on board to finish out the season for the team, winning a pole at Phoenix International Raceway
. In 1996
, he moved to the 24 full-time with Quaker State sponsoring. He won five races and was second in the points. The following season, he won three times and clinched his first NASCAR championship.
The team lost the Quaker State sponsorship after 1997, but signed GMAC Financial as a sponsor after a one-race deal with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce
. He won an additional five races, but lost the championship by three points. In 1999
, Sprague won the championship again but fell to fifth in 2000. In 2001, NetZero came on board as the team's sponsor, and Sprague won his third championship. After Sprague moved his ride to the Busch Series, Ron Hornaday
drove the 24 in a one-race deal at Daytona, finishing twelfth. The team closed after that race to focus on its Busch Series efforts.
in a couple races as a development package.
On October 24, 2004, ten people associated with Hendrick Motorsports lost their lives in a plane crash while en route from Concord, North Carolina
, to a small airport near the Martinsville Speedway
. The plane crashed in heavy fog into Bull Mountain, seven miles (11 km) from the Blue Ridge Airport
in Stuart, Virginia
, after a failed attempt to land.
Ten people aboard the Beechcraft King Air 200
died. Six were Hendrick family members and/or Hendrick Motorsports employees:
John Hendrick, the owner's brother and president of Hendrick Motorsports,
Jeff Turner, general manager of Hendrick Motorsports,
Ricky Hendrick
, a Hendrick Motorsports driver and its owner's son,
Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John Hendrick's twin daughters, and
Randy Dorton
, chief engine builder.
Also dead were the plane's pilots, Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison, Joe Jackson, director of the DuPont
Motorsports program, and Scott Lathram, who worked for Joe Gibbs Racing
as a helicopter pilot.
NASCAR officials learned of the crash during that day's Subway 500
race in Martinsville, Virginia
; they withheld the information from drivers until the end of the race, which was won by Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson
. For the rest of the 2004 season, all Hendrick Motorsports cars and the #0 Haas CNC Racing car featured pictures of the crash victims on the hood, accompanied by the phrase "Always in our hearts."
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Chevrolet Impala for five-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
, and the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/United States National Guard Chevrolet Impala for seven-time most popular driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
* NOTE: References to "Earnhardt", "he", and "him" refer to the subject of this article, unless otherwise specified. References to his father will include "Sr."...
The 2009 season marked the 25th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports, which has fielded cars for past NASCAR stars Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine
Geoffrey Eli Bodine is an American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers . Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina....
, Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series . Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which has since become an industry trend...
, Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
, Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons
Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...
, Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd is a former American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is known as the "Iron Man" of NASCAR; holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788...
, Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader
Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series for his own Ken Schrader Racing. He also runs part time in the NASCAR Camping...
, Terry Labonte
Terry Labonte
Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who occasionally drives in the Sprint Cup Series when called upon and is a two-time Winston Cup and IROC champion. He currently drives the #32 U.S. Chrome Ford for FAS Lane Racing. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had...
, Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
, Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
, and Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers
Brian Lee Vickers is a American NASCAR driver. He was the 2003 Busch Series champion, and at age 20, became the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series...
.
All Hendrick race cars are constructed start-to-finish at the 100-plus acre Hendrick Motorsports complex in Concord, North Carolina
Concord, North Carolina
Concord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. According to Census 2010, the city has a current population of 79,066. It is the largest city in Cabarrus County and is the county seat. In terms of population, the city of Concord is the second largest city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area...
. More than 550 engines are built or re-built on-site each year, with the team leasing some of those to other NASCAR outfits. Hendrick Motorsports employs over 500 people that perform many day-to-day activities. In 2009 Hendrick Motorsports made history by having 3 out of 4 drivers in the top 3 places in the points.
Car #5 history
1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 19 and ended on Sunday November 18. Terry Labonte was crowned champion at the end of the season.-Notable Races:-Daytona 500:...
under the banner "All Star Racing" with the #5 Northwestern Security Life Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine
Geoffrey Eli Bodine is an American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers . Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina....
. Running all 30 races, Bodine and the team won three times and finished ninth in points. Levi Garrett
Levi Garrett
Levi Garrett is a brand of chewing tobacco. It has a noticeably salty flavor....
came on board to sponsor the #5 Chevy in 1985. Despite not winning a race that year, Bodine improved to fifth in points. The team briefly became a two-car operation when Dick Brooks
Dick Brooks
Richard "Dick" Brooks was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500...
drove the #1 Exxon
Exxon
Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard....
Chevy at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
, in what proved to be Brooks' last NASCAR race.
Hendrick moved to a multi-car team full-time in 1986, with Bodine and Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series . Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which has since become an industry trend...
as drivers. Bodine won twice in the #5 and posted an eighth place finish in points. His younger brother, Brett
Brett Bodine
Brett Bodine is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and is the current driver of the pace car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is the younger brother of 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine and the older brother of 2006 Craftsman Truck Series champion Todd Bodine...
, raced as a teammate in the World 600
Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600, formerly known as the World 600, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend...
that year. Bodine went winless again in 1987
1987 in NASCAR
The 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began February 8 and ended November 22. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won the championship for the third time...
, finishing thirteenth in points. Bodine won one race each of the next two years before leaving for Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. , better known as Junior Johnson, is a retired moonshiner in the rural South who became one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966...
in 1990
1990 in NASCAR
The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Sunday February 11 and ended on Sunday November 18. Because of a highly controversial penalty to Mark Martin early in the season, Dale Earnhardt with Richard Childress Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion for the fourth time, edging out Martin by 21...
. Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd is a former American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is known as the "Iron Man" of NASCAR; holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788...
took his place, winning once and finishing seventh in points. For 1991
1991 in NASCAR
The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 10 and ended November 17. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at the end of the season. It was his fifth championship.-1991 Team Chart:-Busch Clash:...
, the team received sponsorship from Tide
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....
as part of the car's merger with Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
's old team. Winning one race that year, Rudd finished a career high second in points. On the final lap of that year's race at Sears Point Raceway
Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
, second-place Rudd spun out leader Davey Allison
Davey Allison
David Carl "Davey" Allison was a NASCAR driver. He was best known for driving the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the Winston Cup Series. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to Bobby Allison and wife Judy...
on the last turn and went on to win. NASCAR penalized the team for rough driving and awarded Allison the win. Rudd won once each of the next two years, and then left to form his own team, taking Tide with him.
Terry Labonte
Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who occasionally drives in the Sprint Cup Series when called upon and is a two-time Winston Cup and IROC champion. He currently drives the #32 U.S. Chrome Ford for FAS Lane Racing. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had...
. The car received sponsorship from Kellogg's and their Corn Flakes
Corn flakes
Corn flakes are a popular breakfast cereal originally manufactured by Kellogg's through the treatment of maize. A patent for the product was filed on May 31, 1895, and issued on April 14, 1896.-History:...
brand. Labonte won three races each in 1994
1994 in NASCAR
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at season's end, winning consecutive Winston Cups for the third time in his career and tying Richard Petty for the record of most top-level...
and 1995
1995 in NASCAR
The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on February 12 and concluded November 12. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship.- Overview :...
, and defeated teammate Jeff Gordon for the 1996 Winston Cup championship by 37 points. Labonte won one race each of the next three seasons. The 2000 season was a very difficult year for the team as two long streaks that defined Labonte's career came to an end. In the Pepsi 400, Labonte crashed his car and broke his leg. After an accident at New Hampshire damaged his inner ear, Labonte was not capable of driving, and he ended up missing two races, bringing his streak of most consecutive races to an abrupt end. Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine is a NASCAR driver. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion...
and Ron Hornaday, Jr. subbed for Labonte. His six-year winning streak was also broken as he failed to visit victory lane that year.
At the end of the 2000 season Labonte's team switched to Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
Frosted Flakes
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes is a breakfast cereal first introduced by the Kellogg Company. It consists of corn flakes "frosted" or coated with sugar. The "Frosted Flakes" name is used by Kellogg's in United States and Canada. The cereal was first introduced in 1951 as Sugar Frosted Flakes...
brand for its primary sponsorship. After a couple of low-key years, Labonte finished tenth in the points in 2003
2003 in NASCAR
The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. Matt Kenseth with Roush Racing driving a Ford was crowned the Winston Cup champion, despite winning only one race all year. Chevrolet took home the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship after capturing 19 wins...
. He also revisited victory lane after a four-year drought, winning the final Southern 500 at Darlington
Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
. After slipping to twenty-sixth in points in 2004
2004 in NASCAR
The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch with Roush Racing driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion....
, Labonte announced his semi-retirement. He would drive a limited schedule for two years before officially retiring after the 2006
2006 in NASCAR
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 17 at New Hampshire...
season. Hendrick tabbed Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
as his replacement.
Busch easily won the 2005 rookie of the year
NASCAR Rookie of the Year
The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. Each of NASCAR's national and regional touring series selects a RotY winner each year....
battle and made history when he took the checkered flag in the Sony HD 500
Sony HD 500
The Pepsi Max 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It was the second of two Sprint Cup Series races held at the Auto Club Speedway and in 2009 and 2010 it was run in October as part of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.The...
at California Speedway
California Speedway
Auto Club Speedway is a two-mile , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and...
for his first win, becoming the youngest driver to ever win a Cup Series race at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Busch would win later that year at Phoenix
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...
. In 2006, Kyle won once and qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, ultimately finishing tenth in points. In 2007
2007 in NASCAR
The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire...
, Busch grabbed a win at the Food City 500
Food City 500
The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Irwin Tools Night Race, and is considered one of NASCAR's best races...
, the inaugural race for the Car of Tomorrow
Car of Tomorrow
The Car of Tomorrow, sometimes called CoT or "Car of Today", is the car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow is safer, costs less to maintain, and was intended to make for closer competition.The car was introduced in the 2007 Cup...
. On June 13, 2007 Hendrick announced that Kyle Busch would not return to drive the #5 car in 2008. On September 4, 2007 it was announced that Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
would drive the #5 in 2008
2008 in NASCAR
There were three NASCAR national series in 2008:*2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - The top racing series in NASCAR*2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series - The second-tier NASCAR racing series*2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - The third-tier NASCAR racing series...
.
On June 22, 2008 ESPN.com reported that Mark Martin would leave Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. was a NASCAR-related organization located in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States working to continue the legacy of Dale Earnhardt. It was originally formed in 1980 by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt who died in a crash on the closing lap of the 2001...
to replace Casey Mears in the #5 car for the 2009 season. On Friday, July 4 at Daytona International Raceway, Hendrick and Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
announced that Martin had agreed to a two-year contract in the #5 car.
Mark Martin scored his first career win with Hendrick Motorsports at Phoenix on April 18, 2009. He became the third oldest winner and fourth driver over the age of 50 to win a Sprint Cup Series race. The win was also the 36th victory and 400th top 10 of Martin's career. On September 18, 2009 Hendrick announced that Martin had extended his contract through the 2011 season and will race full-time with GoDaddy.com
Go Daddy
Go Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services. In 2010, it reached more than 45 million domain names under management. Go Daddy is currently the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, and is four times the size of...
as a primary sponsor.
Beginning in 2011, Lance McGrew
Lance McGrew
Lance McGrew is the current crew chief for the #5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet driven by Mark Martin and owned by Hendrick Motorsports.-Early years:...
will be the crew chief of the #5 team, taking over from Gustafson. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
will use the #5 instead of his regular #48 for All-Star XXVII
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXVII
The NASCAR Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race XXVII was the 27th running of NASCAR's special non-points race involving winners of the 2010 and 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races through the 2011 FedEx 400 as well as Sprint All-Star Race XVII-XXVI winners, when the event was known as "The...
only
Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #5 Farmers Insurance Group Chevrolet Impala for Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series....
will drive the #5 car full-time beginning in the 2012 season. He will be sponsored by Farmers Insurance Group for 22 races
Car #5 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 30 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 28 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 29 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 29 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 29 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | #5 | Geoff Bodine | 29 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | #5 | Ricky Rudd | 29 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | #5 | Ricky Rudd | 29 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | #5 | Ricky Rudd | 29 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | #5 | Ricky Rudd | 30 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 31 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 31 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 31 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 32 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | #5 | Todd Bodine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | #5 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 36 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | #5 | Terry Labonte | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | #5 | Kyle Busch | 36 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | #5 | Kyle Busch | 36 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | #5 | Kyle Busch | 36 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | #5 | Casey Mears | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | #5 | Mark Martin | 36 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | #5 | Mark Martin | 36 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | #5 | Jimmie Johnson (Sprint All Star race) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | n\a | |||||||||||
| 2011 | #5 | Mark Martin | 21* | 0* | 2* | 1* | 4* | 15* | |||||||||||
| Totals | 864 | 31 | 45 | 195 | 352 | ||||||||||||||
| *Current stats as of race 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Car #17 history
Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
left Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. , better known as Junior Johnson, is a retired moonshiner in the rural South who became one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966...
's team following the 1986
1986 in NASCAR
The 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began February 16 and ended November 16. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won his second championship this year.See also: 1986 NASCAR Busch Series- Busch Clash :...
season in order to end his relationship with Budweiser. Waltrip chose to join Hendrick Motorsports with Tide
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....
as his sponsor and 17 as his car number. The team stayed mostly constant for all of its existence. Waltrip finally won the Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
in 1989
1989 in NASCAR
The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship...
, a race that had eluded him for so many years. At the end of the 1990
1990 in NASCAR
The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Sunday February 11 and ended on Sunday November 18. Because of a highly controversial penalty to Mark Martin early in the season, Dale Earnhardt with Richard Childress Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion for the fourth time, edging out Martin by 21...
season, Waltrip decided he wanted to start his own team, so he left, taking the #17 with him. The Tide sponsorship moved to the flagship #5 team with Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd is a former American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is known as the "Iron Man" of NASCAR; holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788...
as the driver and remained there until the end of the 1993
1993 in NASCAR
The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the title, the sixth of his career....
season.
Car #17 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | #17 | Darrell Waltrip | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 1988 | #17 | Darrell Waltrip | 29 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 1989 | #17 | Darrell Waltrip | 29 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1990 | #17 | Darrell Waltrip | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 1990 | #17 | Jimmy Horton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| 1990 | #17 | Greg Sacks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | ||
| 1990 | #17 | Sarel van der Merwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Totals | 116 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 61 | |||||
Car #24 history
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
and has been sponsored by DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
. Gordon debuted in the 1992
1992 in NASCAR
The 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 9, 1992 and ended on November 15, 1992. Independent owner/driver Alan Kulwicki of AK Racing won the Winston Cup championship in the closest championship battle in NASCAR history to-date....
Hooters 500, qualifying twenty-first and finishing thirty-first following a crash. Almost symbolically, that race was the last for seven-time champion Richard Petty
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...
. The team went full-time in 1993
1993 in NASCAR
The 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began on February 7 and ended on November 14. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the title, the sixth of his career....
with crew chief Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham
Ray Evernham is currently a consultant for Hendrick Companies. In 1999, Evernham won the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated “Person of the Year”.-Racer:...
. Gordon won his Twin 125 qualifying race
Gatorade Duel
The Gatorade Duel is NASCAR Sprint Cup Series preliminary event to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway. It consists of two races, and serves as a qualifying race for the Daytona 500...
at Daytona and finished fifth in the Daytona 500. He finished fourteenth in points and took home rookie of the year honors. In 1994
1994 in NASCAR
The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing was crowned champion at season's end, winning consecutive Winston Cups for the third time in his career and tying Richard Petty for the record of most top-level...
, Gordon won his first career race at the Coca-Cola 600
Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600, formerly known as the World 600, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend...
and also won the inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. Gordon improved to eighth in the points that year. The following year, Gordon would go on to win the 1995
1995 in NASCAR
The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on February 12 and concluded November 12. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship.- Overview :...
Winston Cup championship. He finished runner-up to teammate Terry Labonte for the 1996
1996 in NASCAR
The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series started on February 18, 1996 and ended on November 10, 1996 with Terry Labonte pulling off a massive upset and winning his second championship.-1996 Team Chart:-Busch Clash:...
championship.
Gordon won back-to-back championships in 1997
1997 in NASCAR
- 1997 Team Chart :- Busch Clash :The Busch Clash, a race for polewinners from the previous season, and drivers who have won the event before, was run on February 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Terry Labonte drew the pole...
and 1998
1998 in NASCAR
See Also: 1998 in NASCAR Busch Series-1998 Team Chart:-Bud Shootout Qualifier:The Bud Shootout Qualifier, a race for the fastest second round qualifier, from each race from the previous season, was run on February 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sterling Marlin drew the pole...
and also tied Richard Petty's modern era record for most victories in a season with thirteen. Gordon won the 1999
1999 in NASCAR
The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 7 and ended on Sunday November 21. Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett was crowned the champion...
Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
, but the team struggled with consistency that year. Crew chief Ray Evernham announced he was leaving the team to help with Dodge
Dodge
Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
's return to NASCAR that September. He was replaced by Brian Whitesell
Brian Whitesell
Brian Whitesell is an American team manager in NASCAR Sprint Cup auto racing from Stuarts Draft, Virginia. He is the team manager for the Hendrick Motorsports #5 team of Mark Martin and the #88 team of Dale Earnhardt, Jr...
, who guided Gordon to wins in the first two races after Evernham's departure. At the end of the season, Gordon signed a lifetime contract with the team that gave him part ownership.
In 2000
2000 in NASCAR
The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 13 and ended on Sunday November 20. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte was crowned champion at season's end. The NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship was won by Ford when they captured 14 wins and 234 points to better Pontiac's 11 wins...
, Whitesell moved to a new position within the organization and was replaced by Robbie Loomis
Robbie Loomis
Robbie Loomis is a former NASCAR crew chief who worked for Petty Enterprises and Hendrick Motorsports during his time as a crew chief, working most notably with Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon...
. Gordon picked up his fiftieth career victory at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
but finished ninth in points. He bounced back in 2001
2001 in NASCAR
The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season began on February 11 at the Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 23 at the New Hampshire International Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned series champion for the fourth time in seven years. The season was marked by tragedy,...
, winning his fourth championship. In 2002
2002 in NASCAR
The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday, February 10, and ended on Sunday, November 17. Tony Stewart with Joe Gibbs Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion. The NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship was captured by Ford after winning 14 events, and gaining 245 points over second place...
, Gordon became car owner for Jimmie Johnson and filed for divorce from his first wife Brooke. He finished fourth in points in 2003
2003 in NASCAR
The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. Matt Kenseth with Roush Racing driving a Ford was crowned the Winston Cup champion, despite winning only one race all year. Chevrolet took home the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship after capturing 19 wins...
. In 2004
2004 in NASCAR
The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch with Roush Racing driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion....
, Gordon finished third in the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup. After winning three of the first nine races in 2005
2005 in NASCAR
The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race Chase for the Nextel Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400....
, his season fell into a downward spiral. Gordon finished eleventh in points that year, which was the first time since his rookie season that he finished outside the top ten in points. 2006
2006 in NASCAR
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 17 at New Hampshire...
was Gordon's comeback year. With the help of new crew chief Steve Letarte
Steve Letarte
Steve Letarte is the crew chief for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He first began as crew chief for Jeff Gordon when he took over the job of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet from Robbie Loomis in September 2005. Letarte was born in Cornish, Maine.-Early Racing Career:Letarte began...
, Jeff would rebound to make the Chase for the Nextel Cup and finish sixth in points. In 2007, despite winning six races and scoring a modern era record thirty top 10s, Gordon wound up finishing second in points to teammate Jimmie Johnson.
In 2008 Gordon returned to the Chase, but he failed to win a race against Dale Earnhardt Jr. his fellow teammate for the first time since his rookie year. Despite that statistic, he managed to finish seventh in the season points standings.
At the end of the 2008 season, Gordon unveiled on The Today Show his new Firestorm paint scheme for 2009 and beyond. Gordon also broke a 47 race winless drought on April 4, 2009 at Texas. If he wins at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami.Since 2002 Homestead has hosted the final races of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series...
, he will be the only driver to win on all current NASCAR Sprint Cup racetracks in use.
Beginning in 2011, Alan Gustafson will become the crew chief of the #24 team, effective immediately. Gordon's primary sponsor will change for the first time, with AARP
AARP
AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is the United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. According to its mission statement, it is "a...
and Gordon partnering to form the "Drive to End Hunger" initiative. The deal will last for 22 races over the next two years.
Car #24 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 1993 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 30 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| 1994 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 31 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| 1995 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 31 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 1 |
| 1996 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 2 |
| 1997 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 32 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 1 |
| 1998 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 33 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 1 |
| 1999 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 34 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 |
| 2000 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 34 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 9 |
| 2001 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 |
| 2002 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 4 |
| 2003 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 4 |
| 2004 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 3 |
| 2005 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| 2006 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 6 |
| 2007 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 2 |
| 2008 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 |
| 2009 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 3 |
| 2010 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| 2011 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| Totals | 653 | 85 | 70 | 287 | 396 |
Car #25 history
The current #25 car debuted in 2003 as the #60 at the Pepsi 400 with sponsor Haas AutomationHaas Automation
Founded in 1983 by Gene Haas, Haas Automation is a CNC machine tool manufacturer based in Oxnard, California. Haas Automation manufactures CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, rotary tables and 5C indexers. Sales outlets, referred to as Haas Factory Outlets are located all...
and driver David Green. The car was originally formed as a partnership with Gene Haas
Gene Haas
Gene Francis Haas is founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation, one of the world's leading CNC machine tool manufacturers. He also founded a NASCAR team, Haas CNC Racing now known as Stewart Haas Racing....
, but the team evolved into Hendrick's R & D
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
team, Haas CNC Racing
Haas CNC Racing
Stewart-Haas Racing, formerly known as Haas CNC Racing, is a NASCAR racing team based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, which runs Chevrolet Impalas. The team is owned by Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, and runs the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala driven by Stewart and the #39 United States...
. Green ran one additional race that year and Brian Vickers ran the #60 at the fall Charlotte race.
Kyle Busch took over the car the following season, which had been rebranded as the #84 Carquest
Carquest
Carquest Auto Parts is a chain of auto-supply stores. There are over 3,400 Carquest Auto Parts locations in North America. The company is a supplier to National Account customers like Goodyear, Firestone, CarMax, Meineke, Midas, American Tire Dealers. General Parts International Inc. is the largest...
Chevy. He made his debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...
and made five more starts that year with a best finish of twenty-fourth at California.
In 2005, Terry Labonte took over the car, which had been changed to the #44, his first number, and Kyle Busch moved to the #5. Sponsored by Kellogg's and Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....
, Labonte drove the car in a limited schedule over the next two years before retiring. Hendrick did not run a fifth car until 2008, when they fielded the #25 Go Daddy
Go Daddy
Go Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services. In 2010, it reached more than 45 million domain names under management. Go Daddy is currently the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, and is four times the size of...
Chevrolet for Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Robert Keselowski is an American auto racing driver currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing...
for a pair of races. Making his Sprint Cup debut at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
in the 2008 Dickies 500
Dickies 500
The AAA Texas 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005...
, Brad Keselowski started 37th and finished 19th in the #25 Chevrolet. This car is classified as a research and development car (or R&D car). Brad finished 13th in his last start in this car in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
. He then left for Penske Racing
Penske Racing
Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, and Formula One. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
, where he raced most of the remainder of the season in the #12 Dodge he took over full time at the start of the 2010 season. The number will return for 2011, being driven by Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
at All-Star XXVII
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston until 2004, then the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge from 2004 until 2007, is a race open to race winners from the previous season as well as the current season, plus the past ten event winners and past decade's Cup Series champions...
for a special promotion with Farmers Insurance Group.
On May 29, 2011 at the Sprint All Star race the Hendrick Motorsports #25 driven by Mark Martin
Mark Martin
Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
finished 15th after starting 19th in the race.
Car #25 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #60 | David Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| 2003 | #60 | Brian Vickers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||
| 2004 | #84 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | ||
| 2005 | #44 | Terry Labonte | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| 2006 | #44 | Terry Labonte | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
| 2007 | #25 | Casey Mears | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||
| 2008 | #25 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||
| 2009 | #25 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 2011 | #25 | Mark Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n\a | ||
| Totals | 103 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||
Car #48 history
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
marrow sponsor founded by Rick Hendrick. The car was a safety car for Jeff Gordon to clinch his first championship. The 58 was driven by Jeff Purvis
Jeff Purvis
Jeff Purvis is a former race car driver in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. Purvis is still recovering from a massive brain injury suffered in 2002. He races "Late Model Crates" at Golden Isles Speedway.- Winston Cup Series Career :Purvis...
. Jeff had to finish 41st or better in the 42 car field. Jeff clinched the championship by staying out on green flag pit stops. Purvis came in 26th place. The #58 would not return until 2001 as the #48 car.
The current #48 car, co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, began competing in 2001 when Hendrick signed Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
, a second-year Busch Series driver for Herzog-Jackson Motorsports
Herzog-Jackson Motorsports
Herzog-Jackson Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Originating as Herzog Motorsports, the team was owned by Bill, Randy, and Stan Herzog. In its final year, the team was co-owned by former Oakland A's and New York Yankees player Reggie Jackson...
. Johnson made his debut at the fall Charlotte
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
race, qualifying fifteenth and finishing thirty-ninth after crashing out. Johnson competed in two other races that year before moving to the Cup circuit full-time in 2002. The #48 team was given all of the #24 team's old cars, while the #24 built all new cars for the 2002 season. He won three races and finished runner-up to Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman
Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army/Tornados/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson. Newman graduated from Purdue University in 2001 with a B.S. in vehicle structure engineering...
in the rookie battle. During his first season, Johnson became the first rookie to ever lead the points standings. He Finished fifth in points in 2002. He won three more races in 2003 and finished Second in points.
Johnson led much of the 2004
2004 in NASCAR
The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch with Roush Racing driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion....
season's points but suffered bad luck before the Chase for the Nextel Cup began, falling to second behind Jeff Gordon. After falling as far as ninth in points during the Chase, he rebounded with four wins in five races. Despite this, Johnson would lose the championship by only eight points to Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch
Kurt Thomas Busch is an American NASCAR and NHRA driver. He drives the No. 22 Shell Oil Company/Pennzoil Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and will race on an "opportunity permitting" basis in the Pro Stock division of NHRA...
in the closest final championship margin in Cup history.
Johnson led the points for much of the 2005
2005 in NASCAR
The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race Chase for the Nextel Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400....
season, but lost the points lead to Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
after the Brickyard 400
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
The Brickyard 400 is an annual 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup points race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The event, when first held in 1994, marked the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1916...
when he suffered a hard crash. He won four races and ultimately finished fifth in points that year. On February 19, 2006, Johnson won his first Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
while crew chief Chad Knaus
Chad Knaus
Chad Anthony Knaus is the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief for Jimmie Johnson. He is currently employed at Hendrick Motorsports. Knaus has 52 victories as Jimmie Johnson's crew chief and is the only NASCAR crew chief to win five consecutive championships. He has been a crew chief in...
was serving a four-race suspension for rules infractions. Johnson would go on to win the All-Star Challenge, Brickyard 400, and the 2006
2006 in NASCAR
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 17 at New Hampshire...
Nextel Cup championship.
Johnson also won the 2007
2007 in NASCAR
The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire...
Nextel Cup championship in a season that Hendrick Motorsports won eighteen of thirty-six races. Johnson won a staggering 10 races, including taking four in a row during the Chase for the Cup.
In 2008, Jimmie tied Cale Yarborough's
Cale Yarborough
William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough , is a farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships...
record by winning his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series title. In 2009 Jimmie Johnson won 7 races, had 16 top fives, and 24 top tens. He went on to win his fourth consecutive championship. He is the only driver in NASCAR History to ever win four cup championships in a row. In 2010 he beat that record by winning a fifth championship in a row. He was in second at the start of the race. This is the first time since 2005, that he had to run a final race with him not in the lead of the points.
Car #48 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | ||
| 2002 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2003 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2006 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 327 | 53 | 25 | 134 | 203 | |||||
Car #88 history
Folgers
Folgers Coffee is a major brand of coffee in the United States, part of the food and beverage division of The J.M. Smucker Co.-Company history:...
sponsorship and Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond
Tim Richmond was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series . Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which has since become an industry trend...
driving. Richmond, who was teamed with veteran crew chief Harry Hyde
Harry Hyde
Harry Hyde was a leading crew chief in NASCAR stock car racing in the 1960s through the 1980s, winning 56 races and 88 pole positions. He was the 1970 championship crew chief for Bobby Isaac...
, won seven times that year and finished third in points. He missed the beginning of the 1987 season due to AIDS, while publicly saying he was suffering from pneumonia. Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons
Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...
and Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
were hired to drive Hendrick's second and third cars at this time. Richmond returned midway through the season and won twice, but he was not going to make a quick recovery.
1988 in NASCAR
The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 7 and ended November 20. Bill Elliott of Melling Racing won the championship.See also: 1988 in NASCAR Busch Series- 1988 Team Chart :- Busch Clash :...
, Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader
Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series for his own Ken Schrader Racing. He also runs part time in the NASCAR Camping...
took over the ride. He won two pole positions, won the Talladega DieHard 500, and finished fifth in points. He won four more poles in 1989 and picked up a victory in the fall race at Charlotte. Kodiak
Kodiak tobacco
Kodiak is a brand of dipping tobacco manufactured by American Snuff Company, a U.S. smokeless tobacco manufacturer that also produces the Grizzly tobacco and Levi Garrett brands...
replaced Folgers as the sponsor of the #25 for the 1990 season. Schrader failed to win a race in 1990, but he won the Daytona 500 pole for the third year in a row. He won two more races in 1991 and finished ninth in points. Schrader did not win again, but he finished a career-best fourth in points in 1994. After that year, Budweiser
Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)
Budweiser is a 5.0% abv American-style lager introduced in 1876 by Adolphus Busch and one of the highest selling beers in the United States. It is made with up to 30% rice in addition to hops and barley malt. Budweiser is produced in various breweries located around the world...
replaced Kodiak as the sponsor. Schrader left the team after the 1996 season and was replaced by Ricky Craven
Ricky Craven
Richard Allen Craven is an ESPN broadcaster who works ESPN2's NASCAR Now and a race analyst for the network. Prior to his ESPN duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the K&N Pro Series, and the three national series. He occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR...
.
Craven helped Hendrick complete a 1–2–3 finish in the 1997 Daytona 500. After suffering a concussion at Texas
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
, he missed two races. Jack Sprague
Jack Sprague
Jack Sprague is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is currently a free agent. Sprague has finished in the top-ten in the points standings almost every year he has raced in the trucks, and won three championships in 1997, 1999, and 2001 while driving for Hendrick Motorsports.-...
and Todd Bodine filled in for him during the injury. The other highlight for Craven during the 1997
1997 in NASCAR
- 1997 Team Chart :- Busch Clash :The Busch Clash, a race for polewinners from the previous season, and drivers who have won the event before, was run on February 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Terry Labonte drew the pole...
campaign was a Winston Open win. Craven ultimately finished nineteenth in points. In 1998
1998 in NASCAR
See Also: 1998 in NASCAR Busch Series-1998 Team Chart:-Bud Shootout Qualifier:The Bud Shootout Qualifier, a race for the fastest second round qualifier, from each race from the previous season, was run on February 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sterling Marlin drew the pole...
, the car number was changed from #25 to #50 in honor of NASCAR's 50th anniversary. Shortly after the season started, Craven was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, and he was forced to sit out several races while Randy LaJoie
Randy LaJoie
Randall LaJoie was a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series , where he is a two-time champion. Presently, he does not have a full-time ride. He is the father of racers Casey and Corey LaJoie.-Early racing career:LaJoie started racing go-karts when he was 12 years old...
and Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He competed in 226 Winston Cup races from 1991 to 2001 and had 23 top 10 finishes. The son of open wheel racer and former CART chief steward, Wally Dallenbach, Sr., Wally Jr. is also a road racer...
filled in. Craven returned to driving at his home track, New Hampshire, and won the pole for the event. Despite his effort, Craven was unable to produce strong results and was replaced by Dallenbach on a full-time basis.
Dallenbach brought the renumbered #25 to an eighteenth place finish in points 1999
1999 in NASCAR
The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 7 and ended on Sunday November 21. Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett was crowned the champion...
, but both he and Budweiser departed at the end of the season. Hendrick hired Melling Racing's Jerry Nadeau
Jerry Nadeau
Jerry Nadeau is a retired race car driver from Danbury, Connecticut. Nadeau competed in the 1994 Barber Dodge Pro Series and the 1996 Formula Opel Euroseries.-NASCAR career:Nadeau's NASCAR career began in 1995 in the Busch Series...
to drive the car for 2000 and obtained sponsorship from home improvement television personality Michael Holigan. Nadeau had a solid first year with Hendrick, finishing twentieth in points and winning the season-ending race at Atlanta
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
. The team returned for 2001 with the United Auto Workers
United Auto Workers
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly in Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial...
and Delphi Auto Parts
Delphi (auto parts)
Delphi Automotive PLC is an automotive parts company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA. Delphi is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 146,600 employees ....
as co-sponsors, and Nadeau finished a career high seventeenth in points. After eleven races in 2002
2002 in NASCAR
The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday, February 10, and ended on Sunday, November 17. Tony Stewart with Joe Gibbs Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion. The NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship was captured by Ford after winning 14 events, and gaining 245 points over second place...
, Nadeau was released and eventually was replaced by Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek
Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship...
. Nemechek won at Richmond
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
in 2003 before leaving for MB2/MBV Motorsports at the end of the year.
Brian Vickers
Brian Lee Vickers is a American NASCAR driver. He was the 2003 Busch Series champion, and at age 20, became the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series...
took over the #25 in 2004 with sponsorship from GMAC and Ditech
Ditech
Ditech, based in Costa Mesa, California, was a lender, offering mortgages and lines of credit as a member of Ally Financial, specifically GMAC ResCap which purchased Ditech from its private owner in 1999...
. With a third place finish in the rookie points battle, his first season was somewhat of a disappointment. 2004
2004 in NASCAR
The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch with Roush Racing driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion....
was a sad year for Brian Vickers and the #25 team. "Papa" Joe, long-time owner of the #25 car, died in July, while close friend Ricky Hendrick perished in a plane crash that also took the lives of nine others in October. Vickers improved to seventeenth in points in 2005
2005 in NASCAR
The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race Chase for the Nextel Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400....
. Midway through the 2006
2006 in NASCAR
The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and ended on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 17 at New Hampshire...
campaign, Vickers announced he would leave Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the season. On June 9, 2006 Hendrick Motorsports announced that Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
of Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships...
would take the spot of Vickers in 2007
2007 in NASCAR
The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire...
. Vickers collected his first career win later that season at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
.
In 2007, the Army National Guard
Army National Guard
Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
joined forces with longtime Hendrick Motorsports partner GMAC to sponsor the #25 Chevrolet driven by Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
. Mears piloted the #25 to his first career win at Lowe's
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
in the Coca Cola 600.
On June 13, 2007, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
* NOTE: References to "Earnhardt", "he", and "him" refer to the subject of this article, unless otherwise specified. References to his father will include "Sr."...
announced he would join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 season. On September 14, 2007 it was announced that he would drive the #88 car. The #88 replaced the #25, and AMP Energy
Mountain Dew AMP
AMP Energy is an energy drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. At the time of its introduction in 2001, AMP Energy was initially distributed under the Mountain Dew soft drink brand. Since 2009, it has been produced and labeled under its own stand-alone trademark name...
and the National Guard
Army National Guard
Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
stepped up to sponsor the car. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief and cousin, Tony Eury, Jr.
Tony Eury, Jr.
Tony Eury Jr. is the crew chief for the JR Motorsports #7 Go Daddy Chevrolet Impala driven by Danica Patrick and Kelly Bires in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Eury had been the head of Hendrick Motorsports Research and development group but, previous to that, he served as crew chief for Dale...
, also made the move to Hendrick Motorsports. However, this partnership only lasted until April, 2009 when Tony Eury, Jr. was replaced by Lance McGrew, a technical advisor and part-time crew chief with HMS for the #25 car.
At the start of the 2011 season, Steve Letarte
Steve Letarte
Steve Letarte is the crew chief for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He first began as crew chief for Jeff Gordon when he took over the job of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet from Robbie Loomis in September 2005. Letarte was born in Cornish, Maine.-Early Racing Career:Letarte began...
moved over from the #24 team and became the crew chief of the #88 team. For 2012, PepsiCo
PepsiCo
PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
decided to replace the struggling AMP Energy brand with the Diet Mountain Dew brand.
Car #88 career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | #25 | Tim Richmond | 29 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | #25 | Tim Richmond | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | #25 | Rick Hendrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 29 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 29 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 29 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 30 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 31 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | #25 | Ken Schrader | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | #25 | Ricky Craven | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 19 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | #25 | Todd Bodine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | #25 | Jack Sprague | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | #50 | Ricky Craven | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | #50 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | #50 | Randy LaJoie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | #25 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | #25 | Jerry Nadeau | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | #25 | Jerry Nadeau | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | #25 | Jerry Nadeau | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | #25 | Joe Nemechek | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | #25 | Joe Nemechek | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | #25 | Brian Vickers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | #25 | Brian Vickers | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | #25 | Brian Vickers | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | #25 | Brian Vickers | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | #25 | Casey Mears | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | #88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 36 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | #88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | #88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | #88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 21* | 0* | 1* | 3* | 8* | 10* | |||||||||||
| Totals | 773 | 18 | 34 | 123 | 255 | ||||||||||||||
| * Current season stats as of race 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other car history
Benny ParsonsBenny Parsons
Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...
drove for Hendrick in 1987 as a replacement for Tim Richmond. Hendrick kept the #25 available for Richmond to run a limited schedule, so Parsons drove the #35 car instead.
Jeff Gordon had to avoid finishing last in the 1995 NAPA 500 in order to win the championship, so Jeff Purvis
Jeff Purvis
Jeff Purvis is a former race car driver in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes. Purvis is still recovering from a massive brain injury suffered in 2002. He races "Late Model Crates" at Golden Isles Speedway.- Winston Cup Series Career :Purvis...
drove the #58 car in that event to ensure the first championship for Hendrick Motorsports.
Other car career statistics
| Year | Car Number | Driver | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s | Season Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | #1 | Dick Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | ||
| 1986 | #2 | Brett Bodine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| 1987 | #51 | Jim Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | ||
| 1987 | #35 | Benny Parsons | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1988 | #18 | Rick Hendrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | ||
| 1988 | #47 | Rob Moroso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| 1989 | #51 | Bobby Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | ||
| 1989 | #18 | Tommy Kendall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | ||
| 1989 | #42 | Kyle Petty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1989 | #46 | Greg Sacks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| 1990 | #18 | Stan Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | ||
| 1990 | #18 | Greg Sacks | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | ||
| 1990 | #46 | Greg Sacks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| 1990 | #68 | Hut Stricklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 1990 | #51 | Hut Stricklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 1993 | #46 | Al Unser, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | ||
| 1995 | #58 | Jeff Purvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |||||
Wins
1984- 04/29 Sovran Bank 500Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500The Goody's Fast Relief 500 is a 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in , just outside of Martinsville...
at Martinsville, VAMartinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
– Geoff Bodine - 07/14 Pepsi 420Pepsi 420The Pepsi 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Nashville International Raceway from 1958 to 1984.- Race winners:Pepsi 420*1984 - Geoff BodineBusch Nashville 420*1983 - Dale Earnhardt*1982 - Darrell Waltrip...
at Nashville, TNMusic City MotorplexFairgrounds Speedway is a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racetrack located at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is one of the oldest tracks in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup races from 1958 to 1984...
– Geoff Bodine - 11/18 Winston Western 500Winston Western 500The Winston Western 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, USA, in January, and then in later years, November. From 1963 to 1981, the race was held in January and was the season opening race...
at Riverside, CARiverside International RacewayRiverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989...
– Geoff Bodine
1986
- 02/16 Daytona 500Daytona 500The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
at Daytona, FLDaytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
– Geoff Bodine - 05/18 Budweiser 500 at Dover, DEDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
– Geoff Bodine - 06/08 Miller High Life 500 at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Tim Richmond - 07/04 Firecracker 400Coke Zero 400The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually, beginning in 1959, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida; the second major stock car event held at Daytona on the Sprint Cup circuit...
at Daytona, FLDaytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
– Tim Richmond - 07/20 Summer 500Pennsylvania 500The Good Sam RV Insurance 500 is the second of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the other being the Pocono 500...
at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Tim Richmond - 08/10 The Budweiser At The Glen at Watkins Glen, NYWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
– Tim Richmond - 08/31 Southern 500 at Darlington, SCDarlington RacewayDarlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
– Tim Richmond - 09/07 Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 at Richmond, VARichmond International RacewayRichmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
– Tim Richmond - 11/16 Winston Western 500Winston Western 500The Winston Western 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, USA, in January, and then in later years, November. From 1963 to 1981, the race was held in January and was the season opening race...
at Riverside, CARiverside International RacewayRiverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989...
– Tim Richmond
1987
- 06/14 Miller High Life 500 at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Tim Richmond - 06/21 Budweiser 400Budweiser 400The Budweiser 400 was an annual summer NASCAR Winston Cup race held from 1970 to 1988 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, USA. A 400-mile race was also run at the track in November 1963. The race distance was 400 miles until 1976 when it was shortened to 249 miles...
at Riverside, CARiverside International RacewayRiverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989...
– Tim Richmond - 09/27 Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, VAMartinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
– Darrell Waltrip
1988
- 05/29 Coca-Cola 600Coca-Cola 600The Coca-Cola 600, formerly known as the World 600, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend...
at Charlotte, NCCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCharlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
– Darrell Waltrip - 06/19 Miller High Life 500 at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Geoff Bodine - 07/31 Talladega DieHard 500 at Talladega, ALTalladega SuperspeedwayTalladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
– Ken Schrader - 09/25 Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, VAMartinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
– Darrell Waltrip
1989
- 02/19 Daytona 500Daytona 500The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
at Daytona, FLDaytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
– Darrell Waltrip - 03/19 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 at Atlanta, GAAtlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
– Darrell Waltrip - 04/23 Pannill Sweatshirts 500Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500The Goody's Fast Relief 500 is a 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in , just outside of Martinsville...
at Martinsville, VAMartinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
– Darrell Waltrip - 05/28 Coca-Cola 600Coca-Cola 600The Coca-Cola 600, formerly known as the World 600, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend...
at Charlotte, NCCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCharlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
– Darrell Waltrip - 08/26 Busch 500 at Bristol, TNBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
– Darrell Waltrip - 09/24 Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, VAMartinsville SpeedwayMartinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
– Darrell Waltrip - 10/08 All Pro Auto Parts 500Bank of America 500The Bank of America 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that is hosted annually at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, United States. The race is usually held in the month of October, as part of the Chase for the Sprint Cup and is 500 miles long...
at Charlotte, NCCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCharlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
– Ken Schrader - 10/15 Holly Farms 400Tyson Holly Farms 400The Tyson Holly Farms 400 was a former NASCAR Winston Cup event that took place every last weekend in September or first weekend in October at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina USA, from 1949 to 1996 except 1956. The 1996 race was the last NASCAR national series...
at North Wilkesboro, NCNorth Wilkesboro SpeedwayNorth Wilkesboro Speedway was a short track that held races in NASCAR's top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996...
– Geoff Bodine
1990
- 08/12 Budweiser At The Glen at Watkins Glen, NYWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
– Ricky Rudd
1991
- 03/18 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 at Atlanta, GAAtlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
– Ken Schrader - 04/07 TranSouth 500 at Darlington, SCDarlington RacewayDarlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
– Ricky Rudd - 06/03 Budweiser 500 at Dover, DEDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
– Ken Schrader
1992
- 09/20 Peak AntiFreeze 500 at Dover, DEDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
– Ricky Rudd
1993
- 06/20 Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Brooklyn, MIMichigan International SpeedwayMichigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
– Ricky Rudd
1994
- 04/17 First Union 400First Union 400The First Union 400 was a former NASCAR Winston Cup race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA, in late March or early April from 1951 to 1996...
at North Wilkesboro, NCNorth Wilkesboro SpeedwayNorth Wilkesboro Speedway was a short track that held races in NASCAR's top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996...
– Terry Labonte - 05/29 Coca-Cola 600Coca-Cola 600The Coca-Cola 600, formerly known as the World 600, is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend...
at Charlotte, NCCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCharlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
– Jeff Gordon - 08/06 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, INIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....
– Jeff Gordon - 09/10 Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Richmond, VARichmond International RacewayRichmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
– Terry Labonte - 10/30 Slick 50 500 at Phoenix, AZPhoenix International RacewayPhoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...
– Terry Labonte
1995
- 02/26 Goodwrench 500Subway 400The Subway 400 was the second race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season until 2004, held a week after the Daytona 500. This 400 mile annual race was sponsored by Subway and was held at North Carolina Speedway since 1966...
at Rockingham, NC – Jeff Gordon - 03/05 Pontiac Excitement 400Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400The Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Since 2007, race title sponsor Crown Royal names the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona Speedweeks...
at Richmond, VARichmond International RacewayRichmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
– Terry Labonte - 03/12 Purolator 500 at Atlanta, GAAtlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
– Jeff Gordon - 04/02 Food City 500Food City 500The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Irwin Tools Night Race, and is considered one of NASCAR's best races...
at Bristol, TNBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
– Jeff Gordon - 06/11 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Terry Labonte - 07/01 Pepsi 400Coke Zero 400The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually, beginning in 1959, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida; the second major stock car event held at Daytona on the Sprint Cup circuit...
at Daytona, FLDaytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
– Jeff Gordon - 07/09 Slick 50 300 at Loudon, NH – Jeff Gordon
- 08/26 Goody's 500 at Bristol, TNBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
– Terry Labonte - 09/03 Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington, SCDarlington RacewayDarlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
– Jeff Gordon - 09/17 MBNA 500 at Dover, DEDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
– Jeff Gordon
2010
- 02/21 Auto Club 400Auto Club 500The Auto Club 400 is a long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Prior to 2005, the race was held in late April or early May, and until 2010, the race was run at a length of 500 miles. When the NASCAR Realignment of 2005 was made, the race...
at Fontana, CA – Jimmie Johnson - 02/28 Shelby American at Las Vegas, NVLas Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...
– Jimmie Johnson - 03/21 Food City 500Food City 500The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Irwin Tools Night Race, and is considered one of NASCAR's best races...
at Bristol, TNBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
– Jimmie Johnson - 06/20 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, CAInfineon RacewayInfineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
– Jimmie Johnson - 06/27 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon, NH – Jimmie Johnson
- 09/26 AAA 400 at Dover, DEDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
– Jimmie Johnson
2011
- 02/27 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix, AZPhoenix International RacewayPhoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...
– Jeff Gordon - 04/17 Aaron's 499Aaron's 499The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car auto race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The race has always been held in late April or early May. The Aaron's 499 is also one of four races currently run with restrictor plates, the others being the AMP Energy 500,...
at Talladega, ALTalladega SuperspeedwayTalladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
– Jimmie Johnson - 06/12 5-hour Energy 500 at Long Pond, PAPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
– Jeff Gordon - 09/06 AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta, GAAtlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
- Jeff Gordon - 10/09 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, KSKansas SpeedwayKansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
- Jimmie Johnson
All-time statistics
- Starts: 2732
- Wins: 241
- Poles: 227
- Top 5s: 750
- Top 10s: 1229
- Titles: 10
Nationwide Series
JR MotorsportsJR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
and Hendrick Motorsports officially combined NASCAR Nationwide Series operations following the conclusion of the 2007 racing season. The No. 5 Chevrolets were fielded full-time under the JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
banner in 2008. The team will be fielded by JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
in parnership with Hendrick Motorsports. The partnership will campaign two full-time race cars under the JR Motorsports banner that utilize Hendrick Motorsports engines, chassis and vehicle engineering support. Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III , 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. He attended Park View High School in South Hill, Virginia, and began his career in auto...
will be listed as car owner of the No. 5 team and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be car owner of the No. 88. JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
and Hendrick Motorsports will also collaborate in the areas of partnership development, sponsorship services, marketing and media relations. Jayski stated that JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
will field a third car, the #83, driven by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
* NOTE: References to "Earnhardt", "he", and "him" refer to the subject of this article, unless otherwise specified. References to his father will include "Sr."...
Car #5 history
The #5 car was purchased by Hendrick Motorsports as the #24 from JG MotorsportsJG Motorsports
JG Motorsports was a NASCAR Busch Series race team co-owned by Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick, which attempted 20 races in the year 2000.The team evolved from Gordon/Evernham Motorsports which ran six races in the Busch Series in 1999....
and began competing in 2001
2001 in NASCAR Busch Series
The 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 17 and ended November 10.Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing was champion.See also: 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series-2001 Team chart:...
as the Hendrick #24 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet with Ricky Hendrick driving. Hendrick made three starts in the car, his best finish coming at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
, when he finished 15th. He and truck series teammate Jack Sprague moved up to the Busch Series full-time. Hendrick drove the #5 car but was injured early in a wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada near Las Vegas, is a complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:...
. Ron Hornaday
Ron Hornaday
Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Adding on to the family legacy, Ron is a four-time champion in the Truck Series, his most recent...
would take over for him for the next six races, before Hendrick returned at Richmond. Towards the end of the season, Hendrick suddenly announced his retirement from driving, but would remain on board as a team co-owner until his 2004 death. David Green
David Green (NASCAR)
David A. Green is a NASCAR driver. He won the Nationwide Series championship in 1994. His two younger brothers, Jeff and Mark have also competed in the NASCAR circuit...
and Ward Burton
Ward Burton
John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racer, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, against whom he first...
finished out the season for the team.
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
was hired as the team's new driver. In his rookie year, he won five races and was runner-up to Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Lee Truex Jr. is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. Truex is a two-time Nationwide Series champion; having won the title in 2004 and 2005. His younger brother, Ryan is a champion in the K&N Pro Series East...
in points. He moved up to Cup as well after the season, but he continued to drive the 5 part-time. Mexican driver Adrian Fernández
Adrian Fernández
José Adrián Fernández Mier is a Mexican racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.-Early career:...
drove the car in six races, finishing tenth at Mexico City, but did not have another top-ten finish that season. Hendrick development drivers Blake Feese
Blake Feese
Blake Feese , is a second generation American racecar driver. Previously he had won races in ARCA and USAC, before running the NASCAR Busch Series on a part-time schedule with Hendrick Motorsports in 2005 as part of their driver development program, before he was released.Feese began racing at the...
, Boston Reid
Boston Reid
Boston Reid , is a USAC and NASCAR driver.His father Lynn Reid was the Logansport Honda Motorcycle dealer later moving his shop to Kokomo, Indiana. Boston is a 2001 Graduate of Taylor High School. He is currently unemployed.Boston began racing at the age of seven before moving on to the World...
, and Kyle Krisiloff
Kyle Krisiloff
Kyle Krisiloff is an American race car driver. He is the son of former Champ Car racer, Steve Krisiloff, the nephew of Tony George, and the grandson of Mari Hulman George. He became the youngest BMX rider in the United States, when he began racing BMX bicycles at just three years old...
also drove the car, running a total of eighteen races with best finishes of twenty-third, seventeenth, and nineteenth, respectively. Busch and Jimmie Johnson ran the rest of the schedule with Busch winning at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He drove 30 races the in 2006
2006 in NASCAR Busch Series
The 25th season of the NASCAR Busch Series opened February 18, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway and concluded November 18, 2006, at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
, winning at Bristol and finishing seventh in points. He skipped the race at Memphis Motorsports Park
Memphis Motorsports Park
Memphis International Raceway is an auto racing park located across the Loosahatchie River from Memphis, Tennessee, approximately ten miles south of Millington, Tennessee. The facility opened in 1987 with a drag strip and 1.8-mile road course...
, being replaced by Justin Labonte
Justin Labonte
Justin Labonte is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. He is the son of NASCAR driver Terry Labonte, and the nephew of Bobby Labonte. He currently does not have a ride in the Nationwide Series, and is rumored to be racing late models on North Carolina short tracks...
for that race.
In 2007
2007 in NASCAR Busch Series
The 26th season of the NASCAR Busch Series began on February 17, 2007, with the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on November 17, 2007, with the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Carl Edwards clinched the Busch Series championship on November 3 during the O'Reilly...
, Busch and Mark Martin shared the #5 on a part-time basis. The car carried a number of different sponsors including Lowe's, Delphi, Spectrum, and Hendrick Autoguard. Kyle Busch drove the car to victory lane in the rain delayed Daytona, Richmond
Emerson Radio 250
The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that takes place at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. It is held the night before the Sprint Cup Series race, the Air Guard 400...
, and Kansas
Yellow Transportation 300
The Kansas Lottery 300 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that takes place at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas.-Past winners:*2004: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.-References:*...
. In 2008, this team will be based out of the JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
shop, with Hendrick engines and chassis. Five drivers ran the car in 2008, Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
* NOTE: References to "Earnhardt", "he", and "him" refer to the subject of this article, unless otherwise specified. References to his father will include "Sr."...
, Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
, Mark Martin and Landon Cassill
Landon Cassill
Landon Douglas Cassill is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. He is a test driver for Hendrick Motorsports. He currently drives the #51 Chevrolet Impala for Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup Series....
, as well as Martin Truex, Jr. and Ron Fellows
Ron Fellows
Ron Fellows is an accomplished Canadian SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA, and American Le Mans Series driver, and a NASCAR Road course ringer.-Early career:...
in one-race deals. This car was sponsored by Delphi
Delphi (auto parts)
Delphi Automotive PLC is an automotive parts company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA. Delphi is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 146,600 employees ....
, the National Guard
United States National Guard
The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States. Militia members are citizen soldiers, meaning they work part time for the National...
, and GoDaddy.com
In 2009, the #5 car would be reduced to a part-time schedule due to the lack of sponsorship. Fastenal
Fastenal
Fastenal Co is an American company based in Winona, Minnesota. Selling industrial and construction supplies and services including inventory management services, Fastenal refers to itself as an industrial supply company, but Reuters calls it an industrial distributor.-History:Founded in 1967 by...
, Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
and GoDaddy.com would sponsor the car with Cassill, Truex Jr, Earnhardt Jr, Martin, Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
, Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman
Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army/Tornados/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson. Newman graduated from Purdue University in 2001 with a B.S. in vehicle structure engineering...
and Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He has a total of 6 wins in the Nationwide Series. His brother Chris Wimmer competed in the Busch Series. Wimmer co-owns State Park Speedway in a Wausau suburb...
scheduled to drive the car. The car would continue to be based in the JR Motorsports' shop, alongside Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Robert Keselowski is an American auto racing driver currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing...
and the #88 car.
For 2010, this car would be driven by Kelly Bires under the JR Motorsports banner.
In 2010 JR Motorsports would field the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Danica Patrick retiring the #5. Dale Jr. will also run 4 additional races in the #7 and the #88 Hellmans Chevy in the Drive 4 COPD 300.
For 2011, the #88 car will be driven full-time by Aric Almirola.
Car #24 history
The 24 car began racing in 2005 as the #57. The number came from the sponsorship of Heinz, and their 57 varieties. Brian Vickers debuted the car at Darlington with Pizza HutPizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....
/Ore-Ida
Ore-Ida
Ore-Ida is a brand of potato-based frozen foods currently produced and distributed by the H. J. Heinz Company. Ore-Ida's primary production facility is located in Ontario, Oregon, and the company employs over 1,000 local residents...
sponsorship. He qualified second but finished forty-third after an early wreck. His best finish in the car came at Dover, where he finished fifth. Kyle Busch drove the car in an additional four races, finishing in the top-five once. Boston Reid also drove the car once at IRP, finishing 23rd. Vickers drove the car in eight races, not finishing any higher than 23rd. Adrian Fernandez drove at Mexico City and Watkins Glen, finishing twelfth and seventeenth, respectively. In 2006
2006 in NASCAR Busch Series
The 25th season of the NASCAR Busch Series opened February 18, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway and concluded November 18, 2006, at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
Brian Vickers ran eight races and the #57 had a new part time sponsor in Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew is a citrus-flavored carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in the 1940s by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman and was first marketed in Marion, VA, Knoxville and Johnson City, Tennessee. A revised formula was...
with the full time sponsor remaining Ore-Ida for the other five races. Mountain Dew was the full time sponsor for three races in 2006 at Fontana, Darlington and Michigan with 9th, 12th, and 16th the finishes respectively. Vickers best finish in 2006 was a second at Daytona in July.
After Vickers' departure from Hendrick Motorsports, the team changed back to the 24 with Casey Mears
Casey Mears
Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
and the U.S. National Guard coming on board for a limited schedule. Adrian Fernandez
Adrian Fernández
José Adrián Fernández Mier is a Mexican racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.-Early career:...
, and Landon Cassill also shared the ride. This team did not run in 2008.
Car #48 history
The 48 car made its debut in the Busch Series in 2004 at Lowe's, running a one-race deal with sponsorship from SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
. Jimmie Johnson drove it to a third place finish. He drove the car for five races in 2005, winning a pole at Lowe's
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
. During 2006, he started 3 races, both Lowe's
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...
Races and the Ameriquest 300 At California. His best finish was 7th in the first Lowe's race. Jimmie Johnson drove the 48 car in the 2007 Carquest Auto Parts 300
Carquest Auto Parts 300
The Top Gear 300 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is held the day before the Coca-Cola 600 on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend...
at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the first of 3 Busch races of 2007 for Johnson.
The #24 Busch Series team, did not run in 2008 as operations are consolidated with JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
.
Car #80 history
Hendrick Motorsports announced on January 19, 2009 that Tony Stewart would attempt to qualify the #80 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet in the season-opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona. The number 80 represents the number of affiliates in the Hendrick Automotive Group. Tony Stewart won the Daytona Nationwide Series race in the #80 car.Truck #17 history
The 17 Camping World Truck Series (was Craftsman Truck Series) team made its debut in 20002000 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 18 and ended October 28. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing was crowned the series champion.See also: 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series- 2000 Team Chart :- Daytona 250 :...
with Ricky Hendrick driving with GMAC/Quaker State
Pennzoil
Pennzoil is an American oil company founded in Los Angeles, California in 1913. In 1955, it was acquired by Oil City, Pennsylvania company South Penn Oil, a former branch of Standard Oil. In 1963, South Penn Oil merged with Zapata Petroleum; the merged company took the Pennzoil name. During the...
sponsorship. He made six races that season and finished in the top-ten four times. In 2001
2001 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 16 and ended November 3. Jack Sprague of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned champion.See also: 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2001 NASCAR Busch Series- 2001 Team Chart :...
, Hendrick won his only career Truck race at Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
and finished sixth in points, runner-up to Travis Kvapil
Travis Kvapil
Travis Kvapil is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.-Early career:...
for Rookie of the Year honors. The team did not run after 2001.
Truck #24 history
The 24 truck debuted with the Truck Series in 19951995 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Season, the first one ever to be run, began February 5 and ended October 28. Mike Skinner of Richard Childress Racing won the championship.See also: 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1995 NASCAR Busch Series...
with Scott Lagasse Sr.
Scott Lagasse
Scott Lagasse is a former race car driver. He raced primarily on road courses during his career beginning in 1985 in the SCCA where he became the first Driver to earn Novice,Regional and National License all in the same season. More impressive was winning the SCCA National Championship in his...
driving and DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
sponsoring. Lagasse posted two top-fives and finished ninth in the standings. The team also fielded the 25 Budweiser Chevrolet part-time with Hendrick Sr. and Roger Mears
Roger Mears
Roger Mears , is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1978-1984 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, and started in the 1982 and 1983 Indianapolis 500...
driving. Midway through the season, Jack Sprague came on board to finish out the season for the team, winning a pole at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...
. In 1996
1996 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began March 17 and ended November 3. Ron Hornaday of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the championship.See also: 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1996 NASCAR Busch Series- 1996 Team Chart :...
, he moved to the 24 full-time with Quaker State sponsoring. He won five races and was second in the points. The following season, he won three times and clinched his first NASCAR championship.
The team lost the Quaker State sponsorship after 1997, but signed GMAC Financial as a sponsor after a one-race deal with Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce
Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce
Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce is a company that produces barbecue sauce. Based in Yukon, Oklahoma.-History:The sauce came from the result of two friends merging their famous recipes together...
. He won an additional five races, but lost the championship by three points. In 1999
1999 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began March 20 and ended October 30. Jack Sprague of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned champion.See also: 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1999 NASCAR Busch Series- 1999 Team Chart :...
, Sprague won the championship again but fell to fifth in 2000. In 2001, NetZero came on board as the team's sponsor, and Sprague won his third championship. After Sprague moved his ride to the Busch Series, Ron Hornaday
Ron Hornaday
Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Adding on to the family legacy, Ron is a four-time champion in the Truck Series, his most recent...
drove the 24 in a one-race deal at Daytona, finishing twelfth. The team closed after that race to focus on its Busch Series efforts.
ARCA RE/MAX Series
In 2007, Hendrick Motorsports fielded the #87 for Landon CassillLandon Cassill
Landon Douglas Cassill is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. He is a test driver for Hendrick Motorsports. He currently drives the #51 Chevrolet Impala for Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup Series....
in a couple races as a development package.
Plane crash
Concord, North Carolina
Concord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. According to Census 2010, the city has a current population of 79,066. It is the largest city in Cabarrus County and is the county seat. In terms of population, the city of Concord is the second largest city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area...
, to a small airport near the Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
. The plane crashed in heavy fog into Bull Mountain, seven miles (11 km) from the Blue Ridge Airport
Blue Ridge Airport
Blue Ridge Airport is a public use airport located eight nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Blue Ridge Airport Authority. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for...
in Stuart, Virginia
Stuart, Virginia
Stuart is a town in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 961 at the 2000 census. Due to recent boundary expansion, the town of Stuart has an estimated population of nearly 1,700 residents. The town of Stuart was named after Confederate Gen. J.E.B...
, after a failed attempt to land.
Ten people aboard the Beechcraft King Air 200
Beechcraft Super King Air
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation . The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into two families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series , Model 200 series and Model 300 series...
died. Six were Hendrick family members and/or Hendrick Motorsports employees:
John Hendrick, the owner's brother and president of Hendrick Motorsports,
Jeff Turner, general manager of Hendrick Motorsports,
Ricky Hendrick
Ricky Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick IV , also known as Ricky Hendrick, 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...
, a Hendrick Motorsports driver and its owner's son,
Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John Hendrick's twin daughters, and
Randy Dorton
Randy Dorton
Randy Dorton was chief engine builder for Hendrick Motorsports until his death in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia in which he along with 7 other passengers and the 2 pilots were killed. He is survived by his two sons Christopher and Jonathan....
, chief engine builder.
Also dead were the plane's pilots, Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison, Joe Jackson, director of the DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
Motorsports program, and Scott Lathram, who worked for Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
as a helicopter pilot.
NASCAR officials learned of the crash during that day's Subway 500
Subway 500
The Tums Fast Relief 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It is currently the seventh race in the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup. Since 2007, the race has been carried on ABC....
race in Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville is an independent city which is surrounded by Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,821 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Martinsville with Henry County for statistical purposes...
; they withheld the information from drivers until the end of the race, which was won by Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
. For the rest of the 2004 season, all Hendrick Motorsports cars and the #0 Haas CNC Racing car featured pictures of the crash victims on the hood, accompanied by the phrase "Always in our hearts."
External links
- Official Website
- Owner's page at racing-reference.info