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Ricky Hendrick

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Ricky Hendrick
Ricky Hendrick Stock Photo
BornJoseph Riddick Hendrick IV
(1980-04-02)April 2, 1980
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 2004(2004-10-24) (aged 24)
Bull Mountain (near Martinsville), Virginia, U.S.
Cause of deathAircraft accident
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
49 races run over 3 years
Best finish28th (2002)
First race1999 Myrtle Beach 250 (Myrtle Beach)
Last race2002 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
30 races run over 2 years
Best finish6th (2001)
First race2000 Grainger.com 200 (Pikes Peak)
Last race2001 Auto Club 200 (Fontana)
First win2001 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 23 0
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0

Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV (April 2, 1980 – October 24, 2004) was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team that his father Rick Hendrick founded. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 2, 1980, and began racing in Go Karts at a young age, then the Legends Series at fifteen. He competed in both the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series before his death from an airplane accident on October 24, 2004. He was killed with nine other family members and friends during the accident.

Racing career

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Hendrick began his career in auto racing at the age of 15 by racing in the Legends Series Summer Shootout. In 1998, he won three NASCAR Winston Late Model Series races and one in 1999.

Ricky competed in two ARCA Menards Series races, October 4, 2000 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the 2001 Daytona race in February. [1]

Hendrick continued to run the series in 2000, with the addition of competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series piloting the No. 17 GMAC/Quaker State Chevrolet Silverado. While running races in the No. 24 Busch Series car, he was involved in multiple accidents and suffered from concussions.

In 2001, he competed in the full NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. He recorded his first NASCAR career win at Kansas Speedway on July 7, becoming the youngest Truck Series driver to win a race at that time. Hendrick was also able to accomplish 19 top ten finishes, the most by a rookie at that time. However, at the end of the season, he finished second in the Rookie of the Year Standings, with Travis Kvapil winning the award.[2]

In 2002, he moved to the Busch Series with crew chief Lance McGrew driving the No. 5 GMAC Financial Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Hendrick suffered an accident in the third race of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that resulted in a broken shoulder. He required surgery and missed 3 months of racing before he returned in May and finished 15th at Richmond. Hendrick decided to retire from driving in October of the same year due to mental health and physical concerns. He continued to be employed by Hendrick Motorsports, as the owner of two teams: Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch in the Busch Series. Hendrick also founded a motorcycle dealership in Pineville, North Carolina, named Ricky Hendrick's Performance Honda.[2]

Death

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See also: 2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash

On October 24, 2004, around 12:30 p.m. EDT, Hendrick died in a plane crash near Martinsville, Virginia, killing him and nine others. The plane, on its way to the Martinsville Speedway for the Subway 500, crashed on Bull Mountain due to pilot error in heavy fog.[3]

Only days after he died, his fiancée Emily Maynard learned that she was pregnant with his child. Maynard gave birth to their daughter, Josephine Riddick "Ricki" Hendrick, on June 29, 2005, naming the girl after her late fiancé.[4][5]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NBSC Pts Ref
1999 Gordon/Evernham Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB
20 		PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ 		DOV CLT CAR
37 		MEM
DNQ 		PHO HOM 92nd 155 [6]
2000 JG Motorsports DAY CAR
DNQ 		LVS ATL DAR
DNQ 		BRI TEX NSV
5 		TAL CAL RCH
28 		NHA
DNQ 		CLT DOV SBO
42 		MYB
13 		GLN MLW
DNQ 		NZH PPR
26 		GTY
38 		IRP
36 		MCH BRI
DNQ 		DAR
29 		RCH DOV CLT
13 		CAR
39 		MEM PHO 49th 876 [7]
14 HOM
39
2001 Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT
18 		DOV KEN
15 		MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM
41 		75th 267 [8]
2002 5 DAY
27 		CAR
21 		LVS
37 		DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
15 		NHA
15 		NZH
30 		CLT
22 		DOV
25 		NSH
15 		KEN
8 		MLW
15 		DAY
20 		CHI
21 		GTY
24 		PPR
22 		IRP
7 		MCH
23 		BRI
29 		DAR
33 		RCH
17 		DOV
27 		KAN
38 		CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 28th 2125 [9]

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NCTC Pts Ref
2000 Hendrick Motorsports 17 Chevy DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR
6 		EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA
7 		NZH MCH IRP
12 		NSV
9 		CIC RCH
DNQ 		DOV
25 		TEX
8 		CAL 30th 846 [10]
2001 DAY
2 		HOM
5 		MMR
8 		MAR
9 		GTY
6 		DAR
34 		PPR
5 		DOV
3 		TEX
5 		MEM
7 		MLW
10 		KAN
1 		KEN
6 		NHA
4 		IRP
18 		NSH
11 		CIC
11 		NZH
5 		RCH
8 		SBO
6 		TEX
8 		LVS
6 		PHO
28 		CAL
10 		6th 3412 [11]

References

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  1. ^ https://rickyhendrickracing.com/home/racing-stats/
  2. ^ a b "Ricky Hendrick". www.rickyhendrick.net. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  3. ^ "Ten die in crash of Hendrick plane". Usatoday.Com. October 26, 2004. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  4. ^ Tyler, Marty (2004-10-26). "A True Hero: Ricky Hendrick". CatchFence.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  5. ^ Hembree, Mike (2005-07-11). "Special delivery for Hendrick family". SceneDaily.com (Street & Smith's Sports Group, Inc.). Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  6. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "Ricky Hendrick – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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