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Hendrick Motorsports
In 26 years of competition, Hendrick Motorsports has garnered nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one NASCAR Nationwide Series crown (formerly Busch Series), making it one of stock-car racing's premier organizations. Rick Hendrick is just the second team owner in NASCAR's modern era to earn more than 185 Cup Series victories.The four full-time Sprint Cup teams of Hendrick Motorsports include Mark Martin in the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolets; four-time champion Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolets; four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolets and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolets. Hendrick Motorsports' sponsor-partners include some of the world's most respected brands: Adidas, AMP Energy Drink, Army National Guard, Bosch, CARQUEST, Chevrolet, Club Car, Delphi, DuPont, Freightliner, Gatorade, Georgia-Pacific, GoDaddy.com, Goodyear, HAAS, LORD Corporation, Lowe's, Mac Tools, MAHLE Clevite, Mechanix Wear, Nicorette, Panasonic Toughbook, Pepsi, Quaker State, Siemens, Stanley Tools, Time Warner Cable, Wix Filters and Wrangler. Under the Hendrick banner, records have been set in both victories and consistency, with four straight Sprint Cup championships (Johnson); four consecutive Southern 500 victories (Gordon); six consecutive road course wins (Gordon); youngest driver to reach 50 career Cup Series triumphs (Gordon); youngest driver to win a race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (Ricky Hendrick); only driver to win three Truck Series championships (Jack Sprague); and the youngest driver to ever win a NASCAR championship (Vickers). Chevrolet race cars entered by Hendrick in Cup Series competition have won the prestigious Daytona 500 six times (1986, 1989, 1997,1999, 2005 and 2006). All Hendrick race cars are constructed start-to-finish at the 100-plus acre complex, and more than 550 engines are built or re-built on-site each year, with the team leasing some of those to other NASCAR outfits. The first to implement professional pit crews, Hendrick employs on-site fitness trainers and operates a fully equipped gym to assure that personnel are in shape and ready for race day. More than 500 employees call Hendrick Motorsports home, and day-to-day activities include management of HendrickMotorsports.com, the 15,000-square-foot museum and team store, marketing, public relations, sponsor services, licensing, show cars, merchandising and much more.
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