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| Owner(s) | Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon(Vice Chairman) |
|---|---|
| Principal(s) | Jeff Andrews(President) Chad Knaus(VP, Competition) |
| Base | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Race drivers | Cup Series: 5.Kyle Larson 9.Chase Elliott 24.William Byron 48.Alex Bowman O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 17.Corey Day(R) |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 1984 |
| Website | hendrickmotorsports.com |
| Career | |
| Debut | Cup Series: 1984Daytona 500 (Daytona) O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 1984Goody's 300 (Daytona) Truck Series: 1995Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix) ARCA Racing Series:1985Kroger 200 (IRP) |
| Latest race | Cup Series: 2025NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix) O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 2025NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) Truck Series: 2013Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) ARCA Racing Series: 2014Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) |
| Races competed | Total: 1,968 Cup Series: 1,421 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 314 Truck Series: 180 ARCA Racing Series: 53 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 19 Cup Series: 15 1995,1996,1997,1998,2001,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2013,2016,2020,2021,2025 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 1 2003 Truck Series: 3 1997,1999,2001 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Race victories | Total:383 Cup Series: 320 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 30 Truck Series: 26 ARCA Racing Series: 7 |
| Pole positions | Total: 333 Cup Series: 259 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: 44 Truck Series: 22 ARCA Racing Series: 8 |
Hendrick Motorsports is an American professionalauto racing organization that competes in theNASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 1984 asAll-Star Racing byRick Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports has won aNASCAR-record 320 Cup Series races and 15 Cup Series owners and drivers championships to go with threeTruck Series owners and drivers titles and oneO'Reilly Auto Parts Series drivers crown. Additionally, the team has 30 Xfinity Series race wins, 26 Truck Series race wins, and sevenARCA Menards Series race wins.[1]
Hendrick Motorsports fields four full-time Cup Series teams with theChevrolet Camaro ZL1; the No. 5 forKyle Larson, the No. 9 forChase Elliott, the No. 24 forWilliam Byron, and the No. 48 forAlex Bowman. The team also fields the No. 17Chevrolet Camaro team full-time forCorey Day in theNASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Hendrick Motorsports also fielded several trucks in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, most recently for Elliott in2013. The team has fielded cars in the past for many NASCAR drivers, includingHall of FamersJeff Gordon,Mark Martin,Terry Labonte,Darrell Waltrip,Benny Parsons,Dale Earnhardt Jr., and seven-time Cup championJimmie Johnson, and others such asGeoff Bodine,Tim Richmond,Ricky Rudd,Ken Schrader,Ricky Craven,Jerry Nadeau,Joe Nemechek,Kyle Busch,Casey Mears, andKasey Kahne. Hendrick Motorsports maintains an in-house engine shop, with the team leasing some of its engines to technical partners such asHyak Motorsports.[2]
What is now Hendrick Motorsports was founded prior to the1984 season byRick Hendrick, aCharlotte, North Carolina–basedcar dealership owner who currently operates a network of dealerships called Hendrick Automotive Group. The team was formed with crew chief and car builderHarry Hyde asAll-Star Racing.[3][4][5] The team, renamed Hendrick Motorsports in1985, was involved with theGM GoodwrenchIMSA GTP Corvette and twin-turbo V6 engine development effort and competed in the IMSA GTP series from 1985 through1988 with drivers Doc Bundy andSarel van der Merwe. Hendrick Motorsports and GM ceased the project in 1988.
Hendrick Motorsports expanded its NASCAR efforts to two full-time cars in1986, three in1987, and four in2002.[6][7][8] It was one of the first teams in NASCAR to be successful operating multiple entries, partly based on the model used at the Hendrick car dealerships.[3][6] The team has also been credited for innovations in engine construction[9] andpit crew training.[10][11][12] In 2020, Hendrick Motorsports partnered withAdvoCare in its performance and fitness teams.[13]
Hendrick Motorsports (as All-Star Racing) won its first race in 1984 atMartinsville with the No. 5 driven byGeoff Bodine. At the2021 Coca-Cola 600, Hendrick Motorsports became the winningest team inNASCAR Cup Series history when it won its 269th race with the No. 5 driven byKyle Larson. This eclipsed the record held byPetty Enterprises at 268 wins, which had held the record of the winningest team in the series since 1960.[14]
In2023, Hendrick worked with NASCAR,Chevrolet, andGoodyear Tires to enter the24 Hours of Le Mans with a modified version of the current NASCAR Cup car, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of NASCAR.
Hendrick Motorsports fielded in-house entries in theBusch Series from 1984 to 1990, and again from 2000 to 2007, primarily the No. 5 entry. Following the conclusion of the 2007 racing season, Hendrick Motorsports andJR Motorsports (owned by then-Hendrick Motorsports driverDale Earnhardt Jr.) officially combined Xfinity Series operations. The No. 5 Chevrolets began running full-time under the JR Motorsports banner in 2008, and the team receives engines and technical support from Hendrick Motorsports, with several of its employees moving to JR Motorsports.Rick Hendrick is an equity partner in JRM and continues to be listed as car owner of the No. 5 team.
The No. 5 car debuted in 1985 withBrett Bodine ran twelve races. The younger Bodine brother would win three races for the team.Geoff Bodine ran four races in the No. 5 car. Bodine won the season openerGoody's 300.
In 1986, Geoff Bodine drove the No. 5 for one race at Bristol. He won the pole and finished sixteenth.
The current No. 5 car debuted as the No. 14 ofJG Motorsports in 2000, with Rick Hendrick's sonRicky Hendrick finishing 39th in the season finale atHomestead.[15][16]
The number was switched to No. 5 when the car began competing full-time in 2002. After Ricky Hendrick was injured in a wreck atLas Vegas,[17][18]Ron Hornaday Jr. took over for the next six races before Hendrick returned atRichmond. Toward the end of the season, Hendrick suddenly announced his retirement from driving due to lingering effects from the crash, but he remained as car owner until his death in 2004.[17][18]David Green finished out the season for the team.[18][19]
Ricky Hendrick selected 19-year-oldBrian Vickers to drive the No. 5 car in 2003.[17][18] Vickers won three races and the Busch Series championship, finishing just 14 points ahead of Hendrick test driver and former No. 5 team spotterDavid Green.[18][20][21]
When Vickers moved up to the Cup Series,Kyle Busch became the No. 5 car's driver after he had run seven races the previous season.[17][18] In his rookie year, Busch won five races and was runner-up toMartin Truex Jr. in points.[18][22] He moved up to the Cup Series after the season, but he continued to drive the No. 5 Busch Series car part-time for several more years.
Adrián Fernández drove the car for six races in 2005, finishing tenth atAutódromo, his only top-ten finish of the season.[21][22] Hendrick development driversBlake Feese,Boston Reid, andKyle Krisiloff also periodically drove the No. 5 car, running a combined fifteen races.[22] Busch, Vickers, andJimmie Johnson ran the rest of the schedule,[22] with Busch winning atLowe's while also scoring one top five and two top tens and scoring a pole at Bristol while Johnson scored only one top five and a pole at Darlington while Vickers in his only start at Watkins Glen finished in third. Fernández had only one top-ten with his tenth place finish in Mexico City along with an average finish of 31.8 and had 3 DNF's. As for Feese, Reid, and Krisiloff, the three drivers driving the 5 car combined for zero top tens with the best finish being a seventeeth by Reid at Nashville along with a combined average finish of 30.5 and had a combined seven DNF's. The season was so bad, all three drivers were released and Rick Hendrick shut down his driver development program until 2008 when he merged withDale Earnhardt Jr's teamJR Motorsports. Feese continued to race sporadically in ARCA and the Truck Series before not racing again after 2011. Reid ran 21 races from 2006 to 2007 in the Truck Series. Kyle Krisiloff ran part-time in the Truck Series in 2006 forBilly Ballew Motorsports before returning to the Busch Series doing a full-time season in 2007 forCarl A. Haas Motorsports and then running 6 races forChip Ganassi Racing in 2008 before retiring at 22 years old. All three never made a start in the Cup Series.
In 2006, Busch drove 34 of 35 races, winning atBristol and finishing seventh in points.Justin Labonte drove for one race atMemphis.
In 2007, Busch ran the No. 5 on a part-time basis, sharing the ride withMark Martin,Landon Cassill,Casey Mears, and Adrián Fernández, running a total of 26 races.[18][21] The car carried a number of different sponsors including Lowe's, Delphi, Spectrum, and Hendrick Autoguard. Busch drove the car to victory lane four times in 2007, while Martin finished second twice in three races.
The No. 5 team moved toJR Motorsports in 2008,[23][18] and featured eight drivers, including Johnson and Earnhardt Jr., and four primary sponsors in its first year.[21][24] In 2009, the No. 5 car ran a part-time schedule due to sponsorship limitations.[18]Fastenal,Unilever andGoDaddy.com sponsored seven different drivers over the course of the season. A variety of drivers ran the car in subsequentNASCAR Xfinity Series seasons until it was shut down for the 2019 season.[25]
Hendrick Motorsports began competing in the 1984 debut season of theBusch Series, fielding the No. 15 car for seventeen races with sponsorship coming fromLevi Garrett, with Cup Series driverGeoff Bodine running 12 of them. Bodine would score Hendrick Motorsports' first win in the Busch Series atRockingham Speedway.Ron Bouchard,Dick Trickle,Glenn Jarrett all ran one race, whileTim Richmond ran one. In 1985, Brett Bodine ran one race in the No. 15 car. Geoff Bodine also ran one race in the No. 15. Tim Richmond ran two races in the No. 15, winning once atCharlotte. In 1986, the team ran seven races, three with Bodine and Richmond, and one withRob Moroso. Richmond would get the team's only win of the year at Charlotte. In 1987, the team ran nine races utilizing the No. 15. Eight of them were driven by Geoff Bodine, and one with team ownerRick Hendrick. While Hendrick would DNF in his start, Bodine would once again win the season opener at Daytona. The team ran eight races as the No. 15 in 1988 with Geoff Bodine being the only driver. Bodine would win once atDarlington Raceway. In 1989, the team would only run five races, with Geoff Bodine andKen Schrader driving. While Schrader would DNF his two starts, Bodine would once again get a single win at Darlington. In 1990,Greg Sacks drove the No. 15 once at Charlotte, He finished second. After the 1990 season, Hendrick Motorsports shut down its Busch Series operation for the time being.
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On June 2, 2022, Hendrick Motorsports announced it would field the No. 17 in three Xfinity races in 2022, withKyle Larson running atRoad America,Alex Bowman atIndianapolis, andWilliam Byron atWatkins Glen. This marked Hendrick Motorsports' return to the Xfinity Series afterTony Stewart won for the team atDaytona in2009.[26] Larson dominated at Road America, but eventually lost toTy Gibbs on the final lap.[27] Bowman ran the car at the Indianapolis road course, but it again finished second, this time toA. J. Allmendinger. At Watkins Glen, Byron fiercely battled Gibbs for the lead throughout most of the race until they both spun off-course during the final restart, resulting in Byron finishing 25th.[28] At theSeptember Darlington race, Larson finished fifth after engaging in a three-car battle withNoah Gragson andSheldon Creed over the closing laps. Larson attempted a pass on Creed for the lead on the final lap, only for both to be passed by race-winner Gragson.[29]
On March 8, 2023, Hendrick Motorsports announced that, for the second year in a row, it would field the No. 17 in four Xfinity races in 2023, with Byron running atCircuit of the Americas, Larson atSonoma andDarlington, and Bowman atWatkins Glen.[30] On July 12, Hendrick Motorsports added a fifth race to their Xfinity schedule, with Elliott driving the No. 17 atPocono.[31] On September 26, two further races were added to the No. 17 schedule, withBoris Said competing at theCharlotte Roval andRajah Caruth competing in the season finale atPhoenix.[32]
For2024, a ten–race schedule was announced on February 27, 2024, with Cup Byron, Larson, Bowman andChase Elliott all competing in at least one race, with Said also competing for the team atSonoma.[33] The organization claimed their first win in the Xfinity Series since 2009 with Larson at theCircuit of the Americas after overtaking a duelingShane van Gisbergen andAustin Hill on the final lap.[34] Elliott took the No. 17 to victory lane atCharlotte.[35]
In2025, the team announced a sixteen-race schedule, with newly signed development driverCorey Day serving as the anchor driver, competing in ten races for the team, while the remaining six races being split between Byron, Bowman, Larson and Elliott.[36][37] Larson took the No. 17 car to victory lane atBristol,[38] while Byron won atCharlotte.[39] The team added a second race for Elliott atPocono.[40] On July 14, the team announcedJake Finch would make his Xfinity Series debut atDover.[41] Larson made a third start for the team atIndianapolis.[42]
It was announcedCorey Day would move to full time for the 2026 season.[43]
The No. 24 team started in 1999 withGordon-Evernham Motorsports, owned byJeff Gordon and crew chiefRay Evernham. Gordon andRicky Hendrick combined to compete in 10 races.[44] In 2000,Rick Hendrick bought out Evernham's share, renaming the teamJG Motorsports. Gordon and Ricky Hendrick once again shared the ride, with Hendrick running 15 events.[45] The team also formed an alliance withCicci-Welliver Racing.[46]
Hendrick Motorsports took full control of the team in 2001, withGMAC Financial Services sponsoring the No. 24 team in each of its three races. Ricky Hendrick drove in those three races.[47] In 2002, Hendrick moved to the No. 5 Busch Series car and three-time truck series championJack Sprague took over the No. 24 full-time.
Sprague ran the full 2002 season, bringing truck series sponsorNetZero with him.[48] He earned three poles and a win atNashville en route to a fifth place points finish. Sprague moved to Hendrick-affiliatedHaas CNC Racing in 2003.
In 2007, the No. 24 returned withCasey Mears andLandon Cassill as the drivers, with theNational Guard providing sponsorship. After the 2007 season, the team shut down.
| Year | Driver | 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 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1999 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS 4 | ATL | DAR | TEX 13 | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT 33 | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MCH 2 | BRI | DAR | CLT 2 | PHO 1 | HOM | 52nd | 878 | |||||||||||
| Ricky Hendrick | MYB 20 | PPR | GTY | IRP | RCH DNQ | DOV | CAR 37 | MEM DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | DAY | CAR DNQ | DAR DNQ | BRI | NSV 5 | TAL | CAL | RCH 28 | NHA DNQ | SBO 42 | MYB 13 | GLN | MLW DNQ | NZH | PPR 26 | GTY 38 | IRP 36 | BRI DNQ | DAR 29 | RCH | DOV | CLT 13 | CAR 39 | MEM | PHO | 40th | 1580 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Gordon | LVS 18 | ATL | TEX 42 | CLT 4 | DOV | MCH 7 | HOM 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Ricky Hendrick | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT 18 | DOV | KEN 15 | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM 41 | 75th | 267 | ||||
| 2002 | Jack Sprague | DAY 7 | CAR 6 | LVS 6 | DAR 9 | BRI 19 | TEX 2 | NSH 2 | TAL 13 | CAL 4 | RCH 18 | NHA 3 | NZH 26 | CLT 10 | DOV 5 | NSH 1* | KEN 16 | MLW 14 | DAY 28 | CHI 42 | GTY 4 | PPR 14 | IRP 17 | MCH 15 | BRI 28 | DAR 5 | RCH 33 | DOV 3 | KAN 20 | CLT 25 | MEM 18 | ATL 42 | CAR 10 | PHO 22 | HOM 11 | 5th | 4206 | |||
| 2007 | Casey Mears | DAY DNQ | CAL 2 | MXC | LVS 42 | ATL 5 | BRI | NSH | TEX 4 | PHO 7 | TAL 3* | RCH 7 | DAR 9 | CLT 2 | DOV 4 | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA 10 | DAY 8 | CHI 13 | MCH 9 | BRI 19 | CAL | KAN 3 | CLT | MEM | TEX 15 | HOM 22 | 31st | 2820 | |||||||||
| Landon Cassill | GTY 32 | IRP 30 | CGV | GLN | RCH 22 | DOV | PHO 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 48 car made its debut in the Busch Series in 2004 atLowe's Motor Speedway, running a one-race deal with sponsorship fromLowe's andThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Jimmie Johnson drove it to a third-place finish. He drove the car for five races in 2005, winning a pole atLowe's. During 2006, he started three races, both Lowe's races and the Ameriquest 300 at California.[49] His best finish was seventh in the first Lowe's race. Johnson drove the 48 car in the same three Busch races for the 2007 races, with a best finish of fourth at California.
| Year | Driver | 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 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 3 | MEM | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM | 76th | 170 | |
| 2005 | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL 3* | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT 30 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI 17 | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL 11 | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 43 | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 54th | 534 | |||
| 2006 | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT 7 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL 21 | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 42 | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 283 | |||
| 2007 | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT 6 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL 4 | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT 32 | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 57th | 387 | |||
| 2008 | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN 29 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 79th | 81 |
In 2005, Hendrick Motorsports fielded the No. 57, a number taken from the sponsorship ofHeinz and its "57 varieties".[50] Several drivers piloted the No. 57 in 2005 and 2006, withBrian Vickers competing in the majority of races.[50][51] Additional sponsors, includingLowe's andMountain Dew, signed deals to sponsor the team for certain races.
| Year | Driver | 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 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2005 | Kyle Busch | 57 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX DNQ | PHO | TAL | RCH 23 | DOV 36 | NSH | KEN | MLW | CLT 41 | MEM | TEX 5 | PHO | 48th | 851 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brian Vickers | DAR 43 | RCH | CLT 13 | DAY 31 | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | MCH DNQ | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV 8 | KAN | HOM 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Reid | IRP 28 | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Brian Vickers | DAY 32 | CAL 9 | ATL 7 | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL 4 | RCH | DAR 12 | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 2 | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | MCH 16 | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM 13 | 44th | 1301 | |||||
| Adrián Fernández | MXC 12 | LVS | GLN 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2009, Hendrick Motorsports announced that they would run a No. 80 HendrickCars.com Chevy driven byTony Stewart in the Xfinity SeriesCamping World 300 at Daytona. The number 80 represented the number of affiliates in the Hendrick Automotive Group. Stewart won the race in this car, with this being his only race for Hendrick Motorsports while focusing on his team in a partnership with Gene Haas.Stewart–Haas Racing, at the time, received engines, chassis, and technical support from Hendrick Motorsports.[52]
| Year | Driver | 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 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2009 | Tony Stewart | 80 | Chevy | DAY 1 | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 60th | 190 |
In 2003, 18-year-old development driverKyle Busch made his entry intoBusch Series, driving a No. 87 car in seven races in an alliance with NEMCO Motorsports (owned by then-Hendrick driverJoe Nemechek). The car received sponsorship fromGMAC companyDitech.com, and Busch scored three top tens including two second-place finishes.[53][54]
For 2004, the alliance with NEMCO continued. Development driversBlake Feese andBoston Reid ran three races each in the No. 87 ditech.com Chevy,[55] with a best finish of 26th by Reid atAtlanta Motor Speedway.
| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kyle Busch | 87 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT 2 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP 33 | MCH | BRI | DAR 2 | RCH | DOV 15 | KAN | CLT | MEM 16 | ATL 43 | PHO | CAR 7 | HOM | 18th* | 3193* |
| 2004 | Blake Feese | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 41 | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP 33 | MCH | BRI | CAL | DOV 34 | KAN | 24th* | 2640* | |||||||||
| Boston Reid | RCH 37 | CLT 42 | MEM | ATL 26 | PHO | DAR | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 1995, the team fielded the No. 5DuPont Chevrolet part-time forTerry Labonte. He won once atRichmond.Roger Mears drove the No. 5 truck once atMesa Marin Raceway sponsored byBudweiser.
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Terry Labonte | 5 | Chevy | PHO 2 | TUS | SGS | MMR | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | HPT 3 | IRP | FLM | RCH 1 | MAR | NWS | SON | ||||
| Roger Mears | MMR 29 | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The No. 17Craftsman Truck Series team made its debut in 2000 with Ricky Hendrick driving withGMAC/Quaker State sponsorship. He made six races that season and finished in the top 10 four times. In 2001, Hendrick won his only career Truck race atKansas Speedway, becoming the youngest driver at the time to win a truck race at the age of 21.[17] He finished sixth in points, runner-up toTravis Kvapil for Rookie of the Year honors. The team did not run after 2001.
| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ricky Hendrick | 17 | Chevy | DAY | HOM | PHO | MMR | MAR | PIR | GTY | MEM | PPR 6 | EVG | TEX | KEN | GLN | MLW | NHA 7 | NZH | MCH | IRP 12 | NSV 9 | CIC | RCH DNQ | DOV 25 | TEX 8 | CAL | 30th | 846 |
| 2001 | DAY 2 | HOM 5 | MMR 8 | MAR 9 | GTY 6 | DAR 34 | PPR 5 | DOV 3 | TEX 5 | MEM 7 | MLW 10 | KAN 1 | KEN 6 | NHA 4 | IRP 18 | NSH 11 | CIC 11 | NZH 5 | RCH 8 | SBO 6 | TEX 8 | LVS 6 | PHO 28 | CAL 10 | 6th | 3412 |
The No. 24 truck debuted with the Truck Series in 1995 withScott Lagasse driving andDuPont sponsoring. Lagasse posted two top-fives and finished ninth in the standings.
In 1996,Jack Sprague drove the No. 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 Jr. drove the No. 24 in a one-race deal at Daytona, finishing twelfth. The team closed after that race to focus on its Busch Series efforts.
In 1995, the team fielded the No. 25 Budweiser Chevrolet part-time with Hendrick Sr. andRoger Mears driving. Midway through the season,Jack Sprague came on board to finish out the season for the team, winning a pole atPhoenix International Raceway. In seven races, Sprague had three fourth-place finishes and five top-ten finishes, and no finish worse than twentieth.
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Roger Mears | 25 | Chevy | PHO 21 | TUS | SGS | MMR 16 | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | IRP 24 | ||||||||||
| Rick Hendrick | HPT 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Sprague | FLM 4 | RCH 10 | MAR 20 | NWS 4 | SON 11 | MMR 4 | PHO 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hendrick Motorsports revived its truck program in 2013, fielding a part-time entry forChase Elliott. The team was sponsored byAaron's and ran nine races. The trucks were not built directly by Hendrick Motorsports, but were instead provided by Hendrick-affiliatedTurner Scott Motorsports. However, the trucks were fielded directly by Hendrick, with crew chiefLance McGrew.[56] Elliott made his debut atMartinsville Speedway on April 6 and finished in the sixth position.[57] Elliott became the youngest pole winner in Truck Series history at the time at Bristol in August,[58] and later the youngest race winner in the Truck Series at the time by winning the inauguralChevrolet Silverado 250 atCanadian Tire Motorsports Park.[59] Elliott departed the No. 94 to join JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series in 2014.[60]
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2013 | Chase Elliott | 94 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 6 | CAR 5 | KAN | CLT | DOV 4 | TEX | KEN | IOW 5 | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 5 | MSP 1 | IOW 31 | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR 20 | TEX | PHO 10 | HOM | 26th | 315 |
Hendrick fielded cars for five ARCA races from 1985 to 1996, twice forBrett Bodine in 1985 and 1986 (who won the pole for both races), and once each forTommy Ellis (1988),Jack Sprague (1996), andRick Hendrick himself. Rick Hendrick drove the No. 15Tide car atHeartland Park Topeka in 1991, starting third and finishing 23rd after a braking issue in his only career ARCA start.[61] In February 2000,Ricky Hendrick made hisDaytona stock car in theARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series, driving the No. 17GMAC Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish.[62] Hendrick would run the race again the next year in the renumbered 71 car, finishing 9th.[63]
In 1985, Hendrick fielded the No. 5 car for one race at IRP withBrett Bodine as the driver. He won the pole and finished 25th after engine issue.
In 2004, development driversBlake Feese,Boston Reid, andKyle Krisiloff ran a combined eight races in ARCA in the No. 5 car fielded byBobby Gerhart Racing. Feese scored a win at Nashville, while Krisiloff scored a victory atChicagoland Speedway.[17][64][65][66][67]
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1985 | Brett Bodine | 5 | Pontiac | ATL | DAY | ATL | TAL | ATL | SSP | IRP 25* | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Blake Feese | Chevy | DAY | NSH 1 | SLM | KEN 8 | CLT 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Reid | TOL 3 | KAN 8 | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN 6 | GTW | POC | LER | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyle Krisiloff | NSH 2 | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI 1 | SLM | TAL | ||||||||||||||||||||
In 2004,Boston Reid ran the No. 7 Chevy fielded by Bobby Gerhart Racing at Talladega. He finished 23rd.
Kyle Krisiloff ran the No. 7 Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevy in 14 races in 2005, with sponsorship fromDitech.com andDelphi.[67] Krisiloff scored three top-fives and five top-tens.
| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2004 | Boston Reid | 7 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN 6 | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL 23 | |||
| 2005 | Kyle Krisiloff | DAY | NSH 13 | SLM | KEN 36 | TOL | LAN | MIL 16 | POC 7 | MCH 5 | KAN 2 | KEN 6 | BLN | POC 32 | GTW 33 | LER | NSH 34 | MCH 37 | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI 23 | SLM | TAL 2 |
In 2012, Hendrick began fielding the No. 9 Chevrolet for development driverChase Elliott, with fatherBill Elliott as thelisted owner and sponsorship fromthe Aaron's Company. Longtime Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefLance McGrew served as the team's crew chief. Elliott made his debut at age 16 atMobile International Speedway, scoring a pole and six top tens in six races.[68][69]
Elliott returned to the team in 2013, scoring his first career win atPocono Raceway. Elliott, at the age of seventeen, became the youngest superspeedway winner inARCA Racing Series history, beating fellow 17-year-oldErik Jones.[70][71] Elliott scored four top tens, including the win at Pocono, in five races in 2013.[72]
Elliott ran the 2014 ARCA season opener atDaytona, in order to gainNASCAR approval to run theNationwide Series race the next week. Sponsored by HendrickCars.com andNAPA Brakes, Elliott was involved in a fifteen-car crash on the thirteenth lap. In spite of that, Elliott finished ninth, and NASCAR approved him to run on superspeedways; he would go on to win theNationwide Series Championship.[73]
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Owners | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevy | DAY | MOB 10 | SLM 4 | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE 2 | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN 7 | ISF | MAD 8 | SLM 3 | DSF C | KAN | |||
| 2013 | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC 1 | MCH | ROA 4 | WIN | CHI | NJE 3* | POC 9 | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW | SLM | KEN 27 | KAN | |||||
| 2014 | DAY 9 | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN |
In 1986, Hendrick fielded the No. 15 car for one race at Atlanta withBrett Bodine as the driver. He won the pole and finished second.
In 1991,Rick Hendrick drove the No. 15Tide car atHeartland Park Topeka. He started third and finished 23rd after a braking issue in his only career ARCA start.[61]
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Owners | Pts |
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| 1986 | Brett Bodine | 15 | Pontiac | ATL 2 | DAY | ATL | TAL | SIR | SSP | FRS | KIL | CSP | TAL | BLN | ISF | DSF | TOL | MCS | ATL | ||||||
| 1991 | Rick Hendrick | Chevy | DAY | ATL | KIL | TAL | TOL | FRS | POC | MCH | KIL | FRS | DEL | POC | TAL | HPT 23 | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | TWS | ATL | |||
In 2003, Hendrick fieldedKyle Busch in the ARCA RE/MAX Series for seven races. Busch drove the No. 87Ditech.com Chevrolet (the same car he drove in hisBusch Series starts) to three poles and two wins.[53][54] Busch ran the 2004 season opener atDaytona, starting second and finishing first.[74]
In 2007, Hendrick Motorsports resurrected the No. 87 for development driverLandon Cassill, with sponsorship fromStanley Tools.[75][76] Cassill attempted three races (failing to qualify atTalladega) with two top ten starts but finishes of 38th atKentucky and 32nd atPocono. Cassill and Stanley would move to the 88 under theJR Motorsports banner for 2008.[77]
| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2003 | Kyle Busch | 87 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | NSH 1* | SLM | TOL | KEN 1* | CLT 11 | BLN | KAN | MCH 36 | LER | POC | POC 25* | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL 28 | CLT 17 | SBO | |||
| 2004 | DAY 1* | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | ||||||
| 2007 | Landon Cassill | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN 38 | POC 32* | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL DNQ | TOL |
In 2004,Blake Feese ran a single race in the No. 94Carquest Auto Parts Chevy out of the Hendrick stable at Talladega, scoring the victory.[78]
In 2005, Blake Feese ran the Daytona season opener in the 94 car, and was involved in a pit road crash that injured four photographers.[79]
| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts |
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| 2004 | Blake Feese | 94 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL 1* | |||
| 2005 | DAY 36 | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL |
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In 2024, Hendrick Motorsports entered the 2024 Indianapolis 500. They partnered withArrow McLaren to field the No. 17 forKyle Larson. He would become the fifth driver to attemptthe Double.[80] On April 1, 2025, the team announced that Larson would attempt to run the 2025 Indianapolis 500.[81]
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| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts. |
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| 2024 | STP | TRM | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | ROA | LAG | MDO | IOW | IOW | TOR | GTW | POR | MIL | MIL | NSH | ||||||
| DallaraDW12 | IndyCarV6t |  Kyle Larson R | 17 | 18 | 36th | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | STP | TRM | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | GTW | ROA | MDO | IOW | IOW | TOR | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | |||||||
| DallaraDW12 | IndyCarV6t | Kyle Larson | 17 | 24 | 33rd | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
In 2023, Hendrick Motorsports entered the24 Hours of Le Mans, working with NASCAR, Chevrolet, Goodyear, andIMSA to field a modified version of the Camaro Cup car in the experimental Garage 56 category. The Camaro ZL1 was 'largely unchanged' from the Cup Series car. Modifications included real headlights and taillights, a larger fuel tank, uprated carbon ceramic brakes, as well as new tyres developed by Goodyear.[82]
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The car, bearing long-time Hendrick Motorsports number 24, was driven by long-time Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson, 2010 Le Mans winnerMike Rockenfeller, and 2009Formula 1 World ChampionJenson Button. The car ultimately finished 39th out of 62 total competitors, and outperformed entries in the GTE Am class, the car's closest equivalents.[83]
The car was later featured in the 2023Goodwood Festival of Speed.
| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hendrick Motorsports | Innovative | 24 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Chevrolet R07.2 5.9 L V8 |  Jenson ButtonJimmie Johnson Mike Rockenfeller | 285 | 39th | N/A |
On October 24, 2004, ten people associated with Hendrick Motorsports lost their lives in a plane crash while en route fromConcord, North Carolina, to a small airport near theMartinsville Speedway. The plane crashed in heavy fog into Bull Mountain, seven miles (11 km) from theBlue Ridge Airport inStuart, Virginia, after a failed attempt to land.[84] Ten people aboard theBeechcraft 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; andRandy Dorton, chief engine builder. Also dead were the plane's pilots, Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison, Joe Jackson, director of theDuPont Motorsports program,[85] and Scott Lathram, who worked forJoe Gibbs Racing as a helicopter pilot.[86]
NASCAR officials learned of the crash during that day'sSubway 500 race inMartinsville, Virginia; they withheld the information from drivers until the end of the race, which was won by Hendrick driverJimmie Johnson. For the rest of the2004 season, all Hendrick Motorsports cars and the No. 0Haas CNC Racing car featured pictures of the crash victims on the hood, accompanied by the phrase "Always in our hearts".
