Get Well: “Papa” Joe Hendrick, father of Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, is scheduled for heart surgery Monday at a Charlotte, N.C.-area hospital. The elder Hendrick, who is listed as the car owner for the #25 Chevrolets of driver Jerry Nadeau, had heart surgery in March. On Saturday, teams working with the three Hendrick cars – those of Nadeau, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte – were preparing decals expressing their get-well wishes to run on their cars during Sunday’s Kmart 400 at Michigan(That’s Racin’)(6-10-2001) UPDATE: FSN’s NASCAR Today and ESPN2’s RPM Night both reported that “Papa” Joe Hendrick underwent sucessful heart surgery on Monday, no other details(6-11-2001) UPDATE 2: “Papa” Joe Hendrick, the father of Winston Cup team owner Rick Hendrick, is beginning the recovery process after having heart surgery on Monday in Charlotte. The elder Hendrick is 83(That’s Racin’)(6-13-2001)
