Ricky Hendrick News

Evernham Hire? UPDATE 2 Hendrick to CTS:

Evernham Hire? UPDATE 2 Hendrick to CTS:

August 26, 2000
hearing #24 Hendrick BGN crew chief, Patrick Donahue, may be bolting to join Evernham's Dodge team(8-23-2000) UPDATE: hearing Donahue has left the #24 BGN Hendrick Motorsports team(8-25-2000) UPDATE 2: Ken Howes will take over as the interim crew chief for the #24

Bristol Testing:

Bristol Testing:

August 15, 2000
Drivers testing at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday were #94-Bill Elliott and #16-Kevin Lepage along with BGN drivers #24-Ricky Hendrick and David Green(in the #34 or helping Hendrick? not sure). The test was extended into Monday night so drivers could get accustomed

Pepsi back in Cup..as a primary sponsor:

Pepsi back in Cup..as a primary sponsor:

June 30, 2000
Pepsi back in Cup..as a primary sponsor: PepsiCo, Inc. announced a five-year agreement with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports involving all three of its divisions: Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay and Tropicana. Under the new agreement, which begins in 2001, Gordon will race

Hendrick 2nd Truck:

Hendrick 2nd Truck:

May 13, 2000
Hendrick Motorsports, which fields the #24 GMAC Chevy for two-time CTS champ Jack Sprague, has entered a second Chevy for the May 21 Grainger.com 200 at Pikes Peak for Ricky Hendrick(NOL)(5-8-2000) UPDATE: The truck will be #17 and look similar to the #24 truck with

Darlington Testing:

Darlington Testing:

March 8, 2000
Darlington Testing: The following drivers/teams will test at Darlington on Tuesday, March 7th: #18-Jason Leffler, #96-Gus Wasson, #90-Mike Stefanik and #46-Ashton Lewis Jr(Times-Dispatch)(3-6-2000) - UPDATE: wasn't menationed in the above story but #24-Ricky Hendrick

Hendrick/GMAC:

Hendrick/GMAC:

February 26, 2000
Hendrick/GMAC: GMAC, a longtime member of the Hendrick Motorsports family of sponsors, today announced its primary sponsorship of the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Ricky Hendrick in the BGN. The newly signed agreement, which calls for Hendrick “ son of HMS founder

Hendrick to attempt the Rock:

Hendrick to attempt the Rock:

February 21, 2000
Hendrick to attempt the Rock: the #24 Hendrick-Gordon Motorsports team will test at Rockingham for two days with Ricky Hendrick driving and then attempt to make the Rockingham race. GMAC, not DuPont will be the sponsor of the #24 Chevy(2-21-2000)

Gordon’s BGN Team news:

Gordon’s BGN Team news:

January 4, 2000
Jeff Gordon will be competing in the #24 Pepsi Chevy at Las Vegas (March 4), Texas (April 1), Charlotte (May 27), Michigan(August 19) and Homestead-Miami (November 11). Ricky Hendrick will race in 15 Busch Series races as well as 5 Busch North events in the 2000 season

Gordon’s BGN Team news:

Gordon’s BGN Team news:

January 4, 2000
Jeff Gordon will be competing in the #24 Pepsi Chevy at Las Vegas (March 4), Texas (April 1), Charlotte (May 27), Michigan(August 19) and Homestead-Miami (November 11). Ricky Hendrick will race in 15 Busch Series races as well as 5 Busch North events in the 2000 season

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE 2:

Hendrick Announcement UPDATE 2:

November 22, 1999
hearing there will be some sort of Hendrick Motorsports announcement this afternoon, will post when I hear it -- UPDATE: According to sources close to the situation, expect an official press release later this afternoon detailing that former #5 crewchief Gary DeHart

Hendrick:

Hendrick:

September 6, 1999
Ricky Hendrick will attempt to make his second start in the #24 DuPont Chevrolet for Gordon-Evernham Motorsports in Friday night's Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond International Raceway(9-6-1999)

Hendrick Debut UPDATE 4 sponsor:

Hendrick Debut UPDATE 4 sponsor:

July 12, 1999
Ricky Hendrick, the 19-year-old son of Hendrick Motorsports mogul Rick Hendrick, will make his debut in the #24 Gordon-Evernham Monte Carlo at Milwaukee on July 4. Hendrick will also run at Myrtle Beach and Gateway and two additional events(SpeedVision/Sparky Plug).

more BGN Testing:

more BGN Testing:

July 7, 1999
Myrtle Beach Testing - Wednesday: Hal Goodson, Ed Berrier, Curtis Markham, Nathan Buttke. Thursday and Friday: Justin Labonte, Ricky Hendrick, Adam Petty, Jimmy Foster(7-7-1999)

Gordon Notes from the QVC Special CORRECTION:

Gordon Notes from the QVC Special CORRECTION:

February 23, 1999
Gordon, when asked about the upcoming paint scheme for the Winston (I hear it's called 'Splash'), didn't want to give too much away because he wants to help keep the unveiling a surprise, but said the scheme would be exciting and a lot of fun and will look wild. Gordon

Patrick Donahue named crew chief of GEM Motorsports

Patrick Donahue named crew chief of GEM Motorsports

November 1, 1998
Patrick Donahue has been named the crew chief of the Jeff Gordon/Ray Evernham(GEM Motorsports) #24 Pepsi BGN Chevy team that Gordon will drive in 5 races and Ricky Hendrick will drive part time.(TNN During ACDelco 500 race)(11-1-98)