Joseph Riddick Hendrick IV, (April 2, 1980 - October 24, 2004), born in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a NASCAR driver and owner affiliated with his father Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports team. He died on a team flight to the race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia along with his uncle, 2 cousins and six others. Ricky's fiancée, Emily Maynard, was pregnant with his child at the time of his death. His daughter, Josephine Riddick "Ricki" Hendrick, was born June 29, 2005. April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Nickname: Formal: The Queen City, Hornets Nest - Informal: The City of Churches, Tree City USA Location Location in Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Government Country State Counties United States North Carolina Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Geographical characteristics Area 280. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Rick Hendrick (born July 12, 1949), born in Charlotte is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars, as well as one of the largest automotive chains in the United States. ... Hendrick Motorsports is a group of NASCAR racing teams started by Rick Hendrick in 1984 under the name All Star Racing. ... Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. ... Martinsville is an independent city located within the confines of Henry County, Virginia. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hendrick began his driving career at the age of 15, running the Legends Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He won his first pole position and race in 1998. He started driving in the Busch Series at age 19 in 1999. He started fifth at Myrtle Beach Speedway in the #24 DuPont car owned by Gordon/Evernham Motorsports, and finished 20th. He also ran a race at North Carolina Speedway later that year in the 24, but he wrecked and finished 37th. He ran eleven Busch races in 2000, posting three top-ten starts in addition to a fifth-place run at Nashville Speedway USA, his first race that year. He also made six starts in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #17 GMAC truck, finishing in the top-ten four times. Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... See also: 1999 in NASCAR The 1999 NASCAR Busch Series season began on February 13 and ended on November 13. ... The Myrtle Beach Speedway originally named Rambi Raceway was built in 1958 and is located on US 501 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. ... This article is about the DuPont company. ... It has been suggested that JG Motorsports be merged into this article or section. ... The North Carolina Speedway, affectionately known as The Rock, was home to NASCAR racing from 1966 to 2004. ... The 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 19 and ended on November 11. ... Music City Motorplex is a NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series racetrack located at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. ... NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series logo The Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) is the financial services arm of General Motors, the worlds largest automobile manufacturer (by revenue). ...

In 2001, Hendrick moved to the Truck Series full-time, grabbing a win at Kansas Speedway. He also had ninteen top-ten runs, finishing sixth in points, and was runner-up to Travis Kvapil for Rookie of the Year honors. He moved to the Busch Series to run the #5 car full-time in 2002, but suffered a broken shoulder at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After missing six races, he returned, but retired at the end of the year, choosing to become a car owner. The 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began February 16 and ended November 3. ... Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, in the U.S. state of Kansas. ... Travis Kvapil is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver from Janesville, Wisconsin, in addition to a part-time orthodontic experiment-monkey. ... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season. ... The 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 16 and ended November 16. ... Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an complex of 4 different tracks for automobile racing. ...

As an owner, Ricky won the Busch Series Championship in 2003, after having chosen to put driver Brian Vickers in the seat of the #5 GMAC Chevrolet Monte Carlo (the ride that he had retired from the previous year). At the time of his death, he was the owner of the #25 Ditech.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Nextel Cup Series with Vickers, and the owner of the #5 Lowes Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series with driver Kyle Busch. Vickers crew working on his 2004 car Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR driver. ... Kyle Busch (born May 2, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a driver in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and is the youngest driver ever to win a race in Nextel Cup and Craftsman Truck history. ...

External links

• Ricky Hendrick.net
• Hendrick Motorsports