Hendrick Motorsports: What Will the 2012 Season Bring NASCAR’s Juggernaut?

Rick Hendrick has made the trek from his All Star Racing and the No. 5 car to the powerhouse, premier team owner in NASCAR. He holds all the cards with his All-Star cast of drivers and expansive operation. In 1984, Hendrick Motorsports was a single-car operation with driver, Geoff Bodine. HMS became a full- time, multi-car team in 1986 with Bodine and Tim Richmond. The rest as they say is history. His stable of drivers includes a four-time Cup champion, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, who accomplished the near impossible with his five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup titles. A third driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., has remained winless for the last 129 races, but is the current NASCAR Most Popular Driver for the ninth year. Many...

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