{"product_id":"hendrick-motorsports-40-years-nascar-racings-greatest-team-celebrates-four-decades-hardcover","title":"Hendrick Motorsports 40 Years: NASCAR Racing's Greatest Team Celebrates Four Decades - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeff Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eRick Hendrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Spanning forty years and more than three hundred victories, the contributions of countless people have built Hendrick Motorsports into the greatest team in NASCAR history. This book is made up of their stories.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon, from the foreword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate the NASCAR-champion team's 40th anniversary with this officially licensed history featuring stunning photography, including rare images from the Hendrick Motorsports archive.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRick Hendrick built on a successful career in the retail automotive business to launch NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports in 1984. Over the ensuing four decades, it has become one of the most successful and high-profile teams in the sport's long history. Competing in the elite NASCAR Cup Series, as of 2023, the team had posted the most points-paying wins and the most championships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHendrick Motorsports' driver roster is a who's who of the sport's greats, including NASCAR Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Today the team fields four drivers: William Byron, Alex Bowman, and Cup champions Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson. Hendrick Motorsports even fielded a team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHendrick Motorsports\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003erelates the team's incredible history through 40 stories focused on team milestones\u003c\/b\u003e since its founding in 1984. Stories and highlights include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first win at Martinsville that saved the team\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvolvement with the motion picture \"Days of Thunder\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dominance of Jeff Gordon and the Rainbow Warriors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe team's historic 1-2-3 finish at the 1997 DAYTONA 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe record-tying seven championships of Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHendrick Motorsports and the Earnhardts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecoming the first team to reach 300 wins at NASCAR's highest level\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ground-breaking Garage 56 Le Mans program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthored by long-time NASCAR journalist Ben White, with a foreword by Jeff Gordon and afterword by Rick Hendrick, the 200-page book includes images from top NASCAR photographer Nigel Kinrade and from Hendrick Motorsport's archive. As the official 40th anniversary book covering the team's entire history, \u003ci\u003eHendrick Motorsport: 40 Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal retrospective.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen White\u003c\/b\u003e attended his first NASCAR Cup Series race in 1972 at Darlington, South Carolina, at age 11. The Clinton, North Carolina, native drove his own race cars on a few local short tracks in the late 1970s before joining Richard Childress Racing as a crew member in 1980. White turned his attention to writing about NASCAR in 1983 for the \u003ci\u003eLexington Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e (North Carolina) newspaper, and he continues to write for that publication today, as well as North Carolina newspapers in Fayetteville, Kinston, Burlington, and Asheboro. From 1989 until 2010, he served as staff writer, managing editor, and senior editor of \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Illustrated Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and managing editor of the American Racing Classics book series from 1991 to 1994. White has authored numerous NASCAR books including Motorbooks' \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Then and Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Racers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNASCAR Legends\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e20 Years of Hendrick Motorsports\u003c\/i\u003e. White resides in Salisbury, NC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.5 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376030695602,"sku":"9780760391235","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/72f71c455f72e751953aa42f6bd5e720.webp?v=1777694147","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hendrick-motorsports-40-years-nascar-racings-greatest-team-celebrates-four-decades-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}