His average finish overall at Daytona is 15.0. He started on the pole last year, but a crash relegated him to a 24th place finish. The next win by a Hendrick Motorsports driver will be the 200th. It is a major milestone for his boss, Rick Hendrick. ...

Getty Images for NASCAR) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The good news is the weather's great, 75 to 80 degrees, and bright Florida sun most of the time. The bad news is these drivers are crashing like crazy. Team owner Roger Penske, who only has two drivers, has...

Evernham was an analyst for ESPN from 2008-2010 but left prior to the 2011 season when he took a consulting position with Hendrick Companies, a management company that oversees strategic initiatives for chairman Rick Hendrick, who also owns Hendrick...

That is the overwhelming story here right now, that and how drivers deal with that….not so well so far, to judge the Shootout. At least 22 cars so far have been seriously damaged or completely destroyed in crashes in the first two days of action. Team...

Another note: it was the first race with NASCAR's new electronic fuel injection systems…and Toyota engines, though the oldest design on the tour, were stout enough to take the measure of the Hendrick-powered Chevrolets. And for Rick Hendrick the...

Abuse Quote: (The Fox commentators help give nascar it's bad rap with their butchered language! And now they will have Mikey Waltrip to help insure this legacy continues!!!) You mean like McReynolds saying something like "Tho the green flag." MACHRAZOR...

What would Daytona be without a little controversy? OK, so the No. 48 team crossed the line in NASCAR's eyes. But let's think big picture here, writes ESPN's Terry Blount. Story How severe should the penalty be for Chad Knaus? ESPNDallas.com's Eddie...

Race (in 2008) after being voted in, and who has a history of winning a race after starting on the pole. Kahne’s talent is sure to shine in HMS equipment. I do believe Kahne will have more than one win this season. He could very well be the first HMS...

“You have more leverage against it. It doesn’t take much to make a quarter-inch of difference.” NASCAR’s reaction was swift. On July 10, 2002, the sanctioning body fined Knaus $25,000 and penalized Johnson 25 driver points and car owner Rick Hendrick...

Knaus' crew was told to cut the offending pieces off (pieces about the size of a laptop) and replace them. Johnson will still be allowed to race the car in the 500. There was apparently no such issue with the team's Bud Shootout car or with any of the...

It's been a great position that we've been in, this offseason." The most imperceptible change to the team's structure is its listed owner. Hendrick's mother, Mary, was listed as the car's owner since her husband, "Papa Joe" Hendrick, died in 2004. Rick...

In seven full seasons, Kahne has driven for four different owners, three different manufacturers, endured numerous fluxes in ownership and continual concerns whether his team had enough money to go racing each week. Now entering his eighth year, Kahne...

It carried special meaning for the 31-year-old driver from Enumclaw, Wash. , who waited two long years for the moment when he could count himself a full-fledged member of Rick Hendrick’s championship-driven and Chevrolet-backed organization. “It feels...

Evernham, who won three championships as Jeff Gordon's crew chief and later started his own team, was an ESPN analyst from 2008-10. He didn't work for the network last season, instead working as a consultant to NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick. Evernham...

He's ready to start winning again. Earnhardt has not seen Victory Lane since 2008, his first year in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. It's been a frustrating situation, but the pieces look like they are connecting again for NASCAR's top...

Hendrick had a feeling that the pairing of crew chief Steve Letarte with Dale Earnhardt Jr. might work. He liked the personality of Letarte, who demands an all-in attitude from his driver but also has an outgoing personality that breeds faith and trust.

(It) has given us really good direction for us going into the offseason with things to do that, hopefully, give us an edge on the competition this year.” Now the offseason is done, and it’s time to put all that work into action. Team owner Rick...

During the offseason between 2005 and ’06, the two nearly split, with team owner Rick Hendrick famously moderating a discussion between Johnson and Knaus that featured a picture of milk and a plate of cookies, a metaphor for the childish way the driver...

Hendrick Motorsports as a group started the season talking tough and it seems to show no signs of backing off the hot pace it has set in recent years. Rick Hendrick is geared up for the 2012 season and anything less than all four drivers in the Chase...