Farewell to Brian Vickers. I had the chance to work with Brian some through his time at Hendrick Motorsports, and it was always a pleasure. I’m sad to see him go, and I wish him the best of luck in the future. His highlight with Hendrick was his Busch Series Championship in 2003. That’s so […]
I am so proud to be a very small part of the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship! Great performance by Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, the #48 Lowe’s team, and the rest of Hendrick Motorsports! I’m happy to be part of it!
Among other things, my group is in charge of preparing the two-seat race cars Jeff Gordon and others use for various charity, sponsor, or promotional events. Most of the time they are used for charity ride-alongs, but recently we prepared a #24 DuPont two-seater as part of the filming of an upcoming episode of Conversations […]
I saw a man I knew for years take his last breath two years ago today. He suffered a massive heart attack and crashed his car into a power pole right by us. We heard a collision and saw the lights flicker in the shop, so we stepped outside to see what happened. Seeing a […]
Kellogg’s and CARQUEST renewed as co-sponsors of the #5 car driven by Kyle Busch the other day. I’m not here to break news, so I’m always a day or so late posting the happenings to give the proper people time to make their announcements their way. Now that they’ve had their announcement, I want to […]
*Quick Summary: The author, thankful for his coworkers, reflects on changes in his business and the challenges overcome in the previous year.* It has taken a while to write a bit about what the last year and a half of our lives have held. Since the end of 2004, with both Papa Joe Hendrick’s death […]
The 2006 Hendrick Motorsports group photo. This is very special to me because I’m in it with my dad, my future wife, and so many friends and co-workers. It is amazing to be a small part of something so incredible! This group of people have been through so much together, yet our future is still […]
I just got a few photos of something special we did in 2004, and thought I’d share. We built and prepared a Wizard of Oz showcar of Jeff Gordon for DuPont Hot Hues for the Kansas Cup race. Here are a few shots from the hospitality area of that race with some of the characters […]
*Quick Summary: The author adds a personal eulogy as a memorial to racing legend Dick Hutcherson.* On November 6th, we lost an influential person in my early life in racing – Dick Hutcherson. While I didn’t spend a ton of time with him, the time I did spend was always interesting for me as a […]
A throwback post to a few years ago when I performed a DuPont appearance at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC with the #24 DuPont 200 Years showcar. This is by far the prettiest backdrop I’ve ever seen for a Jeff Gordon car. It still shocks me they let me drive this car inside […]