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Rick Hendrick

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The Resume

    (July 12, 1949- )
    Born in Warrenton, North Carolina
    Birth name is Joseph Riddick Hendrick III
    Owner of the Hendrick Automotive Group, a North Carolina-based auto dealership chain, and Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team
    As of 2008, winner of seven Sprint Cup and three Craftsman Truck Series championships as a NASCAR team owner
    Pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2000 for his role in a mail fraud scheme

Why he might be annoying:

    He plead guilty to mail fraud in 1997 and was sentenced to a year of home confinement.
    His cars are often caught trying to violate NASCAR's technical rules.
    He gave his son a job as a NASCAR driver.
    During Terry Labonte's final years with the team, Hendrick appeared to give him inferior equipment compared to his other teams.
    He named his son after himself.
    Some people felt that he invented his cancer to avoid going to jail.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a leukemia survivor.
    He was unable to serve a term in prison because of his cancer.
    Since then he has donated a lot of time and money to cancer and bone marrow research.
    He lost his son, brother and two of his nieces in a plane crash in 2004.
    His NASCAR teams are consistently the most competitive in NASCAR.
    Despite fielding only Chevrolets in NASCAR, he owns dealerships that sell many makes, including Honda and BMW.
    He made four starts as a driver in NASCAR.

Credit: Darrell


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 32 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 32 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 163 Votes: 79.75% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 65 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 175 Votes: 58.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 47 Votes: 65.96% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 79 Votes: 50.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 32 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 66.07% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying