Kenny Hendrick

Kenneth Arthur Hendrick[1][2] (born September 10, 1969) is an American stock car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series. He is the twin brother of former USAC midget car driver Kara Hendrick, who died in a racing accident in October 1991.[3]

Kenny Hendrick
Born (1969-09-10) September 10, 1969 (age 54)
Chino, California, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
41 races run over 4 years
Best finish52nd (2008)
First race2003 Charter Pipeline 250 (Gateway)
Last race2009 Ford 300 (Homestead)
WinsTop tensPoles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
24 races run over 4 years
Best finish35th (2003)
First race1996 Kragen 151 (Sears Point)
Last race2007 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
WinsTop tensPoles
000
Statistics current as of June 7, 2012.

Busch Series

Hendrick made his Busch Series debut in 2003, when he ran a hodgepodge of entries. He made his debut at Gateway, where he started 30th for the Stanton Barrett Racing operation. He ran a solid race and came home 21st. He did a start and park race for GIC-Mixon Motorsports at Nazareth, before doing another start and park at Dover for Rick Allen. Hendrick would return then to the Stanton Barrett Racing for two more 2003 races. He was 35th at Nashville and 27th at Kentucky.

Hendrick was tapped to drive the first Keller Racing vehicles in 2004, a team that ran a ten-race schedule. The new team struggled. Hendrick only qualified for six races and his best finish was an 18th at Kentucky. The Kentucky race was the only one that Hendrick finished. He was released, and he would only compete in one more series race. It, too, came in 2004, when he drove the Ware Racing Enterprises Dodge to a 42nd-place finish in the fall Dover race.

He returned in 2008 at Mexico driving a second Stanton Barrett Motorsports car in place of Stan Barrett who was originally meant to race for the team. He qualified and finished 38th after pulling in with handling issues. He then drove at Richmond replacing the injured Larry Gunselman at MSRP Motorsports qualifying 40th and finishing 43rd after parking the car on lap 6. He made a second start for Stanton Barrett at Darlington starting 34th and finishing 36th after parking on lap 30.

In 2009, Hendrick drove for Smith-Ganassi Racing, a team that had bought the assets of the shut-down No. 40 team.

Craftsman Truck Series

Hendrick ran four Craftsman Truck Series races in 1996 to start his career off. He started his career with a top-10 start: a 9th in his debut at Phoenix. He finished 28th in that race. His best run of the year was a modest 23rd-place finish at Las Vegas.

Four more races were in store for Hendrick. He had one top-20 finish. That was a 19th at Texas, racing for Rob Rizzo. He had started the year off with the team, but after finishes of 29th and 24th, they let him go.

Hendrick would not race in this series until 2003, when he did a start and park effort in a second Billy Ballew Motorsports No. 9 entry. Because of the nature of the effort, Hendrick did not complete any of the dozen starts he did and his best finish was a 31st at IRP, where he also recorded his second career top-10 start of 10th.

Hendrick returned to the Trucks when he ran at Kansas Speedway in the No. 16 Xpress Motorsports truck on April 28, 2007.

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1988Road AtlantaSwift DB1FordFormula Ford12Running

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NNCCPtsRef
2004Gary Keller Racing35ChevyDAYCARLVSATLDARBRITEXMARTALCALRCHCLTDOVPOCMCHSONDAYCHINHAPOCINDGLNMCHBRICALRCHNHADOV
DNQ
TALKANCLTMARATLPHODARHOMNA-[4]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2003Stanton Barrett Motorsports91PontiacDAYCARLVSDARBRITEXTALNSHCALRCH
DNQ
GTY
21
CLT
DNQ
83rd280[5]
Ortec Racing96ChevyNZH
42
Stanton Barrett Motorsports97PontiacDOV
41
MLW
DNQ
DAYCHINHAPPRIRPMCHBRI
91ChevyNSH
35
KEN
27
PF2 Motorsports94ChevyDAR
DNQ
RCH
DNQ
DOV
DNQ
KANCLTMEMATLPHOCARHOM
2004Gary Keller Racing35ChevyDAYCARLVSDARBRITEXNSHTALCALGTY
39
RCHNZHCLT
39
DOVNSHKEN
18
MLWDAYCHI
40
NHAPPR
36
71st348[6]
85IRP
DNQ
MCHBRICAL
35
RCH
Ware Racing Enterprises51DodgeDOV
42
KAN
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
MEM
DNQ
ATLPHO
DNQ
DARHOM
2005Gary Keller Racing03ChevyDAYCALMXCLVSATLNSHBRITEXPHOTALDARRCHCLTDOVNSHKEN
DNQ
MLWDAYCHINHAPPRGTYIRPGLNMCHBRICALRCHDOVKANCLTMEMTEXPHOHOMNA-[7]
2008SKI Motorsports31ChevyDAYCALLVSATLBRINSHTEXPHOMXC
38
TALDAR
36
DOV
40
NSH
40
KEN
34
MLW
DNQ
NHA
40
DAYCHI
40
GTY
36
GLN
DNQ
MCH
43
CAL
37
RCH
40
DOV
41
KAN
39
MEM
QL
TEX
DNQ
PHO
DNQ
HOM
39
52nd788[8]
MSRP Motorsports91ChevyRCH
43
CLT
41
SKI Motorsports30ChevyIRP
34
CGV
34BRI
DNQ
93CLT
DNQ
2009Smith-Ganassi Racing42DodgeDAY
41
CAL
26
LVS
12
BRI
30
TEX
25
NSH
35
PHO
DNQ
TAL
42
RCH
DNQ
DAR
36
CLTDOVNSHKEN
34
MLWNHADAYCHIGTYIRP56th777[9]
Bob Schacht Motorsports75ChevyIOW
DNQ
GLNMCHBRICGVATLRCHDOVKANCALCLT
Specialty Racing61FordMEM
37
TEX
37
PHOHOM
38
2010Jimmy Means Racing52ChevyDAYCALLVSBRINSHPHOTEXTALRCHDARDOVCLTNSHKEN
DNQ
ROANHADAYCHIGTYIRPIOWGLNMCHBRICGVATLRCHDOVKANCALCLTGTYTEXPHOHOMNA-[10]
- Qualified but replaced by Stanton Barrett

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526NCTCPtsRef
1996Active Motorsports32ChevyHOMPHOPOREVGTUSCNSHPTBRINZHMLWLVLI70IRPFLMGLNNSVRCHNHAMARNWSSON
28
MMR
26
PHO
35
LVS
23
61st316[11]
1997WDW
29
57th353[12]
Walker Evans Racing21ChevyTUS
24
HOMPHOPOREVGI70
RGR Racing71FordNHA
32
27TEX
19
BRINZHMLWLVLCNSHPTIRPFLMNSVGLNRCHMARSONMMRCALPHO
Thompson Racing22FordLVS
DNQ
2003Fasscore Motorsports9FordDAYDARMMRMARCLTDOVTEXMEM
35
MLWKAN
36
KEN
36
GTW
35
MCH
34
IRP
31
NSH
32
BRIRCHNHA
35
CAL
35
LVS
DNQ
SBOTEX
35
MAR
36
PHO
34
HOM35th656[13]
2007Xpress Motorsports16ChevyDAYCALATLMARKAN
35
CLTMFDDOVTEXMCHMLWMEM58th286[14]
FordKEN
34
IRP
19
NSH
34
BRIGTWNHALVSTALMARATLTEXPHOHOM

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