[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 103 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1501]
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                          HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS

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                            HON. ROBIN HAYES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 22, 2004

  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of the twentieth 
anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports.
  Hendrick Motorsports was started by my good friend Rick Hendrick in 
1984 for the purpose of entering a single car into a single stock car 
race. Over the next twenty years, Hendrick Motorsports grew into the 
racing empire it is today, supporting four entries in NASCAR's Nextel 
Cup Series and one entry in the Busch Series every week. Since its 
inception, Hedrick Motorsports teams have secured five NASCAR Winston 
Cup now Nextel Cup Championships, three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 
titles, and one NASCAR Busch Series crown, totaling more than 100 
victories in twenty years of racing.
  All Hendrick race cars are completely constructed at a 62-acre 
complex in my home of Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Hendrick 
Motorsports provides employment to more than 400 Cabarrus County 
residents. They work not only in the production of racing cars and 
engines at the main complex but also in the many other daily operation 
activities of Hendrick Motorsports, such as managing 
HendrickMotorsports.com, maintaining the 15,000 square-foot Hendrick 
museum, marketing, public relations, sponsor services, licensing, and 
merchandising.
  The success of Hendrick Motorsports on the race track has led to the 
opening of the Hendrick Automotive Group, which consists of nearly 60 
car dealerships across the country. These dealerships contribute both 
to their local communities, through donations to local charities, and 
to the Nation as a whole by participating in The Hendrick Marrow 
Program.
  Created in 1997, the Hendrick Marrow Program seeks to recruit donors 
to the National Marrow Donor Program and provides financial assistance 
to the patients who receive these live-saving transplants. As a direct 
result of the Hendrick Marrow Program's efforts, more than 60,000 
potential volunteer donors have joined the National Marrow Donor 
Program Registry and more than $500,000 have been used to assist 
patients with transplant-related costs, such as lodging and post-
transplant prescriptions.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to thank Hendrick Motorsports for making 
Cabarrus County ``The Center of American Motorsports'' and to 
congratulate them for twenty years of achievement both on and off the 
track.

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