J. C. Hendrix

J. C. Hendrix (September 11, 1926 – April 13, 1963) was an American stock car racing driver. He competed in six NASCAR Grand National Series races from 1959 to 1961, recording two top-ten finishes.

Racing career Hendrix made his NASCAR debut at Lakewood Speedway, near his hometown of Griffin, Georgia. Driving the No. 68 Plymouth, he finished 15th after crashing. He broke into the top ten during his next race, at Columbia Speedway, where he finished ninth. Hendrix returned to Lakewood later that year, where he sat on the pole but finished thirteenth, sixteen laps down to winner Richard Petty. In 1960, W. J. Ridgeway signed Hendrix to run at the newly built Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hendrix fell out of the race with a connecting rod problem and finished 27th. Driving for Fred Clark in car number 30 for the 1961 National 400, Hendrix started 30th but worked his way up to tenth by the end of the race. Running his final race in 1961 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Hendrix started 19th and finished 13th.

Hendrix died on April 13, 1963, in a crash at Cleveland Speedway in Tennessee.

Motorsports career results

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

Grand National Series NASCAR Grand National Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Pts 1959 68 Plymouth FAY DAY DAY HBO CON ATL15 WIL BGS CLB9 NWS REF HCY MAR TRN CLT NSV ASP PIF GPS ATL13 CLB WIL RCH BGS AWS DAY HEI CLT MBS CLT NSV AWS BGS GPS CLB DAR HCY RCH CSF HBO MAR AWS NWS CON 52nd 640 1961 W. J. Ridgeway 78 Ford CLT JSP DAY DAY DAY PIF AWS HMS ATL GPS HBO BGS MAR NWS CLB HCY RCH MAR DAR CLT CLT RSD ASP CLT PIF BIR GPS BGS NOR HAS STR DAY ATL CLB MBS BRI NSV BGS AWS RCH SBO DAR HCY RCH CSF ATL27 MAR NWS 67th - Fred Clark 30 Chevy CLT10 BRI GPS HBO 1962 CON AWS DAY DAY DAY CON AWS SVH HBO RCH CLB NWS13 GPS MBS MAR BGS BRI RCH HCY CON DAR PIF CLT ATL BGS AUG RCH SBO DAY CLB ASH GPS AUG SVH MBS BRI CHT NSV HUN AWS STR BGS PIF VAL DAR HCY RCH DTS AUG MAR NWS CLT ATL 94th 338