Kenny Hendrick

Kenneth Arthur Hendrick (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.

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 thirtieth 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.

Hendrick 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 fortieth 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 thirty.

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-ten start: a ninth 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-twenty finish. That was a nineteenth 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-ten start of tenth.

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

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status 1988 Road Atlanta Swift DB1 Ford Formula Ford 1 2 Running

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 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 Pts Ref 2004 Gary Keller Racing 35 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOVDNQ TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM NA -

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 2003 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 91 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCHDNQ GTY21 CLTDNQ 83rd 280 Ortec Racing 96 Chevy NZH42 Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Pontiac DOV41 MLWDNQ DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI 91 Chevy NSH35 KEN27 PF2 Motorsports 94 Chevy DARDNQ RCHDNQ DOVDNQ KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 2004 Gary Keller Racing 35 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY39 RCH NZH CLT39 DOV NSH KEN18 MLW DAY CHI40 NHA PPR36 71st 348 85 IRPDNQ MCH BRI CAL35 RCH Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Dodge DOV42 KANDNQ CLTDNQ MEMDNQ ATL PHODNQ DAR HOM 2005 Gary Keller Racing 03 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KENDNQ MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM NA - 2008 SKI Motorsports 31 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC38 TAL DAR36 DOV40 NSH40 KEN34 MLWDNQ NHA40 DAY CHI40 GTY36 GLNDNQ MCH43 CAL37 RCH40 DOV41 KAN39 MEMQL† TEXDNQ PHODNQ HOM39 52nd 788 MSRP Motorsports 91 Chevy RCH43 CLT41 SKI Motorsports 30 Chevy IRP34 CGV 34 BRIDNQ 93 CLTDNQ 2009 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge DAY41 CAL26 LVS12 BRI30 TEX25 NSH35 PHODNQ TAL42 RCHDNQ DAR36 CLT DOV NSH KEN34 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP 56th 777 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Chevy IOWDNQ GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT Specialty Racing 61 Ford MEM37 TEX37 PHO HOM38 2010 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KENDNQ ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM NA - † - Qualified but replaced by Stanton Barrett

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 Pts Ref 1996 Active Motorsports 32 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON28 MMR26 PHO35 LVS23 61st 316 1997 WDW29 57th 353 Walker Evans Racing 21 Chevy TUS24 HOM PHO POR EVG I70 RGR Racing 71 Ford NHA32 27 TEX19 BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO Thompson Racing 22 Ford LVSDNQ 2003 Fasscore Motorsports 9 Ford DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM35 MLW KAN36 KEN36 GTW35 MCH34 IRP31 NSH32 BRI RCH NHA35 CAL35 LVSDNQ SBO TEX35 MAR36 PHO34 HOM 35th 656 2007 Xpress Motorsports 16 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN35 CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM 58th 286 Ford KEN34 IRP19 NSH34 BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM