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Jeff Gordon, No. 24 team reach stardom with inaugural Brickyard 400 victory | 40 wins in 40 days
Just an hour or two before, Gordon had taken the checkered flag to win the inaugural Brickyard 400 at historic Indianapolis ...
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Ricky Hendrick earns first career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Kansas | 40 wins in 40 days
With the win, Ricky Hendrick had become the youngest winner in the history of the series at the time. Ricky Hendrick (second ...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. captures second DAYTONA 500 after record rain delay | 40 wins in 40 days
As in six hours and 22 minutes worth of a rain delay. Caution waved on lap 31 and two laps later, Earnhardt Jr. was the first ...
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Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, Ricky Craven sweep 1997 DAYTONA 500 | 40 wins in 40 days
In November of 1996, Rick Hendrick, the company's owner and CEO, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a rare form ...
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Johnson claws his way to victory at Miami, wins seventh title | 40 wins in 40 days
From 2006 to 2010, the driver of the No. 48 entry had a firm grip on the competition winning a record-setting five NASCAR Cup ...
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Kyle Larson dominates at Charlotte, Hendrick Motorsports becomes NASCAR wins leader | 40 wins in 40 days
One week after Chase Elliott scored victory No. 268 at Circuit of the Americas, Kyle Larson smoked the field in the Coca-Cola 600, notching his first victory in the crown jewel event and putting the ...
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Jeff Gordon punches ticket to NASCAR Championship 4 with final win at Martinsville | 40 wins in 40 days
“No driver that I’m aware of, or at least in my generation, has come into the sport winning and left the sport winning. And (Jeff Gordon) did. His last full-time race was in the championship, at the ...
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Hendrick Motorsports, 40 NASCAR wins in 40 days: Kyle Larson, No. 5 team win championship at Phoenix
“Our pit crew had a Game 7 moment of bases loaded, bottom of the 9th (inning), two outs, down by three runs and they hit a grand slam to get us off pit road first. It was a really big deal. And then ...
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How Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon 'snookered' the field in the '94 Coca-Cola 600 | 40 wins in 40 days
“I’m not thinking about (two tires at all). It was not even on my mind to do anything like that until Ray called for it and I didn’t know why he called for it but I don’t know if I even questioned it.
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Jimmie Johnson vs. Jeff Gordon part 2: Atlanta Motor Speedway, 2011 | 40 wins in 40 days
“That race was insane. One of the drivers came up to me on pit road afterward and said, ‘That was like watching Greek mythology. That was like two gods throwing lightning bolts at each other.’ I ...
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William Byron claims first crown jewel victory with DAYTONA 500 win | 40 wins in 40 days
Editor’s note: This is the 30th in a 40-part series highlighting 40 of the greatest wins in the history of Hendrick Motorsports to finish its 40th anniversary season. A new installment will be ...
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Jeff Gordon wins All-Star Race in backup car | Hendrick Motorsports, 40 NASCAR wins in 40 days
“I remember Randy Dorton slid up under a fender to help remove the engine from the primary car. He had a nice gold Rolex on, he wasn’t the flashiest guy but he had a nice watch, and he caught it on ...