Rick Hendrick names the “best Xfinity organization” in NASCAR
Hall of Famer and owner of Hendrick Motorsports Rick Hendrick has named who he thinks is the best NASCAR Xfinity Series team.
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series is one of the most competitive and chaotic national stock racing series. The second tier series, that is built to provide opportunities for Cup aspirants to better their racing skills and prove they are worthy of a ride in the top division. The series features 26 teams, that includes part-time and full-time entries.
With strong competition its often hard to find which is the best team in the series. NASCAR Hall of Famer team owner of Hendrick Motorsports, Rick Hendrick though has his pick. In a recent podcast appearance with Dirty Mo Media, he named JR Motorsports, co-owned by Kelly Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the best team in the second tier.
While talking to Kelly, he pointed out that he sees the JRM owner dup as a family as they have been working together for a long-time and also the fact that he has seen the since they were newborns. He admitted that the duo has done better job that what he would have done with the team and branded them as the bets Xfinity organization owing to their success.
Listen, you and Dale are family to me. I’ve known you guys since you were puppies. And to be honest with you, you’ve done a lot better job of running an Xfinity team than I was doing. Look at your success, your work ethic… You run the best Xfinity organization in racing.
Rick Hendrick told Kelly Earnhardt.
Kelly Earnhardt credit Rick Hendrick for JRM’s success
Though the Earnhardt deserves a lot of praise for the success, the contribution of Rick Hendrick was one of the building blocks to JRM’s success. They started strong with the merger of No:5 HMS car and the No:1 Car in the Xfinity series and since then they haven’t looked back. Kelly Earnhardt told Rick Hendrick in the same podcast that he deserves majority of credit for JRM success.
I was pretty floored that you gave us the opportunity to take your team from Hendrick Motorsports at the time, the #5 car, and bring it up here to Mooresville to merge it with our #1 car team…We wouldn’t have been as good at it off the bat if we didn’t have the foundation that you guys brought along.
Kelly Earnhardt said.
The comment from both individuals shows the amount resect and the close business ties they have. JRM and HMS partnership has been the pathway to success for many top Cup racers over the years and it would be interesting to how much more they can contribute to the sport.
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