High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949), better known as Rick Hendrick, is the current owner of the American NASCAR team, Hendrick Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Program. He attended Park View High School in South Hill, Virginia, and began his career in auto racing at age 14. He is also a retired race car driver himself, driving in only three NASCAR races throughout the course of his NASCAR career.