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 (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1959 to 1961, recording two top-ten finishes.[1]
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 in to the top ten during his next race, at Columbia Speedway, where he finished ninth.[2] Hendrix returned to Lakewood later that year, where he sat on the pole but finished thirteenth, sixteen laps down to winner Richard Petty.[3] In 1960, W. J. Ridgeway signed Hendrix to run at the newly built Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hendrix fell out of the race with a con rod problem and finished 27th.[4] 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.[5] Running his final race in 1961 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Hendrix started 19th and finished 13th.[6] [7]
He died on April 13,1963.
References
- ^ "Driver J.C. Hendrix Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "Driver J.C. Hendrix 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "1959-20 (Cup) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "Driver J.C. Hendrix 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "NASCAR Statistics: J.C. Hendrix [DriverAverages.com]". www.driveraverages.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 19 (help) - ^ "Driver J.C. Hendrix 1962 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "#30 J.C. Hendrix complete NASCAR career statistics". NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2017-02-08.