Hendrick Motorsports’ most memorable wins
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1984 Sovran Bank 500 at Martinsville
With the potential of his new NASCAR Cup Series team needing to shut its doors for good on the horizon, Rick Hendrick's No. 5 car piloted by Geoff Bodine, shocked the world and took the checkered flag for the first time in both Hendrick and Bodine's career.
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1986 Daytona 500
Geoff Bodine dominated The Great American race, leading 101 of the 200 laps en route to the first Daytona 500 victory in team history.
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1987 Miller High Life 500 at Pocono
After missing the first 11 races of the season while battling an undisclosed illness, Tim Richmond returned at Pocono in grand fashion. He qualified his No. 25 car third, led 82 laps and took the checkered flag.
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1994 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
Second-year sensation Jeff Gordon grabbed the pole for the Coca-Cola 600, led the final nine laps and grabbed his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory, topping it off with a memorable and emotional Victory Lane celebration.
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1994 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis
Pittsboro, Indiana’s Jeff Gordon etched his name in the history books by becoming the winner of the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994. Gordon dominated the race but re-took the lead with five laps-to-go after race-leader Ernie Irvan cut a tire.
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1997 Daytona 500
With team-owner Rick Hendrick battling leukemia at home, the Hendrick cars of Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven finished 1-2-3 in the season opening Daytona 500.
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1998 NAPA 500 at Atlanta
Jeff Gordon capped off a historic season by winning the season finale at EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway). His victory tied the modern-era record with 13 victories, as he celebrated both that and his third NASCAR Cup Series championship.
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2002 NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California
Rookie sensation and hometown driver Jimmie Johnson grabbed the checkered flag for the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career at California in 2002. The victory came in just his 13th career start.
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2005 Sony HD 500 at California
20-year-old Kyle Busch made his way through the field after starting 25th, leading five times for 91 laps, en-route to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory.
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2014 Daytona 500
The second Daytona 500 victory of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s NASCAR Cup Series career came after holding off a handful of legends on a green-white-checkered, his first victory in the Great American Race for Hendrick Motorsports.
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2015 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville
“We’re going to Homestead!”. Jeff Gordon emphatically punched his ticket to the final-four after winning at Martinsville in the NASCAR playoffs. The victory turned out to be the 93rd and final victory of his Hall of Fame career.
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2016 Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead
Jimmie Johnson etched his name in the history books alongside of Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, winning at Homestead and clinching his record-tying seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship.
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2018 Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen
After coming close so many times over his first three seasons, Chase Elliott finally broke through at Watkins Glen to capture his first NASCAR Cup Series victory.
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2020 Season Finale 500 at Phoenix
Chase Elliott capped off a dominant end to his playoff run by winning at Phoenix and earning his first NASCAR Cup Series championship. Elliott, who won the pole for the race, led 153 of the race’s 312 laps.
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2021 Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix
Kyle Larson’s torrid 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, his first driving the No. 5 for Hendrick Motorsports finished up with a win at Phoenix and Larson hoisting the championship trophy for the first time in his career. Just like his teammate Chase Elliott the previous season, Larson won the race from the pole, with him leading 107 of 312 laps.
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2023 Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond
Kyle Larson took the No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet to Victory Lane multiple times but none as fitting as his 2023 victory at Richmond. The car, which bared a scheme that Ricky Hendrick once drove, went to Victory Lane that day on what would have been Hendrick’s 42nd birthday.
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2024 Daytona 500
William Byron wheeled his way to Victory Lane after a late wreck in the closing laps of the "Great American Race." to claim his first Harley J. Earl Trophy. Byron delivered the team's ninth Daytona 500 win and led a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 finish in the season opener.
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2024 Cook Out 400
After a late-race caution set up NASCAR Overtime, William Byron survived the final restart to score Hendrick Motorsports' 29th Cup Series victory at Martinsville Speedway. Along with scoring the win on the team's 40th anniversary weekend, Byron made history by helping Hendrick become the first team to finish 1-2-3 at the 0.526-mile Virginia short track.
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2024 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400
Chase Elliott snapped his 42-race winless and returned to Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway for the first time since the 2022 Talladega fall race. He also helped Hooters get its first win as a primary sponsor since Alan Kulwicki's final career win at Pocono Raceway on June 14, 1992. Elliott honored Kulwicki at Texas by doing a "Polish victory lap."
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2024 AdventHealth 400
Kyle Larson tallied his 25th career Cup Series win in a big way at Kansas Speedway. After all, the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy beat out the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford of Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds. The finish was the closest in Cup Series history. Talk about a spring spectacle.
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2024 Grant Park 165
Alex Bowman ended an 80-race drought, returning to Victory Lane on the wet streets of Chicago for the first time in over two years. Bowman punched his ticket to the postseason, becoming the fourth and final Hendrick Motorsports driver to secure a spot in the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs.
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2024 Brickyard 400
In his second race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 2024, Kyle Larson earned his first Indy win in the return of the Brickyard 400, after making his debut in the Indy 500 on Memorial Day Weekend.
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2024 Bass Pro Shops Night Race
The best word to summarize Kyle Larson's Round of 16 finale win at Bristol Motor Speedway? Dominant. Larson led 462 of 500 laps at the Tennessee short track to not only capture win No. 28 of his Cup career but also cement his reputation (once again) as a title favorite in the Cup Series Playoffs.
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2025 Daytona 500
William Byron avoided a wreck on the final lap to secure his second Harley J. Earl Trophy. His second consecutive Daytona 500 victory put the Hendrick Motorsports driver into the record books as the fifth driver in history to go back-to-back in the "Great American Race."
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2025 Straight Talk Wireless 400
Kyle Larson did have the "typical" Homestead-Miami race where he led a bunch laps and won. Rather, he made charges up through the field all day which culminated in a pass over his teammate Alex Bowman with six laps to go to earn his 24th win under the Hendrick banner, ranking him third all-time in the organization's history. It was also Larson's 30th career victory overall and second at South Beach.
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2025 Food City 500
The Bristol spring race was another "flawless" race for the No. 5 crew as it dominated by leading 411 of 500 circuits around the high banks. The win was special as it came days after the organization lost public relations director Jon Edwards, who worked closely with Jeff Gordon and Kyle Larson.
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2025 Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart
With Round 1 of the inaugural In-Season Challenge underway at newly minted EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway), it was the hometown hero Chase Elliott who dodged chaos all race long, then made a last-lap pass over Brad Keselowski to snap a 44-race winless streak.
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2025 Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN Bet
The final lap of double overtime at Kansas Speedway initially looked as if a Toyota was going to take the checkered flag. However, contact between Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace allowed Chase Elliott to utilize an inside maneuver on the final corner to pull away from the duo, collecting the race win and a Round of 8 playoff ticket in the process.
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2025 Xfinity 500
William Byron was in need of a little Martinsville magic if the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports driver wished to advance to the Championship 4. And magic was certainly granted, with Byron leading a staggering 304 laps from pole en route to a walk-off victory to advance to the 2025 title race.