for the video game see all star racing 2 . not to be confused with hedrick motorsports . hendrick motorsports owner s rick hendrick linda hendrick jeff gordon base 4400 papa joe hendrick blvd charlotte north carolina 28262 series sprint cup series car numbers 5 9 14 15 17 18 24 25 35 42 44 46 47 48 50 51 52 57 58 60 80 84 87 88 94 95 race drivers 5 . kasey kahne 24 . chase elliott r 48 . jimmie johnson 88 . dale earnhardt jr. alex bowman jeff gordon sponsors 5 . farmers insurance panasonic toughbook great clips quicken loans mountain dew liftmaster aarp drive to end hunger 24 . napa 3m kelley blue book mountain dew sunenergy1 48 . lowe s kobalt tools 88 . nationwide insurance mountain dew axalta coating systems taxslayer.com manufacturer chevrolet opened 1984 career debut sprint cup series 1985 daytona 500 daytona xfinity series 1984 goody s 300 daytona camping world truck series 1995 skoal bandit copper world classic phoenix latest race sprint cup series 2016 bank of america 500 charlotte xfinity series 2009 camping world 300 daytona camping world truck series 2013 lucas oil 150 phoenix races competed 4 197 includes starts by multiple teams in multiple series ; as many as 4 or 5 starts per race drivers championships total 15 sprint cup series 11 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2013 xfinity series 1 2003 camping world truck series 3 1997 1999 2001 race victories total 295 sprint cup series 243 xfinity series 26 camping world truck series 26 pole positions total 268 sprint cup series 209 xfinity series 36 camping world truck series 23 hendrick motorsports hms originally named all star racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar sprint cup series . the team was created in 1984 by rick hendrick one of stock car racing s premier organizations . hendrick motorsports has garnered eleven sprint cup series owners and drivers championships three camping world truck series owners and drivers titles and one xfinity series drivers crown 240 sprint cup series victories 26 xfinity series wins and 26 camping world truck series victories . 1 as of the 2016 season the team has won a sprint cup race on every track on the current circuit except for kentucky speedway which has only been on the circuit since 2011 . 2 the team currently fields four full time sprint cup series teams including the no. 5 farmers insurance group great clips liftmaster quicken loans panasonic toughbook mountain dew chevrolet ss for kasey kahne the no. 24 napa 3m kelley blue book mountain dew chevrolet ss for chase elliott the no. 48 lowe s kobalt tools chevrolet ss for jimmie johnson and the no. 88 nationwide insurance axalta coating systems mountain dew taxslayer.com chevrolet ss for dale earnhardt jr. the team formerly fielded teams in the now xfinity series before merging its efforts with jr motorsports . the team also fielded several trucks in the camping world truck series most recently for development driver chase elliott in 2013 . the team has fielded cars in the past for many nascar drivers including geoff bodine tim richmond darrell waltrip benny parsons ricky rudd ken schrader terry labonte kyle busch casey mears mark martin brian vickers and jeff gordon . all hendrick race cars are constructed start to finish at the 100 plus acre hendrick motorsports complex in concord north carolina . more than 550 engines are built or re built on site each year with the team leasing some of those to other nascar outfits . hendrick motorsports employs over 500 people that perform many day to day activities . 3 in 2009 hendrick motorsports made history by having three out of the four full time drivers finish in the top three places in the point standings johnson martin and gordon . contents 1 history 2 sprint cup series 2.1 car no. 5 history 2.1.1 car no. 5 career statistics 2.2 car no. 17 history 2.2.1 car no. 17 career statistics 2.3 car no. 24 history 2.3.1 car no. 24 career statistics 2.4 car no. 25 history 2.4.1 car no. 25 career statistics 2.5 car no. 48 history 2.5.1 car no. 48 career statistics 2.6 car no. 88 history 2.6.1 car no. 88 career statistics 2.7 other car history 2.7.1 days of thunder cars 2.7.2 other car career statistics 3 xfinity series 3.1 car no. 5 history 3.1.1 car 5 career statistics 3.2 car no. 24 history 3.3 car no. 48 history 3.4 car no. 80 history 3.5 car no. 87 history 4 camping world truck series 4.1 truck no. 17 history 4.2 truck no. 24 history 4.3 truck no. 94 history 5 arca racing series 5.1 car no. 9 history 5.2 car no. 87 history 6 plane crash 7 team results nascar 7.1 sprint cup series wins 7.1.1 1980s 7.1.2 1990s 7.1.3 2000s 7.1.4 2010s 7.2 nationwide series wins 7.2.1 1980s 7.2.2 2000s 7.3 camping world truck series wins 7.3.1 1990s 7.3.2 2000s 2010s 7.4 all time statistics 8 references 9 external links history edit what is now hendrick motorsports was founded prior to the 1984 season by rick hendrick a charlotte north carolina based car dealership owner who currently operates a network of dealerships called hendrick auto group . the team was formed along with longtime crew chief and car builder harry hyde nhra and nascar team owner raymond beadle and music entrepreneur c.k. spurlock as all star racing . 4 5 6 the team called hendrick motorsports by 1985 expanded to two full time cars in 1986 three in 1987 and four in 2002 . 7 8 9 hms was one of the first teams in nascar to be successful operating multiple entries based on the model used at the hendrick dealerships . 4 7 the team has also been credited for innovations in engine construction 10 and pit crew training . 11 12 13 sprint cup series edit car no. 5 history edit geoff bodine in 1985 . hendrick motorsports debuted in 1984 under the banner all star racing with five employees rented equipment and two cars with the highest paid person s wages at only 500 week . 4 5 initially the team had planned to field a car for seven time cup champion richard petty with funding from country music business mogul c.k. spurlock but the deal failed to materialize . afterwards hendrick attempted to hire tim richmond then dale earnhardt but did not . as a result the team signed former rookie of the year geoff bodine to drive the unsponsored no. 5 chevy monte carlo for 1984 . after a slow start seven races into the season hendrick informed bodine and crew chief harry hyde that he planned to shut down the team due to funding trouble . instead bodine and the team won at martinsville speedway leading to sponsorship from northwestern security life ; on march 30 2014 the 30 year anniversary of the win hendrick stated we owe martinsville so much . if we hadn t won that race then literally the next monday we were going to shut it down . 4 5 6 the team won two more times and finished ninth in points . levi garrett came on to sponsor the no. 5 chevy in 1985 as part of a multi year deal . 4 despite not winning a race that year bodine earned three poles and improved to fifth in points . 4 the team briefly became a two car operation when dick brooks drove the no. 1 exxon chevy at charlotte motor speedway in what proved to be brooks last nascar race . terry labonte s no. 5 car as it looked from 1994 until 2000 . hendrick expanded into a multi car team full time in 1986 with bodine and tim richmond as drivers . 7 bodine won twice in the no. 5 and posted an eighth place finish in points . his younger brother brett raced as a teammate in the world 600 that year . bodine went winless again in 1987 finishing thirteenth in points . bodine won one race each of the next two years before leaving for junior johnson & associates in 1990 . ricky rudd took bodine s place 14 winning once at watkins glen international 15 and finishing seventh in points . for 1991 the team received sponsorship from tide as part of the car s merger with darrell waltrip s old team . winning one race that year rudd finished a career high second in points behind champion dale earnhardt . 14 on the final lap of that year s race at sears point raceway second place rudd spun out leader davey allison on the last turn and went on to win . nascar penalized the team for rough driving and awarded allison the win . rudd won once each of the next two years . 14 dissatisfied with the distribution of resources within hms s multiple teams rudd left to form his own team taking tide with him . 14 rudd s replacement was 1984 winston cup champion terry labonte . 16 17 the car received sponsorship from kellogg s and their corn flakes brand . 17 labonte won three races each in 1994 and 1995 and defeated teammate jeff gordon for the 1996 winston cup championship by 37 points . 16 17 labonte won one race each of the next three seasons . the 2000 season was a very difficult year for the team as two long streaks that defined labonte s career came to an end . in the pepsi 400 labonte crashed his car and broke his leg . after an accident at new hampshire damaged his inner ear labonte was not capable of driving and he ended up missing two races bringing his streak of most consecutive races to an abrupt end . 16 todd bodine and ron hornaday jr. subbed for labonte . his six year winning streak was also broken as he failed to visit victory lane that year . 17 at the end of the 2000 season labonte s team switched to kellogg s frosted flakes brand for its primary sponsorship . after a couple of low key years labonte finished tenth in the points in 2003 . he also revisited victory lane after a four year drought by winning the southern 500 at darlington the last southern 500 to be held during the labor day weekend until 2015 . 16 17 after slipping to twenty sixth in points in 2004 labonte announced his semi retirement . he would drive a limited schedule for two years in the no. 44 car before leaving hms after the 2006 season . labonte scored 12 victories with hendrick motorsports to go along with his championship in 1996 . 16 17 2008 no. 5 kellogg s carquest sponsored chevrolet driven by casey mears . hendrick tabbed development driver kyle busch the younger brother of kurt busch as labonte s replacement for the 2005 season . busch easily won the 2005 rookie of the year battle and made history when he took the checkered flag in the sony hd 500 at california speedway for his first win becoming the youngest driver to ever win a cup series race at the age of 20 years 4 months and 2 days . busch would win later that year at phoenix . in 2006 kyle won once and qualified for the chase for the nextel cup ultimately finishing tenth in points . in 2007 busch grabbed a win at the food city 500 the inaugural race for the car of tomorrow . on june 13 2007 hendrick announced that kyle busch would not return to drive the no. 5 car in 2008 . on september 4 2007 it was announced that casey mears would drive the no. 5 in 2008 . on june 22