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Posted on 10/24/2004 5:13:37 PM PDT by Jenya
Plane Crash Kills 10, Including Son Of NASCAR Owner
Federal officials say all 10 people aboard a plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization were killed Sunday when the plane crashed while on its way to a NASCAR race.
Ricky Hendrick, the son of owner Rick Hendrick, was among those killed when the Beech 200, headed from Concord to Martinsville, crashed in Patrick County in Virginia.
John Hendrick, Rick's brother, and Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John's twin daughters, also died in the crash. Video
The plane was en route to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's Subway 500. Jimmie Johnson was driving a Hendrick car in the race and was the winner.
The plane reportedly lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration at about 12:30 p.m. It crashed in the Blue Ridge Mountains about seven miles from Martinsville, Va., according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.
The names of the other people who died in the crash are: Dick Tracey, pilot, Liz Morrison, pilot, Joe Jackson, Jeff Turner, the VP and General Manager of Hendrick Motorsports, Randy Dorton and Scott Lathram.
Rick Hendrick owns the teams of Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Brian Vickers in the Nextel Cup Series. NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said NASCAR learned of the plane's disappearance during the race but waited to tell the drivers until afterward.
Hendrick employs more than 400 workers at the Charlotte-based Motorsports compound, which includes race shops and a 15,000-square-foot museum and team store.
Ricky began his career driving a Busch car for his father but retired in 2002 because of a shoulder injury.
Tragic
Father send your spirit to comfort and hold these families in their time of grief.......
I put the title of the article in search and nothing came up, but thanks for looking out for me O'Reilly.
p.s. Name calling isn't the best way to win friends and influence people here or anywhere. But you already knew that.
Lighten up. I was kidding. I'm doing just fine around here.
Another poor innocent FReeper pulled over by the Post Police.
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This happened not far from where Audie Murphey went down in the same kind a terrain.
makes me heart-sick
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Man, a son - a brother, his two daughters, - Tony Stewart's pilot - just heart breaking.
Nascar group hug.
LVM
Prayers for their loved ones and the big Nascar family.
How many small aircraft fatalities does that make for 2004?
It's a bad area. My brother used to pilot a small plane and he tells harrowing stories about the occasional difficulty in getting over the Blue Ridge from nearby Roanoke. I also know a pilot who had to set a 747 down in Roanoke because he was in trouble. Not something he'd ever want to do again. Gorgeous area (all my ancestors are from there) but hard for planes.
Elevation is right around 3000. Why such a tough place for flying?
The Blue Ridge Mountains surround the area. Roanoke, which is nearby, is at the tail end of them. It's the Roanoke Valley. The time I most remember my brother having a hard time getting out was when he was carrying my aunt and cousin after my grandmother's funeral. Both women weighed about 300 pounds and he had a hard time getting over the mountains. Just had to keep circling and was afraid he wasn't going to make it.
A good friend's son works at Hendricks Motorsports, lots of sadness there this weekend. Prayers for the families of all of those lost.
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