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Let's move from the caboose of the chase after the engine Hendrick Motorsports. One in five years. They'll celebrate in 2009 will be their 25 season but already they rank with. The Junior Johnson team the TK for the wood Brothers. Right up at the very top level of the sport. When all is said and done is Rick Hendrick organization going to be the best it's ever been.

Well I think so on that Rick Hendrick is first volleys a car guy. The first ball and and when when it comes to setting in a meeting with crew chief drivers crew members Rick knows as much about what's going on as they did. He's not one of those guys who walks is that bring me up to speed. You walk in and he brings you up to speed. And in he has he has this knack for. Giving you exactly what you need to be successful he is a people person he he runs his race teams like a McDonald's. Every race team is the -- Now the people are different. And you -- obviously get different results but the way he runs his car dealerships the way he runs his race teams. It's all about doing them all the same structured to saint and then let people be that make the difference.

He has a way of getting his point across the greatest example -- you view it in the 2000. Chad canals and Jimmie Johnson in with a championship and they were going this way in -- he could leave. So after everything had settled down after the season. He brought him into his office. In what he had there was a little kids played with two little kids here with milking cook easily -- we're going to sit there on it want to talk about it in and I don't think -- say a -- he made his point. With the adding in a thing about Hendrick Motorsports. Is when you look across the board at the 25 years that he's been there very few people. Has left here. It yeah back. Ricky. That I mean he treats his people with respect to Indy and earn respect and.

And I led that group of teams I listed earlier petty enterprises. Richard Childress racing now all of those teams had one good Corky caper hit several. But I don't think there's been another owner other than Jack Roush Joe Gibbs you know in today's NASCAR that if fielded as many competitive teams it once -- Hendrick.

Well yeah I think when you talk about -- modern air because I start thinking like you say the key -- situation home and immunity for example Nichols and elsewhere. I mean I think it would -- be it. Mean the cargo that girls or talked about he grew up that he actually hired people like here who who was a part of some of the -- success cross your success. And he look at what these guys that had done he took his business and science combined with -- people. Any gruesome and develop something and I think that was the biggest thing is it. Racers don't know how to be -- me. But I think Rick brought the first really true element I would businessman who was it who want to be a race for -- married been giving grew.

That's a great point is great story of a back up accurate on this when Rick Hendrick first came to NASCAR from boat racing. NASCAR had him investigated. I think that's because Rick was going around everybody asking about people and about cost of about what was going on in the sport. And NASCAR what torture around -- to wrap this film now. And they went ahead and investigated because they wanted to know -- this fellow was that was. -- all these questions and it was just somebody doing his due diligence because he wanted to be involved and he wanted to hit the ground with a good chance to compete to win.

When you go to Hendrick Motorsports. Even though it's great facility and its got everything and here's the key that you need. It has everything you need. One of the -- has won the best engine facilities in the sport. In it has great bad shops. But it doesn't it there's no I don't I don't see any excess. It it -- motor sport there's there's not a lot of I came. It's like here's what I need come what you need to win and that's what -- Because Rick W richt believes -- you spend a dollar you should get a dollar return. And in he has the resources to be able to help the guys are helped the company when he needs it yet what he needs.

And you know you've compared Hendrick Motorsports the organization and certainly not to take anything away from any of those organizations where there was petty enterprises and wood Brothers. Compared -- three championships not to take anything away from the race. Killed three consecutive championship this -- three championship but I guess. The it -- they're having in today's world with the competition. Words that today no and that. You know in the eighties. Even early ninety's you mean 789 maybe ten teams you -- have to out run now the day you start naming people ask us every week who would you like this week shortening in the -- explain how you think if things -- half the field is so I think to do it in the competition. Where it's set today even makes it even more often now.

Plus he saw the values. From the past from those teams you're talking about a multi car team. He didn't he he solve the value of having to call -- and he saw the value of having three cars the multiples. Of having those cars in now that would that would make his company stronger. Not weaker -- when -- haven't back when we drove for when I drove for junior we had me -- and we didn't have the resources for two teams we didn't have enough chemistry.

You couldn't have enough stuff whenever whenever anything you don't want to share nothing in there that that -- concrete. And that was like a battle for you know I calamity that thing and north versus south but but with Rick it was always we're gonna make this work. If you want to be a part of this company. We're going to make this work.

It's not a whole lot of like our NASCAR on fox team we have nine cars we have -- going forward. And Chris could you can help pretty -- just at first but the important thing if were ready. And we're ready to bring in the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR on fox season. Chris -- to be the first -- here and if he's he's you folks he's the fellow that gives you that kind of fan perspective. And draws it out of -- our experts we got great folks patrolling pit road. We want to bring all of the excitement. Of this sport right to your living room. And -- for a long time becomes so enjoy 2009. We will.