{"id":34147,"date":"2025-04-09T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147"},"modified":"2025-04-09T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:00:24","slug":"heartbroken-rick-hendrick-finally-revealed-the-truth-behind-the-plane-crashed-that-killed-all-10-on-board-including-ricky-hendrick-a-former-busch-series-driver-and-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147","title":{"rendered":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the  plane  crashed  that killed  all 10 on board, including Ricky Hendrick, a former Busch Series driver and  His son\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rick Hendrick, the renowned owner of Hendrick Motorsports, recently opened up about the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of 10 people, including his son Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. This heart-wrenching incident occurred on October 24, 2004, when a plane, traveling from Concord, North Carolina, to Martinsville, Virginia, crashed during its final approach. Ricky, just 24 years old at the time, was onboard with several Hendrick Motorsports team members, including the crew chief, tire changers, and others connected to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For years, Rick Hendrick kept the details of the crash private, but in a rare moment of vulnerability, he shared the painful truth behind the incident. He revealed that the crash was caused by a combination of factors, including poor weather conditions and mechanical failure. The plane, a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, encountered heavy rain and fog, which significantly impacted visibility. The crash occurred just short of the runway, killing everyone onboard, including the Hendrick family\u2019s beloved son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Ricky Hendrick, who was considered a rising star in NASCAR, devastated the Hendrick Motorsports family. In his father\u2019s words, Ricky had a promising career ahead of him and was beloved by all who worked with him. In addition to Ricky, the crash also took the lives of the crew members who had been integral to the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rick Hendrick\u2019s decision to speak about the incident was an emotional one, as he had carried the grief in private for years. The tragedy left an indelible mark on Hendrick Motorsports, and the Hendrick family continues to honor those lost with deep respect and remembrance, including naming their race cars and teams in their memory.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Hendrick, the renowned owner of Hendrick Motorsports, recently opened up about the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of 10 people, including his son Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. This heart-wrenching incident occurred on October 24, 2004, when a plane, traveling from Concord, North Carolina, to Martinsville, Virginia, crashed during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01\"},\"headline\":\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky Hendrick, a former Busch Series driver and His son\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147\",\"name\":\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01\"},\"description\":\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg\",\"width\":666,\"height\":460},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=34147#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky Hendrick, a former Busch Series driver and His son\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"description\":\"Sport News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"letsportsrock\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth","description":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth","og_description":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147","og_site_name":"letsportsrock","article_published_time":"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":666,"height":460,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"letsportsrock","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"letsportsrock","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147"},"author":{"name":"letsportsrock","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01"},"headline":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky Hendrick, a former Busch Series driver and His son\u2026","datePublished":"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147"},"wordCount":310,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147","name":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-09T22:00:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01"},"description":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","width":666,"height":460},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=34147#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Heartbroken: Rick Hendrick finally revealed the truth behind the plane crashed that killed all 10 on board, including Ricky Hendrick, a former Busch Series driver and His son\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/","name":"letsportsrock","description":"Sport News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a454ac24e58b214ddd97e4b5afb0bf01","name":"letsportsrock","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"letsportsrock"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250409-WA0019.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34150,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34147\/revisions\/34150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}