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“Hope He Sent One to Denny Hamlin Too” – Rick Hendrick’s Surprising Move After Chase Elliott’s Win Revealed

Published 10/07/2022, 7:54 AM EDT

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Each great entity leaves behind a legacy for generations to follow. May it be ‘The King’ Richard Petty or the classy Hendrick Motorsports owner ‘Mr. H’. Recently, Chevrolet-backed Petty GMS shared a tweet about Rick Hendrick that surprised a lot of NASCAR fans.

Richard Petty’s Petty GMS team shared a note from Rick Hendrick congratulating Erik Jones and the team for their win at Darlington. But Hendrick is the owner of Hendrick Motorsports, a fellow Chevrolet team that has been a rival for decades. And hence this congratulatory note was nothing less than heart-warming.

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Hendrick Motorsports has been a part of the NASCAR Cup Series since the 1980s. And over the years, it has successfully established its reputation as a professional and classy Cup Series organization. Of course, a huge part of the credit goes to the owner, Rick Hendrick, who is famously called ‘Mr. H’.

Looking closely at the tweet shared by Petty GMS, it is clear that the note was accompanied by flowers. With the words ‘Midwood Flower Shop Charlotte,’ the note also had a typed message from Rick Hendrick. It read, “Congratulations on your win in Darlington and thanks for the push in Talladega!” Rick Hendrick

The tweet was captioned “Always a class from Mr. H, very cool.” And NASCAR fans also reacted to Hendrick’s kind gesture in the comment section. Some Twitter users called this a class act, however, a few criticized Mr. H. Whereas a few others asked if he has sent one to other drivers too.

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Hendrick Motorsports is currently one of the most successful teams in the series. With all four of its drivers in the Round of 12, one Hendrick Motorsports driver has already secured a place in the Round of 8.

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Which Rick Hendrick driver has qualified for the Round of 8?

Currently, Chase Elliott has secured a position in the next round of the playoffs. Elliott registered a victory at the YellaWood 500 in Talladega and clinched an automatic advancement to the next playoff round. And this makes him the first Hendrick driver to enter the Round of 12.

However, the race was not that happening for Elliott’s teammate, Alex Bowman. After his wreck at the Texas Motor Speedway earlier in September, the driver started experiencing concussion-like symptoms. owing to this, he could not race in the YelloWood 500 race last weekend.

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Devyani Sharma

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Devyani Sharma is a NASCAR Author at EssentiallySports. Having completed her postgrad in English Literature, she has worked as a content writer for a while now. With over three years of experience in the field and hundreds of articles published on the web, Devyani has now associated with EssentiallySports to start her journey in the world of sports journalism.
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Ankit Sharma