How Many Nascar Drivers Have Private Jets
The last thing you’d ever call NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jamie McMurray is a. Of private aircraft. Many NASCAR drivers race in. Feb 27, 2014 - From left, crew chief Chad Knaus, driver Jimmie Johnson, Simcox and owner Rick Hendrick. He's one of three pilots who fly a private jet owned by Rick Hendrick. “The day I returned from my honeymoon, he told me 'Chuck, I have. Having taken many family vacations there when he was young,.
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An employee places flowers at a memorial site at the Hendrick Motorsports headquarters in Concord, N.C. A fleet of private planes known as the 'NASCAR Air Force' has made travel easier for drivers and teams. But Sunday's crash that killed 10 people flying to a race aboard a Hendrick Motorsports team plane showed such convenience also can involve risks. 'We use planes just like our cars,' said Ricky Rudd, one of several NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers who are also pilots. 'We put a lot of hours in the air and have some of the best pilots in the country that fly these things, and some of the best equipment.' The backbone of the NASCAR air fleet has been the two-engine, 12-passenger aircraft like the Beech 200 King Air that crashed into the side of a mountain in thick fog Sunday while trying to land at a small airport near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. All 10 people aboard were killed, including team owner Rick Hendrick's son, Ricky; his brother, John, and John's two daughters, Jennifer and Kimberly.