But the team’s leader, Rick Hendrick, was battling a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Hendrick’s absence loomed over the team. Diagnosed in late 1996, his illness forced him to stay home ...

CONCORD, N.C. -- Rick and Linda Hendrick have established the not-for-profit Hendrick ... who was diagnosed in 1996 with chronic myelogenous leukemia and has been in remission since 1999. “We have an ...

Since 1983, when owner Rick Hendrick’s teams began competing in the Busch Series ... The victory also lifted the spirits of owner Hendrick, who was at home battling leukemia in Charlotte, N.C. A year ...