Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series

Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) is an American professional auto racing organization that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 1984 as All Star Racing by Rick Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports has won a NASCAR-record 308 Cup Series races and 14 Cup Series owners and drivers championships to go with three Truck Series owners and drivers titles and one Xfinity Series drivers crown. Additionally, the team has 28 Xfinity Series race wins, 26 Truck Series race wins, and 7 ARCA Menards Series wins. This page documents the statistical results of Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning with the team's debut in 1984.

Cars

Car No. 5 history

See also: Terry Labonte and Kyle Larson

Geoff Bodine (1984–1989)

Geoff Bodine's No. 5 Levi Garrett Chevrolet in 1985

The No. 5 debuted in 1984 under the banner "All Star Racing" with five employees, rented equipment, and two cars, with the highest-paid person's wages at only $500/week. Initially, the team had planned to field a car for seven-time Cup champion Richard Petty with funding from country music business mogul C.K. Spurlock, but the deal failed to materialize. Afterwards, Hendrick attempted to hire Tim Richmond, then Dale Earnhardt, but did not. As a result, the team signed former Rookie of the Year Geoff Bodine to drive the unsponsored No. 5 Chevy Monte Carlo for 1984. Although the original plan was a partial season, Bodine agreed to drive for the team, believing in the potential of the organization. After a slow start seven races into the season, Hendrick informed Bodine and crew chief Harry Hyde that he planned to shut down the team due to funding trouble. Instead, Bodine and the team won at Martinsville Speedway, leading to sponsorship from Northwestern Security Life; on March 30, 2014, the 30-year anniversary of the win, Hendrick stated, "We owe Martinsville so much. If we hadn't won that race, then literally the next Monday we were going to shut it down." The team won two more times and finished ninth in points. Levi Garrett came on to sponsor the No. 5 Chevy in 1985 as part of a multi-year deal. Despite not winning a race that year, Bodine earned three poles and improved to fifth in points. The team briefly became a two-car operation when Dick Brooks drove the No. 1 Exxon Chevy at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in what proved to be Brooks' last NASCAR race.

Hendrick expanded into a multi-car team full-time in 1986, with Bodine and Tim Richmond as drivers. Bodine won twice, including the 1986 Daytona 500, in the No. 5 and posted an eighth-place finish in points. His younger brother, Brett, raced as a teammate in the World 600 that year. Bodine went winless again in 1987, finishing thirteenth in points. Bodine won one race and finishing in the Top 10 of the point standings each of the next two years before leaving for Junior Johnson & Associates in 1990.

Ricky Rudd (1990–1993)

Ricky Rudd took Bodine's place, winning once at Watkins Glen International, and finishing seventh in points. For 1991 , the team received sponsorship from Tide as part of the car's merger with Darrell Waltrip's old team. Winning one race that year, Rudd finished a career high second in points behind champion Dale Earnhardt. On the final lap of that year's race at Sears Point Raceway, second-place Rudd spun out leader Davey Allison on the last turn and went on to win. NASCAR penalized the team for rough driving and awarded Allison the win. Rudd won once each of the next two years. Dissatisfied with the distribution of resources within HMS's multiple teams, Rudd left to form a new team, taking Tide with him.

Terry Labonte (1994–2004)

Terry Labonte's No. 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet in 1997

Rudd's replacement was 1984 Winston Cup champion Terry Labonte. The car received sponsorship from Kellogg's and their Corn flakes brand. Labonte won three races each in 1994 and 1995, and defeated teammate Jeff Gordon for the 1996 Winston Cup championship by 37 points. Labonte won one race each of the next three seasons. The 2000 season was a very difficult year for the team as two long streaks that defined Labonte's career came to an end. In the Pepsi 400, Labonte crashed his car and broke his leg. After an accident at New Hampshire damaged his inner ear, Labonte was not capable of driving, and he ended up missing two races, bringing his streak of most consecutive races to an abrupt end. Todd Bodine and Ron Hornaday Jr. subbed for Labonte. His six-year winning streak was also broken as he failed to visit victory lane that year.

At the end of the 2000 season Labonte's team switched to Kellogg's Frosted Flakes brand for its primary sponsorship. After a couple of low-key years, Labonte finished tenth in the points in 2003. He also revisited victory lane after a four-year drought by winning the Southern 500 at Darlington, the last Southern 500 to be held during the Labor Day weekend until 2015. After slipping to twenty-sixth in points in 2004, Labonte announced his semi-retirement. He would drive a limited schedule for two years in the No. 44 car before leaving HMS after the 2006 season. Labonte scored 12 victories with Hendrick Motorsports, to go along with his championship in 1996.

Kyle Busch (2005–2007)

Busch's 2005 Sony HD 500 race-winning car

Hendrick tabbed development driver Kyle Busch, the younger brother of Kurt Busch, as Labonte's replacement for the 2005 season. Over the season, Busch earned 2 wins, 9 top fives and 13 top tens and finished 20th in the season standings. He easily won the 2005 Rookie of the year battle and made history when he took the checkered flag in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway for his first win, becoming the youngest driver at the time to ever win a Cup Series race at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Busch would win later that year at Phoenix. In 2006, Kyle won once and qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, ultimately finishing 10th in points, with 1 win, 10 top fives and 18 top tens. In 2007, Busch grabbed a win at the Food City 500, the inaugural race for the Car of Tomorrow and finished 5th in the final standings, with 1 win, 11 top fives and 20 top tens. On June 13, 2007 Hendrick announced that Kyle Busch would not return to drive the No. 5 car in 2008.

Casey Mears (2008) & Mark Martin (2009–2011)

Casey Mears' No. 5 Kellogg's / Carquest Chevrolet in 2008

On September 4, 2007 it was announced that Casey Mears would drive the No. 5 in 2008. On June 22, 2008, ESPN.com reported that Mark Martin would leave Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to replace Casey Mears in the No. 5 car for the 2009 season. On Friday, July 4 at Daytona International Raceway, Hendrick and Martin announced that Martin had agreed to a two-year contract in the No. 5 car.

Mark Martin scored his first win with Hendrick Motorsports at Phoenix on April 18, 2009. He became the third oldest winner and fourth driver over the age of 50 to win a Cup Series race. The win was also the 36th victory and 400th top 10 of Martin's career. Martin won four more races in 2009, Darlington, Michigan, Chicagoland, and New Hampshire. He also won seven pole positions and finished second in the point standings to teammate Jimmie Johnson. On September 18, 2009, Hendrick announced that Martin had extended his contract through the 2011 season and would race full-time with GoDaddy.com as a primary sponsor.

Mark Martin in the No. 5 at Pocono Raceway in 2011

In 2010, Martin struggled, ending the season 13th in the point standings with no wins and only one pole position, which came in the Daytona 500. His season best finish of second came in October at Martinsville. Lance McGrew took over as crew chief for the No. 5 in 2011 as Gustafson moved to Jeff Gordon's team. Farmers Insurance Group and Quaker State joined as sponsors of the team for a few races. Martin struggled through most of the season with McGrew, not showing signs of his earlier Hendrick success. Teammate Jimmie Johnson drove the No. 5 car in the All-Star Race to promote a discount deal with Lowe's (Martin moved over to the No. 25 for the evening). Martin ended the year 22nd in points, having won two pole positions, the second races at both Daytona and Talladega. The team scored only two top fives all season, a second at Dover and a fourth at Michigan.

Kasey Kahne (2012–2017)

Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012

Kasey Kahne and his crew chief Kenny Francis were picked up from Red Bull Racing Team to run the No. 5 in 2012. Farmers and Quaker State returned, with Farmers increasing its sponsorship to 22 races. GoDaddy.com left for Tommy Baldwin Racing/Stewart-Haas Racing to sponsor Danica Patrick, but Time Warner Cable and Great Clips signed on as replacements. After a poor start to the season, Kahne rebounded immensely and picked up a win in the Coca-Cola 600. He won again at New Hampshire in July and made the 2012 Chase, finishing a career-best 4th in standings. Kahne also won four pole positions throughout the season.

Kahne won twice in 2013, at Bristol in March and Pocono in August, and again qualified for the Chase in 2013. However, he fell toward the bottom of the Chase standings and ended up finishing 12th in points. The team struggled immensely in 2014, and it did not appear that Kahne would qualify for the 2014 Chase until a last-minute win at Atlanta in late August locked him into the Chase field. Kahne was eliminated from the Chase following the October Talladega race (as a result of a new Chase format) and finished 15th in the final point standings. Kahne then struggled in 2015 & 2016 as he barely missed the Chase field and failed to reach victory lane in both seasons. On July 23, 2017 Kahne held off Brad Keselowski in an overtime finish that ended under caution to win the 2017 Brickyard 400 for his 18th (& final) overall career victory, 102 races after his 2014 Atlanta victory. The race was also the reason that the NASCAR sanctioning body eliminated the Overtime Line.

On August 20, 2017, Hendrick Motorsports announced that William Byron would take over the No. 5 in 2018, with Darian Grubb as crew chief. Twenty days later, the team announced a number change from No. 5 to No. 24 in 2018, with Chase Elliott's team renumbered from No. 24 to No. 9. Kahne was locked into the Chase field in 2017 with his Brickyard 400 victory but was eliminated after the first round and finishing 15th in the final point standings.

Kyle Larson (2021–present)

Kyle Larson in the No. 5 at Sonoma Raceway in 2021

On October 28, 2020, it was announced that Kyle Larson would join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2021 season driving the No. 5 car, which replaced the No. 88. The controversy surrounding Larson scared away many sponsors, leading Hendrick to sponsor the driver through his auto dealership company Hendrick Automotive Group, via HendrickCars.com and Nationsguard. Larson would also gain sponsorship from Valvoline, Freightliner, Cincinnati Inc., Metrotech Automotive and Tarlton & Sons. Larson won the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas in his fourth start with the team. After three straight second-place finishes at Darlington, Dover, and Circuit of the Americas in May, Larson followed with back-to-back-to-back wins in the Coca-Cola 600, Toyota/Save Mart 350 and the Ally 400. Larson won his fifth race at the 2021 Go Bowling at The Glen, resulting in him tying for the points lead with Denny Hamlin. Following the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, Larson clinched the Regular Season Championship. Larson won the Bristol Night Race to advance to the Round of 12. He went on to win three straight races at the Charlotte ROVAL Race (advancing to the Round of 8), Texas Motor Speedway (clinching a spot in the Championship 4) and Kansas Speedway. At Phoenix Raceway in the Season Finale 500, Larson won the race (his 10th of the season) to secure his first Cup Series Championship. Larson's championship ended a 25-year championship drought for the No. 5 car, when Terry Labonte won the then-called Winston Cup Championship in 1996.

Larson began his 2022 season with a 32nd place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He then won at Fontana. On June 14, 2022, crew chief Cliff Daniels was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma. Larson scored his second win of the season at Watkins Glen. Larson was eliminated in the Round of 12 after finishing 35th at the Charlotte Roval. At Las Vegas, Larson charged aggressively past Kevin Harvick and Bubba Wallace, causing Wallace to scrape the outside wall. Wallace retaliated by wrecking himself and Larson down the frontstretch, severely damaging Christopher Bell's car in the process. During the caution, Wallace engaged in a shoving match with Larson. A week later, Larson won at Homestead after leading 199 out of the race's 267 laps.

Kyle Larson in the No. 5 at Auto Club Speedway in 2022

Larson began the 2023 season with an 18th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. On March 15, the No. 5 was served an L2 penalty after unapproved hood louvers were found installed on the car during pre-race inspection at Phoenix; as a result, the team was docked 100 driver and owner points and 10 playoff points. In addition, Daniels was suspended for four races and fined US$100,000. On March 29, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the penalty, upholding the fine and Daniels' suspension but restoring the owner, driver, and playoff points. Larson scored wins at Richmond and Martinsville. In addition, he won his third career All-Star Race. During the playoffs, Larson scored a win at Darlington, securing him to the Round of 12 and giving Hendrick Motorsports' engine department its overall 500th win. Larson then won at Las Vegas to make the Championship 4. Following the season finale at Phoenix, Larson finished the 2023 season second in the points standings.

Larson started the 2024 season with an 11th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. He scored his first win of the season at Las Vegas two weeks later. At Kansas, Larson beat Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds - the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. On May 26, Larson attempted to do "The Double" at the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and the 2024 Coca-Cola 600, but due to a rain delay, he was unable to make the Charlotte race and was substituted by Justin Allgaier, who finished 13th. Despite missing the Charlotte race, Larson was granted a waiver to remain eligible in the playoffs. He continued the regular season with a win at Sonoma.

Car No. 5 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts.
1984	Geoff Bodine	5	Chevy	DAY 8	RCH 9	CAR 6	ATL 13	BRI 25	NWS 14	DAR 35	MAR 1	TAL 34	NSV 3	DOV 10	CLT 5	RSD 4	POC 36	MCH 7	DAY 12	NSV 1*	POC 12	TAL 26	MCH 34	BRI 22	DAR 12	RCH 4	DOV 9	MAR 28	CLT 6	NWS 23	CAR 19	ATL 24*	RSD 1							9th	3734
1985				DAY 7	RCH 2	CAR 12	ATL 2	BRI 18	DAR 7	NWS 5	MAR 3	TAL 11	DOV 11	CLT 16	RSD 22	POC 4*	MCH 11	DAY 14	POC 4	TAL 23	MCH 23	BRI 25	DAR 3	RCH 7	DOV 25	MAR 24	NWS 2	CLT 3	CAR 5	ATL 11	RSD 6									5th	3862
1986				DAY 1*	RCH 8	CAR 20	ATL 10	BRI 24	DAR 40	NWS 3	MAR 17	TAL 27	DOV 1	CLT 31	RSD 39	POC 9	MCH 3	DAY 29	POC 3*	TAL 23	GLN 19*	MCH 4	BRI 3	DAR 8	RCH 13	DOV 28	MAR 2*	NWS 2*	CLT 6	CAR 32	ATL 38	RSD 3*								8th	3678
1987				DAY 14	CAR 32	RCH 2	ATL 15	DAR 11	NWS 28	BRI 19	MAR 3	TAL 40	CLT 18	DOV 28	POC 9	RSD 27	MCH 11	DAY 39	POC 34	TAL 13	GLN 15	MCH 10	BRI 6	DAR 18	RCH 6	DOV 6	MAR 20	NWS 5	CLT 31	CAR 8	RSD 10*	ATL 31								13th	3328
1988				DAY 14	RCH 13	CAR 18	ATL 33	DAR 7	BRI 3	NWS 9	MAR 15	TAL 3*	CLT 24	DOV 8	RSD 34	POC 1*	MCH 5	DAY 16	POC 4	TAL 2	GLN 32	MCH 10	BRI 3	DAR 7	RCH 22	DOV 5	MAR 5	CLT 31	NWS 3	CAR 30	PHO 6	ATL 15								5th	3799
1989				DAY 4	CAR 4	ATL 19	RCH 18*	DAR 3	BRI 3	NWS 7	MAR 16	TAL 12	CLT 4	DOV 29	SON 20	POC 35	MCH 27	DAY 22	POC 17	TAL 35	GLN 21	MCH 5	BRI 16	DAR 12	RCH 3	DOV 27	MAR 16	CLT 22	NWS 1	CAR 7	PHO 28	ATL 2								9th	3600
1990	Ricky Rudd			DAY 4	RCH 3	CAR 31	ATL 27	DAR 24	BRI 3	NWS 4	MAR 23	TAL 33	CLT 28	DOV 11	SON 3	POC 32	MCH 9	DAY 13	POC 7	TAL 5	GLN 1	MCH 5	BRI 10	DAR 7	RCH 8	DOV 32	MAR 28*	NWS 11	CLT 6	CAR 7	PHO 32	ATL 16								8th	3601
1991				DAY 9	RCH 2*	CAR 4	ATL 6	DAR 1	BRI 5*	NWS 11	MAR 11	TAL 13	CLT 9	DOV 10	SON 2	POC 20	MCH 8	DAY 9	POC 20	TAL 4	GLN 2	MCH 11	BRI 5	DAR 15	RCH 5	DOV 7	MAR 8	NWS 12	CLT 32	CAR 12	PHO 11	ATL 11								2nd	4092
1992				DAY 40	CAR 28	RCH 6	ATL 12	DAR 5	BRI 6	NWS 3	MAR 23	TAL 26	CLT 9	DOV 6	SON 4	POC 36	MCH 5	DAY 7	POC 4	TAL 4*	GLN 13	MCH 36	BRI 8	DAR 10	RCH 6	DOV 1	MAR 10	NWS 15	CLT 5	CAR 3	PHO 30	ATL 25								7th	3735
1993				DAY 30	CAR 12	RCH 15	ATL 5	DAR 19	BRI 26	NWS 7	MAR 29	TAL 41	SON 3	CLT 37	DOV 35	POC 9	MCH 1	DAY 4	NHA 5	POC 11	TAL 24	GLN 24	MCH 35*	BRI 22	DAR 6	RCH 4	DOV 21	MAR 4	NWS 5	CLT 8	CAR 14	PHO 6	ATL 2							10th	3644
1994	Terry Labonte			DAY 3	CAR 17	RCH 9	ATL 14	DAR 35	BRI 24	NWS 1	MAR 15	TAL 32	SON 28	CLT 35	DOV 26	POC 18	MCH 20	DAY 15	NHA 11	POC 15	TAL 10	IND 12	GLN 6	MCH 8	BRI 33	DAR 10	RCH 1*	DOV 7	MAR 14	NWS 2	CLT 7	CAR 5	PHO 1*	ATL 8						8th	3876
1995				DAY 8	CAR 26	RCH 1	ATL 3	DAR 34	BRI 7	NWS 16	MAR 36	TAL 26	SON 5	CLT 2	DOV 37	POC 1	MCH 9	DAY 19	NHA 4	POC 14	TAL 33	IND 13	GLN 5	MCH 2	BRI 1	DAR 19	RCH 2	DOV 15	MAR 2	NWS 4	CLT 3	CAR 4	PHO 13	ATL 13						6th	4146
1996				DAY 24*	CAR 34*	RCH 8	ATL 2	DAR 5	BRI 2	NWS 1*	MAR 24	TAL 4	SON 5	CLT 3	DOV 2	POC 7	MCH 2	DAY 2	NHA 6	POC 16	TAL 24	IND 3	GLN 2	MCH 3	BRI 5	DAR 26	RCH 5	DOV 21	MAR 2	NWS 5	CLT 1*	CAR 3	PHO 3	ATL 5						1st	4657
1997				DAY 2	CAR 7	RCH 7	ATL 9	DAR 13	TEX 4*	BRI 3	MAR 4	SON 3	TAL 6	CLT 8	DOV 14	POC 9	MCH 39	CAL 2	DAY 2	NHA 7	POC 35	IND 40	GLN 8	MCH 10	BRI 7	DAR 6	RCH 17	NHA 41	DOV 37	MAR 22	CLT 11	TAL 1*	CAR 7	PHO 11	ATL 21					6th	4177
1998				DAY 13	CAR 8	LVS 15	ATL 12	DAR 6	BRI 2	TEX 6	MAR 26	TAL 4*	CAL 3	CLT 41	DOV 10	RCH 1	MCH 19	POC 12	SON 42	NHA 14	POC 31	IND 9	GLN 40	MCH 36	BRI 13	NHA 39	DAR 25	RCH 21	DOV 18	MAR 6	CLT 38	TAL 3	DAY 6	PHO 10	CAR 8	ATL 8				9th	3901
1999				DAY 38	CAR 7	LVS 8	ATL 13	DAR 11	TEX 1*	BRI 13	MAR 15	TAL 39	CAL 9	RCH 26	CLT 11	DOV 17	MCH 23	POC 16	SON 29	DAY 10	NHA 11	POC 6	IND 11	GLN 11	MCH 26	BRI 8	DAR 17	RCH 43	NHA 31	DOV 27	MAR 40	CLT 21	TAL 34	CAR 14	PHO 28	HOM 31	ATL 40			12th	3580
2000				DAY 7	CAR 17	LVS 31	ATL 15	DAR 11	BRI 5	TEX 8	MAR 23	TAL 7	CAL 33	RCH 2	CLT 22	DOV 11	MCH 26	POC 12	SON 27	DAY 41	NHA 43	POC 11			MCH 20	BRI 16	DAR 15	RCH 25	NHA 25	DOV 13	MAR 17	CLT 27	TAL 5	CAR 38	PHO 17	HOM 25	ATL 17			15th	3669
	Todd Bodine																						IND 15
	Ron Hornaday Jr.																							GLN 15
2001	Terry Labonte			DAY 24	CAR 29	LVS 22	ATL 5	DAR 38	BRI 6	TEX 13	MAR 23	TAL 11	CAL 30	RCH 38	CLT 23	DOV 17	MCH 26	POC 31	SON 36	DAY 40	CHI 25	NHA 32	POC 34	IND 19	GLN 21	MCH 29	BRI 10	DAR 11	RCH 38	DOV 17	KAN 27	CLT 27	MAR 34	TAL 13	PHO 20	CAR 28	HOM 11	ATL 32	NHA 27	27th	3280
2002				DAY 20	CAR 16	LVS 38	ATL 14	DAR 23	BRI 16	TEX 10	MAR 6	TAL 20	CAL 21	RCH 33	CLT 12	DOV 15	POC 38	MCH 31	SON 3	DAY 14	CHI 13	NHA 22	POC 9	IND 13	GLN 31	MCH 33	BRI 30	DAR 31	RCH 41	NHA 30	DOV 38	KAN 12	TAL 38	CLT 21	MAR 22	ATL 25	CAR 32	PHO 26	HOM 28	25th	3417
2003				DAY 30	CAR 27	LVS 16	ATL 20	DAR 24	BRI 39	TEX 16	TAL 5	MAR 14	CAL 12	RCH 21	CLT 21	DOV 10	POC 7	MCH 10	SON 25	DAY 4	CHI 15	NHA 20	POC 5	IND 19	GLN 18	MCH 13	BRI 11	DAR 1	RCH 8	NHA 18	DOV 20	TAL 22	KAN 16	CLT 18	MAR 6	ATL 33	PHO 30	CAR 12	HOM 15	10th	4162
2004				DAY 20	CAR 17	LVS 17	ATL 24	DAR 19	BRI 18	TEX 41	MAR 23	TAL 25	CAL 7	RCH 18	CLT 37	DOV 7	POC 7	MCH 26	SON 40	DAY 8	CHI 6	NHA 16	POC 6	IND 38	GLN 39	MCH 27	BRI 15	CAL 19	RCH 18	NHA 24	DOV 27	TAL 21	KAN 21	CLT 25	MAR 25	ATL 31	PHO 32	DAR 28	HOM 31	27th	3519
2005	Kyle Busch			DAY 38	CAL 23	LVS 2	ATL 12	BRI 28	MAR 39	TEX 21	PHO 8	TAL 41	DAR 23	RCH 4	CLT 25	DOV 2	POC 4	MCH 9	SON 40	DAY 31	CHI 14	NHA 4	POC 39	IND 10	GLN 33	MCH 43	BRI 33	CAL 1*	RCH 4	NHA 27	DOV 2	TAL 33	KAN 21	CLT 39	MAR 9	ATL 12	TEX 40	PHO 1	HOM 41	20th	3753
2006				DAY 23	CAL 10	LVS 3	ATL 12	BRI 8	MAR 5	TEX 15	PHO 36	TAL 32	RCH 5	DAR 7	CLT 38	DOV 5	POC 22	MCH 14	SON 11	DAY 2	CHI 3	NHA 1*	POC 12	IND 7	GLN 9	MCH 39	BRI 2	CAL 8	RCH 2*	NHA 38	DOV 40	KAN 7	TAL 11	CLT 6	MAR 18	ATL 27	TEX 4	PHO 38	HOM 38	10th	6027
2007				DAY 24	CAL 9	LVS 9	ATL 32	BRI 1	MAR 4	TEX 37	PHO 7	TAL 37	RCH 2	DAR 37	CLT 30	DOV 17	POC 8	MCH 6	SON 8	NHA 11	DAY 2	CHI 13	IND 4	POC 12	GLN 7	MCH 13	BRI 9	CAL 3*	RCH 20	NHA 4	DOV 5	KAN 41	TAL 36	CLT 3	MAR 4	ATL 20	TEX 4*	PHO 8	HOM 20	5th	6293
2008	Casey Mears			DAY 35	CAL 42	LVS 13	ATL 17	BRI 42	MAR 7	TEX 22	PHO 11	TAL 7	RCH 36	DAR 35	CLT 29	DOV 17	POC 26	MCH 30	SON 5	NHA 7	DAY 34	CHI 33	IND 26	POC 22	GLN 19	MCH 18	BRI 41	CAL 26	RCH 11	NHA 37	DOV 15	KAN 14	TAL 14	CLT 29	MAR 6	ATL 12	TEX 14	PHO 36	HOM 8	21st	3527
2009	Mark Martin			DAY 16	CAL 40	LVS 40	ATL 31	BRI 6	MAR 7	TEX 6	PHO 1*	TAL 43	RCH 5	DAR 1	CLT 17	DOV 10	POC 19	MCH 1	SON 35	NHA 14	DAY 38	CHI 1*	IND 2	POC 7	GLN 23	MCH 31	BRI 2*	ATL 5	RCH 4	NHA 1	DOV 2	KAN 7	CAL 4	CLT 17	MAR 8	TAL 28	TEX 4	PHO 4	HOM 12	2nd	6511
2010				DAY 12	CAL 4	LVS 4	ATL 33	BRI 35	MAR 21	PHO 4	TEX 6	TAL 5	RCH 25	DAR 16	DOV 15	CLT 4	POC 29	MCH 16	SON 14	NHA 21	DAY 28	CHI 15	IND 11	POC 7	GLN 19	MCH 28	BRI 23	ATL 21	RCH 20	NHA 29	DOV 12	KAN 14	CAL 6	CLT 14	MAR 2	TAL 11	TEX 3	PHO 8	HOM 16	13th	4364
2011				DAY 10	PHO 13	LVS 18	BRI 12	CAL 20	MAR 10	TEX 36	TAL 8	RCH 14	DAR 19	DOV 2	CLT 34	KAN 21	POC 18	MCH 9	SON 19	DAY 33	KEN 22	NHA 22	IND 8	POC 13	GLN 25	MCH 4	BRI 38	ATL 17	RCH 10	CHI 9	NHA 24	DOV 19	KAN 10	CLT 37	TAL 20	MAR 28	TEX 19	PHO 16	HOM 24	22nd	930
2012	Kasey Kahne			DAY 29	PHO 34	LVS 19	BRI 37	CAL 14	MAR 38	TEX 7	KAN 8	RCH 5	TAL 4	DAR 8	CLT 1	DOV 9	POC 29	MCH 33	SON 14	KEN 2	DAY 7	NHA 1	IND 12	POC 2	GLN 13	MCH 3	BRI 9	ATL 23	RCH 12	CHI 3	NHA 5	DOV 15	TAL 12	CLT 8	KAN 4	MAR 3	TEX 25	PHO 4	HOM 21	4th	2345
2013				DAY 36	PHO 19	LVS 2*	BRI 1	CAL 9	MAR 4	TEX 11	KAN 2	RCH 21	TAL 42	DAR 17	CLT 2*	DOV 23	POC 36	MCH 38	SON 6	KEN 11	DAY 32	NHA 11	IND 3	POC 1*	GLN 34	MCH 7	BRI 2	ATL 36	RCH 14	CHI 12	NHA 37	DOV 13	KAN 15	CLT 2*	TAL 36	MAR 27	TEX 5	PHO 2	HOM 13	12th	2283
2014				DAY 31	PHO 11	LVS 8	BRI 8	CAL 41	MAR 22	TEX 11	DAR 37	RCH 14	TAL 8	KAN 3	CLT 14	DOV 19	POC 42	MCH 5	SON 6	KEN 8	DAY 27	NHA 11	IND 6	POC 10	GLN 12	MCH 16	BRI 35	ATL 1	RCH 17	CHI 13	NHA 23	DOV 20	KAN 22	CLT 10	TAL 12	MAR 40	TEX 38	PHO 21	HOM 12	15th	2234
2015				DAY 9	ATL 14	LVS 17	PHO 4	CAL 17	MAR 11	TEX 8	BRI 37	RCH 6	TAL 34	KAN 17	CLT 12	DOV 4	POC 13	MCH 15	SON 8	DAY 32	KEN 27	NHA 19	IND 24	POC 43	GLN 42	MCH 15	BRI 16	DAR 12	RCH 18	CHI 24	NHA 9	DOV 6	CLT 43	KAN 4	TAL 19	MAR 9	TEX 20	PHO 26	HOM 19	18th	939
2016				DAY 13	ATL 23	LVS 10	PHO 22	CAL 28	MAR 22	TEX 8	BRI 17	RCH 4	TAL 39	KAN 16	DOV 4	CLT 22	POC 6	MCH 13	SON 9	DAY 30	KEN 14	NHA 25	IND 18	POC 15	GLN 20	BRI 13	MCH 14	DAR 7	RCH 6	CHI 7	NHA 9	DOV 12	CLT 3	KAN 10	TAL 35	MAR 11	TEX 8	PHO 13	HOM 37	17th	898
2017				DAY 7	ATL 4	LVS 12	PHO 20	CAL 20	MAR 14	TEX 38	BRI 20	RCH 22	TAL 5	KAN 15	CLT 35	DOV 17	POC 35	MCH 21	SON 24	DAY 18	KEN 38	NHA 28	IND 1	POC 11	GLN 16	MCH 38	BRI 24	DAR 24	RCH 12	CHI 21	NHA 35	DOV 14	CLT 9	TAL 8	KAN 15	MAR 16	TEX 11	PHO 19	HOM 34	15th	2198
2021	Kyle Larson			DAY 10	DRC 30	HOM 4	LVS 1*	PHO 7	ATL 2*	BRD 29	MAR 5	RCH 18	TAL 40	KAN 19*	DAR 2	DOV 2*	COA 2	CLT 1*	SON 1*	NSH 1*	POC 9	POC 2	ROA 16	ATL 18	NHA 7	GLN 1	IRC 3*	MCH 3*	DAY 20	DAR 2*	RCH 6	BRI 1*	LVS 10	TAL 37	ROV 1	TEX 1*	KAN 1*	MAR 14	PHO 1*	1st	5040
2022				DAY 32	CAL 1	LVS 2	PHO 34	ATL 30	COA 29	RCH 5	MAR 19	BRD 4	TAL 4	DOV 6	DAR 36	KAN 2	CLT 9	GTW 12	SON 15	NSH 4	ROA 3	ATL 13	NHA 14	POC 5	IRC 35	MCH 7	RCH 14	GLN 1	DAY 37	DAR 12	KAN 8	BRI 5	TEX 9	TAL 18	ROV 35	LVS 35	HOM 1*	MAR 2	PHO 9	3rd	5028
2023				DAY 18	CAL 29	LVS 2	PHO 4*	ATL 31	COA 14	RCH 1	BRD 35	MAR 1	TAL 33	DOV 32	KAN 2*	DAR 20	CLT 30	GTW 4	SON 8	NSH 5	CSC 4	ATL 36	NHA 3	POC 20	RCH 19	MCH 5	IRC 8	GLN 26	DAY 27	DAR 1	KAN 4*	BRI 2	TEX 31	TAL 15	ROV 13	LVS 1*	HOM 34*	MAR 6	PHO 3	2nd	5034
2024				DAY 11	ATL 32	LVS 1*	PHO 14	BRI 5	COA 17	RCH 3	MAR 2	TEX 21*	TAL 21	DOV 2	KAN 1	DAR 34		GTW 10	SON 1	IOW 34	NHA 4	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
	Justin Allgaier																CLT 13

Car No. 9 history

See also: Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott (2018–present)

Chase Elliott in the No. 9 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018

Following the 2017 season, the No. 24 car driven by Chase Elliott was renumbered to No. 9 in honor of Elliott's father, 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott. After struggling through the first half of the 2018 season, Elliott scored his first stage win at New Hampshire. On August 5, Elliott scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Watkins Glen, giving Hendrick Motorsports its 250th win and securing Elliott a Playoff spot. He added wins at Dover and Kansas during the Playoffs, and made it to the Round of 8 before a late crash at Phoenix effectively eliminated Elliott from championship contention. He finished the season sixth in points.

Elliott scored just two top 10 finishes in the first nine races of the 2019 season before reeling off five straight top 5 finishes, including his first career superspeedway win at Talladega. He later won at Watkins Glen for the second consecutive year. However, inconsistency, including six DNFs, plagued the team for the entire season. Elliott finished the season in 10th place, just ahead of teammates William Byron and Alex Bowman.

Prior to the 2020 Pennzoil 400, car chief Matt Barndt was ejected after the No. 9 car twice failed pre-race inspection. Elliott won the first two stages of the race before hitting the wall and finishing 26th. Elliott would go on to win the 2020 All-Star Race at Bristol and the inaugural 2020 Go Bowling 235 road course race at Daytona. He also that year won the series championship, Chase's first in the Cup series. Elliott's championship was HMS' 13th championship. In 2021, Elliott won the inaugural 2021 Texas Grand Prix at COTA following that up with two straight runner-up finishes. He finished 13th at the inaugural 2021 Ally 400 at Nashville, but was disqualified when his car had five loose lug nuts during post-race inspection. Following the 2021 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at Loudon, the No. 9 was docked 25 points after one of the team's assigned engines was allocated to the No. 48.

Chase Elliott in the No. 9 at Auto Club Speedway in 2022

Elliott started the 2022 season with a 10th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He scored wins at Dover, Nashville, and the Atlanta summer race. He originally finished third at Pocono, but was declared the winner after first- and second-place finishers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified. Following his fourth-place finish at Watkins Glen, Elliott was awarded the 2022 regular season championship. During the playoffs, he won at Talladega to clinch a spot in the Round of 8, his second career victory at the track and series-high fifth win of the season; also equaling his career-best from his championship-winning season in 2020. Elliott finished 28th at the Phoenix finale after being spun to the inside wall by Ross Chastain with 119 laps to go. As a result of the finish, he finished fourth in the points standings.

Elliott began the 2023 season with a 38th place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500, but rebounded with a second-place finish at Fontana a week later. On March 3, Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry was announced to drive the No. 9 as a substitute after Elliott sustained a leg injury from snowboarding in Colorado. On March 15, the No. 9 was served an L2 penalty after unapproved hood louvers were found installed on the car during pre-race inspection at Phoenix; as a result, the team was docked 100 driver and owner points and 10 playoff points. In addition, Gustafson was suspended for four races and fined US$100,000. The penalty did not affect Elliott due to his injury while the substitute drivers of the No. 9 were ineligible for points. IMSA driver Jordan Taylor drove the car to a 24th place finish in his NASCAR debut at COTA. On March 29, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the penalty, upholding the fine and Gustafson's suspension but restoring the owner and playoff points. Berry finished second at Richmond, his career best in the Cup Series. Elliott returned to the No. 9 at Martinsville, finishing in 10th. At Charlotte, Elliott was put in the wall by Denny Hamlin, who got loose underneath him. In retaliation, Elliott intentionally right rear hooked Hamlin, wrecking both cars in the process. The next day, NASCAR suspended Elliott for one race. Corey LaJoie was announced as the substitute driver of the No. 9 at Gateway. Because he was unable to win a race to make up for all the races he missed, Elliott missed the playoffs for the first time in his Cup career. Nevertheless, due to the points collected by the substitute drivers, the No. 9 was eligible for the owners' playoffs.

Elliott started the 2024 season with a 14th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500. On April 14, he won at Texas, breaking a 42-race winless streak. This also marked Hooters' first win as a sponsor since Alan Kulwicki's championship run in 1992.

Car No. 9 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2018	Chase Elliott	9	Chevy	DAY 33	ATL 10	LVS 34	PHO 3	CAL 16	MAR 9	TEX 11	BRI 29	RCH 2	TAL 3	DOV 12	KAN 12	CLT 11	POC 10	MCH 9	SON 4	CHI 19	DAY 34	KEN 13	NHA 5	POC 7	GLN 1*	MCH 9	BRI 3	DAR 5	IND 15	LVS 36	RCH 4	ROV 6	DOV 1	TAL 31	KAN 1	MAR 7	TEX 6	PHO 23	HOM 7	6th	2350
2019				DAY 17	ATL 19	LVS 9	PHO 14	CAL 11	MAR 2	TEX 13	BRI 11	RCH 15	TAL 1*	DOV 5*	KAN 4	CLT 4	POC 4	MCH 20	SON 37	CHI 11	DAY 35	KEN 15	NHA 29	POC 38	GLN 1*	MCH 9	BRI 5	DAR 19	IND 9	LVS 4	RCH 13	ROV 1*	DOV 38	TAL 8	KAN 2	MAR 36	TEX 32	PHO 39	HOM 15	10th	2275
2020				DAY 17	LVS 26	CAL 4	PHO 7*	DAR 4	DAR 38	CLT 2	CLT 1	BRI 22	ATL 8	MAR 5	HOM 2	TAL 38	POC 25	POC 4	IND 11	KEN 23	TEX 12	KAN 12	NHA 9	MCH 7	MCH 9	DRC 1*	DOV 5	DOV 39	DAY 2	DAR 20	RCH 5	BRI 7	LVS 22	TAL 5	ROV 1*	KAN 6	TEX 20	MAR 1*	PHO 1*	1st	5040
2021				DAY 2	DRC 21*	HOM 14	LVS 13	PHO 5	ATL 38	BRD 10	MAR 2	RCH 12	TAL 24	KAN 5	DAR 7	DOV 3	COA 1	CLT 2	SON 2	NSH 39	POC 12	POC 27	ROA 1*	ATL 7	NHA 18	GLN 2	IRC 4	MCH 8	DAY 8	DAR 31	RCH 4	BRI 25	LVS 2	TAL 18	ROV 12	TEX 7	KAN 2	MAR 16	PHO 5	4th	5032
2022				DAY 10	CAL 26	LVS 9	PHO 11	ATL 6	COA 4	RCH 14	MAR 10	BRD 8	TAL 7	DOV 1	DAR 5	KAN 29	CLT 33	GTW 21	SON 8	NSH 1	ROA 2*	ATL 1*	NHA 2	POC 1	IRC 16	MCH 11	RCH 5	GLN 4*	DAY 29*	DAR 36	KAN 11	BRI 2	TEX 32	TAL 1	ROV 20*	LVS 21	HOM 14	MAR 10	PHO 28	7th	2313
2023				DAY 38	CAL 2							MAR 10	TAL 12	DOV 11	KAN 7	DAR 3	CLT 34		SON 5	NSH 4	CSC 3	ATL 13	NHA 12	POC 10	RCH 13	MCH 36	IRC 2	GLN 32	DAY 4	DAR 8	KAN 6	BRI 7	TEX 11	TAL 7	ROV 9	LVS 31	HOM 15	MAR 17	PHO 16	10th	2296
	Josh Berry					LVS 29	PHO 10	ATL 18		RCH 2	BRD 27
	Jordan Taylor								COA 24
	Corey LaJoie																	GTW 21
2024	Chase Elliott			DAY 14	ATL 15	LVS 12	PHO 19	BRI 8	COA 16	RCH 5	MAR 3	TEX 1	TAL 15	DOV 5	KAN 3	DAR 12	CLT 7	GTW 13	SON 4	IOW 3	NHA 18	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 17 history

Darrell Waltrip (1987–1990)

Darrell Waltrip's No. 17 Tide Chevrolet in 1989

The No. 17 car at Hendrick Motorsports came about when Darrell Waltrip left Junior Johnson's team following the 1986 season to join Hendrick Motorsports with Tide as his sponsor and 17 as his car number. Waltrip won nine races in his first three seasons with Hendrick, including the Daytona 500 in 1989, a race that had eluded him for many years.

While practicing for his 500th career start in the 1990 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, Waltrip's car spun in oil laid down by another car experiencing engine failure and was hit by Dave Marcis. Waltrip suffered a broken arm, a broken leg, and a concussion. He missed the Pepsi 400, but came back to run one lap at Pocono, before giving way to Jimmy Horton as a relief driver. After Pocono, Waltrip sat out the next five races due to his injuries. Despite missing six races, Waltrip finished 20th in driver points and the team finished 5th in owner points with substitute drivers taking turns in the car – Greg Sacks' second-place finish at Michigan, in August, was the best finish of the team's season. The team scored only one DNF for the season, when Sarel van der Merwe crashed late in the race at Watkins Glen. However, in the 23 races that Waltrip did start, he failed to win for the first time since 1974. At the end of the 1990 season, Waltrip decided he wanted to start a new team, so he left Hendrick Motorsports, taking the No. 17 with him. The Tide sponsorship moved to the flagship No. 5 team with Ricky Rudd as the driver and remained there until the end of the 1993 season.

Car No. 17 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	Owners	Pts
1987	Darrell Waltrip	17	Chevy	DAY 8	CAR 7	RCH 20	ATL 6	DAR 10	NWS 21	BRI 12	MAR 21	TAL 11	CLT 5	DOV 7	POC 13	RSD 30	MCH 7	DAY 4	POC 19	TAL 4	GLN 11	MCH 17	BRI 21	DAR 10	RCH 2	DOV 10	MAR 1	NWS 12	CLT 9	CAR 3	RSD 6	ATL 18	4th	3911
1988				DAY 11	RCH 4	CAR 24	ATL 3	DAR 24	BRI 23	NWS 14	MAR 5	TAL 37	CLT 1	DOV 23	RSD 28	POC 6	MCH 8	DAY 5	POC 5	TAL 33*	GLN 20	MCH 17	BRI 7	DAR 4	RCH 8	DOV 17	MAR 1	CLT 2	NWS 12	CAR 31	PHO 13	ATL 5	6th	3764
1989				DAY 1	CAR 29	ATL 1	RCH 7	DAR 36	BRI 2	NWS 8	MAR 1*	TAL 5	CLT 1	DOV 9	SON 38	POC 32	MCH 3	DAY 19	POC 4	TAL 2	GLN 16	MCH 37	BRI 1*	DAR 22	RCH 6	DOV 18	MAR 1	CLT 14	NWS 20	CAR 3	PHO 4	ATL 5	4th	3971
1990				DAY 14	RCH 12	CAR 6	ATL 26	DAR 11	BRI 9*	NWS 2	MAR 4	TAL 10	CLT 22	DOV 19	SON 33	POC 8	MCH 15	DAY INQ†	POC 20						RCH 3	DOV 19	MAR 19	NWS 7	CLT 9	CAR 8	PHO 4	ATL 5	5th	3691
	Jimmy Horton																	DAY 17		TAL 13
	Sarel van der Merwe																				GLN 24
	Greg Sacks																					MCH 2	BRI 20	DAR 30

Car No. 24 history

Main article: Hendrick Motorsports Car No. 24

See also: Jeff Gordon

Car No. 25 history

Tim Richmond (1986–1987)

Tim Richmond's No. 25 Folgers-sponsored Chevrolet

Car No. 25 was owned for many years by Rick Hendrick's father, Joe "Papa" Hendrick. It debuted in 1986 as HMS's second team, with a Folgers sponsorship and Tim Richmond driving. Richmond was teamed with veteran crew chief Harry Hyde, who moved over from the No. 5 team after chemistry issues with Geoff Bodine. Richmond won seven times that year and finished third in points. He missed the beginning of the 1987 season due to HIV/AIDS, while publicly saying he was suffering from pneumonia. Benny Parsons drove the first eleven races of the season, with the car renumbered 35; Darrell Waltrip was hired to drive Hendrick's third car at this time. Richmond returned midway through the season and won his first two races, at Pocono and Riverside. Following a blown engine at Michigan and deteriorating health, he left the ride after only eight starts. He died in August 1989. Despite two seasons with HMS, Richmond's 9 race victories was the most for the team from 1987 until 1996 (Darrell Waltrip shared the team record of 9 race victories with Richmond from 1989 to 1996).

Ken Schrader (1988–1996)

In 1988, Ken Schrader took over the ride, winning the pole at the season opening Daytona 500. He won two pole positions, won the Talladega DieHard 500, and finished fifth in points. He won four more poles in 1989 and picked up a victory in the fall race at Charlotte. Kodiak replaced Folgers as the sponsor of the No. 25 for the 1990 season. Schrader failed to win a race in 1990, but he won the Daytona 500 pole for the third year in a row. He won two more races in 1991 and finished ninth in points. Schrader did not win again, but he finished a career-best fourth in points in 1994. After that year, Budweiser replaced Kodiak as the sponsor. Schrader left the team after the 1996 season and was replaced by Ricky Craven. Schrader's nine years with HMS was the longest tenure in the team's history until Jeff Gordon surpassed it in 2002 with his then 10th season with the team.

Ricky Craven (1997–1998)

Ricky Craven's No. 25 Budweiser-sponsored Chevrolet in 1997

Craven helped Hendrick complete a 1–2–3 finish in the 1997 Daytona 500 by finishing third behind winner Jeff Gordon and second-place Terry Labonte. After suffering a concussion at Texas, he missed two races. Jack Sprague and Todd Bodine filled in for him during the injury. The other highlight for Craven during the 1997 campaign was a Winston Open win. Craven ultimately finished nineteenth in points.

Multiple Drivers and the #50 (1998)

In 1998, to honor NASCAR's fiftieth anniversary, the No. 25 car changed its number to 50 for the season. Shortly after the season started Craven, still feeling the effects from his concussion the year before, was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. Randy LaJoie and Wally Dallenbach Jr. filled in while Craven recovered. Craven returned to driving at his home track, New Hampshire, and won the pole for the event, but after four more races Hendrick permanently replaced Craven with Dallenbach, who had put together the stronger run of the two substitute drivers.

Wally Dallenbach Jr. (1999)

With the team back to racing the No. 25 with Dallenbach behind the wheel, the team raced to an eighteenth-place finish in points 1999. However, Dallenbach left the team to drive for a new team and Budweiser moved over to sponsor Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s No. 8 car in 2000 and the team needed to hire a replacement and find a sponsor. Homebuilder and television personality Michael Holigan came on to sponsor the car for 2000 and Hendrick hired driver Jerry Nadeau. Nadeau had most recently been driving for MB2 Motorsports as a replacement for a retired Ernie Irvan, who – due to injuries – was pulled out of NASCAR midway through 1999.

Jerry Nadeau (2000–2002)

Jerry Nadeau's Michael Holigan-sponsored Chevrolet in 2000

Nadeau had a solid first year with Hendrick, finishing twentieth in points and winning the season-ending race at Atlanta. The team returned for 2001 with UAW and Delphi as co-sponsors, and Nadeau finished a career high seventeenth in points while nearly repeating his Atlanta victory; Nadeau ran out of gas short of the finish and finished fifth. After eleven races in 2002, Nadeau was let go from the team.

Joe Nemechek (2002–2003)

Joe Nemechek's UAW/Delphi-sponsored Chevrolet in 2003

Nadeau's replacement was Joe Nemechek, who had been released from Haas-Carter Motorsports after his team lost its sponsor Kmart due to bankruptcy and had spent much of the early part of the season substituting for an injured Johnny Benson Jr. in the No. 10 car at MB2. Nemechek won at Richmond in 2003 but was let go before the end of the season so he could join MB2 Motorsports as the replacement for an injured Nadeau.

Brian Vickers (2003–2006)

Brian Vickers' GMAC/Ditech-sponsored Chevrolet in 2005

Nemechek's replacement in the No. 25 was Brian Vickers, who was initially supposed to drive the car beginning in 2004 while racing full-time in the Busch Series in 2003 (where he won the championship). UAW and Delphi did not return as sponsors after 2003, so Hendrick replaced them with GMAC Financial (Vickers' primary sponsor in Busch) and sister company Ditech.com. Despite high expectations, Vickers finished third in Rookie of the Year standings behind Kasey Kahne and Brendan Gaughan. 2004 was a sad year for Vickers and the No. 25 team. "Papa" Joe, long-time owner of the No. 25 car, died in July, while Vickers' close friend Ricky Hendrick (the more recent owner of the 25) perished in a plane crash that also took the lives of nine others in October. Vickers improved to seventeenth in points in 2005. Midway through the 2006 campaign, Vickers announced he would leave Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the season.

Casey Mears (2007)

On June 9, 2006, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Casey Mears of Chip Ganassi Racing would take the spot of Vickers in 2007. Vickers collected his first career win later that season at Talladega in a controversial finish, spinning out teammate Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take the victory.

Casey Mears' No. 25 National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet in 2007

Casey Mears' No. 25 National Guard Chevrolet in 2007 after its victory at Charlotte

In 2007, the National Guard joined forces with longtime Hendrick Motorsports partner GMAC to sponsor the No. 25 Chevrolet driven by Casey Mears. Mears piloted the No. 25 to his first career win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600. After the season, Mears moved to the No. 5, while the fourth full-time ride was given to the new No. 88 for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who replaced Kyle Busch at Hendrick Motorsports. This left the No. 25 as a part-time team.

Part-time (2008–2015)

Making his Cup Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway in the 2008 Dickies 500, JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski started 37th and finished 19th in the No. 25 GoDaddy-sponsored Chevrolet. Keselowski would go on to make limited appearances in the No. 25 in both 2008 and 2009 with the intent of eventually taking over the team's No. 5 car. However, after Mark Martin re-signed to continue driving the No. 5 car in 2010, Keselowski replaced David Stremme in the No. 12 car for Penske Racing late in the 2009 season (the ride he had been offered at the beginning of the season), leaving the Hendrick organization.

The No. 25 returned in 2011, being driven by Mark Martin in that year's Sprint All-Star Race while his usual No. 5 was being occupied by Jimmie Johnson. The Farmers Insurance Group-sponsored car sported a retro red paint scheme resembling the Budweiser and Folgers schemes run by the team in the 1980s and 1990s.

In late 2014, it was announced that Nationwide Series Champion Chase Elliott would drive several races in a fifth Hendrick car in 2015, according to Hendrick Motorsports general manager Doug Duchardt. The car was officially announced as the No. 25 on January 29, 2015, and Elliott drove the car in five races with Xfinity Series sponsor NAPA Auto Parts, preparing to take over the No. 24 car in 2016.

Car No. 25 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
1986	Tim Richmond	25	Chevy	DAY 20	RCH 22	CAR 16	ATL 7	BRI 8	DAR 5	NWS 12	MAR 20	TAL 12	DOV 32	CLT 2	RSD 2*	POC 1*	MCH 15	DAY 1	POC 1	TAL 2	GLN 1	MCH 2	BRI 6	DAR 1*	RCH 1	DOV 26	MAR 10	NWS 11	CLT 27*	CAR 20	ATL 4	RSD 1								3rd	4147
1987				DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC 1*	RSD 1	MCH 4	DAY 22	POC 29	TAL 11	GLN 10	MCH 29	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR										36th	1063
	Rick Hendrick																														RSD 33	ATL
1988	Ken Schrader			DAY 6	RCH DNQ	CAR 10	ATL 8	DAR 29	BRI 10	NWS 11	MAR 10	TAL 5	CLT 6	DOV 21	RSD 20	POC 9	MCH 6	DAY 8	POC 2	TAL 1	GLN 10	MCH 12	BRI 21	DAR 11	RCH 18	DOV 35	MAR 4	CLT 7	NWS 8	CAR 11	PHO 14	ATL 6								7th	3755
1989				DAY 2*	CAR 25	ATL 15	RCH 19	DAR 27	BRI 32	NWS 14	MAR 7	TAL 6	CLT 3	DOV 3	SON 37	POC 4	MCH 11	DAY 36	POC 7	TAL 4	GLN 20	MCH 11	BRI 23	DAR 5	RCH 24	DOV 3	MAR 10	CLT 1	NWS 13	CAR 4	PHO 13	ATL 4								5th	3876
1990				DAY 40	RCH 10	CAR 3	ATL 4	DAR 10	BRI 6	NWS 19	MAR 6	TAL 28	CLT 11	DOV 2	SON 18	POC 15	MCH 27	DAY 3	POC 11	TAL 16	GLN 9	MCH 40	BRI 12	DAR 39	RCH 10	DOV 10	MAR 27	NWS 5	CLT 35	CAR 5	PHO 2	ATL 11								11th	3572
1991				DAY 31	RCH 10	CAR 2	ATL 1	DAR 19	BRI 29	NWS 5	MAR 23	TAL 7	CLT 2	DOV 1	SON 5	POC 7	MCH 6	DAY 4	POC 23	TAL 40	GLN 30	MCH 10	BRI 3	DAR 3	RCH 8	DOV 33	MAR 9	NWS 8	CLT 38	CAR 5	PHO 17	ATL 37								9th	3690
1992				DAY 37	CAR 5	RCH 14	ATL 41	DAR 12	BRI 3	NWS 22	MAR 7	TAL 23	CLT 26	DOV 23	SON 9	POC 4	MCH 13	DAY 6	POC 12	TAL 9	GLN 21	MCH 11	BRI 3	DAR 13	RCH 9	DOV 30	MAR 13	NWS 23	CLT 7	CAR 32	PHO 6	ATL 36								17th	3404
1993				DAY 8	CAR 24	RCH 20	ATL 29	DAR 4	BRI 34	NWS 3	MAR 18	TAL 21	SON 4	CLT 4	DOV 5	POC 2	MCH 16	DAY 3	NHA 38	POC 6	TAL 32	GLN 5	MCH 27	BRI 24	DAR 9	RCH 12	DOV 2	MAR 13	NWS 10	CLT 9	CAR 8	PHO 33	ATL 27							9th	3715
1994				DAY 10	CAR 9	RCH 11	ATL 16	DAR 7	BRI 2	NWS 9	MAR 31	TAL 5	SON 9	CLT 24	DOV 3	POC 3	MCH 6	DAY 5	NHA 24	POC 39	TAL 4	IND 7	GLN 4	MCH 11	BRI 19	DAR 32*	RCH 9	DOV 4	MAR 6	NWS 14	CLT 4	CAR 32	PHO 15	ATL 11						5th	4060
1995				DAY 9	CAR 39	RCH 4	ATL 27	DAR 11	BRI 26	NWS 12	MAR 6	TAL 40	SON 9	CLT 30*	DOV 11	POC 3	MCH 27	DAY 6	NHA 10	POC 40	TAL 32	IND 19	GLN 36	MCH 26	BRI 14	DAR 23	RCH 9	DOV 12	MAR 32	NWS 8	CLT 35	CAR 33	PHO 10	ATL 42						17th	3221
1996				DAY 3	CAR 29	RCH 14	ATL 6	DAR 28	BRI 29	NWS 9	MAR 7	TAL 20	SON 8	CLT 5	DOV 10	POC 18	MCH 16	DAY 8	NHA 8	POC 15	TAL 26	IND 16	GLN 25	MCH 15	BRI 13	DAR 4	RCH 13	DOV 22	MAR 30	NWS 18	CLT 29	CAR 23	PHO 35	ATL 30						12th	3540
1997	Ricky Craven			DAY 3	CAR 5	RCH 14	ATL 35	DAR 40			MAR 22	SON 39	TAL 27	CLT 37	DOV 13	POC 16	MCH 18	CAL 9	DAY 37	NHA 16	POC 18	IND 16	GLN 17	MCH 12	BRI 13	DAR 31	RCH 18	NHA 5	DOV 41	MAR 8	CLT 25	TAL 6	CAR 3*	PHO 43	ATL 39					18th	3244
	Todd Bodine								TEX 25
	Jack Sprague									BRI 40
1998	Ricky Craven	50		DAY 14	CAR 10	LVS 27	ATL 34													NHA 29	POC 41	IND 17	GLN 35																	27th	2814
	Randy LaJoie							DAR 38	BRI 10	TEX 25	MAR 5	TAL 10	CAL 36	CLT 38	DOV 43	RCH 31
	Wally Dallenbach Jr.																MCH 10	POC 7	SON 27					MCH 8	BRI 28	NHA 43	DAR 31	RCH 30	DOV 25	MAR 32	CLT 23	TAL 39	DAY 30	PHO 25	CAR 36	ATL 25
1999		25		DAY 12	CAR 17	LVS 13	ATL 39	DAR 38	TEX 23	BRI 30	MAR 18	TAL 20	CAL 8	RCH 20	CLT 21	DOV 20	MCH 14	POC 39	SON 41	DAY 26	NHA 7	POC 5	IND 14	GLN 7	MCH 23	BRI 28	DAR 21	RCH 28	NHA 22	DOV 15	MAR 22	CLT 33	TAL 35	CAR 39	PHO 9	HOM 9	ATL 23			18th	3367
2000	Jerry Nadeau			DAY 35	CAR 29	LVS 20	ATL 42	DAR 37	BRI 19	TEX 43	MAR 20	TAL 19	CAL 13	RCH 30	CLT 38	DOV 42	MCH 23	POC 20	SON 8	DAY 15	NHA 4	POC 27	IND 4	GLN 38	MCH 12	BRI 32	DAR 29	RCH 10	NHA 21	DOV 33	MAR 12	CLT 36	TAL 13	CAR 27	PHO 23	HOM 12	ATL 1*			22nd	3273
2001				DAY 32	CAR 15	LVS 15	ATL 3	DAR 20	BRI 30	TEX 29	MAR 10	TAL 25	CAL 8	RCH 41	CLT 13	DOV 38	MCH 28	POC 19	SON 31	DAY 6	CHI 37	NHA 33	POC 24	IND 38	GLN 6	MCH 34	BRI 20	DAR 9	RCH 14	DOV 2	KAN 12	CLT 40	MAR 24	TAL 35	PHO 24	CAR 5	HOM 33	ATL 4	NHA 6	18th	3675
2002				DAY 28	CAR 25	LVS 15	ATL 30	DAR 18	BRI 8	TEX 32	MAR 39	TAL 32	CAL 26	RCH 41																										34th	2946
	Joe Nemechek														CLT 30	DOV 43	POC 41	MCH 29	SON 18	DAY 36	CHI 33	NHA 41	POC 24	IND 20	GLN 38	MCH 35	BRI 27	DAR 21	RCH 25	NHA 32	DOV 23	KAN 4	TAL 39	CLT 40	MAR 41	ATL 2	CAR 28	PHO 33	HOM 2*
2003				DAY 22	CAR 23	LVS 9	ATL 9	DAR 13	BRI 27	TEX 35	TAL 21	MAR 15	CAL 32	RCH 1*	CLT 11	DOV 24	POC 38	MCH 21	SON 35	DAY 38	CHI 42	NHA 29	POC 7	IND 37	GLN 17	MCH 20	BRI 19	DAR 21	RCH 26	NHA 3	DOV 43	TAL 25	KAN 37	CLT 31	MAR 20					27th	3334
	Brian Vickers																																			ATL 43	PHO 13	CAR 24	HOM 34
2004				DAY 39	CAR 16	LVS 23	ATL 21	DAR 23	BRI 35	TEX 12	MAR 13	TAL 27	CAL 29	RCH 8	CLT 15	DOV 23	POC 13	MCH 9	SON 22	DAY 9	CHI 14	NHA 34	POC 14	IND 29	GLN 30	MCH 22	BRI 20	CAL 13	RCH 37	NHA 22	DOV 38	TAL 36	KAN 19	CLT 40	MAR 27	ATL 7	PHO 18	DAR 21	HOM 18	26th	3521
2005				DAY 21	CAL 21	LVS 43	ATL 6	BRI 12	MAR 35	TEX 34	PHO 5	TAL 37	DAR 16	RCH 32	CLT 31*	DOV 6	POC 2*	MCH 41	SON 34	DAY 29	CHI 4	NHA 11	POC 14	IND 3	GLN 8	MCH 9	BRI 20	CAL 3	RCH 37	NHA 13	DOV 14	TAL 6	KAN 11	CLT 12	MAR 36	ATL 15	TEX 19	PHO 26	HOM 43	17th	3847
2006				DAY 7	CAL 18	LVS 22	ATL 23	BRI 37	MAR 8	TEX 43	PHO 13	TAL 3	RCH 37	DAR 41	CLT 37	DOV 23	POC 4	MCH 17	SON 14	DAY 18	CHI 13	NHA 17	POC 4	IND 17	GLN 16	MCH 15	BRI 33	CAL 41	RCH 24	NHA 5	DOV 29	KAN 8	TAL 1	CLT 10	MAR 17	ATL 19	TEX 27	PHO 11	HOM 21	15th	3906
2007	Casey Mears			DAY 20	CAL 31	LVS 40	ATL 28	BRI 10	MAR 42	TEX 23	PHO 37	TAL 39	RCH 18	DAR 35	CLT 1	DOV 13	POC 4	MCH 4	SON 27	NHA 23	DAY 19	CHI 5	IND 35	POC 10	GLN 15	MCH 11	BRI 22	CAL 15	RCH 17	NHA 8	DOV 6	KAN 4	TAL 6	CLT 21	MAR 20	ATL 12	TEX 31	PHO 13	HOM 16	15th	3949
2008	Brad Keselowski			DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL	TEX 19	PHO	HOM 23	49th	225
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS 38	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX 23	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR 7	CLT	DOV DNQ	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI 32	IND	POC	GLN	MCH 24	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 13	CAL	CLT 12	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	46th	734
2015	Chase Elliott			DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR 38	TEX	BRI	RCH 16	TAL	KAN	CLT 18	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND 18	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR 41	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	46th	89

Car No. 48 history

Main article: Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet at California in 2005

Jimmie Johnson (2001–2020)

Hendrick Motorsports' No. 48 team began Cup Series competition in 2001 when Hendrick signed Jimmie Johnson, a second-year Busch Series driver for Herzog-Jackson Motorsports. The team is co-owned by Hendrick and Jeff Gordon. Johnson made his debut at the fall Charlotte race, qualifying 15th and finishing 39th after crashing out. Johnson competed in two other races that year before moving to the Cup Series full-time in 2002, making Hendrick Motorsports a 4-car operation. The No. 48 team took over old cars from the No. 24 team, which built new cars for the 2002 season. Johnson won three races and finished fifth in points, behind only Ryan Newman among rookies. He won three more races in 2003 and finished second in points.

Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet in 2008

Johnson led the Cup Series in points for much of the 2004 season, and entered the first Chase for the Nextel Cup second behind Gordon. Johnson won four races during the Chase, but finished in second, just eight points behind Kurt Busch. Johnson again led the Cup Series in points for much of the 2005 season, but lost the points lead after a hard crash at the Brickyard 400, and finished the season fifth in points. Johnson scored his first Daytona 500 victory in 2006, despite crew chief Chad Knaus serving a four-race suspension for rules infractions. Johnson also won the All-Star Challenge, Brickyard 400, and his first Nextel Cup championship in 2006. Johnson won the championship again in 2007, winning 10 races, the most by a driver in a single season since Gordon won 13 in 1998. Hendrick Motorsports won 18 of 36 races in 2007, including four in a row during the Chase.

Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet at Texas in 2013

Johnson tied Cale Yarborough's record by winning his third consecutive championship in 2008. In 2009, Johnson won seven races, had 16 top fives, and 24 top tens to become the first NASCAR driver to win four consecutive championships. Johnson eclipsed his own record in 2010 with his fifth straight title, finishing second in the final race of the season to pass Denny Hamlin in points.

The 2011 season's most memorable moment occurred at Talladega, when Johnson used a push from teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to beat Clint Bowyer by just .002 seconds, the closest finish in Cup Series history. However, Johnson failed to win a sixth consecutive championship, winning only two races, and his sixth-place points finish was the first time he finished outside the top five in his career. The No. 48 team's performance improved in 2012, winning five races, but late-season mishaps at Phoenix and Homestead relegated them to third in points.

In 2013, Johnson won his second Daytona 500 and fourth All-Star Race on his way to a sixth Cup Series championship. Johnson's 11th-place points finish in 2014, however, marked the first time he finished a season outside the top ten. Johnson won five races in 2015, but again struggled during the Chase and finished tenth. In 2016 Johnson won another five races on his way to his record-tying seventh championship in 2016, joining Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.

In 2017, Johnson won his final 3 races (Texas, Bristol, and Dover) and made it to the round of 8 but a crash at Phoenix ruined his chance to make the final four. He finished 10th in points

Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet at Sonoma in 2015

Johnson made the Playoffs in 2018 despite not winning a race, his 15th straight appearance in NASCAR's postseason. At the inaugural Charlotte Roval race, Johnson nearly overtook Martin Truex Jr. to win, but locked his brakes on the final turn and spun out both drivers. Ryan Blaney won the race, and the six spots Johnson lost as a result of the spin eliminated him from the Playoffs.

Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Ally Chevrolet at Richmond in 2019

On March 14, 2018, Lowe's announced they would end their sponsorship of the No. 48 team after the season. To commemorate the longtime partnership, Johnson drove the No. 48 car with its original Lowe's paint scheme in the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami. Following the season, Kevin Meendering from JR Motorsports replaced Knaus as crew chief of Johnson's team, with Knaus moving to the No. 24 team in 2019. Ally Financial (formerly GMAC, a past Hendrick Motorsports sponsor) signed a two-year deal to sponsor the No. 48 team starting in 2019.

Midway through 2019, following a string of disappointing finishes, race engineer Cliff Daniels replaced Meendering as crew chief of the No. 48. However, Johnson still failed to make the postseason for the first time since its inception in 2004, after a crash at Indianapolis knocked him out of Playoff contention. After the season, Ally agreed to extend its sponsorship of the No. 48 team through 2023. Johnson finished a career-worst 18th in points, registering only three top-five finishes the entire season. 2020 would mark Johnson's final season as a full-time NASCAR driver. Johnson again failed to make the Chase due inconsistent finishes and missing the 2020 Brickyard 400 due to being diagnosed with COVID-19. In his final NASCAR race at the 2020 Season Finale 500 at Phoenix, Johnson would finish fifth as teammate Chase Elliott won the race and the 2020 NASCAR Cup Championship. As Elliott took a victory lap, Johnson met Elliott to congratulate him. Many considered the moment as the passing of the torch.

The 48 team had arguably the best driver-crew chief duo in NASCAR history in Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus, a former rear tire changer on the pit crew of Jeff Gordon's 24 team. The team also had notable engineers like Charlie Langenstein, who won the Papa Joe Hendrick Award of Excellence in 2009 and was also inducted to the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame.

Alex Bowman (2021–present)

Alex Bowman in the No. 48 at Sonoma Raceway in 2021

On October 6, 2020, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Alex Bowman and crew chief Greg Ives would move from the No. 88 to the No. 48 for the 2021 season. Bowman scored wins at Richmond, Dover, and Pocono to make the playoffs. Following the 2021 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at Loudon, the No. 48 was docked 25 points after the car was discovered to be using one of the No. 9 team's engines. During the playoffs, Bowman made it to the Round of 12, but struggled with poor finishes at Las Vegas and Talladega. Following the Charlotte Roval race, he was eliminated from the Round of 12. Despite being eliminated from the playoffs, Bowman secured his fourth win of the season at Martinsville, the final Round of 8 race in 2021.

Alex Bowman in the No. 48 at Auto Club Speedway in 2022

Bowman started the 2022 season with a 25th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. He then scored a win at Las Vegas to make the playoffs. A concussion sustained from his crash at Texas forced him to miss the races at Talladega, Charlotte Roval, Las Vegas, Homestead, and Martinsville, with Noah Gragson filling in the No. 48 for him. Due to his injury, Bowman was eliminated in the Round of 12. Bowman was able to return at Phoenix, finishing 34th.

Bowman began the 2023 season with an fifth place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. On March 15, the No. 48 was served an L2 penalty after unapproved hood louvers were found installed on the car during pre-race inspection at Phoenix; as a result, the team was docked 100 driver and owner points and 10 playoff points. In addition, Harris was suspended for four races and fined US$100,000. On March 29, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the penalty, upholding the fine and Harris' suspension but restoring the owner, driver, and playoff points. On April 6, the No. 48 was served an L1 penalty after alterations to the car's greenhouse were discovered during post-race inspection following the Richmond race; as a result, the team was docked 60 driver and owner points and five playoff points. In addition, interim crew chief Greg Ives was suspended for two races and fined US$75,000. On April 25, Bowman suffered a back injury from an accident during a sprint car race at West Burlington, Iowa. Josh Berry, who substituted for Chase Elliott earlier in the season, was announced as the relief driver of the No. 48 while Bowman recovers.

Bowman started the 2024 season by finishing second to teammate William Byron at the 2024 Daytona 500.

Car No. 48 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2001	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 39	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM 25	ATL 29	NHA	52nd	210
2002				DAY 15	CAR 28	LVS 6	ATL 3	DAR 6	BRI 7	TEX 6	MAR 35	TAL 7	CAL 1	RCH 31	CLT 7	DOV 1	POC 3	MCH 14	SON 35	DAY 8	CHI 4	NHA 15	POC 15	IND 9	GLN 16	MCH 7	BRI 34	DAR 9	RCH 13	NHA 9	DOV 1	KAN 10	TAL 37	CLT 6	MAR 6	ATL 22	CAR 37	PHO 15	HOM 8	5th	4600
2003				DAY 3	CAR 8	LVS 11	ATL 32	DAR 27	BRI 8	TEX 8	TAL 15	MAR 9	CAL 16	RCH 19	CLT 1	DOV 38	POC 12	MCH 16	SON 17	DAY 18	CHI 3	NHA 1	POC 15	IND 18	GLN 4	MCH 27	BRI 5	DAR 3	RCH 11	NHA 1	DOV 8	TAL 34	KAN 7	CLT 3	MAR 2	ATL 3	PHO 2	CAR 2	HOM 3	2nd	4932
2004				DAY 5	CAR 41	LVS 16	ATL 4	DAR 1	BRI 16	TEX 9	MAR 4	TAL 4	CAL 2	RCH 2	CLT 1	DOV 32	POC 1	MCH 4	SON 5	DAY 2	CHI 2	NHA 11	POC 1	IND 36	GLN 40	MCH 40	BRI 3	CAL 14	RCH 36	NHA 11	DOV 10	TAL 37	KAN 32	CLT 1	MAR 1	ATL 1	PHO 6	DAR 1	HOM 2	2nd	6498
2005				DAY 5	CAL 2	LVS 1	ATL 2	BRI 6	MAR 8	TEX 3	PHO 15	TAL 20	DAR 7	RCH 40	CLT 1	DOV 4	POC 6	MCH 19	SON 36	DAY 6	CHI 3	NHA 13	POC 12	IND 38	GLN 5	MCH 10	BRI 36	CAL 16	RCH 25	NHA 8	DOV 1	TAL 31	KAN 6	CLT 1	MAR 3	ATL 16	TEX 5	PHO 7	HOM 40	5th	6406
2006				DAY 1	CAL 2	LVS 1	ATL 6	BRI 30	MAR 3	TEX 11	PHO 7	TAL 1	RCH 12	DAR 4	CLT 2	DOV 6	POC 10	MCH 6	SON 10	DAY 32	CHI 6	NHA 9	POC 6	IND 1	GLN 17	MCH 13	BRI 10	CAL 11	RCH 23	NHA 39	DOV 13	KAN 14	TAL 24	CLT 2	MAR 1	ATL 2	TEX 2	PHO 2	HOM 9	1st	6475
2007				DAY 39	CAL 3	LVS 1	ATL 1	BRI 16	MAR 1	TEX 38	PHO 4	TAL 2	RCH 1	DAR 3	CLT 10	DOV 15	POC 42	MCH 19	SON 17	NHA 5	DAY 10	CHI 37	IND 39	POC 5	GLN 3	MCH 3	BRI 21	CAL 1	RCH 1	NHA 6	DOV 14	KAN 3	TAL 2	CLT 14	MAR 1	ATL 1	TEX 1	PHO 1	HOM 7	1st	6723
2008				DAY 27	CAL 2*	LVS 29	ATL 13	BRI 18	MAR 4	TEX 2	PHO 1	TAL 13	RCH 30	DAR 13	CLT 39	DOV 7	POC 6	MCH 6	SON 15	NHA 9	DAY 23	CHI 2	IND 1	POC 3	GLN 7	MCH 17	BRI 33	CAL 1	RCH 1	NHA 2	DOV 5	KAN 1	TAL 9	CLT 6	MAR 1	ATL 2	TEX 15	PHO 1	HOM 15	1st	6684
2009				DAY 31	CAL 9	LVS 24	ATL 9	BRI 3	MAR 1	TEX 2	PHO 4	TAL 30	RCH 36	DAR 2	CLT 13	DOV 1*	POC 7	MCH 22	SON 4	NHA 9	DAY 2	CHI 8	IND 1	POC 13	GLN 12	MCH 33	BRI 8	ATL 36	RCH 11	NHA 4	DOV 1	KAN 9	CAL 1	CLT 1	MAR 2	TAL 6	TEX 38	PHO 1	HOM 5	1st	6652
2010				DAY 35	CAL 1	LVS 1	ATL 12	BRI 1	MAR 9	PHO 3	TEX 2	TAL 31	RCH 10	DAR 36	DOV 16	CLT 37	POC 5	MCH 6	SON 1	NHA 1	DAY 31	CHI 25	IND 22	POC 10	GLN 28	MCH 12	BRI 35	ATL 3	RCH 3	NHA 25	DOV 1	KAN 2	CAL 3	CLT 3	MAR 5	TAL 7	TEX 9	PHO 5	HOM 2	1st	6622
2011				DAY 27	PHO 3	LVS 16	BRI 3	CAL 2	MAR 11	TEX 8	TAL 1	RCH 8	DAR 15	DOV 9	CLT 28	KAN 7	POC 4	MCH 27	SON 7	DAY 20	KEN 3	NHA 5	IND 19	POC 4	GLN 10	MCH 2	BRI 4	ATL 2	RCH 31	CHI 10	NHA 18	DOV 2	KAN 1	CLT 34	TAL 26	MAR 2	TEX 14	PHO 14	HOM 32	6th	2304
2012				DAY 42	PHO 4	LVS 2	BRI 9	CAL 10	MAR 12	TEX 2	KAN 3	RCH 6	TAL 35	DAR 1	CLT 11	DOV 1	POC 4	MCH 5	SON 5	KEN 6	DAY 36	NHA 7	IND 1	POC 14	GLN 3	MCH 27	BRI 2	ATL 34	RCH 13	CHI 2	NHA 2	DOV 4	TAL 17	CLT 3	KAN 9	MAR 1	TEX 1*	PHO 32	HOM 36	3rd	2360
2013				DAY 1	PHO 2	LVS 6	BRI 22	CAL 12	MAR 1*	TEX 6	KAN 3	RCH 12	TAL 5	DAR 4	CLT 22	DOV 17	POC 1*	MCH 28	SON 9	KEN 9*	DAY 1*	NHA 6	IND 2*	POC 13	GLN 8	MCH 40	BRI 36	ATL 28	RCH 40	CHI 5	NHA 4	DOV 1*	KAN 6	CLT 4	TAL 13*	MAR 5	TEX 1*	PHO 3	HOM 9	1st	2419
2014				DAY 5	PHO 6	LVS 6	BRI 19	CAL 24	MAR 2	TEX 25	DAR 3	RCH 32	TAL 23	KAN 9	CLT 1*	DOV 1*	POC 6	MCH 1	SON 7	KEN 10	DAY 42	NHA 42	IND 14	POC 39	GLN 28	MCH 9	BRI 4	ATL 4	RCH 8	CHI 12	NHA 5	DOV 3	KAN 40	CLT 17	TAL 24*	MAR 32	TEX 1*	PHO 39	HOM 9	11th	2274
2015				DAY 5	ATL 1	LVS 41	PHO 11	CAL 9	MAR 35	TEX 1*	BRI 2	RCH 3	TAL 2	KAN 1	CLT 40	DOV 1	POC 3	MCH 19	SON 6*	DAY 2	KEN 9	NHA 22	IND 15	POC 6	GLN 10	MCH 39	BRI 4	DAR 19	RCH 9	CHI 11	NHA 6	DOV 41	CLT 39	KAN 3	TAL 18	MAR 12	TEX 1	PHO 5	HOM 9	10th	2315
2016				DAY 16	ATL 1	LVS 3*	PHO 11	CAL 1	MAR 9	TEX 4	BRI 23	RCH 3	TAL 22	KAN 17	DOV 25	CLT 3	POC 35	MCH 16	SON 13	DAY 35	KEN 32	NHA 12	IND 3	POC 16	GLN 40	BRI 7	MCH 6	DAR 33	RCH 11	CHI 12*	NHA 8	DOV 7	CLT 1*	KAN 4	TAL 23	MAR 1	TEX 11	PHO 38	HOM 1	1st	5040
2017				DAY 34	ATL 19	LVS 11	PHO 9	CAL 21	MAR 15	TEX 1	BRI 1	RCH 11	TAL 8	KAN 24	CLT 17	DOV 1	POC 36	MCH 10	SON 13	DAY 12	KEN 40	NHA 10	IND 27	POC 35	GLN 29	MCH 19	BRI 11	DAR 12	RCH 8	CHI 8	NHA 14	DOV 3	CLT 7	TAL 24	KAN 11	MAR 12	TEX 27	PHO 39	HOM 27	10th	2260
2018				DAY 38	ATL 27	LVS 12	PHO 14	CAL 9	MAR 15	TEX 35	BRI 3	RCH 6	TAL 12	DOV 9	KAN 19	CLT 5	POC 8	MCH 20	SON 11	CHI 14	DAY 23	KEN 14	NHA 10	POC 17	GLN 30	MCH 28	BRI 9	DAR 39	IND 16	LVS 22	RCH 8	ROV 8	DOV 36	TAL 7	KAN 22	MAR 12	TEX 15	PHO 15	HOM 14	14th	2242
2019				DAY 9	ATL 24	LVS 19	PHO 8	CAL 17	MAR 24	TEX 5	BRI 10	RCH 12	TAL 33	DOV 14	KAN 6	CLT 8	POC 19	MCH 15	SON 12	CHI 4	DAY 3	KEN 30	NHA 30	POC 15	GLN 19	MCH 34	BRI 19	DAR 16	IND 35	LVS 11	RCH 10	ROV 9	DOV 8	TAL 38	KAN 10	MAR 38	TEX 34	PHO 14	HOM 13	18th	835
2020				DAY 35	LVS 5	CAL 7	PHO 12	DAR 38	DAR 8	CLT 40	CLT 11	BRI 3	ATL 7	MAR 10	HOM 16	TAL 13	POC 21	POC 16		KEN 18	TEX 26	KAN 32	NHA 12	MCH 12	MCH 11	DRC 4	DOV 7	DOV 3	DAY 17	DAR 18	RCH 31	BRI 17	LVS 11	TAL 29	ROV 13	KAN 31	TEX 36	MAR 30	PHO 5	18th	837
	Justin Allgaier																		IND 37
2021	Alex Bowman			DAY 35	DRC 10	HOM 9	LVS 27	PHO 13	ATL 3	BRD 22	MAR 34	RCH 1	TAL 38	KAN 18	DAR 17	DOV 1	COA 8	CLT 5	SON 9	NSH 14	POC 1	POC 7	ROA 22	ATL 4	NHA 9	GLN 20	IRC 17	MCH 16	DAY 7	DAR 26	RCH 12	BRI 5	LVS 22	TAL 38	ROV 10	TEX 33	KAN 11	MAR 1	PHO 18	14th	2240
2022				DAY 24	CAL 25	LVS 1	PHO 14	ATL 10	COA 2	RCH 8	MAR 12	BRD 6	TAL 9	DOV 5	DAR 29	KAN 9	CLT 10	GTW 13	SON 16	NSH 36	ROA 12	ATL 32	NHA 35	POC 11	IRC 32	MCH 9	RCH 20	GLN 14	DAY 14	DAR 10	KAN 4*	BRI 32	TEX 29						PHO 34	15th	2191
	Noah Gragson																																	TAL 19	ROV 23	LVS 11	HOM 25	MAR 25
2023	Alex Bowman			DAY 5	CAL 8	LVS 3	PHO 9	ATL 14	COA 3	RCH 8	BRD 29	MAR 11	TAL 13				CLT 12	GTW 26	SON 15	NSH 17	CSC 37	ATL 26	NHA 14	POC 24	RCH 18	MCH 33	IRC 5	GLN 23	DAY 6	DAR 33	KAN 10	BRI 13	TEX 12	TAL 28	ROV 8	LVS 34	HOM 19	MAR 32	PHO 17	20th	747
	Josh Berry													DOV 10	KAN 25	DAR 30
2024	Alex Bowman			DAY 2	ATL 27	LVS 18	PHO 20	BRI 4	COA 4	RCH 17	MAR 8	TEX 37	TAL 5	DOV 8	KAN 7	DAR 8	CLT 9	GTW 28	SON 15	IOW 8	NHA 36	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 88 history

See also: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Alex Bowman

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2008–2017)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands with Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, and team owner Rick Hendrick.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Amp Energy Chevrolet in 2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet at Texas in 2013

On June 13, 2007, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced he would join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 season. On September 14, 2007, it was announced that he would drive the No. 88 car, after a deal with Robert Yates Racing that sent the No. 88 car to Hendrick Motorsports. The No. 88 replaced the No. 25, which scaled back to part-time. Amp Energy (owned by longtime Hendrick sponsor PepsiCo) and the National Guard (which had sponsored the No. 25) stepped up to sponsor the car. Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief and cousin, Tony Eury Jr., also made the move to Hendrick Motorsports. However, this partnership only lasted until April 2009 when Tony Eury Jr. was replaced by Lance McGrew, a technical advisor and part-time crew chief with HMS for the No. 25 car.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet at Daytona in 2016

At the start of the 2011 season, Hendrick Motorsports would shuffle the organization, and Earnhardt Jr, the No. 88 and his sponsors moved into the 24/48 shop, with Jeff Gordon's former crew Steve Letarte taking over as Earnhardt's crew chief. For 2012, PepsiCo decided to replace the struggling AMP Energy brand with the Diet Mountain Dew brand. The team won for the first time since 2008 and for the second consecutive year made the Chase, but Earnhardt suffered a concussion during an August Hollywood Casino 400 tire testing on the reconfigured Kansas Speedway, and was not tested for the concussion until the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega, where he was involved in a second hard crash. After testing, Earnhardt was deemed medically unfit to race. Regan Smith, scheduled to drive for Phoenix Racing, instead drove the No. 88 at Charlotte and Kansas in what turned out to be a tryout that led to Smith joining Earnhardt's Xfinity team for 2013. Earnhardt returned at Martinsville and finished out the season.

Earnhardt finished fifth in Cup Series points in 2013, after winning two poles (at Kentucky Speedway and Dover International Speedway), and posting five-second-place finishes.

The No. 88 returned to prominence in 2014 when Earnhardt won four races – the Daytona 500, both Pocono races, and the fall Martinsville race. Letarte joined NASCAR on NBC in 2015, and JR Motorsports crew chief Greg Ives was hired to replace him. On August 6 of that year, the National Guard decided not to renew their sponsorship with Earnhardt. They would be replaced by Nationwide Insurance, outgoing sponsor of the now-Xfinity Series and longtime sponsor of Earnhardt, for the 2015 season.

Late in 2015, it was announced that Axalta Coating Systems, longtime sponsor of Hendrick's No. 24, would move to sponsor the No. 88 in 2016.

In 2016, concussion-like symptoms ended Earnhardt's season after Kentucky. His replacements were Alex Bowman and Jeff Gordon. 2017 marked Earnhardt Jr.'s final full-time season in Hendrick's No. 88 as he announced his retirement in April of that year.

Alex Bowman (2018–2020)

Alex Bowman's No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet at Sonoma in 2018

It was announced on July 20, 2017 that Bowman would take over the No. 88 car for the 2018 season. Despite being winless, Bowman made the Playoffs until he was eliminated from the Round of 12 at the fall Kansas race.

The 2019 season saw improvement in Bowman's finishes, including three consecutive second-place finishes at Talladega, Dover, and Kansas. Bowman also made the starting grid of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race by winning the Fan Vote. It was announced on June 12, 2019, that Nationwide Insurance would not be sponsoring Hendrick Motorsports or the No. 88 after 2019, ending a five-year relationship prematurely. At the 2019 Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, Bowman held off a late charge from Kyle Larson to win his first career NASCAR Cup race. On June 13, 2019, Nationwide Insurance announced the end of their five-year sponsorship of the No. 88 after the 2019 season. On September 20, tool company Cincinnati Inc. signed a 10-year partnership deal with HMS, including primary sponsorship of the No. 88. He went to get eliminated after the Round Of 12 in the playoffs and finished 12th in the standings with one victory.

The 2020 Daytona 500 saw him finishing 24th after getting collected in multiple wrecks. Then, he was close to winning Las Vegas until he had to make a final stop and finished 13th. His luck finally came at Auto Club when he dominated the race, leading 110 laps to capture his 2nd career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Although it was his lone victory of the season, Bowman improved dramatically by finishing a career-best 6th in the final standings.

It was announced on October 6, 2020 that Alex Bowman and his crew chief, Greg Ives, will move over to the No. 48 car for the 2021 season. Later in the month, it was announced that Kyle Larson will join the team in 2021 as the driver of the No. 5 car, discontinuing the use of the No. 88 in the Cup Series by Hendrick Motorsports.

Car No. 88 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2008	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevy	DAY 9	CAL 40	LVS 2	ATL 3	BRI 5	MAR 6*	TEX 12	PHO 7	TAL 10	RCH 15	DAR 4	CLT 5*	DOV 35	POC 4	MCH 1	SON 12	NHA 24	DAY 8*	CHI 16	IND 12	POC 12	GLN 22	MCH 23	BRI 18	CAL 11	RCH 4	NHA 5	DOV 24	KAN 13	TAL 28	CLT 36	MAR 2	ATL 11	TEX 20	PHO 6	HOM 41	12th	6127
2009				DAY 27	CAL 39	LVS 10	ATL 11	BRI 14	MAR 8	TEX 20	PHO 31	TAL 2	RCH 27	DAR 27	CLT 40	DOV 12	POC 27	MCH 14	SON 26	NHA 13	DAY 39	CHI 15	IND 36	POC 28	GLN 39	MCH 3	BRI 9	ATL 17	RCH 21	NHA 35	DOV 20	KAN 36	CAL 25	CLT 38	MAR 29	TAL 11	TEX 25	PHO 35	HOM 28	25th	3422
2010				DAY 2	CAL 32	LVS 16	ATL 15	BRI 7	MAR 15	PHO 12	TEX 8	TAL 13	RCH 32	DAR 18	DOV 30	CLT 22	POC 19	MCH 7	SON 11	NHA 8	DAY 4	CHI 23	IND 27	POC 27	GLN 26	MCH 19	BRI 13	ATL 22	RCH 34	NHA 4	DOV 23	KAN 22	CAL 16	CLT 29	MAR 7	TAL 39*	TEX 25	PHO 14	HOM 27	21st	3953
2011				DAY 24	PHO 10	LVS 8	BRI 11	CAL 12	MAR 2	TEX 9	TAL 4	RCH 19	DAR 14	DOV 12	CLT 7	KAN 2	POC 6	MCH 21	SON 41	DAY 19	KEN 30	NHA 15	IND 16	POC 9	GLN 14	MCH 14	BRI 16	ATL 19	RCH 16	CHI 3	NHA 17	DOV 24	KAN 14	CLT 19	TAL 25	MAR 7	TEX 7	PHO 24	HOM 11	7th	2290
2012				DAY 2	PHO 14	LVS 10	BRI 15	CAL 3	MAR 3	TEX 10	KAN 7	RCH 2	TAL 9	DAR 17	CLT 6	DOV 4	POC 8	MCH 1*	SON 23	KEN 4	DAY 15	NHA 4	IND 4	POC 32	GLN 28	MCH 4	BRI 12	ATL 7	RCH 14	CHI 8	NHA 13	DOV 11	TAL 20			MAR 21	TEX 7	PHO 21	HOM 10	12th	2245
	Regan Smith																																	CLT 38	KAN 7
2013	Dale Earnhardt Jr.			DAY 2	PHO 5	LVS 7	BRI 6	CAL 2	MAR 24	TEX 29	KAN 16	RCH 10	TAL 17	DAR 9	CLT 39	DOV 10	POC 3	MCH 37	SON 12	KEN 12	DAY 8	NHA 14	IND 6	POC 5	GLN 30	MCH 36	BRI 10	ATL 8	RCH 13	CHI 35	NHA 6	DOV 2	KAN 8	CLT 15	TAL 2	MAR 8	TEX 2	PHO 4	HOM 3	5th	2363
2014				DAY 1*	PHO 2	LVS 2	BRI 24	CAL 12	MAR 3	TEX 43	DAR 2	RCH 7	TAL 26	KAN 5	CLT 19	DOV 9	POC 1	MCH 7	SON 3	KEN 5	DAY 14	NHA 10	IND 9	POC 1	GLN 11	MCH 5	BRI 39	ATL 11	RCH 12	CHI 11	NHA 9	DOV 17	KAN 39	CLT 20	TAL 31	MAR 1	TEX 6	PHO 8	HOM 14	8th	2301
2015				DAY 3	ATL 3	LVS 4	PHO 43	CAL 6	MAR 36	TEX 3	BRI 16	RCH 14	TAL 1*	KAN 3	CLT 3	DOV 14	POC 11	MCH 2	SON 7	DAY 1*	KEN 21	NHA 5	IND 22	POC 4	GLN 11	MCH 10	BRI 9	DAR 8	RCH 5	CHI 12	NHA 25	DOV 3	CLT 28	KAN 21	TAL 2*	MAR 4	TEX 6	PHO 1	HOM 40	12th	2310
2016				DAY 36	ATL 2	LVS 8	PHO 5	CAL 11	MAR 14	TEX 2	BRI 2	RCH 13	TAL 40	KAN 15	DOV 32	CLT 14	POC 2	MCH 39	SON 11	DAY 21	KEN 13																			18th	895
	Alex Bowman																					NHA 26					MCH 30			CHI 10	NHA 14		CLT 39	KAN 7	TAL 36		TEX 13	PHO 6*	HOM 16
	Jeff Gordon																						IND 13	POC 27	GLN 14	BRI 11		DAR 14	RCH 16			DOV 10				MAR 6
2017	Dale Earnhardt Jr.			DAY 37	ATL 30	LVS 16	PHO 14	CAL 16	MAR 34	TEX 5	BRI 38	RCH 30	TAL 22	KAN 20	CLT 10	DOV 11	POC 38	MCH 9	SON 6	DAY 32	KEN 12	NHA 18	IND 36	POC 12	GLN 37	MCH 14	BRI 23	DAR 22	RCH 13	CHI 17	NHA 34	DOV 7	CLT 12	TAL 7	KAN 7	MAR 11	TEX 35	PHO 10	HOM 25	21st	668
2018	Alex Bowman			DAY 17	ATL 20	LVS 16	PHO 13	CAL 13	MAR 7	TEX 28	BRI 5	RCH 18	TAL 8	DOV 23	KAN 18	CLT 9	POC 27	MCH 16	SON 9	CHI 10	DAY 10	KEN 39	NHA 11	POC 3	GLN 14	MCH 19	BRI 8	DAR 23	IND 33	LVS 19	RCH 12	ROV 4	DOV 28	TAL 33	KAN 9	MAR 17	TEX 14	PHO 30	HOM 29	16th	2204
2019				DAY 11	ATL 15	LVS 11	PHO 35	CAL 21	MAR 14	TEX 18	BRI 23	RCH 17	TAL 2	DOV 2	KAN 2	CLT 7	POC 15	MCH 10	SON 14	CHI 1	DAY 21	KEN 17	NHA 14	POC 20	GLN 14	MCH 10	BRI 15	DAR 18	IND 21	LVS 6	RCH 23	ROV 2	DOV 3	TAL 37	KAN 11	MAR 30	TEX 5	PHO 23	HOM 9	12th	2257
2020				DAY 24	LVS 13	CAL 1*	PHO 14	DAR 2	DAR 18	CLT 19*	CLT 31	BRI 37	ATL 12	MAR 6	HOM 18	TAL 7	POC 27	POC 9	IND 30	KEN 19	TEX 30	KAN 8	NHA 15	MCH 21	MCH 36	DRC 12	DOV 21	DOV 5	DAY 7	DAR 6	RCH 9	BRI 16	LVS 5	TAL 14	ROV 8	KAN 3	TEX 5	MAR 6	PHO 16	6th	2371

Additional cars

Car No. 35 (1987)

In 1987, Benny Parsons drove for Hendrick's second team as a replacement for Tim Richmond. Hendrick kept the No. 25 available for Richmond to run a limited schedule, so Parsons drove the No. 35 car instead with Richmond's crew chief Harry Hyde. Parsons opened the year with a second-place finish at the Daytona 500. Parsons ended up running the entire season, with the team temporarily expanding to four teams when Richmond returned for eight races, and finished sixteenth in points with six top-fives and nine top-tens.

Car No. 44 (2005–2006)

In 2005, Terry Labonte took over the car after he announced he became semi-retired; the number had been changed to No. 44, used by Labonte during his first championship season in 1984. Kyle Busch, meanwhile, moved to his No. 5 car full-time. Sponsored by Kellogg's, Pizza Hut, and GMAC/Ditech.com, Labonte drove the car in a limited schedule over the next two years. His final race with the team was at his native Texas Motor Speedway in November 2006, in a special commemorative paint scheme sponsored by longtime-partner Kellogg's. Though Labonte planned to retire following the race, he would race on a part-time or substitute basis until 2014.

Car No. 46 (1993)

In 1993, Hendrick fielded a car numbered 46 for two races. The first race was that year's Daytona 500 as Al Unser Jr. qualified for his only career NASCAR race in a Valvoline-sponsored car (Valvoline being his then-primary sponsor in the IndyCar Series). The second saw Buddy Baker fail to qualify a DuPont-sponsored car at Talladega in the spring.

Car No. 58 (1995)

In 1995, Hendrick fielded the No. 58 Racing for a Reason Chevrolet. The sponsor is a leukemia marrow sponsor founded by Rick Hendrick. The car was originally entered as a safety car for Jeff Gordon to clinch his first championship. The No. 58 was driven by Jeff Purvis, as Gordon had to finish 41st or better in the 42 car field. Gordon clinched the championship by staying out on green flag pit stops. Purvis came in 26th place. The No. 58 would not return until 2001 as the No. 48 car.

Car No. 60 (2002–2003)

In 2002, Hendrick fielded the No. 60 Haas Automation/NetZero-sponsored Chevrolet, fielded jointly between Hendrick and Gene Haas in preparation for Haas to field a new team, Haas CNC Racing. Hendrick driver Jack Sprague attempted six races (qualifying for three) with a best finish of 30th at Homestead Miami Speedway. While Haas and Sprague moved over to the No. 0 Pontiac, the No. 60 returned as a Hendrick R&D car in 2003 with test driver David Green and continued sponsorship from Haas and NetZero. Green attempted the four restrictor plate races (missing the first Daytona and Talladega races) with a best finish of 32nd. Brian Vickers made his Cup Series debut at the fall Charlotte race, finishing 33rd, before moving to the 25 car. The 60 was entered at the Homestead-Miami season-finale with Kyle Busch and Ditech.com, but withdrew after the car failed pre-race inspection.

Car No. 84 (2004)

18-year-old Kyle Busch took over the car the following season, selecting the number 84 (reverse of No. 48) for the Carquest Chevy. He made his debut at his hometown track Las Vegas Motor Speedway and made five more starts that year with a best finish of twenty-fourth at California.

Days of Thunder

Main article: Days of Thunder

Greg Sacks' No. 46 City Chevrolet car at Phoenix in 1989

In 1989 and 1990, Hendrick Motorsports served as a technical consultant during the filming of Days of Thunder, including providing camera-equipped race cars to capture racing footage. The team prepared 14 race cars for the filming. In-race footage was taken at the 1989 Autoworks 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, and the 1990 Daytona 500, in addition to stunt footage shot outside of NASCAR events. At each race, the cars would run 100 miles before start-and-parking. At Phoenix, Hendrick qualified two movie cars: the No. 46 City Chevrolet Lumina driven by Greg Sacks, and the No. 51 Exxon Lumina driven by Bobby Hamilton. An additional car, the No. 18 Hardee's Lumina driven by Tommy Ellis, failed to qualify. Though the cars were not intended to run competitively, Hamilton qualified fifth and led five laps before pulling off the track. Sacks would run the 46 in the Busch Clash exhibition race at Daytona in early 1990, finishing second in one of the movie cars. After the incident at Phoenix, the two cars fielded at the Daytona 500 with Ellis (No. 18 Hardee's Lumina) and Hamilton (No. 51 Mello Yello Lumina) were not officially scored.

Following the production of the film, Sacks continued to drive for Hendrick's research and development team on a part-time basis in 1990. Sacks attempted two races (1 DNQ) in the No. 46, twelve in the No. 18 with sponsorship from Ultra Slim Fast, and three in the No. 17 as a substitute for Darrell Waltrip. Sacks earned a second-place finish at Talladega in May, and a pole at Daytona in July. The team was shut down and Sacks released at the end of the year, due to Slim Fast ending its sponsorship.

Additional car results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
1985	Dick Brooks	1	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT 10	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD
1986	Brett Bodine	2		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT 18	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD
1987	Benny Parsons	35		DAY 2	CAR 34	RCH 10	ATL 2	DAR 21	NWS 15	BRI 28	MAR 26	TAL 12	CLT 26	DOV 5	POC 33	RSD 34	MCH 9	DAY 35	POC 4	TAL 30	GLN 5	MCH 18	BRI 26	DAR 31	RCH 16	DOV 16	MAR 23	NWS 19	CLT 38	CAR 15	RSD 2	ATL 7
	Jim Fitzgerald	51		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD 17	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL
	Paul Newman																				GLN Wth	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	RSD	ATL
	Jimmy Means	52		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 40	CAR	RSD	ATL
1988	Sarel van der Merwe	18		DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV
	Rick Hendrick														RSD 15	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL
	Rob Moroso	47		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 14	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL
1989	Kyle Petty	42		DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT 17	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL
	Tommy Kendall	18		DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN 27	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR
	Tommy Ellis																														PHO DNQ	ATL
	Greg Sacks	46		DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO 38	ATL
	Bobby Hamilton	51		DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO 32	ATL
1990	Greg Sacks	46		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL DNQ	DAR 37	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
	Hut Stricklin	51		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR 36	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
	Greg Sacks	18		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL 2	CLT 14	DOV		POC 7	MCH 26	DAY 37	POC 33	TAL 18	GLN 40	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 23	DOV 21	MAR	NWS	CLT Wth	CAR	PHO 12	ATL 10
	Stan Barrett														SON 17
1993	Al Unser Jr.	46		DAY 36	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC
	Buddy Baker																				TAL DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1995	Jimmy Horton	58		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL QL†
	Jeff Purvis																																	ATL 26
	Jack Sprague	59		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ
1997		52		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL
2002	Jack Sprague	60		DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT Wth	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 35	TAL	CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL DNQ	CAR 35	PHO DNQ	HOM 30	57th	189
2003	David Green			DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL DNQ	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 32	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL 35	KAN							60th	125
	Brian Vickers																																	CLT 33	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR
	Kyle Busch																																						HOM Wth
2004		84		DAY	CAR	LVS 41	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX DNQ	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT 32	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA DNQ	POC	IND	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL 24	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN 37	CLT 34	MAR	ATL 43	PHO	DAR	HOM	52nd	429
2005	Terry Labonte	44		DAY	CAL 36	LVS	ATL	BRI 18	MAR	TEX 40	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 38	DOV	POC 12	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI 42	NHA	POC	IND 36	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN 33	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX 31	PHO	HOM	49th	624
2006				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX 25	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR 34	CLT 33	DOV	POC 39	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI 43	NHA	POC 25	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 40	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 38	TAL	CLT 21	MAR	ATL	TEX 36	PHO	HOM	46th	628
† - Qualified but replaced by Jeff Purvis