The Cook Out 400 at Martinsville last weekend was a special night for Hendrick Motorsports. They secured a 1-2-3 finish at the iconic short track, with William Byron in the No:24 Chevy Camero ZL1 taking home the win. It was a impressive triumph considering the team was celebrating their 40th anniversary of maiden Cup win thar came back in 1984.
Following the result, a small session of race fans in the NASCAR online community started coming up with race faxing theories. They claimed that they knew HMS was going to win the race beforehand and accused NASCAR of Fixing the race in favor of the most accomplished team ever in the sport. 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick has come forth addressing these claims.
He asserted that it is dumb to think that NASCAR would fix a race for a team and get away with it. Harvick admitted that it was his favourite conspiracy theory of the weekend. The retired champion was just amazed by how some fans comes up with claims to dis-credit HMS of the historic weekend they had last Sunday.
My favorite is, ‘Oh, we knew Hendrick was going to win from the beginning. They fixed the race. Oh my gosh. How in the world would you ever fix the race? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Kevin Harvick said via Happy Hour podcast.
Kevin Harvick details Rick Hendrick’s obsession with winning
One of the big factors that sets apart Rick Hendrick as a team owner is his hunger for more wins. He always wants the best from his team according to Kevin Harvick. The HMS owner always make sure his team is hungry and motivated enough to create new milestones in the sport and break the historical records that was set by their rivals.
Those are the expectations that they quietly have. The expectation from Hendrick Motorsports or the Hendrick Automotive Group is to be the best…When you get in those private meetings with Rick, that’s what he talks about. He talks about what we need to win and when we are winning, what do we need to do to win more? Kevin Harvick said.
This attitude has been the success formula for the Hall of Fame team owner since his debut and keeping this culture alive would hep them to be the championship team they are now in the future. The team’s current goal is to win a championship, they have been desperately seeking, in the Next-Gen era and are in the right path of doing it.
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