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The fall and rise of the Hendrick dynasty.(NASCAR)
From the outside, everything looked fine nine years ago at Hendrick Motorsports. The organization had just clinched the second of four consecutive titles--Terry Labonte was preparing to be feted in New York, and Jeff Gordon was the runner-up. The organization was on track to becoming a dynasty.
But Rick Hendrick had a secret--one that he would keep until after the banquet. Hendrick had cancer. Only Hendrick, his family and his doctors knew the struggle that lay ahead.
Fast-forward to 2005, the year after Hendrick lost a son, a brother, two nieces and several close friends in a plane crash. A dynasty? Jeff Gordon, the longtime face of Hendrick ...
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