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Article: Hendrick tries to carry on in coping with plane tragedy.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2004
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Byline: Ed Hinton
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Regarding Rick Hendrick, the NASCAR team owner who lost his only son, only brother, twin nieces and most of the top management of his racing empire in a plane crash last Sunday, longtime friends have no doubts.
He has turned too much personal tragedy and suffering into too many triumphs, over too many years, for those who know him to question his resilience now.
Hendrick, at 55 a familiar face at the Daytona International Speedway, has been in seclusion since this latest and worst ordeal, but . . .
"If anybody can stand it, he can," said H.A. Wheeler, president of Lowe's Motor Speedway, which lies ...