J. C. Hendrix

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name=J. C. Hendrix

| Best_Cup_Pos=52nd (1959)

| Cup_Car_Team=

| Cup_Poles=1

| Cup_Top_Tens=2

| Cup_Wins=0

| First_Cup_Race=1959 Race No. 6 (Atlanta)

| First_Cup_Win=

| Last_Cup_Race=1962 Gwyn Staley 400 (North Wilkesboro)

| Last_Cup_Win=

| Prev_Cup_Pos=94th

| Prev_Cup_Year=1962

| Total_Cup_Races=6

| Years_In_Cup=3

| birth_date={{birth date|1926|9|11}}

| birth_place=Griffin, Georgia

| death_date={{Death date and age|1963|4|13|1926|9|11}}

}}

J. C. Hendrix (September 11, 1926{{spaced ndash}}April 13, 1963) was an American stock car racing driver. He competed in six NASCAR Grand National Series races from 1959 to 1961, recording two top-ten finishes.

Racing career

Hendrix made his NASCAR debut at Lakewood Speedway, near his hometown of Griffin, Georgia. Driving the No. 68 Plymouth, he finished 15th after crashing. He broke into the top ten during his next race, at Columbia Speedway, where he finished ninth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/hendrj.01/1959/W|title=Driver J.C. Hendrix 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2017-02-08}} Hendrix returned to Lakewood later that year, where he sat on the pole but finished thirteenth, sixteen laps down to winner Richard Petty.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1959-20/W|title=1959-20 (Cup) - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2017-02-08}} In 1960, W. J. Ridgeway signed Hendrix to run at the newly built Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hendrix fell out of the race with a connecting rod problem and finished 27th.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/hendrj.01/1961/W|title=Driver J.C. Hendrix 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2017-02-08}} Driving for Fred Clark in car number 30 for the 1961 National 400, Hendrix started 30th but worked his way up to tenth by the end of the race.{{Cite web|url=http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/driver.php?drv_id=1398|title=NASCAR Statistics: J.C. Hendrix [DriverAverages.com]|website=www.driveraverages.com|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080543/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/driver.php?drv_id=1398|url-status=dead}} Running his final race in 1961 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Hendrix started 19th and finished 13th.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/hendrj.01/1962/W|title=Driver J.C. Hendrix 1962 NASCAR Grand National Results - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info|access-date=2017-02-08}}{{Cite news|url=http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/jc-hendrix/1483|title=#30 J.C. Hendrix complete NASCAR career statistics|newspaper=NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet|access-date=2017-02-08|language=en|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082940/http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/jc-hendrix/1483|url-status=dead}}

He died on April 13, 1963, in a crash at Cleveland Speedway in Tennessee.{{Cite news|url=http://garhofa.org/vintage-photos2/hendrix-jc/|title=Hendrix, JC - Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association|work=Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association|access-date=2017-04-07|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408171236/http://garhofa.org/vintage-photos2/hendrix-jc/|url-status=dead}}

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Grand National Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan="68" \| NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year ! Team ! 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 ! 37 ! 38 ! 39 ! 40 ! 41 ! 42 ! 43 ! 44 ! 45 ! 46 ! 47 ! 48 ! 49 ! 50 ! 51 ! 52 ! 53 ! {{Tooltip\|NGNC\|NASCAR Grand National classification}} ! Pts
1959 ! ! 68 ! Plymouth \| FAY \| DAY \| DAY \| HBO \| CON \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ATL 15 \| WIL \| BGS \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| CLB 9 \| NWS \| REF \| HCY \| MAR \| TRN \| CLT \| NSV \| ASP \| PIF \| GPS \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ATL 13 \| CLB \| WIL \| RCH \| BGS \| AWS \| DAY \| HEI \| CLT \| MBS \| CLT \| NSV \| AWS \| BGS \| GPS \| CLB \| DAR \| HCY \| RCH \| CSF \| HBO \| MAR \| AWS \| NWS \| CON \| colspan=9\| ! 52nd ! 640
rowspan=2\| 1961 ! W. J. Ridgeway ! 78 ! Ford \| CLT \| JSP \| DAY \| DAY \| DAY \| PIF \| AWS \| HMS \| ATL \| GPS \| HBO \| BGS \| MAR \| NWS \| CLB \| HCY \| RCH \| MAR \| DAR \| CLT \| CLT \| RSD \| ASP \| CLT \| PIF \| BIR \| GPS \| BGS \| NOR \| HAS \| STR \| DAY \| ATL \| CLB \| MBS \| BRI \| NSV \| BGS \| AWS \| RCH \| SBO \| DAR \| HCY \| RCH \| CSF \| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"\| ATL 27 \| MAR \| NWS \| colspan=5\| ! rowspan=2\| 67th ! rowspan=2\| -
rowspan=2\| Fred Clark ! rowspan=2\| 30 ! rowspan=2\| Chevy \| colspan=48\| \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| CLT 10 \| BRI \| GPS \| HBO \|
1962 \| CON \| AWS \| DAY \| DAY \| DAY \| CON \| AWS \| SVH \| HBO \| RCH \| CLB \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NWS 13 \| GPS \| MBS \| MAR \| BGS \| BRI \| RCH \| HCY \| CON \| DAR \| PIF \| CLT \| ATL \| BGS \| AUG \| RCH \| SBO \| DAY \| CLB \| ASH \| GPS \| AUG \| SVH \| MBS \| BRI \| CHT \| NSV \| HUN \| AWS \| STR \| BGS \| PIF \| VAL \| DAR \| HCY \| RCH \| DTS \| AUG \| MAR \| NWS \| CLT \| ATL ! 94th ! 338

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! colspan="68" | NASCAR Grand National Series results

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