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11-02-2007, 02:24 PM
From the Potpourri Bracket, it's the first round matchup of the entrepreneurs!
The Matchup:
Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949 in Warrenton, North Carolina), better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the largest automotive chains in the United States. Hendrick Motorsports, founded in 1984, is one of the most successful teams in NASCAR racing, with championships won in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2006. As the head of Hendrick Motorsports, Rick Hendrick owns several race teams, including the Nextel Cup teams of Jeff Gordon (car owner: Rick Hendrick), Casey Mears (car owner: Mary Hendrick), Kyle Busch (car owner: Rick Hendrick), and Jimmie Johnson (car owner: Jeff Gordon), and the Busch Series team of Kyle Busch. Past drivers include Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Darrell Waltrip, Ken Schrader, Ricky Craven, Wally Dallenbach, Jr., Joe Nemechek, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte, Brian Vickers, his son Ricky Hendrick, and Rick Hendrick himself. The Hendrick Automotive Group was founded by Hendrick in 1976 as a single dealership in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Today, the company consists of over 65 dealerships in about 10 states, and annual revenues are over $3 billion. Hendrick is currently serving as chairman of the company. In 1997, Hendrick pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Hendrick was sentenced in December of that year to a $250,000 fine, 12 months home confinement (instead of prison, due to his leukemia), three years probation, and to have no involvement with Hendrick Automotive Group or Hendrick Motorsports during his year of confinement. In December 2000, Hendrick received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton. On October 24, 2004, Hendrick's son, Ricky Hendrick and nieces and brother were killed in an airplane crash en route to the Subway 500 in Martinsville, Virginia. All eight passengers and both pilots died in the incident.
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Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless (born 1953) is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is, perhaps, best known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time and the Food Network series Iron Chef America. Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., into a family of restaurateurs specializing in the local barbecue. Having begun his culinary training as a youth, he broadened his interests to include regional Mexican cooking as an undergraduate student of Spanish and Latin American culture. After hosting the 26-part PBS television series Cooking Mexican in 1978-1979, Bayless dedicated over six years to culinary research in Mexico, culminating in 1987 with the publication of his Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, which Craig Claiborne described as "the greatest contribution to the Mexican table imaginable." In 1987, Bayless, along with his wife, Deann, opened the Frontera Grill in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in contemporary regional Mexican cuisine. In 1989 they opened Topolobampo, one of America's first fine-dining Mexican restaurants. In 1995, he and partners started the successful Frontera Foods line of prepared food products. Bayless and his staff also began the Frontera Farmer Foundation in 2003. This foundation was set up to support local farmers by offering capital improvement grants. As of 2007, more than 400,000 has been given to local family farms. In 2005, Bayless competed on Iron Chef America and lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay on what was the first broadcast episode of season 1, with buffalo as the secret ingredient. Bayless is the brother of ESPN personality and sports journalist Skip Bayless.
Voting will be open for two days.
The Matchup:
Rick Hendrick
Joseph Riddick Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949 in Warrenton, North Carolina), better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the largest automotive chains in the United States. Hendrick Motorsports, founded in 1984, is one of the most successful teams in NASCAR racing, with championships won in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2006. As the head of Hendrick Motorsports, Rick Hendrick owns several race teams, including the Nextel Cup teams of Jeff Gordon (car owner: Rick Hendrick), Casey Mears (car owner: Mary Hendrick), Kyle Busch (car owner: Rick Hendrick), and Jimmie Johnson (car owner: Jeff Gordon), and the Busch Series team of Kyle Busch. Past drivers include Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Darrell Waltrip, Ken Schrader, Ricky Craven, Wally Dallenbach, Jr., Joe Nemechek, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte, Brian Vickers, his son Ricky Hendrick, and Rick Hendrick himself. The Hendrick Automotive Group was founded by Hendrick in 1976 as a single dealership in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Today, the company consists of over 65 dealerships in about 10 states, and annual revenues are over $3 billion. Hendrick is currently serving as chairman of the company. In 1997, Hendrick pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Hendrick was sentenced in December of that year to a $250,000 fine, 12 months home confinement (instead of prison, due to his leukemia), three years probation, and to have no involvement with Hendrick Automotive Group or Hendrick Motorsports during his year of confinement. In December 2000, Hendrick received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton. On October 24, 2004, Hendrick's son, Ricky Hendrick and nieces and brother were killed in an airplane crash en route to the Subway 500 in Martinsville, Virginia. All eight passengers and both pilots died in the incident.
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Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless (born 1953) is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is, perhaps, best known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time and the Food Network series Iron Chef America. Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., into a family of restaurateurs specializing in the local barbecue. Having begun his culinary training as a youth, he broadened his interests to include regional Mexican cooking as an undergraduate student of Spanish and Latin American culture. After hosting the 26-part PBS television series Cooking Mexican in 1978-1979, Bayless dedicated over six years to culinary research in Mexico, culminating in 1987 with the publication of his Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, which Craig Claiborne described as "the greatest contribution to the Mexican table imaginable." In 1987, Bayless, along with his wife, Deann, opened the Frontera Grill in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in contemporary regional Mexican cuisine. In 1989 they opened Topolobampo, one of America's first fine-dining Mexican restaurants. In 1995, he and partners started the successful Frontera Foods line of prepared food products. Bayless and his staff also began the Frontera Farmer Foundation in 2003. This foundation was set up to support local farmers by offering capital improvement grants. As of 2007, more than 400,000 has been given to local family farms. In 2005, Bayless competed on Iron Chef America and lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay on what was the first broadcast episode of season 1, with buffalo as the secret ingredient. Bayless is the brother of ESPN personality and sports journalist Skip Bayless.
Voting will be open for two days.