cuervo72
11-09-2007, 03:24 PM
Round of 32, from the Potpourri Bracket.
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.
RND 1 - DEF BAYLESS 9-4 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61824)
VS
Rick Steves
Rick Steves grew up in Edmonds, Washington and studied at the University of Washington where he received degrees in Business Administration and European History. But his real education came in Europe — since 1973 he's spent 120 days a year in Europe. Spending one third of his adult life living out of a suitcase in Europe has shaped his thinking. Today he employs 80 people at his Europe Through the Back Door headquarters in Edmonds where he produces 30 guidebooks on European travel, the most popular travel series in America on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, and a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune. Rick and his wife Anne have traveled each of the last 18 years with their two kids, Andy and Jackie. His mission at Europe Through the Back Door is to inspire, inform and equip Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable and culturally broadening. They value travel as a powerful way to better understand and contribute to the world in which we live. They strive to keep our own travel style, our world outlook and our business practices consistent with these values.
RND 1 - DEF HORROW 11-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61796)
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.
RND 1 - DEF BAYLESS 9-4 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61824)
VS
Rick Steves
Rick Steves grew up in Edmonds, Washington and studied at the University of Washington where he received degrees in Business Administration and European History. But his real education came in Europe — since 1973 he's spent 120 days a year in Europe. Spending one third of his adult life living out of a suitcase in Europe has shaped his thinking. Today he employs 80 people at his Europe Through the Back Door headquarters in Edmonds where he produces 30 guidebooks on European travel, the most popular travel series in America on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, and a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune. Rick and his wife Anne have traveled each of the last 18 years with their two kids, Andy and Jackie. His mission at Europe Through the Back Door is to inspire, inform and equip Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable and culturally broadening. They value travel as a powerful way to better understand and contribute to the world in which we live. They strive to keep our own travel style, our world outlook and our business practices consistent with these values.
RND 1 - DEF HORROW 11-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61796)
Voting will be open for two days.