What is it about Hendrick Motorsports that feels like family? What makes them family?
JEFF GORDON: Well, you know, to me family is about how you’re treated and how people make you feel and welcome you in. Since the day I met Rick Hendrick, you know, our relationship has grown, we’ve bonded, and I feel like I’m a part of that family. He’s an amazing individual. He has this incredible quality of making that happen a lot with a lot of people around him because he’s very warm and he’s generous and kind. It shines through in him and it shines through in his people. People love to work for Rick because of that quality. People love to be around him because of that. His family is very near and dear to him. That’s what made that loss so tragic, because they were not only family members that he cared so much about, but other people that were a part of the extended family that were just as meaningful to him and to all of us. Q. What is the shelf life for your restrictor plate program before the other teams start knocking on the door? You won here in July, and of course you won her
