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Ray Hendrick (April 1, 1929 – September 28, 1990) was an American race car driver. He was known as "Mr. Modified" during his 36-year career in motorsports, mainly in the modified stock car racing class.
The Virginia native collected more than 700 victories in modifieds and the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series (later known as Xfinity Series Grand National Division). Ray Hendrick was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007, and will be inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2026.
Hendrick raced his famous winged No. 11 Modified coupe fielded by Jack Tant and Clayton Mitchell. Rick Hendrick (no relation) was a pit crew member on his car in the 1960s. The Richmond, Virginia star won five track championships at South Boston Speedway, four of them while competing in the NASCAR Modified division and one in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman division.
Hendrick never won the National Modified Championship but finished in the top-ten in points nine times:
Hendrick also finished eighth in 1974 and ninth in 1975 in the National Late Model Sportsman Points before it became known as the Busch Series. Ray won the Modified "Race of Champions" 2 times, in 1969 on the 1-mile Langhorne Speedway asphalt and in 1975 on the Trenton Speedway 1.5-mile oval. Hendrick is first on the all-time winners list of Martinsville Speedway with 20 wins between 1963 and 1975. Next on the list is Richard Petty with 15 wins, followed by Geoff Bodine, Darrell Waltrip, and Richie Evans. Hendrick also won a 100 Lap National Championship race on Memorial Day Weekend of 1970 at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Hendrick was best known for his racing philosophy of racing anywhere and everywhere. Hendrick's modified career and philosophy of racing anywhere and everywhere prevented him from competing full-time in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup. In 17 starts, he collected two top-five and six top-ten finishes.
| National Modified Series | – | - | - | - | - | 3,004 | 8th |
| National Modified Series | – | 2 | 1+ | - | - | 3,036 | 6th |
| National Modified Series | – | - | 2+ | - | 1+ | 3,036 | 6th |
| National Modified Series | Jack Tant | 11/90 | 2+ | - | - | 4,210 | 5th |
| National Modified Series | – | - | - | - | - | 4,054 | 6th |
| Late Model Sportsman Division | - | 11 | 1+ | - | - | 2,301 | 16th |
| Grand American | – | - | 1+ | - | - | - | - |
| Late Model Sportsman Division | Bob Adams | - | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 2,301 | 16th |
| Grand American | – | 0 | 1+ | - | - | - | - |
| Late Model Sportsman Division | - | 38 | 2+ | - | 2+ | 2,301 | 16th |
| National Modified Series | - | 1 | 1+ | - | - | - | - |
| Late Model Sportsman Division | - | 38 | 1+ | - | - | - | - |
| Late Model Sportsman Division | - | 15 | 2+ | - | - | 4,262 | 8th |
| National Modified Series | – | 1 | 2+ | - | - | - | - |
| National Modified Series | – | 01 | 1+ | - | - | 1,381 | 20th |
| National Modified Series | – | 01 | 1+ | - | - | 1,381 | 20th |
| National Modified Series | – | 01 | 4+ | - | - | 725 | 31st |
| National Modified Series | – | 26 | 3+ | - | 1+ | 857 | 23rd |
| Grand American | – | - | 1+ | - | - | - | - |
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