I'm not comparing the crimes, I comparing the fans who are blinded by their team loyalty. Just because he owns your favorite driver's team, its okay that he gets away with fraud, bribery and faking cancer?
You, In My Opinion are too vehement about an ancient non issue to be just a disgruntled fan so the possibilities are endless, if you can speculate about Rick Hendrick I can speculate about you, fired from HMS for being an a**hole- fired from HMS for drug abuse- Fired from HMS for stealing- tried to scam HMS and got Busted- a failed driver that was turned down by HMS, It's kinda fun so I could keep guessing forever but here is the real story about Rick Hendrick.
There were 22 separate dealership owners around the country charged, found guilty and punished.
In 1997, Hendrick pled guilty to
mail fraud.
[5] In the 1980s,
Honda automobiles were in high demand and Honda executives allegedly solicited bribes from dealers for larger product disbursements. Hendrick admitted to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars,
BMW automobiles, and houses to American Honda Motor Company executives.
[6] Hendrick was sentenced in December 1997 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 (which was run by Jim Perkins) or Hendrick Motorsports (run by his brother John) during his year of confinement. In December 2000, Hendrick received a full pardon from President
Bill Clinton.
And your so called cancer scam.
Hendrick was diagnosed in November 1996 with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a rare form of the disease that, according to many medical experts, claims up to 95 percent of its victims.
But doctors prescribed a course of two injections of cancer-fighting drugs a day for nearly 1,100 days. The injections were halted earlier this month and doctors conducted a series of tests. With almost all of the reports back, Limentani said he was confident in pronouncing the disease to be in full remission.
Read this.
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-400_162-142768.html