HENDRICK ENSHRINED IN NASCAR HALL OF FAME -- AT LAST
Again … in no particular order … “ MR. MODIFIED,” the late RAY HENDRICK , finally was inducted into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame last week … and becomes only the eighth driver who specialized in modified/sportsman competition to have the honor since the initial class in 2010. He should have been the first. The native Richmonder won more than 700 races … according to the NASCAR news release but probably won a lot more … from 1950 through 1988 … running primarily in the mid-Atlantic area at Southside Speedway, South Boston Speedway and points north. There was no one better. Or, intimidating. Had Richmond’s bid to build the hall of fame been accepted (over Charlotte, N.C.), there seems little doubt Hendrick would have been enshrined much sooner. ACC COMMISSIONER JIM PHILLIPS says Notre Dame has patched up its differences with the league after AD PETE BEVACQUA accused it of creating “...