THE OFFICIAL NASCAR 2020 PREVIEW & PRESS GUIDE 51
TEAM PREVIEWS
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
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In 1984, Hendrick founded Hendrick Motosports. Today, the
original race shop overlooks a state-of-the-art facility with
430,000 square feet of workspace on 140 acres in Concord,
North Carolina. It houses more than 600 employees to
support four full-time Chevrolet teams in the elite Monster
Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
2020 drivers include 20 seasoned pro Jimmie Johnson,
most popular driver Chase Elliot, coming of his career best
Alex Bowman and rookie of the year William Byron.
Jimmie Johnson is a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series
Champion at Hendrick Motosports where he’s driven the
No. 48 Chevrolet for the entirety of his career.
Chase Elliott drives the No. 9 Chevrolet, in his fth full
season in the MENCS and captured his rst win of the 2019
season at Talladega Superspeedway. He went on to win
at Watkins Glen making it back-to-back wins at the road
course. He has six career Cup series wins.
Alex Bowman drives the No. 88 Chevrolet, marks his third
full season in 2020 with NASCAR Cup Series Champions
Hendrick Motorsports. Bowman earned his rst Cup Series
career victory in 2019.
William Byron marks his third season in 2020 as driver of
the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and qualied
for the Payoffs in 2019.
2020
TEAM DRIVERS
JIMMIE JOHNSON CHASE ELLIOTT ALEX BOWMAN WILLIAM BYRON