Charlie Henderson is the former owner of Henderson Motorsports, a race team who made starts in the Nascar Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Craftsman Truck Series and X-1R Pro Cup Series. This is the 2nd longest active race team in Nascar history. Getting there start at Kingsport Speedway in 1975, they made thier Nascar debut at Bristol in 1982.

Active 1975 - present, 26 different drivers have made starts behind the wheel of one of Henderson's race cars. Geoff Bodine, Ward Burton, Ernie Irvan, Parker Kligerman, Sam Mayer, Rick Wilson, Morgan Shepherd, Brad Teague and Connor Zilich. Almost always running a select schedule no matter the series, the team found its way to victory lane on more than one occasion in both the Truck and Xfinity series. Sadly on June 14, 2025 it was announced by the team that Charlie Henderson had passed away.

VINTAGE NASCAR OWNERS: Charlie Henderson

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