In response to a report shared by WBTV, Hendrick Motorsports Technical Resolution within the Charlotte metro space signed a $2.25 million cope with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August 2025. The deal was a non-competitive course of, as ICE wanted the automobiles on a precedence foundation.
The deal between HM and ICE was for 25 normal, inventory Chevrolet Tahoes, and Hendrick Firms claimed it to be a traditional business sale. HM has been promoting automobiles to authorities businesses for a few years and claimed they don’t management how ICE makes use of them.
The brand new automobiles have been purchased to assist the inspection, investigation, enforcement, and elimination operations. Nevertheless, many imagine that the deal was linked to the Charlotte’s Net program. ICE lately took over 130 individuals into custody over the weekend and made 81 arrests on Saturday.
Following that, Hendrick Firms’ spokesperson acknowledged (through WBTV):
“Earlier this 12 months, we bought 25 normal Chevrolet Tahoes to the federal authorities. The automobiles have been unmodified, and we fulfilled the business sale. We don’t take part in or management how businesses equip, model, or use automobiles after buy.”
Nevertheless, the neighborhood have a divided tackle the state of affairs. Many recommend that it is a step in the correct course to extend security, whereas others protest that ICE has been creating a way of worry, and protests occurred in uptown Charlotte over the weekend.
“Issues are actually laborious below these guidelines”: Hendrick Motorsports homeowners on profitable Cup Sequence titles below the present format
Hendrick Motorsports proprietor Rick Hendrick sat down with Cup Scene submit the Cup Sequence Championship 4 race. Through the interplay, Hendrick opened up concerning the unpredictability of the present playoff format.
Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson outperformed the season-dominating driver Denny Hamlin within the 319-lap Phoenix race. Reflecting on that, the HMS proprietor emphasised the unpretentious nature of the inventory automotive racing playoff format and acknowledged:
“I feel Kyle (will) win lots of championships. It’s so laborious. I take a look at Denny and the way good Denny’s run and he hadn’t acquired one. This stuff are actually laborious below these guidelines to win a championship. You may win all of the races, you possibly can win a ton of races, you get right here, have a flat tire, issues can occur. Plenty of this stuff are out of your management.” (21:25 onwards)
Hendrick Motorsports’ proprietor referred to the three-race elimination format the governing physique has been utilizing since 2014. On this format, every spherical eliminates 4 drivers until solely 4 stay to battle for the championship title.
Nevertheless, the Cup Sequence crew proprietor believes that the brand new format doesn’t all the time favor the dominating driver in comparison with the chase format. The chase format utilized in old-school racing was promising and favored the dominating driver, throughout which Jimmie Johnson clinched seven titles for HMS.
Edited by Karan Yadav
