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Before gaining fame on The bachelor. Emily Maynard Happily engaged to Joseph Riddick “Ricky” Hendrick IV. However, a tragedy struck in October 2004 when he died alongside a further nine in a fatal plane crash.
Hendrick was 24 at the time of his death and did not know that his fiancé Maynard, at the time at the age of 19, was pregnant with their baby. In the midst of his griefMaynard found a bright spot when they gave birth to their daughter, Ricki Hendrickwho is now Expect her own baby.
“20 years. How did this happen even? It’s so strange to have a specific marker in time and my life and soul changed completely forever,” wrote Maynard by Instagram In October 2024, reflecting on two decades without Ricky. “I look at pictures and no longer recognize that girl, no matter how much I would like. (On) one hand I feel like I’ve changed so much and then (on) the other, that I’ve been paralyzed at 18 forever.”
The former bachelorette, now married to Tyler Johnsonrevealed that she could not “wait” to tell Ricky sometime about her new husband and the parts of her life Failed out.
“I know they will love each other,” Maynard wrote about Johnson and her late fiancée. “And Ricky is so grateful for how well he has cared for his daughters. Thank you, God, for letting me be part of his life and for allowing the gift of being loved by him.”
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Ricky was born into a racing family
Ricky was born in April 1980 to the founder of Hendrick Motorsports Joseph Riddick “Rick” Hendrick and his wife, Linda Hendrick.
He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and before his death, Ricky was a partly owner of his father’s NASCAR team. From 2024, Hendricks Motorsports has won more than 304 NASCAR CUP SERIES Races, making Rick the winning team owner in the sport.
He was a stock car racer
Ricky followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a stock car racer at the age of 15. He had his first victory from NASCAR’s career in July 2001, becoming the driver of the youngest truck series to win a race at the time. The following year, Ricky retired from the sport following the injuries of that season.
The athlete remained part of the Hendricks Motor Sports team on the corporate side after retiring in 2002. Under the Hendricks Motorsports umbrella, Ricky owned two Busch series teams, Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch. Ricky was also the founder of Ricky Hendrick’s Honda Motorcycle Dealer in Pineville, North Carolina.
Died in a plane crash
Ricky was one of 10 people who died on October 24, 2004, after the Hendrick Motor Sports aircraft hit near Martinsville, Virginia, en route to Martinsville Speedway for the Subway 500 race.
Other victims included President Hendrick Motorsports and Uncle Ricky John Hendrick and his daughters, Jennifer and Kimberly HendrickThe general manager of the company Jeff Turner and the main engine builder Randy Dorton. Executive dupont Joe Jackson, pilot Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison and Tony StewartA helicopter pilot Scott Lathram He also died in the accident.
Emily Maynard went on a powerful journey of maternity before and after her appearances on the Bachelor and Bachelorette. After receiving an offer from Brad Womack on the Bachelor in 2011, the couple called their engagement three months later. Emily returned for her own season from the Bachelorette the following year, although she (…)
“Looking back 20 years, I remember how much support and love we all gave us and continued. Thank you for that. Thank you for who you are,” said Ricky’s mother, Linda, during October 2024 Memorial for victims of the plane at the 20th anniversary of the accident through a press release.
He continued: “They say that’s not what you go through in life, this is how you go through. I think there’s a lot of truth to that. There are many choices we can make when we don’t feel like we don’t know which way to go and our life is turned upside down. There’s never a hope.”
His inheritance lives on with his daughter Ricki
Shortly after his death in October 2004, Maynard discovered that She was pregnant With her and Ricky’s first child. The daughter Joesphine Riddick “Ricki” welcomed Hendrick in June 2005, named after her late father.
Over the years, Ricki has joined her grandparents at Hendrick Motorsports events, especially those who focused on Ricky. In August 2017, for example, the driver of the late racing car was honored Painting Paint Specialty On a new racing car before the Cook Out Southern 500 in Darlington, South Carolina.
In August 2025, Ricki revealed that she was pregnant with her first baby. The little one will be Maynard and the first granddaughter of the late Ricky.
