When I first got into racing in the 1980s, Geoff Bodine was driving for, I think, Rick Hendrick.
Geoff wound up driving other numbers later in his career, so other guys got their shot in the 5. Terry Labonte won 12 races driving the 5, and he picked up the second of his two Cup championships in the 5 in 1996.
Kasey Kahne later drove the 5 for Hendrick.
Drivers have started 1,568 races and won 45 of them driving the 5. Hendrick drivers have posted 38 wins in the 5; sadly, the 5 hasn't been in use in Cup since 2017.
Bonus trivia: Kellogg's famously sponsored the No. 5 Hendrick team from 1994-2004, and those cars carried some of the most notable paint schemes in series history.
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