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Introduction

Mark, a 40-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winner and the all-time leader in NASCAR Nationwide Series Cover Pic victories, has signed a two-year agreement to drive for Hendrick Motorsports beginning in 2009.

Mark will race the full 2009 Sprint Cup schedule in the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST Chevrolets, becoming teammates with Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. It will mark his first full season of Cup competition since 2006, when he finished ninth in points.

A Batesville, Ark., native, Mark also is slated to run a full Sprint Cup schedule for Hendrick Motorsports in 2010. Mark will enter all 36 events, including the non-points Budweiser Shootout and NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

“Mark is an incredible racer and one of the classiest guys around,” said Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, whose organization will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2009. “He is a driver who makes everyone around him better, and our entire company is going to benefit from his presence.”

In the 20 seasons Mark has completed the full Sprint Cup schedule, he has finished inside the top 12 in championship points on 17 occasions, including 12 appearances in the top five. In addition to his 40 wins, Mark has posted 49 pole positions, 241 top-five finishes and 390 top-10s at the Cup level.

“I feel very fortunate to have this chance to win races and go after a championship with Hendrick Motorsports,” Mark said. “Coming back full time wasn’t something we planned, but driving the No. 5 car, with all its history, was an impossible opportunity to pass up.

“Rick and I have enjoyed a great relationship over the years, and we’ve always talked about doing this. Now it’s working out, and we’re both excited about the possibilities.”

Mark, 50, will be paired with crew chief Alan Gustafson, who now is in his fourth season at the helm of the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST Chevrolet team. Gustafson has posted four Sprint Cup wins as a crew chief and has a history with Mark, having worked with him in multiple Nationwide Series events.

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