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A few of NASCAR's biggest names made quick plans this week to help victims of Tuesday's massive earthquake in Haiti.

Auto Club Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have all taken different measures to help with the relief efforts after the quake destroyed nearly 50 percent of the structures in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and has local government officials estimating the death toll there at around 200,000.

Rick Hendick, according to the AP, has loaned two of his personal planes and a pair of flight crews to the non-profit organization Missionary Flights International. MFI, operating out of Fort Pierce, Fla., hopes to fly one round-trip flight per day with FAA special permission using one of Hendrick's 45-seat aircraft to carry relief workers and supplies.

 

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Hendrick Motorsports announced Sunday morning that team owner Rick Hendrick would not be trackside at Homestead Miami Speedway for that afternoon's Ford 400 NASCAR season finale, but instead remained back in Charlotte, N.C., for a family emergency.

Hendrick's 29-year-old niece Alesha Gainey is in critical condition at a Charlotte hospital being prepared for a liver transplant, Hendrick Motorsports general manager Marshall Carlson told reporters. Gainey is the daughter of Hendrick's late brother John, who was killed in a plane accident in 2004 along with Hendrick's son Ricky and two other of John Hendrick's daughters.

"Rick's priority at this point is supporting his family,'' Carlson said. "He's so proud of his teams but needs to be with his niece and her family.''

Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson earned his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship later in the day, defeating HMS teammate Mark Martin by 141 points. Johnson's title also gives HMS its ninth Cup championship, which ties it with Petty Enterprises for the most in Cup Series history.

 

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