Rick Hendrick's Gulfstream lands in Concord the week of a key rezoning hearing

Rick Hendrick's Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1RH, was tracked flying from Forever Florida Airport to Concord-Padgett Regional Airport on June 24, covering the 67-minute hop at a max altitude of 41,025 feet.

If aboard, Rick Hendrick would arrive in the Charlotte area the same week the Charlotte City Council is set to weigh a contentious rezoning petition filed by his race team. According to a report in The Charlotte Mercury, Hendrick Motorsports wants to rezone 22.89 acres near its campus from residential to industrial to build race shops, fabrication space, and R&D facilities — a request city planning staff say does not fit the adopted land-use plan, yet are recommending approval. The zoning committee meets August 4, with a full council vote to follow.

The flight lands Hendrick-owned hardware at home base on the heels of a busy stretch for the organization. As covered by Hendrick Motorsports' news site, the team recently opened the 35,000-square-foot Atrium Health Motorsports Athletic Center on its Concord campus, a facility Rick Hendrick himself called "super" during a January ribbon-cutting attended by drivers and crew chiefs. The flight pattern suggests business propulsion, not personal leisure. [cltmercury.com](https://cltmercury.com/government/hendrick-motorsports-etj-rezoning-acro-2026-019-june-2026)