The Mackler-Hendrick Connection

Back in the 1980's, Rick Hendrick was involved in some pretty shady business dealings with Honda. As he admitted in court, he bribed their execs with money and perks in order to get more of their higher-demand cars. The chickens came home to roost in 1997 when he was convicted of mail fraud. While avoiding jail time (for obvious reasons), he still had a conviction on his record.
In 2000, Rick Hendrick asked for a Presidential pardon from the outgoing Bill Clinton. Clinton gave the pardon, but only after Bank of America (then NationsBank) donated $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation. What's the big deal? Rick Hendrick was on the NationsBank board, and his good friend, NationsBank CEO Hugh McColl, was also a friend of President Clinton.
I too have a connection to Bank of America--I live across the street from their credit card customer service headquarters in Delaware, formerly the headquarters of MBNA. Most of the people in my apartment building work there, and everyone was scared to death when the MBNA-Bank of America "merger" happened.

So what's the connection between Rick and I? Well, we were both HORRIFIED that Nascar was mentioned in THIS VIDEO.