CONCORD, N.C. – Each Wednesday, a new edition of #MorningsWith airs live on the Hendrick Motorsports Twitter account, introducing fans to teammates all across the organization’s Concord, North Carolina, campus.
This week, we got to know Jeff Andrews, the organization’s vice president of competition.
Andrews, who first joined the organization in January 1992 in the engine department, most recently served as the director of engine operations prior to moving into his new position in August 2017.
“(I have) much more exposure now to the team and the vehicle side than I had before,” he explained. “I really enjoy it. I like the challenge. Obviously, we’re working really hard right now on our performance from the entire organization’s side – everybody is working really hard to get us back to the standard where we expect to be.”
Andrews said he grew up around racetracks from a very early age and always had an interest in motor sports. His father built engines, and he jumped at the opportunity to do so in the professional ranks.
“I never envisioned that some 30-plus years later I would still be getting paid to do it,” he said.
He’s grateful that he has been able to spend more than 25 years with the same organization. And it’s not by coincidence that he has remained with Hendrick Motorsports through multiple decades.
“We work for a great organization that (Hendrick Motorsports owner) Mr. (Rick) Hendrick founded,” he said. “We work hard – we’re expected to perform, there’s accountability, as there would be with all great companies. But I think one of the most important things is that we take care of our people around here, and that’s been a very appealing thing to me. If you come in and you do your job and as Mr. Hendrick says, show up, show up on time and show up with your game face on every day, the company has been very good to people who have participated in that.”
Along the way, the Hendrick Motorsports engine department has powered more than 400 wins and a total of 20 NASCAR national series championships, the most recent of which came last year with William Byron’s NASCAR Xfinity Series title.
“That number speaks very loudly to me about the people that have been involved in the engine department, both past and present,” Andrews said. “I consider myself a very, very small part of that. There are a lot of great people that make all that happen.”
Hear more from Andrews in the full #MorningsWith interview below.