Got this off AOL news guys. A sad day for Nascar fans. Hendrick Plane Carrying 10 Crashes Near Martinsville Funeral Home Director Says Hendrick Family Members Among Dead MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 24) -- A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed on its way to a NASCAR race Sunday and all 10 aboard were killed, federal officials said. Eight passengers and two pilots died in the crash, a spokesman with the National Transportation Safety Board said. A spokesman for a funeral home where the bodies were being taken said the dead included four relatives of team owner Rick Hendrick -- his son, his brother and twin nieces. Harry Litten, manager of Moody Funeral Service in Stuart, said the state police had given him this list of those on the Beech 200: Ricky Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's son and also a retired NASCAR driver; John Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's brother and president of the organization; Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John Hendrick's twin daughters; Joe Jackson; Jeff Turner; Randy Dorton, the team's chief engine builder; Scott Latham, a pilot for NASCAR driver Tony Stewart; and pilots Dick Tracy and Liz Morrison. Keith Holloway, a spokesman for the NTSB, said investigators were on their way to the crash site but could not begin their examination until Monday. A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administation, Arlene Murray, said the plane took off from Concord, N.C., and crashed in the Bull Mountain area about seven miles west of Martinsville's Blue Ridge Regional Airport at about 12:30 p.m. The weather in the area was overcast with a low cloud ceiling at the time of the crash, according to Jan Jackson of the National Weather Service in Blacksburg. Murray said the pilot was flying by instrument flight rules, which is the usual practice in bad weather. Virginia State Police Sgt. Michael Bailey said rescue workers could not immediately reach the crash site because of the rough terrain. However, rescue crews later called the funeral home from the site, Litten said. NASCAR has spoken with Rick Hendrick, NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said, adding that neither NASCAR nor the Hendrick organization would have further comment Sunday night. Hendrick owns the teams of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte and Brian Vickers in the Nextel Cup Series. Johnson won Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway. NASCAR learned of the plane's disappearance during the race and withheld the information from the Hendrick drivers until afterward, Hunter said. All the Hendrick drivers were summoned to the NASCAR hauler immediately after the race and Johnson was excused from Victory Lane. Hendrick has been on a season-long celebration of its 20th anniversary in NASCAR's top series. The organization has won five of the series' top titles, three truck series titles, and one Busch series crown. The team has over 100 Cup series wins, making Hendrick just the second team owner in NASCAR's modern era to surpass that mark. Hendrick employs more than 400 workers at the Charlotte-based Motorsports compound, which includes race shops and a 15,000-square-foot museum and team store. He recently began grooming his son, Ricky, for a larger role with the company. Ricky began his career driving a Busch car for his father, but retired in 2002 because of a shoulder injury suffered in a racing accident. His father then made him the owner of the Busch car Vickers drove to the series championship last season, and Kyle Busch currently pilots. The main sign outside the facility was covered with a gray tarp, and the gates were barricaded by deputies who allowed only employees through. Some of the operation's 460 employees began gathering in small groups in the parking lot. They headed inside the building at about 7 p.m., remaining for about 90 minutes. The first bouquet of flowers was dropped outside the offices at about 5 p.m. Several accumulated over the next couple of hours, placed on shrubbery below a sign denoting "Papa Joe Hendrick Boulevard," which leads into the compound. One was left by Donnie Floyd, who said he works on the team of Hendrick driver Terry Labonte. "It's just very tough," he said. "We are like one big family. "When you think about what the Hendrick family has gone through, it's been very difficult. I couldn't think of anyone who would be better to work for." Joe McGovern, a self-described racing fan from nearby Concord who said he knows the family, drove by to pay his respects. "It's just devastating," he said. "This was just a great racing team and they are also such nice people."