Ryan: Triumph through tragedy, forever intertwined in Hendrick Motorsports DNA

Hendrick Motorsports has met the moment through overwhelming adversity and withering tragedy for four decades, and Jon Edwards was an unheralded rock of support during many devastating times.The team‘s director of communications, whose death was announced last Thursday, joined Hendrick in 1994 just before Jeff Gordon began his run of four championships in seven seasons. Edwards was the point person on the No. 24 Chevrolet, but he also was hugely instrumental in helping guide Hendrick throu