Bobby Hamilton

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Bobby Hamilton
Bobby Hamilton.jpg
Hamilton in 1997
BornCharles Robert Hamilton
(1957-05-29)May 29, 1957
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 2007(2007-01-07) (aged 49)
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
Cause of deathHead and neck cancer
Achievements2004 Craftsman Truck Series Champion
Awards1991 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
371 races run over 15 years
Best finish9th (1996)
First race1989 Autoworks 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2005 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (Atlanta)
First win1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last win2001 Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 67 5
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
86 races run over 12 years
Best finish11th (1989, 1990)
First race1988 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last race2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win1989 Commonwealth 200 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 22 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
102 races run over 11 years
Best finish1st (2004)
First race1996 Hanes 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2006 John Deere 200 (Atlanta)
First win2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville)
Last win2005 UAW/GM Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Wins Top tens Poles
10 54 5

Charles Robert Hamilton Sr. (May 29, 1957 – January 7, 2007) was an American stock car racing driver. A driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit and the winner of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, Hamilton owned Bobby Hamilton Racing. Hamilton's son, Bobby Hamilton Jr., is also a NASCAR driver.

Hamilton may be best remembered for two of his Winston Cup Series wins. His first career victory at the 1996 Dura Lube 500 at Phoenix was the first win for the No. 43 Petty car since Richard Petty's last win in 1984.[1] He also had a memorable win at the Talladega 500 in April 2001 driving the No. 55 car for owner Andy Petree. The entire 500-mile race was run caution-free and was under intense scrutiny from both NASCAR and the media at large, being the first superspeedway race run since the death of Dale Earnhardt at the 2001 Daytona 500 two months earlier. A physically and mentally exhausted Hamilton slumped to the ground after exiting his car and was given oxygen from a tank before giving the standard post-race Victory Lane interview while sitting on the ground, leaning against the drivers door.

Early life[]

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Hamilton lost his custodial parents to illness when he was thirteen years old (Grandfather Preacher Hamilton, car builder and crew chief for Marty Robbins at the old Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, and Grandmother Annie Mae Hamilton) who had raised him from early childhood. Hamilton quit school at the age of fourteen[2] and began his racing career at Nashville Speedway USA, now Fairgrounds Speedway, racing on the weekly circuit at the legendary track, where he won back to back Late Model Stock Car Championships in 1987 and 1988. In 1988 Hamilton won an unprecedented four races, in three different divisions, in one night, at Nashville Fairground Speedway. Hamilton began to be noticed within the NASCAR ranks after racing in a special four-car "Superstar Showdown" at Nashville in 1988 against Cup Series drivers Sterling Marlin, Darrell Waltrip, and Bill Elliott.

NASCAR career[]

Days of Thunder[]

Hamilton broke into the Winston Cup ranks in a very unusual way. He was asked to drive one of the "movie cars" for the 1990 film Days of Thunder, qualifying fifth in a movie car at the 1989 Autoworks 500 in Phoenix, in a car that was not intended to be competitive.[3] The car was the No. 51 Exxon-sponsored machine, portrayed in the movie as being driven by the character Rowdy Burns.

In 2006, Kyle Busch, at the time a driver for Hendrick Motorsports, which fielded the movie cars, drove a Billy Ballew Motorsports truck in the Craftsman Truck Series featuring a "throwback" paint scheme visually echoing Hamilton's car from that movie. It was raced at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2006, in support of Hamilton, who was undergoing cancer treatment. The name on top of the door on Busch's truck was listed by the nickname "Rowdy Busch" (clearly referencing the Rowdy Burns name on the original car), and won the event.

After Busch departed the team, BBM kept the paint scheme, uniform design, and No. 51 for their Truck Series campaign as the reverse number to their regular No. 15. After BBM closed its doors in 2011, Busch took the number to his own team Kyle Busch Motorsports and continues to run the "Rowdy" decal in races he is in the truck.

1988–1994[]

Hamilton made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series in 1988 at Charlotte Motor Speedway driving the No. 16 Filmar Racing Chevrolet, finishing 14th. He competed in the next race at Rockingham and finished 20th. He drove full-time in the Busch Series in 1989 driving the No. 8 -sponsored Buick for FILMAR Racing, finishing 11th in points, and winning his only career Busch race at Richmond International Raceway. He made his Winston Cup debut in a "Days of Thunder" car owned by Hendrick Motorsports. He led five laps but finished 32nd after an engine failure. He matched his 11th-place points finish in 1990 with Filmar Racing, when he was picked up by Tri-star Motorsports to run Winston Cup full-time beginning in 1991, driving the No. 68 Country Time Lemonade-sponsored Oldsmobile, posting four Top 10 finishes and narrowly defeating Ted Musgrave for Rookie of the Year.

In 1992, he had two Top 10s and finished 25th in points. He began 1993 with Tri-Star but was released early in the season. He spent the rest of the season in the Cup and Busch Series, posting two Top 10s for Akins-Sutton Motorsports. Hamilton also made five Busch Series starts in the No. 05 Key Motorsports Chevrolet. In 1994, he joined SABCO Racing to driving the No. 40 -sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. He had just one Top 10 finish and left at the end of the season.

1995–2002[]

Hamilton's 1997 Winston Cup car
Hamilton at Martinsville in 1997

For the 1995 season, Hamilton moved to Petty Enterprises to drive the No. 43 STP-sponsored Pontiac. He posted 10 Top 10s and moved up to 14th in the final standings. The next season, he finished a career-best ninth in the points standings and won his first race at Phoenix, the first for Petty Enterprises since 1983.[4] He also formed his own Craftsman Truck Series team and began competing in the series part-time. He won at Rockingham in 1997, but departed the team after falling to 16th in points.

He then signed with Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 1998 and in their eighth race together, he won from the pole, leading 378 of 500 laps at Martinsville Speedway. He ended the season, finishing 10th in the points. He had another ten Top 10 finish in 2000 and finished that season off 30th in points. He left for Andy Petree Racing to drive the No. 55 Square D-sponsored Chevy. He won his final Cup career race at Talladega and finished 18th in points. He posted three Top 10s in 2002 but suffered a broken shoulder late in the season, causing him to miss several races.

Although his Cup Series run in 2000 was not successful, he made history regardless as he joined Ken Schrader, Terry Labonte, and Mark Martin as one of the drivers to, at that point, win a race in each of NASCAR's Top 3 series when he won a Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville.

Craftsman Truck Series[]

Main article: Bobby Hamilton Racing

Due to the injury, as well as an unstable financial situation at Petree Racing, Hamilton left the Winston Cup Series for the Truck Series driving for his own team, taking the Square D sponsorship with him. Driving the No. 4 Dana Dodge Ram Hamilton picked up two wins in his first year on the circuit and finished sixth in points. The following season, he picked up four wins and clinched the championship, marking the first time since Alan Kulwicki's championship in 1992 that an owner-driver won a NASCAR championship. He switched to the No. 04 in 2005.

In 2005, he started his Truck series season with a bizarre finish. He led the final laps of the 2005 Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway when Jimmy Spencer got by with a few laps left and the white flag flew just before a crash occurred in turn 1. During the accident, Hamilton passed Spencer for the lead. Due to the scoring-loop rules, before the accident it was initially believed that Spencer won. Spencer drove to victory circle, but not long afterward it was determined that Hamilton won; Hamilton was at the final scoring loop as he was in the lead.

Hamilton later won at Mansfield and went on his way to another sixth-place points finish.

He drove the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge for three races in 2006, but was diagnosed with cancer and never raced again, with his son finishing out the season.

Illness and death[]

On March 17, 2006, Hamilton announced that he had been diagnosed with head and neck cancer.[5] He took part in the Craftsman Truck Series race that night, before starting therapy the following Monday.

Kyle Busch paid tribute to Hamilton two months later for the Truck race at Lowe's Motor Speedway by driving a truck painted to resemble the Rowdy Burns car in Days of Thunder, complete with the No. 51 and "Rowdy" decals, a tribute that Busch continues today in late model and truck racing.

Hamilton returned to the track for the race at Kentucky Speedway, overseeing his team's operations. Knowing he would not be well enough to drive in 2007, he hired Ken Schrader to drive his No. 18 Fastenal-sponsored Dodge for the full 2007 schedule while Hamilton continued his cancer treatment. Hamilton died on January 7, 2007, at his home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, with his family by his side.[6]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts
1989 Hendrick Motorsports 51 Chevy DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO
32 		ATL 89th 72
1990 Diamond Ridge Motorsports 68 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT
39 		DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 66th 168
Tri-Star Motorsports CLT
28 		CAR PHO ATL
40
1991 Olds DAY
10 		RCH
28 		CAR
21 		ATL
33 		DAR
20 		BRI
31 		MAR
DNQ 		TAL
12 		CLT
27 		DOV
11 		SON
22 		POC
35 		MCH
22 		DAY
28 		POC
11 		TAL
34 		GLN
29 		MCH
19 		BRI
13 		DAR
10 		RCH
12 		DOV
8 		MAR
17 		NWS
18 		CLT
29 		CAR
6 		PHO
13 		ATL
18 		22nd 2915
Pontiac NWS
21
1992 Olds DAY
32 		CAR
18 		RCH
31 		ATL
24 		DAR
23 		BRI
26 		NWS
27 		MAR
13 		TAL
20 		CLT
21 		DOV
18 		SON
34 		POC
17 		MCH
31 		POC
22 		GLN
22 		BRI
21 		25th 2787
Chevy DAY
33 		TAL
24
Ford MCH
15 		DAR
21 		RCH
32 		DOV
10 		MAR
28 		NWS
31 		CLT
15 		CAR
19 		PHO
8 		ATL
12
1993 DAY
27 		CAR
15 		RCH
22 		ATL
26 		DAR
23 		BRI
35 		NWS
29 		MAR
33 		TAL SON 37th 1348
Akins Motorsports 38 Ford CLT
DNQ 		DOV
10 		POC MCH POC
19 		TAL
DNQ 		GLN MCH
20 Ford DAY
17 		NHA BRI
33 		DAR
 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
37 		CAR PHO ATL
21
1994 SABCO Racing 40 Pontiac DAY
12 		CAR
38 		RCH
33 		ATL
19 		DAR
25 		BRI
9 		NWS
14 		MAR
13 		TAL
12 		SON
33 		CLT
17 		DOV
34 		POC
27 		MCH
41 		DAY
24 		NHA
40 		POC
23 		TAL
22 		IND
24 		GLN
34 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
28 		DAR
22 		RCH
34 		DOV
31 		MAR
13 		NWS
12 		CLT
19 		CAR
33 		PHO
11 		ATL
24 		23rd 2749
1995 Petty Enterprises 43 Pontiac DAY
18 		CAR
36 		RCH
9 		ATL
17 		DAR
9 		BRI
4 		NWS
13 		MAR
8 		TAL
15 		SON
14 		CLT
9 		DOV
24 		POC
15 		MCH
25 		DAY
40 		NHA
16 		POC
19 		TAL
21 		IND
11 		GLN
33 		MCH
8 		BRI
20 		DAR
14 		RCH
5 		DOV
2 		MAR
4 		NWS
16 		CLT
10 		CAR
30 		PHO
31 		ATL
25 		14th 3576
1996 DAY
20 		CAR
24 		RCH
6* 		ATL
16 		DAR
16 		BRI
32 		NWS
8 		MAR
6 		TAL
11 		SON
17 		CLT
31 		DOV
21 		POC
5 		MCH
15 		DAY
16 		NHA
20 		POC
39 		TAL
17 		IND
31 		GLN
38 		MCH
13 		BRI
10 		DAR
19 		RCH
7 		DOV
10 		MAR
3* 		NWS
8 		CLT
19 		CAR
28 		PHO
1 		ATL
6 		9th 3639
1997 DAY
15 		CAR
28 		RCH
5 		ATL
10 		DAR
37 		TEX
20 		BRI
13 		MAR
2 		SON
19 		TAL
31 		CLT
29 		DOV
17 		POC
39 		MCH
32 		CAL
23 		DAY
20 		NHA
31 		POC
32 		IND
20 		GLN
28 		MCH
26 		BRI
22 		DAR
20 		RCH
38 		NHA
3 		DOV
13 		MAR
3 		CLT
21 		TAL
20 		CAR
1 		PHO
3 		ATL
7 		16th 3450
1998 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
12 		CAR
9 		LVS
20 		ATL
21 		DAR
35 		BRI
18 		TEX
26 		MAR
1* 		TAL
30 		CAL
27 		CLT
20 		DOV
17 		RCH
16 		MCH
38 		POC
20 		SON
2 		NHA
15 		POC
20 		IND
20 		GLN
13 		MCH
20 		BRI
11 		NHA
34 		DAR
23 		RCH
6 		DOV
10 		MAR
14 		CLT
4 		TAL
15 		DAY
21 		PHO
21 		CAR
6 		ATL
6 		10th 3786
1999 DAY
29 		CAR
9 		LVS
24 		ATL
12 		DAR
7 		TEX
29 		BRI
18 		MAR
33 		TAL
31 		CAL
30 		RCH
4 		CLT
13 		DOV
21 		MCH
31 		POC
10 		SON
11 		DAY
8 		NHA
16 		POC
17 		IND
38 		GLN
22 		MCH
35 		BRI
41 		DAR
7 		RCH
7 		NHA
11 		DOV
30 		MAR
30 		CLT
22 		TAL
9 		CAR
10 		PHO
23 		HOM
25 		ATL
10 		13th 3564
2000 DAY
43 		CAR
40 		LVS
34 		ATL
13 		DAR
7 		BRI
15 		TEX
16 		MAR
18 		TAL
43 		CAL
18 		RCH
31 		CLT
34 		DOV
27 		MCH
43 		POC
40 		SON
16 		DAY
36 		NHA
22 		POC
39 		IND
40 		GLN
16 		MCH
14 		BRI
34 		DAR
22 		RCH
38 		NHA
35 		DOV
25 		MAR
35 		CLT
34 		TAL
36 		CAR
9 		PHO
43 		HOM
31 		ATL
16 		30th 2715
2001 Andy Petree Racing 55 Chevy DAY
8 		CAR
13 		LVS
30 		ATL
22 		DAR
9 		BRI
8 		TEX
18 		MAR
4* 		TAL
1 		CAL
36 		RCH
28 		CLT
24 		DOV
20 		MCH
22 		POC
33 		SON
15 		DAY
38 		CHI
30 		NHA
29 		POC
29 		IND
27 		GLN
36 		MCH
28 		BRI
23 		DAR
15 		RCH
13 		DOV
10 		KAN
15 		CLT
31 		MAR
13 		TAL
5 		PHO
36 		CAR
22 		HOM
39 		ATL
27 		NHA
29 		18th 3575
2002 DAY
32 		CAR
9 		LVS
43 		ATL
29 		DAR
13 		BRI
28 		TEX
31 		MAR
27 		TAL
22 		CAL
30 		RCH
17 		CLT
23 		DOV
9 		POC
27 		MCH
37 		SON
31 		DAY
16 		CHI
15 		NHA
26 		POC
19 		IND
23 		GLN
19 		MCH
23 		BRI
11 		DAR
23 		RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT
27 		MAR
25 		ATL
35 		CAR
38 		PHO
29 		HOM
10 		32nd 2832
2005 Bobby Hamilton Racing 04 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND
27 		GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT ATL
30 		TEX PHO HOM 60th 201
Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge MAR
39
Daytona 500[]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1991 Tri-Star Motorsports Oldsmobile 20 10
1992 22 32
1993 Ford 27 27
1994 SABCO Racing Pontiac 23 12
1995 Petty Enterprises Pontiac 25 18
1996 39 20
1997 39 15
1998 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 22 12
1999 16 29
2000 37 43
2001 Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 35 8
2002 32 32

Busch Series[]

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts
1988 Bobby Hamilton Racing 16 Chevy DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI NZH SBO NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
14 		CAR
20 		MAR 100th 0
1989 FILMAR Racing 8 Buick HCY
23 		DAR
24 		BRI
24 		NZH
20 		SBO
14
24 		NSV
2 		CLT
21 		DOV
29 		ROU
19 		LVL
20 		VOL
16 		MYB
3 		SBO
16 		HCY
24
6 		IRP
17
23 		DAR
27 		11th 3133
Olds BRI
24 		RCH
1 		DOV
24 		MAR
22 		CLT
17 		CAR
3 		MAR
8
1990 DAY
11 		RCH
9 		CAR
35 		MAR
5 		HCY
26 		DAR
12 		BRI
11
4
7 		NZH
8 		HCY
6 		CLT
36 		DOV
25 		ROU
4 		VOL
3 		MYB
23
27 		NHA
38 		SBO
3 		DUB
20 		IRP
29
6 		BRI
7 		DAR
21 		RCH
14 		DOV
5 		MAR
24 		CLT
5 		NHA
42 		CAR
34 		MAR
8 		11th 3616
1991 Tri-Star Motorsports 68 Olds DAY RCH CAR MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI NZH CLT DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN NHA SBO DUB IRP
25 		BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT NHA CAR MAR 96th 88
1992 48 Olds DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP
25 		MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 110th 88
1993 Akins-Sutton Motorsports 38 Ford DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY
23 		ROU MAR
31 		NZH CLT IRP
9 		MCH NHA BRI DAR 47th 594
Key Motorsports 05 Chevy DOV
29 		MYB GLN MLW TAL RCH
21 		DOV
32 		ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY
16 Chevy ATL
38
1995 Team SABCO 42 Pontiac DAY
36 		CAR RCH ATL NSV
15 		DAR BRI
21 		HCY NHA NZH CLT
DNQ 		DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL
37 		SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 57th 325
1996 Labonte Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM
24 		88th 91
1999 94 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH
28 		BRI DAR RCH 80th 276
80 DOV
15 		CLT
28 		CAR MEM PHO
DNQ 		HOM
DNQ
2001 08 Chevy DAY
42 		CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX 93rd 140
Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy NSH
20 		TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM
2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP
16 		MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 111th 115
2005 95 Dodge DAY
11 		CAL MXC LVS ATL
18 		NSH
6 		BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR
27 		RCH CLT DOV NSH
22 		KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 63rd 568

Craftsman Truck Series[]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NCTC Pts
1996 48 Chevy HOM PHO POR TUS CNS HPT BRI MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR
31* 		NWS
25 		MMR PHO LVS 86th 158
1997 Bobby Hamilton Racing 1 Chevy WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT
6 		IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH 61st 305
51 MAR
5 		SON MMR CAL PHO LVS
1998 40 WDW
34 		HOM PHO POR EVG GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL IRP NHA NSV HPT LVL 69th 186
1 RCH
34 		MEM GTY MAR
33 		SON MMR PHO LVS
1999 4 Dodge HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR
22 		MEM
21 		I70 BRI TEX GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA
22 		IRP GTY HPT RCH
31 		LVS LVL TEX 36th 539
04 CAL
4
2000 4 DAY
30 		HOM PHO MMR MAR
1* 		GTY MEM
29 		TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA
20 		NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH
10 		DOV TEX CAL 42nd 586
2001 DAY HOM
15* 		MMR MAR GTY DAR
1* 		DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA
25 		IRP
4 		NSH CIC NZH RCH
7 		SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 38th 707
2002 DAY DAR MAR GTY DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP
30 		NSH RCH
14 		TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 66th 194
2003 DAY
4 		DAR
1 		MMR
4 		MAR
5 		CLT
7 		DOV
2 		TEX
7 		MEM
7 		MLW
29 		KAN
16 		KEN
18 		GTW
14 		MCH
10 		IRP
3 		NSH
11 		BRI
12 		RCH
8 		NHA
3 		CAL
16 		LVS
10 		SBO
8 		TEX
10 		MAR
5 		PHO
5 		HOM
1* 		6th 3627
2004 DAY
11 		ATL
1 		MAR
31 		MFD
4 		CLT
10 		DOV
19 		TEX
7 		MEM
1 		MLW
6 		KAN
2 		KEN
1 		GTW
17 		MCH
5 		IRP
3 		NSH
1 		BRI
12 		RCH
26 		NHA
15 		LVS
5 		CAL
5 		TEX
3 		MAR
26 		PHO
7 		DAR
2 		HOM
16 		1st 3624
2005 04 DAY
1 		CAL
2 		ATL
3 		MAR
20 		GTY
6 		MFD
1* 		CLT
28 		DOV
21 		TEX
17 		MCH
3 		MLW
6 		KAN
12 		KEN
31 		MEM
6 		IRP
13 		NSH
9 		BRI
31 		RCH
24 		NHA
30 		LVS
5 		MAR
14 		ATL
7 		TEX
9 		PHO
17 		HOM
31 		6th 3164
2006 18 DAY
21 		CAL
23 		ATL
14 		MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 49th 315

International Race of Champions[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2005 Pontiac DAY
3 		TEX
5 		RCH
12 		ATL
10 		7th 34

References[]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Rob Moroso
 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
1991 		Succeeded by
Jimmy Hensley
Preceded by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2004 		Succeeded by
Ted Musgrave
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