Ryan Hemphill
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Ryan Hemphill | |||||||
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Born | Apollo, Pennsylvania | December 30, 1981||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
11 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 54th (2005) | ||||||
First race | 2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 SBC 250 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 35th (2002) | ||||||
First race | 2002 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 (Memphis) | ||||||
Last race | 2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||
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Ryan Hemphill (born December 30, 1981) is a former NASCAR driver from Apollo, Pennsylvania.
Racing career[]
Hemphill, a second generation racer, started his racing career at the age of 12, when his father put him behind the wheel of a go-kart. He went on to race in go-carts both locally and nationally for a period of 3 years. During this span, Hemphill collected approximately 50 wins.
At the age of 15, Hemphill advanced to Legacy cars (three-quarter scale Nextel Cup cars), where he competed for 2 years and amassed 5 wins and 3 poles including winning the Blue-Grey Shootout at the Jennerstown Speedway(PA) and the Fireball Roberts Memorial at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway (NC).
In 1999, while a senior at Kiski Area High School (PA), Hemphill moved into Late Model competition locally at the Motordrome (PA) and Jennerstown (PA) Speedways. In impressive fashion Hemphill won the Rookie of the Year Award at both of these tracks. At the Motordrome Speedway, Hemphill garnered 20 top 10 finishes in 20 starts while finishing 2nd in the tight points battle, while at Jennerstown he finished a strong 6th in points.
The 2000 season saw Hemphill continue his maturation as a race car driver. He continued his participation at the Motordrome Speedway as he finished 3rd in the overall points and collected 3 wins, 17 top 5 and 10 top 10 finishes. Hemphillalso stepped up with his participation in 2 American Speed Association (ASA) events where he finished 12th in both. The year was capped off with his high school graduation and being named Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown (MD) Sportsman of the Year.
In 2001, Hemphill concentrated on gaining as much experience behind the wheel of a race car as possible. He limited his Motordrome Speedway schedule to 11 events where he won 5 times and earned 10 top 5 finishes. He expanded his ASA schedule and competed in 6 events with a season best 6th-place finish at the Chicago Motor Speedway. Hemphill also moved up to the NASCAR All-Pro Series and impressed many with his 3rd-place finish at Memphis Motorsports Park in his first race as well as a 4th-place finish in his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at the Milwaukee Mile. He was also selected as a member of the GM Vortec Power Team Professionals.
Hemphill made himself known in 2002 and 2003 driving in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for multiple owners, including Rick Ware, Bobby Hamilton, and Billy Ballew. In nine races, he scored one top ten.
Hemphill broke out in the 2004 ARCA season, scoring 6 wins and 10 top tens in eleven races, under the Chip Ganassi Racing driver development program. In 2005, Hemphill was promoted to the NASCAR Busch Series in the Biagi Brothers Racing Ganassi-assisted program, driving the No. 4 GEICO Dodge Charger. However, after eleven races, with only mediocre results, Hemphill was released from the car and from his Chip Ganassi Racing driver development program and finished last in the 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year standings.
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.)
Busch Series[]
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ref |
2005 | Biagi Brothers Racing | 4 | Dodge | DAY 36 |
CAL 27 |
MXC 17 |
LVS 29 |
ATL 30 |
NSH 31 |
BRI 33 |
TEX 41 |
PHO DNQ |
TAL DNQ |
DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH 12 |
KEN 28 |
MLW 33 |
DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 54th | 872 | [1] |
Craftsman Truck Series[]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2002 | Ware Racing Enterprises | 51 | Dodge | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | DOV | TEX | MEM 26 |
MLW 16 |
KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH | TEX | 35th | 624 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Hamilton Racing | 4 | Dodge | SBO 10 |
LVS 14 |
CAL | PHO 26 |
HOM 28 |
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2003 | Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Dodge | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH 20 |
BRI 28 |
RCH 15 |
NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 68th | 300 | [3] |
ARCA Re/Max Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
Braun Racing | 77 | Dodge | DAY 5 |
17th | 2780 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 15* |
SLM | 1* |
1 |
KAN 1* |
POC 7* |
MCH 33 |
BLN | KEN 1* |
1* |
1* |
LER | NSH 40 |
ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI 28 |
TAL 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Chevy | TOL 4 |
References[]
- ^ "Ryan Hemphill – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Ryan Hemphill – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Ryan Hemphill – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Ryan Hemphill – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
External links[]
- Ryan Hemphill driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- 1981 births
- American Speed Association drivers
- ARCA Menards Series drivers
- Living people
- NASCAR drivers
- People from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
- Racing drivers from Pennsylvania