Bobby Hamilton

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.

Bobby Hamilton
Hamilton in 1997
Born	Charles Robert Hamilton May 29, 1957 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	January 7, 2007 (aged 49) Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
Cause of death	Head and neck cancer
Achievements	2004 Craftsman Truck Series Champion
Awards	1991 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
371 races run over 15 years
Best finish	9th (1996)
First race	1989 Autoworks 500 (Phoenix)
Last race	2005 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 (Atlanta)
First win	1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Last win	2001 Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 67 5
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
86 races run over 12 years
Best finish	11th (1989, 1990)
First race	1988 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win	1989 Commonwealth 200 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 22 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
102 races run over 11 years
Best finish	1st (2004)
First race	1996 Hanes 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2006 John Deere 200 (Atlanta)
First win	2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville)
Last win	2005 UAW/GM Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Wins Top tens Poles 10 54 5

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 parents very young to illness. Hamilton quit school at the age of thirteen[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 the track championship in 1987. 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 his own No. 16 Chevrolet, finishing 14th. He competed in the next race at Rockingham and finished 20th. He drove full-time in 1989 driving the No. 8 Lighting & Fans-sponsored Buick for FILMAR Racing. He finished 11th in points and won 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, when he was promoted to Winston Cup full-time. He drove the No. 68 Country Time Lemonade-sponsored Oldsmobile for Tri-Star Motorsports, 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 Kendall Motor Oil-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 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 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

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 afterwards 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
	Moroso Racing	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	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	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	LAN 24	NSV 2	CLT 21	DOV 29	ROU 19	LVL 20	VOL 16	MYB 3	SBO 16	HCY 24	DUB 6	IRP 17	ROU 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	LAN 4	SBO 7	NZH 8	HCY 6	CLT 36	DOV 25	ROU 4	VOL 3	MYB 23	OXF 27	NHA 38	SBO 3	DUB 20	IRP 29	ROU 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	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP 25	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					96th	88
1992	Fred Turner Racing	48	Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP 25	ROU	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
	Day Enterprise Racing	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	Mac Martin Racing	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	Carroll Racing	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	Sadler Brothers Racing	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	Chuck Spicer Racing	48	Chevy	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR 31*	NWS 25	SON	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	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	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	PPR	I70	BRI	TEX	PIR	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*	PIR	GTY	MEM 29	PPR	EVG	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*	PPR	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	PPR	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

1. Fleischman, Bill; Al Pearce (1999). The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide 1998-99. Visible Ink Press. p. 115. ISBN 1-57859-111-2.
2. Tennessean.com
3. "Victory Lane in Memory Lane: Bobby Hamilton and Phoenix". SB Nation. February 23, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
4. "Memorable Moments: Phoenix". NASCAR. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
5. Smithson, Ryan (March 19, 2006). "Hamilton: I have cancer". NASCAR. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006.
6. Woody, Larry. Friends, drivers mourn death of Hamilton. The Tennessean. Retrieved January 7, 2007.

• Bobby Hamilton at racing-reference.info
• Even with cancer battle, Hamilton still has grit
• Hamilton Racing To Recovery

External links

• Official Website
• Bobby Hamilton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Bobby Hamilton at Find a Grave