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Bobby Hamilton


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Bobby Hamilton
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Born: 29 May 1957
Died: 7 January 2007
Hometown:  Nashville, Tennessee, USA

A former NASCAR driver and father of driver Bobby Hamilton Jr..

His accomplishments include:
2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Bobby Hamilton page on 18 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Charles Robert "Bobby" Hamilton Sr. 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 (now Camping World Truck Series) championship, Hamilton owned Bobby Hamilton Racing. Hamilton's son, Bobby Hamilton Jr., was also a NASCAR driver.

Hamilton may be best remembered for two of his Winston Cup 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.


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Bobby Hamilton at the 1997 Pocono 500 1997 Pocono 500
Did good enough in the series to get 4 wins. Great in the Craftsman Truck Series as well. R.I.P.
Photo by Mike Traverse
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Bobby Hamilton HSCRS Bobby Hamilton Car at the 2007 HSCRS San Jose Grand Prix
Photo by Allan Hack
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Bobby Hamilton 2002 Inside Traxx Jo Dee Messina Inside Traxx/Jo Dee Messina Show Car at the 2002 Tropicana 400
Photo ©2002 Heidi Walczak
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Article Index

DateArticleAuthor/Source
18 February 2005NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Florida Dodge Dealers 250Bobby Hamilton


Merchandise

Type & Item #NameDetails
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 68Bobby Hamilton#68 Country Time Pontiac
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 99Rookie of the YearBobby Hamilton #68 Country Time Pontiac
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC13Bobby Hamilton#43 STP Pontiac Grand Prix
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC62Screamin' Steel: Bobby Hamilton STP#43 STP Pontiac Grand Prix
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC98Changin' Gears: Bobby Hamilton#43 STP Pontiac Grand Prix
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC1341995 Award Winners: Bobby Hamilton (Sears DieHard Racer)#43 STP Pontiac Grand Prix
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC150Role Models: Bobby HamiltonDarrell Waltrip





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