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Roger Hamby

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Roger Hamby
Born (1943-07-02) July 2, 1943 (age 81)
Ferguson, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
68 races run over 5 years
Best finish20th – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
First race1977 Wilkes 400 (North Wilkesboro Speedway)
Last race1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 (Texas World Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0

Roger Hamby (born July 2, 1943, in Ferguson, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and NASCAR team owner whose career spanned from 1977 to 1981. He was one of the runners-up for the 1978 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and has employed fellow NASCAR drivers Mark Martin, Lake Speed, and Sterling Marlin as a NASCAR team owner during the late 1980s. Now owns “Hambys Muffler” in Wilkesboro.

Career

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Hamby drove 19,199.8 miles or 30,899.1 kilometres in his NASCAR Winston Cup Series career. His average start was 24th place, and his average finish was 21st.[citation needed] He formally competed in 18,446 laps of NASCAR racing, earning a lifetime total of $118,823. Hamby's top-ten finishes came at the 1978 Volunteer 400 and the 1978 Capital City 400. [1]

He was most successful at the Ontario Motor Speedway, with an average finish of 12th place, and least successful at the Pocono Raceway, where he averaged 30th. He performed best on short tracks. On tri-oval intermediate tracks he averaged 25th place.[2] Before racing in the Winston Cup Series, Hamby competed in the NASCAR Dash Series. His final Dash Series race took place on February 15, 1980.[3]

Most of Hamby's career was spent as a driver-owner in the No. 17 Chevrolet sponsored by King's Inn Daytona.[clarification needed][4] One of his vehicles was involved in a major crash in the 1979 Gabriel 400 when Steve Pfeiffer (replacing Hamby during the race in the No. 17 Chevrolet Impala) injured some spectators after a routine green flag pit stop went awry.[5] As Hamby started the vehicle and made the substitution during the middle of the race, he got credit for the finish, not Pfeiffer.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston 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 NWCC Pts Ref
1977 Hamby Motorsports 17 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS
19
CLT CAR ATL
31
ONT NA 0 [6]
1978 RSD
DNQ
DAY
15
RCH
25
CAR
27
ATL
37
DAR
13
NWS
23
MAR
14
TAL
19
DOV
31
CLT NSV
23
RSD NSV
17
POC
27
TAL
36
MCH
30
BRI
10
DAR
19
RCH
10
DOV
18
MAR
24
NWS
12
CLT
18
CAR
26
ATL
11
ONT
12
21st 2617 [7]
Olds BRI
17
MCH
27
DAY
1979 0 RSD DAY
DNQ
31st 1231 [8]
17 Chevy CAR
21
RCH
30
ATL
26
NWS
19
TAL
DNQ
NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH
29
DOV
17
MAR
19
CLT NWS
12
CAR ATL ONT
Olds BRI
14
DAR
32
MAR DAY
26
NSV
13
POC
38
TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH
1980 Chevy RSD DAY
QL
RCH
16
CAR
18
ATL
34
BRI
18
DAR
16
NWS
25
MAR TAL
17
NSV
23
DOV
13
CLT TWS
22
RSD
23
MCH
21
DAY
27
NSV
15
POC
24
TAL
22
MCH
30
BRI
16
DAR
35
RCH
16
DOV
20
NWS
22
MAR
14
CLT
28
CAR
17
ATL
12
ONT 20th 2606 [9]
1981 RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS
27
RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 90th 82 [10]
– Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1978 Hamby Motorsports Chevrolet 30 15
1979 Oldsmobile DNQ
1980 Chevrolet QL
- Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington

References

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  1. ^ "Roger Hamby's career statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  2. ^ "Roger Hamby NASCAR Statistics". Driver Averages. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  3. ^ "Roger Hamby". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  4. ^ "Roger Hamby - #17 Kings Inn Daytona". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  5. ^ "Baker Garners Gabriel 400". The Hour. 1979-06-18. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  6. ^ "Roger Hamby – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "Roger Hamby – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Roger Hamby – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "Roger Hamby – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "Roger Hamby – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
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