Roger Hamby

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.

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 finish	20th – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
First race	1977 Wilkes 400 (North Wilkesboro Speedway)
Last race	1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 (Texas World Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0

Career

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

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

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

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1978	Hamby Motorsports	Chevrolet	30	15
1979		Oldsmobile	DNQ
1980		Chevrolet	QL†
† - Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington

References

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.

External links

• Roger Hamby driver statistics at Racing-Reference