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Roger Hamby

{{Short description|Racecar driver from North Carolina}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Roger Hamby

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|2}}

| birth_place = Ferguson, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| image =

| caption =

| death_cause =

| Best_Cup_Pos = 20th – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season

| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 2

| Cup_Poles = 0

| First_Cup_Race = 1977 Wilkes 400 (North Wilkesboro Speedway)

| First_Cup_Win =

| Last_Cup_Win =

| Last_Cup_Race = 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 (Texas World Speedway)

| awards =

| Years_In_Cup = 5

| Total_Cup_Races = 68

}}

Roger Hamby (born July 2, 1943, in Ferguson, North Carolina) is an American former 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

Hamby drove {{convert|19199.8|mi|km|disp=or}} in his NASCAR Winston Cup Series career. His average start was 24th place, and his average finish was 21st.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} 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.

{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Roger_Hamby |title=Roger Hamby's career statistics |publisher=Racing Reference |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/driver.php?drv_id=418 |title=Roger Hamby NASCAR Statistics |publisher=Driver Averages |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=7497 |title=Roger Hamby |publisher=Ultimate Racing History |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}}

Most of Hamby's career was spent as a driver-owner in the No. 17 Chevrolet sponsored by King's Inn Daytona.{{clarify|date=March 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/drivers/roger-hamby/2468 |title=Roger Hamby - #17 Kings Inn Daytona |publisher=Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19790618&id=QI80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=-G0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4884,3121885 |title=Baker Garners Gabriel 400 |publisher=The Hour |date=1979-06-18 |accessdate=2013-05-25}} 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1977

! rowspan=8| Hamby Motorsports

! rowspan=3| 17

! rowspan=2| 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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|19}}

| CLT

| CAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|31}}

| ONT

|

! NA

! 0

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hambyro01/1977/W/|title=Roger Hamby – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 23, 2024}}

rowspan=2| 1978

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RSD
{{small|DNQ}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|37}}

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
{{small|31}}

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|23}}

| RSD

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ONT
{{small|12}}

|

! rowspan=2| 21st

! rowspan=2| 2617

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hambyro01/1978/W/|title=Roger Hamby – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 23, 2024}}

rowspan=2| Olds

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|17}}

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|27}}

| DAY

| colspan=15|

rowspan=3| 1979

! 0

| RSD

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
{{small|DNQ}}

| colspan=29|

! rowspan=3| 31st

! rowspan=3| 1231

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hambyro01/1979/W/|title=Roger Hamby – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 23, 2024}}

rowspan=4| 17

! Chevy

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|19}}

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
{{small|DNQ}}

| NSV

| DOV

| CLT

| TWS

| RSD

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|29}}

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|19}}

| CLT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|12}}

| CAR

| ATL

| ONT

Olds

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|32}}

| MAR

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|38}}

| TAL

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| colspan=7|

1980

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| RSD

| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DAY
{{small|QL†}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
{{small|34}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|25}}

| MAR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|13}}

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|35}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|28}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|12}}

| ONT

! 20th

! 2606

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hambyro01/1980/W/|title=Roger Hamby – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 23, 2024}}

1981

| RSD

| DAY

| RCH

| CAR

| ATL

| BRI

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| DOV

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
{{small|27}}

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| NSV

| POC

| TAL

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| ATL

| RSD

! 90th

! 82

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/hambyro01/1981/W/|title=Roger Hamby – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=January 23, 2024}}

colspan=43|† – Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington

===Daytona 500===

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Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1978

| rowspan=3| Hamby Motorsports

| Chevrolet

|align=center| 30

|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15

1979

| Oldsmobile

|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

1980

| Chevrolet

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;"| QL†

colspan=5|† - Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Roger_Hamby}}

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Category:1943 births

Category:Living people

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:NASCAR team owners

Category:People from Wilkes County, North Carolina

Category:Racing drivers from North Carolina