Kevin Hamlin

Kevin Hamlin

Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Kevin Hamlin
Birthdate = Birth date and age|1979|6|22|mf=y
Birthplace = Snohomish, Washington
Spouse: Mandi Children: Grace Christine Busch_Car_Team = #42 - Chip Ganassi Racing
First_Busch_Race = 2005 ITT Industries, Systems Division and Goulds Pumps Salute to the Troops 250 presented by Dodge (Pikes Peak)
Best_Busch_Pos = 45th (2005)
Busch_Wins = 0
Busch_Top_Tens = 2
Busch_Poles = 0
First_Truck_Race = 2005 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
Best_Truck_Pos = 38th (2007)
Truck_Wins = 0
Truck_Top_Tens = 1
Truck_Poles = 0

Kevin Hamlin (born June 22, 1979 in Snohomish, Washington) is an American racecar driver who has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series divisions. He is currently a development driver for Chip Ganassi Racing.

General Info

Starting at Pikes Peak in 2005, he piloted the #4 Geico Dodge for the Biagi Brothers Racing team, scoring several top fifteen finishes, and was rumored to be in the car full time for the 2006 season, but was released in late November 2005, replaced by Mark Green when team owner Fred Biagi declined to renew his relationship with Chip Ganassi Racing. He remains under a driver development program contract with Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2006, he filled in for teammate Reed Sorenson in 5 non-companion Nextel Cup/Busch Series events, practicing and qualifying Reed's #41 Busch car which resulted in two top 5 finishes and three top 10 finishes for Sorenson.

Hamlin's driving career starting in the Pacific Northwest at the age of 3, racing dirt ovals on a 50cc 3-wheeler. By the age of 6, he had moved up to Quarter Midgets where he won 8 regional and 1 national championship. At age 14, his family purchased a late model to pursue Kevin's career. In 1996 Hamlin began racing at the Super Stock division at Evergreen Speedway becoming the youngest winner in the division caption three feature victories in 1997.

In 1998 Hamlin moved up to the NASCAR Northwest Series, where in 103 career starts he captured 11 wins, 41 top 5 and 62 top 10 finishes. He was also crowned the 2001 and 2002 Northwest Series Champion and also was named the 2001 and 2003 Most Popular Driver. Hamlin owns NASCAR Northwest Series records for the youngest ever race winner at 19 years 11 months, youngest ever champion at 21 years 6 months and most consecutive laps led at 275 spanning over 3 races.

2006 Season

In 2006, Hamlin ran Daytona in the Craftsman Truck Series driving the #04 Dodge Hemi Dodge for Bobby Hamilton Racing. He also drove the #4 Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge in the Daytona Winn-Dixie 250, due to Biagi's driver Auggie Vidovich not having superspeedway clearance. Hamlin also practiced and qualified the #41 Ganassi Busch car for several races that Sorenson couldn't attend due to schedule conflicts with the Cup Series events.

2007 Season

In early 2007, it was announced that Hamlin and Nextel Cup rookie Juan Pablo Montoya would split time driving the #42 Texaco Havoline Dodge for Ganassi in the Busch Series. During the Gateway 250, Hamlin earned his first career top 10 finish, a 7th, despite a spin caused by Carl Edwards near the later stages of the race. The next week he followed up with a solid 8th place finish at the Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. It was announced later the next week that the #42 Busch team would be shutting down, effectively ending Kevin's season. However, Ganassi said that he would keep Hamlin in the car for the following two races at Michigan and Bristol, but the week after the Michigan race, David Stremme was slated to drive the car at Brisol due to a last minute sponsor change. As of August 21, it is unknown if Hamlin will race again in 2007 but has re-signed for the 2008 season.

He and his wife Mandi welcomed their first child on November 12th, 2007 at Northeast Medical Center in Concord, NC. Daughter, Grace Christine, was born at 3:37 pm and weighed in at 7 lbs, 14 oz.

External links

* [http://www.kevinhamlin.com Kevin Hamlin's website]
* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=hamlike01 Driver's statistics at racing-reference.info]


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