Bobby Hamilton News

Hamilton Jr wins at NHIS:

Hamilton Jr wins at NHIS:

May 11, 2002
#25-Bobby Hamilton Jr won the race at New Hampshire, his first ever career BGN win. Hamilton Jr is the 2nd first time winner in 2002 (#10-Scott Riggs also), it is the 16th different winner in 16 BGN races at NHIS and Hamilton Jr is the 7th different BGN winners in

Hmiel wins pole at NHIS:

Hmiel wins pole at NHIS:

May 10, 2002
#47-Shane Hmiel won his 2nd 2002 pole, winning the pole for Saturday's Busch 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway with a lap of 129.406mph. #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. will line up second, #92-Todd Bodine third, #57-Jason Keller fourth and #7-Randy LaJoie fifth.

Hamilton in Video:

Hamilton in Video:

May 9, 2002
Hamilton in Video: #55-Bobby Hamilton, who owns the #'s. 4, 8 and 18 Dodge trucks, is expected to make a cameo appearance in country music singer Jo Dee Messina's music video for Dare To Dream, which will be shot at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tenn., formerly

McLaughlin closes out Lowes testing as fastest:

McLaughlin closes out Lowes testing as fastest:

May 8, 2002
#18-Mike McLaughlin's fastest lap came aboard the #18 MBNA Pontiac as 20 teams made final preparations for the May 25 CARQUEST Auto Parts 300. With mid-day track temperatures topping 135 degrees, the unofficial stopwatches caught McLaughlin at 174.193 mph in the Pontiac

Johnson fastest at Lowes on Tuesday:

Johnson fastest at Lowes on Tuesday:

May 8, 2002
Johnson fastest at Lowes on Tuesday: #48-Jimmie Johnson posted a lap at unofficial 181.512 mph in the Lowe's Home Improvement Chevy, claiming the top spot on the speed chart as 18 teams prepared for The Winston on May 18 and the May 26 Coca-Cola 600. Dave Blaney was

Hamilton Fastest in Lowes Testing:

Hamilton Fastest in Lowes Testing:

May 7, 2002
#25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. topped the unofficial speed charts Monday as testing shifted into high gear at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Hamilton led the speed parade among the 22 BGN teams preparing for the May 25 CARQUEST Auto Parts 300. Former Indy Car driver Roberto Guerrero

Rudd Fastest in Lowes Testing:

Rudd Fastest in Lowes Testing:

May 7, 2002
Rudd Fastest in Lowes Testing: #28-Ricky Rudd and BGN driver #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. topped the unofficial speed charts Monday as testing shifted into high gear at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Rudd was fastest among 17 NASCAR Winston Cup drivers preparing for the May 26 Coca

#25 to honor Mothers:

#25 to honor Mothers:

May 6, 2002
Bobby Hamilton, Jr., driver of the #25 Team Marines Ford Taurus, Team Rensi Motorsports and the United States Marine Corps will honor all the moms of America on Saturday, May 11, 2002, at the Busch 200 at New Hampshire International Raceway. To honor the special day

Elledge back at Andy Petree Racing:

Elledge back at Andy Petree Racing:

May 1, 2002
Elledge back at Andy Petree Racing: As the Schneider Electric Racing Team heads to Richmond International Raceway this weekend, they will welcome back Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge to lead the #55 team. Elledge returns after logging one top-10 finish in his brief stint

Short Track Wisconsin Racer to make BGN debut:

Short Track Wisconsin Racer to make BGN debut:

April 30, 2002
Lowell Bennett, one of the most accomplished short-track drivers in Wisconsin, winning FRRC titles in 1991 and 98 and was the Red, White and Blue champion at WIR in 1999. In addition to winning titles at Slinger Speedway in 1996, 2000 and last year, Bennett also won

Hamilton’s Qualifying lap no good UPDATE:

Hamilton’s Qualifying lap no good UPDATE:

April 20, 2002
#25 Bobby Hamilton Jr.'s qualifying speed for Saturday's BGN race at Talladega was disallowed after his #25 Ford was found to have shock absorbers that did not comply with NASCAR rules. The team had to use a provisional to get in the field and will start 37th. No fine

Sauter wins pole at Talladega:

Sauter wins pole at Talladega:

April 19, 2002
#2-Johnny Sauter won the pole for the Aarons 312 at Talladega with a speed of 188.764mph, more then a mph faster the the outside pole sitter, #59-Stacy Compton at 187.511. #87-Joe Nemechek was third, #21-Jay Sauter was 4th and #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr.was 5th. For Lineup

Riggs wins in his 7th start – ties record:

Riggs wins in his 7th start – ties record:

April 13, 2002
#10-Scott Riggs led only once for the final 47 laps Saturday as he got his first BGN victory in just his seventh start on the circuit at the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, tying a record for the quickest victory by a rookie. Johnny Rumley also won in his seventh

Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE:

Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE:

April 13, 2002
Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE: Ray Evernham, co-owner of Ultra/Evernham Motorsports, said he and co-owner Jim Smith have met with Jimmy Elledge about the crew chief position with driver Casey Atwood and the #7 Dodges and plan to meet again this weekend.

Happy Hour Practice

Happy Hour Practice

April 13, 2002
Happy Hour Practice at Martinsville is over. #20-Tony Stewart was the fastest at 93.061mph, 2nd fastest was #55-Bobby Hamilton at 92.783 and #40-Sterling Marlin at 92.642. Slowest were #90-Rick Mast at 91.135 and #14-Darrell Waltrip (subbing for Stacy Compton) at 90