Roger Hamby Explained

Roger Hamby
Birth Date:	2 July 1943
Birth Place:	Ferguson, North Carolina
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)
Last Cup Race:	1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 (Texas World Speedway)
Years In Cup:	5
Total Cup Races:	68

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

Hamby drove 19199.8miles in his NASCAR Winston Cup Series career. His average start was 24th place, and his average finish was 21st. 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.^[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

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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		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	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		NA	0	^[6]
1978			Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL		DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	NSV	RSD			NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		21st	2617	^[7]
1978			Olds						BRI									MCH	DAY																21st	2617	^[7]
1979		0	Olds	RSD	DAY																														31st	1231	^[8]
		17	Chevy			CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS				TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH									DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT
			Olds							BRI	DAR	MAR								DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH
1980			Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT	20th	2606	^[9]
1981			Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	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	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"	15
1979		Oldsmobile	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ
1980		Chevrolet	QL^†
^† - Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington

Notes and References

Web site: Roger Hamby's career statistics . Racing Reference . 2013-05-25.
Web site: Roger Hamby NASCAR Statistics . Driver Averages . 2013-05-25.
Web site: Roger Hamby . Ultimate Racing History . 2013-05-25.
Web site: Roger Hamby - #17 Kings Inn Daytona . Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet . 2013-05-25.
Web site: Baker Garners Gabriel 400 . The Hour . 1979-06-18 . 2013-05-25.
Web site: Roger Hamby – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 23, 2024.
Web site: Roger Hamby – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 23, 2024.
Web site: Roger Hamby – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 23, 2024.
Web site: Roger Hamby – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 23, 2024.
Web site: Roger Hamby – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 23, 2024.