Roger Hamby
Career
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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 at Bristol and the 1978 Capital City 400 at Richmond.{{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}} |
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 at Bristol and the 1978 Capital City 400 at Richmond.{{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}} |
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Hamby was most successful at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]], with an average finish of twelfth place, and least successful at the [[Pocono Raceway]], where he averaged thirtieth. 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}} |
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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. |
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. |
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