# Roger Hamby

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 19,199.8 miles or 30,899.1 kilometres 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.
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. 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.
Most of Hamby's career was spent as a driver-owner in the No. 17 Chevrolet sponsored by King's Inn Daytona. 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. 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

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 | NWCC | Pts |
| 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 19 | CLT | CAR | ATL 31 | ONT | | NA | 0 |
| 1978 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | RSD DNQ | DAY 15 | RCH 25 | CAR 27 | ATL 37 | | DAR 13 | NWS 23 | MAR 14 | TAL 19 | DOV 31 | CLT | NSV 23 | RSD | | | NSV 17 | POC 27 | TAL 36 | MCH 30 | BRI 10 | DAR 19 | RCH 10 | DOV 18 | MAR 24 | NWS 12 | CLT 18 | CAR 26 | ATL 11 | ONT 12 | | 21st | 2617 |
| 1978 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Olds | | | | | | BRI 17 | | | | | | | | | MCH 27 | DAY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 2617 |
| 1979 | Hamby Motorsports | 0 | Olds | RSD | DAY DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 1231 |
| 1979 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | | | CAR 21 | RCH 30 | ATL 26 | NWS 19 | | | | TAL DNQ | NSV | DOV | CLT | TWS | RSD | MCH 29 | | | | | | | | | DOV 17 | MAR 19 | CLT | NWS 12 | CAR | ATL | ONT | 31st | 1231 |
| 1979 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Olds | | | | | | | BRI 14 | DAR 32 | MAR | | | | | | | | DAY 26 | NSV 13 | POC 38 | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 1231 |
| 1980 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | RSD | DAY QL$^†$ | RCH 16 | CAR 18 | ATL 34 | BRI 18 | DAR 16 | NWS 25 | MAR | TAL 17 | NSV 23 | DOV 13 | CLT | TWS 22 | RSD 23 | MCH 21 | DAY 27 | NSV 15 | POC 24 | TAL 22 | MCH 30 | BRI 16 | DAR 35 | RCH 16 | DOV 20 | NWS 22 | MAR 14 | CLT 28 | CAR 17 | ATL 12 | ONT | 20th | 2606 |
| 1981 | Hamby Motorsports | 17 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | TWS 27 | RSD | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | RSD | 90th | 82 |
| $^†$ – Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 1978 | Hamby Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30 | 15 |
| 1979 | Hamby Motorsports | Oldsmobile | DNQ | DNQ |
| 1980 | Hamby Motorsports | Chevrolet | QL$^†$ | QL$^†$ |
| $^†$ - Qualified but replaced by Don Whittington |||||