Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Charles Robert Hamilton Jr. (born January 8, 1978) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

When he was 15 years old, he found a Ford Pinto in his driveway as a gift from his father (2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Bobby Hamilton).

33 Oakwood Homes Chevy for Andy Petree Racing as a teammate to his father, filling in for the injured Joe Nemechek.

He had his statistically career-best season in 2003, where he won four Busch Series races and finished fourth in the final standings.

He also partnered with Rensi to run some races at the Winston Cup level, his best finish being a 14th at Kansas Speedway in the No.

He was given the full-time ride for 2005, but struggled immensely, failing to qualify three times and not finishing any higher than 11th.

After driving two events in equipment leased from Front Row Motorsports, Hamilton was let go from PPI at the end of the season.

08 team owned by Green Light Racing, and running with Corky's Ribs and BBQ sponsorship.

After three races, it was announced that his father had been diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and Hamilton was deemed his replacement in the No.

He won the pole in his first race in the truck, but only mustered a 16th-place finish in points, as well as dealing with conflicts within the family-run organization.

In 2007, Hamilton returned to the Busch Series and Team Rensi, this time driving the #35 McDonald's Ford.

After his #35 team folded in 2008, he moved back to the #25 car with Smithfield Foods sponsoring for thirty races.

He also purchased a small portion of the Sadler Brothers team for whom he had begun his career, allowing them to run a limited schedule in the Nationwide and ARCA RE/MAX Series.

The #25 team lacked the sponsorship to run Hamilton, and he subsequently drove Randy MacDonald's #81 Dodge for a limited schedule.

After two years away from major-league racing, Hamilton returned to the track in 2014, signing with Carter 2 Motorsports to drive the team's No.

In 2016 Bobby started Hamilton-Hughes Racing, with none of the three cars entered at Daytona making the field.

Most recently Bobby is facing lawsuits from multiple drivers and the team has been evicted from its Russellville, KY shop.

[10] Hamilton had declared bankruptcy that January,[11] and the Highland Rim track was sold at public auction in February.