Daniel Brian Hemric (born January 27, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
19 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No.
Following one Cup season, he lost his ride with RCR and joined JR Motorsports for a part-time Xfinity schedule.
[1] A native of Kannapolis, North Carolina,[2] Hemric began his career at the age of five, competing in go-kart racing at the 1/5-mile Concord Speedway, winning 11 races and a track championship at the North Carolina facility before moving up to Bandolero car five years later.
[9] In October 2013, Hemric made his debut in NASCAR national series competition at Martinsville Speedway, driving the No.
[11] On November 2, he finished second in the 29th annual All American 400 late model race to Chase Elliott, winning the 2013 Southern Super Series championship by one point over Bubba Pollard.
In 2015, Hemric announced that he would compete full-time for the first time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with NTS Motorsports.
14 California Clean Power Chevrolet Silverado and competed for the 2015 NASCAR Rookie of the Year title.
[14] Hemric earned a best finish of fourth (Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and ran as high as fifth in the NCWTS Driver Point Standings, ultimately finishing the season seventh in the championship standings.
In 2018, Hemric made a return to the Truck Series, running a one-off race for Young's Motorsports at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he started 16th and finished 21st.
19 Chevrolet for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, replacing Christian Eckes, who is moving up to the Xfinity Series to drive the No.
Hemric ran the full Xfinity Series schedule and competed for Rookie of the Year, driving the No.
[19] Hemric made his Xfinity debut at the 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona, which is where he finished 31st after being caught up in an early crash.
At Mid-Ohio, Hemric would run in the top 5 for most of the day, bringing home an impressive and career-best 2nd-place finish.
In the playoffs, Hemric advanced to the Championship Round at Homestead as the lone non-JR Motorsports driver.
[20] Despite starting the race strong, he was eventually plagued by battery issues that dropped him 12 laps behind the leader.
On November 6, Hemric used a last lap, overtime pass of Cindric at the season finale at Phoenix Raceway to not only win the first race of his NASCAR career, but also the 2021 Xfinity Series title.
Hemric's ten runner-up finishes prior to earning his first win tie him with Dale Jarrett for the most in Xfinity Series history.
31 Chevrolet in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, competing for 2019 Rookie of the Year honors.
Hemric was still at the track after the previous day's Xfinity Series race and was able to be fitted into Gibbs' car seat.
[44] On July 28, 2015, Hemric announced his engagement to K&N Pro Series East driver Kenzie Ruston.
The annual scholarship will grant financial aid to one qualifying student in the field of motorsports, welding, or mechanical engineering.
* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.
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