[3] At the Beijing National Stadium round, Hamilton won the race, but did not take the joker lane and was disqualified.

[8] He also planned to race for that year's SST championship, but a ramp landing in the season opener at the Grand Prix of Long Beach caused him to reaggravate a T4 spinal fracture that he suffered in a sprint car crash in 2017.

[9] In 2023, Davey Hamilton, Jr. won his first career USAC Silver Crown race at Gateway in St. Louis, Missouri with Legacy Autosport.

In 2023, Hamilton promoted the inaugural Open Wheel Showdown at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway[10] The $50,000 to win Winged Sprint Car race was the highest paying of all-time for the discipline and also included Midgets and Super Modifieds competing.

[11] In February 2019, Hamilton was arrested in Florida on charges of false imprisonment and aggravated assault after breaking into his ex-girlfriend's hotel room and holding her at knife-point.

While his driving career was on hiatus, he started a series of businesses and became an ambassador for the Brian Hamilton Foundation, which helps those with criminal records become entrepreneurs.

1 Although Hamilton led the most laps, his disqualification resulted in the bonus points being awarded to Bill Hynes.