16 Facts About Joey Hand

Joseph Alan Hand was born on February 10,1979 and is an American professional racing driver who competes in sports car racing as a Ford factory driver.

Joey Hand began his career in kart racing, starting at the age of 12.

Joey Hand has raced sporadically in the American LeMans Series; in 2006, Joey Hand was involved in a spectacular end-over-end crash at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, while in 2009, he won the first pole position for a BMW in eight years in the ALMS at Road America.

Also in 2011, Joey Hand competed full-time at the Grand-Am Sports Car Challenge for Turner, resulting in runner-up with Michael Marsal as a teammate.

Joey Hand returned to BMW Rahal for the 2012 American Le mans Series season.

Joey Hand again won the GT class at the 12 Hours of Sebring and took three podiums out of seven appearances.

In 2016, Joey Hand joined the Ford factory program for the IMSA 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Joey Hand was reunited with teammate Dirk Muller, while Sebastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races including Le Mans.

On October 5,2021, Rick Ware Racing announced that Joey Hand would make his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval driving the No 52.

In 2022, Joey Hand drove in all six of the Cup Series road course races driving for Rick Ware in the No 15.

On June 12,2024, it was announced that Joey Hand would be driving the No 60 car for RFK Racing in the Chicago Street race.

Joey Hand won the second stage in that race for his first career stage win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Joey Hand led 7 laps and almost won the race entirely before being passed by eventual race winner Alex Bowman, after which Joey Hand fell back to fourth.

On December 15,2011, Joey Hand was announced as one of BMW's factory drivers for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, which saw him compete in the entire 2012 championship, alongside a limited-season American Le Mans Series campaign with BMW Team RLL.

Joey Hand was the first American to have a full-season factory contract in the series since its inception in 1984.

Joey Hand did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.