1. Kevin Hamlin was born on June 22,1979 and is an American professional stock car racing driver who has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series divisions.
16 Facts About Kevin Hamlin
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Kevin Hamlin currently is a spotter for Alex Bowman in the NASCAR Cup Series.
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Kevin Hamlin is not related to former Richard Childress Racing crew chief Kevin Hamlin or current NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.
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Kevin Hamlin remains under a driver development program contract with Chip Ganassi Racing.
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In 1996 Kevin Hamlin began racing at the Super Stock division at Evergreen Speedway becoming the youngest winner in the division capturing three feature victories in 1997.
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In 1998 Kevin Hamlin moved up to the NASCAR Northwest Series, where in 103 career starts he captured 11 wins, 41 top 5 and 62 top 10 finishes.
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Kevin Hamlin was crowned the 2001 and 2002 Northwest Series Champion and was named the 2001 and 2003 Most Popular Driver.
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Kevin Hamlin owns NASCAR Northwest Series records for the youngest ever race winner at 19 years 11 months, youngest ever champion at 21 years 6 months and most consecutive laps led at 275 spanning over 3 races.
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In 2006, Kevin Hamlin ran Daytona in the Craftsman Truck Series driving the No 04 Dodge Hemi Dodge for Bobby Hamilton Racing.
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Kevin Hamlin drove the No 4 Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge in the Daytona Winn-Dixie 250, due to Biagi's driver Auggie Vidovich not having superspeedway clearance.
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Kevin Hamlin practiced and qualified the No 41 Ganassi Busch car for several races that Sorenson could not attend due to schedule conflicts with the Cup Series events.
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Kevin Hamlin ran three Nationwide races in 2008 for Pat MacDonald.
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Kevin Hamlin finished 24th at Fontana, 21st in Dover, and crashed at Memphis.
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In 2009, Kevin Hamlin ran a limited Nationwide schedule for a number of teams.
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Kevin Hamlin started 2012 as the spotter for Ty Dillon in the Camping World Truck Series and occasionally for Brendan Gaughan in the Nationwide series.
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Kevin Hamlin was a spotter for Change Racing in the 2016 and 2017 24 Hours of Daytona.