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Davey Hamilton

Davey Hamilton (born June 13, 1962 in Nampa, Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, Idaho, United States. It is now the second largest in the state, passing the eastern Idaho cities of Idaho Falls, Idaho and Pocatello, Idaho in the late 1990s....
) is a race car driver in the Indy Racing League

Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the premier level of American Championship Car Racing. The championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART....
. He has made 50 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second 3 times. He placed second in series points in the 1996-1997 season

1996-1997 in IRL

The 1996-1997 Indy Racing League season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500. The 1996-97 season would ultimately comprise the events following the 1996 Indianapolis 500 in 1996, and all events contested in the calendar year of 1997....
and again in 1998.

Hamilton had been proficient in supermodified racing, as a frequent winner in various supermodified races, usually held in the northern areas of the United States.

etired from the cockpit in 2001 after a serious crash at Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
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Davey Hamilton (born June 13, 1962 in Nampa, Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

Indy Racing League

IndyCar Series

1996-1997 in IRL

Accident

He retired from the cockpit in 2001 after a serious crash at Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
. Hamilton has undergone 21 operations to reconstruct his feet. He began standing after five months, and spent one year in a wheelchair.

Life after retirement

Hamilton became the color commentator for Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network , is a radio syndication arrangement by which the Indianapolis 500, the Indy Racing League, the United States Grand Prix and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard are broadcast on radio stations covering most of North America....
broadcasts. He later began driving the 2-seater IndyCar, which gives rides to VIPs and celebrities at IndyCar Series races.

Hamilton partnered with the new American Speed Association

American Speed Association

The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, partnering with ASA owner Dennis Huth, to take over control of the popular Southwest Tour for 2007, shortly after NASCAR terminated the popular AutoZone Elite division, which includes the popular Southwest series. The Speedco Southwest Tour series uses the same cars as the former NASCAR-sanctioned series. Hamilton also owns his own racing team, "Davey Hamilton Apex Racing." This team consists of two winged sprint

Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt track racing or paved tracks....
drivers: his father Ken Hamilton and friend Mike Cullum. Also on the team is Davey's Son DJ who races Outlaw Karts and Go Karts. Mike's daughter Jenna rounds out the team and she drives Outlaw Karts. In 2008, Hamilton became a partner in a group that purchased Terre Haute Action Track

Terre Haute Action Track

Terre Haute Action Track is a half mile dirt track racing located at the Vigo County, Indiana fairgrounds on U.S. Route 41 along the south side of Terre Haute, Indiana....
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Return to racing

Hamilton returned to IndyCars for the 2007

2007 Indianapolis 500

The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J....
Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
, driving for Vision Racing

Vision Racing

Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....
. Qualifying 20th, Hamilton placed 9th after the race was ended early on lap 166 due to rain. For 2008, Hamilton has again signed with Vision Racing. He finished 14th in the 2008 Indianapolis 500

2008 Indianapolis 500

The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters....
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Career Results

Indycar

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1996	Foyt	WDW Ret	PHX Ret	IND 1996 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1996 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 1996. This was the first Indianapolis 500 run under the Indy Racing League, but still under United States Automobile Club sanction.... 12															9th	192
1996-1997 1996-1997 in IRL The 1996-1997 Indy Racing League season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500. The 1996-97 season would ultimately comprise the events following the 1996 Indianapolis 500 in 1996, and all events contested in the calendar year of 1997....	Foyt	NWH 5	LSV 11	WDW 7	PHX 3	IND 1997 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1997 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, scheduled for Sunday, May 25, delayed for rain until Monday, May 26. Laps 1-15 were completed Monday, but rain postponed the race again.... 6	TXS 3	PPIR 3	CHR Ret	NH2 Ret	LV2 7								2nd	272
1998	Nienhouse	WDW 3	PHX Ret	IND 1998 Indianapolis 500 The 1998 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1998. This, the 82nd running, was the first Indianapolis 500 fully sanctioned by the Indy Racing League after the IRL relied on the United States Auto Club to sanction the first two Indy 500's under the IRL banner.... 4	TXS 7	NWH 4	DOV 4	CHR 7	PPIR 5	ATL 2	TX2 9	LSV Ret							2nd	292
1999	Galles Galles Racing Galles Racing is a former auto racing team owned by Rick Galles that competed in the CART series and Indy Racing League, winning the 1990 CART Championship and 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr.....	WDW 8	PHX Ret	IND 1999 Indianapolis 500 The 1999 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 1999.... 11	TXS 7	PPIR 3	ATL 7	DOV Ret	PPI2 2	LSV Ret	TX2 2								4th	237
2000	TeamXtreme	WDW Ret	PHX Ret	LSV Ret	IND 2000 Indianapolis 500 The 2000 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 2000.... 20	TXS Ret	PPIR 14	ATL 15	KTY 16	TX2 Ret									23rd	98
2001	Schmidt Sam Schmidt Motorsports Sam Schmidt Motorsports is an auto racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Quadriplegia former driver Sam Schmidt that currently fields several full-time cars in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and a part-time effort in the IndyCar Series....	PHX 12	HMS 19	ATL Ret	IND 2001 Indianapolis 500 The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500.... Ret	TXS Ret	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					26th	54
2007	Vision Vision Racing Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....	HMS	STP	JPN	KAN	IND 2007 Indianapolis 500 The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J.... 9	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	24th*	22*
2008 2008 IndyCar Series season The 2008 IndyCar Series season was the 13th season of the series. Its premier event was the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on May 25. The first race was held March 29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway....	Vision Vision Racing Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....	HMS	STP	JPN	LBH	KAN	IND 2008 Indianapolis 500 The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters.... 14	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	36th	16

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
8	6	50	0	0	8	15	0	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1993 1993 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1993 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 1993.NOTE: Effective with the 1993 Indianapolis 500, a driver is no longer "Flagged" if he is a lapped car, and crosses the checkered flag....	Lola	Buick Buick Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....	Failed to Qualify		Senter Sculley
1995 1995 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1995 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 1995....	Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Indy Car....	Ford-Cosworth	Failed to Qualify		Hemelgarn Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 in IRL with driver Buddy Lazier....
1996 1996 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1996 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 1996. This was the first Indianapolis 500 run under the Indy Racing League, but still under United States Automobile Club sanction....	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	10th	12th	Foyt
1997 1997 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1997 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, scheduled for Sunday, May 25, delayed for rain until Monday, May 26. Laps 1-15 were completed Monday, but rain postponed the race again....	G-Force Panoz Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	8th	6th	Foyt
1998 1998 Indianapolis 500 The 1998 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1998. This, the 82nd running, was the first Indianapolis 500 fully sanctioned by the Indy Racing League after the IRL relied on the United States Auto Club to sanction the first two Indy 500's under the IRL banner....	G-Force Panoz Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	8th	4th	Nienhouse
1999 1999 Indianapolis 500 The 1999 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 1999....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	11th	11th	Galles Galles Racing Galles Racing is a former auto racing team owned by Rick Galles that competed in the CART series and Indy Racing League, winning the 1990 CART Championship and 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr.....
2000 2000 Indianapolis 500 The 2000 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 2000....	G-Force Panoz Panoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	28th	20th	TeamXtreme
2001 2001 Indianapolis 500 The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	26th	23rd	Schmidt Sam Schmidt Motorsports Sam Schmidt Motorsports is an auto racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Quadriplegia former driver Sam Schmidt that currently fields several full-time cars in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and a part-time effort in the IndyCar Series....
2007 2007 Indianapolis 500 The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	20th	9th	Vision Vision Racing Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....
2008 2008 Indianapolis 500 The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	18th	14th	Vision Vision Racing Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....

Davey Hamilton

Accident

Life after retirement

Return to racing

Career Results

Indycar

Indy 500 results

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