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Bobby Hamilton dies at age 49
Topic Started: Jan 7 2007, 06:42 PM (175 Views)
Nascarfan977
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Bobby Hamilton dies at age 49: former Nextel Cup driver and 2004 Truck Series Champion Bobby Hamilton passed away today at age 49, according to his son, Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Hamilton, a former Fairgrounds [Nashville] Speedway champion, missed most of the 2006 season after being diagnosed with cancer.(Tennessean...more details Monday)(1-7-2007)

:( thats horrible i just don't know what to say
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C29Fan
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F*** YEAHH! HARVICK BITCH! WOOOOOOOOO!
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I thought he was doing better. Thats horrible. RIP :(
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The Dale
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Wow... RIP :(
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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:(
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Nate
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Wishes he could be like David
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omg :(
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Source: http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/...sses/index.html

Bobby Hamilton, a four-time winner in the Cup Series, died Sunday, according to The Tennessean. He was 49.

Hamilton, a native of Nashville, had been battling cancer for nearly a year. He announced in March 2006 that he was undergoing treatment for neck cancer. He immediately turned over his driving duties in the Craftsman Truck Series to his son, Bobby Jr.

Hamilton quit driving in the Cup Series after the 2002 season to focus on his thriving Craftsman Truck Series team. He went on to win the Craftsman Truck Series title in 2004.

Hamilton probably is best known for the unusual way he broke into NASCAR's top series. He served as a stunt driver for the 1990 movie Days of Thunder, performing so well that he was soon hired to run the Cup Series full-time. He went on become Rookie of the Year in 1991.

His big break, however, came in 1995 when Hamilton was hired to drive the No. 43 of Petty Enterprises. He resurrected the ailing team with 10 top-10 finishes in 1995, and in 1996, he won at Phoenix, which helped him finish a career-best ninth in points.

After winning at Rockingham in 1997, Hamilton moved to Morgan-McClure Motorsports for the 1998-2000 seasons. His only win during that time came in 1998 at Martinsville.

Hamilton wrapped up his Cup career with a two-year stint with Andy Petree. He won at Talladega in 2001 in a thrilling race that went green the entire way. The win was Petree's first as a car owner, and Petree celebrated by diving across the hood as Hamilton drove into Victory Lane.





Shit this is fucked up....RIP Mr. Hamilton :(
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OMG! This is just so unexpected. I thought he was doin so much better :( Just so very sad. My prayers go out to his family. We will miss ya Bobby. RIP :(
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wow didn't expect this man this is sad :(
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I was shocked when I heard this, I still remember his 2005 3 part program in the Nascar show, He was a great man and it's just really sad
R.I.P
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Allen
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Not expecting this. :(
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ElDonkey
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Holy shit....just came home and Dales IM window was up and it said Bobby Died.....:( RIP Bobby :(
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Jan 7 2007, 08:20 PM
OMG! This is just so unexpected. I thought he was doin so much better :( Just so very sad. My prayers go out to his family. We will miss ya Bobby. RIP :(

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Shit, didn't see this coming. RIP :(
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R.I.P Bobby. A true champion you were. :( :( :(
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Man that really sucks. RIP Bobby.
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I feel like I got hit with a sledgehammer. Daytona can't get here soon enough.
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In July 1993 and again in July 2000, I said goodbye to close friends I never knew. Davey Allison passed away on July 13, 1993, a day after suffering massive head injuries in a helicopter accident at the Talladega Superspeedway. Kenny Irwin, Jr. was killed instantly in a crash at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on July 7, 2000. Yesterday another close friend I never knew passed on, as 49-year-old Bobby Hamilton's year-long bout with cancer came to an end.

From when I was little, my earliest days as a race fan, Bobby Hamilton's name had been a constant. One of my first 1/64 diecast cars was his #68 Country Time Oldsmobile he raced to the 1991 Winston Cup rookie of the year award. A lot of the yellow paint is beaten off it now, but I still have it. It'll go where a 1994 Kendall #40, 1996 STP #43, a 1998, 1999, and 2000 Kodak #4, and a 2001 Square D #55 will go: On a special shelf already holding cars of Allison, Irwin, along with Dale Earnhardt, Alan Kulwicki, Blaise Alexander, Clifford Allison, and JD McDuffie.

When it came to the Craftsman Truck Series, Bobby was my favorite, going back to his sort of retirement from Cup after 2002. I'd become a big Bobby fan that year after reading Shaun Assael's book Wide Open, and when he made the full-time move to the CTS, I finally had a favorite driver on that circuit. I was jumping for joy when he won the inagural CTS event at Atlanta Motor Speedway, my home race track, in 2004, and I was equally excited when his teammate (and employee) Chad Chaffin took his first career win at Dover that June. Bobby winning the championship was a big deal to me. Tony Stewart's 2002 Cup title had been the first time a favorite driver of mine had won a championship in any series, and the second time around, this time with Bobby, was pretty sweet.

Little did I know it at the time, but I attended Bobby's final Cup start, the 2005 Bass Pro Shops/MBNA 500 at Atlanta. I noticed him a few times, but for the most part my focus was on Stewart, as this was the first time I'd attended a race and being mere yards from where my hero was racing made the other forty-two drivers pretty much irrelevant. After the race, though, when I was looking at a starting line up fold-out insert sponsored by Discount Tire Co. and Georgia Pacific, Bobby's car caught a bit of interest. It was solid blue, no sponsors, or anything, just a solid blue Dodge Charger with the contingency logos, Dodge's logos, and a yellow 04. His truck with which he'd attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to defend the truck title had carried essentially the same look all year. When it was announced that Fastenal would be his sponsor and I saw his new 18 truck, white and silver with chrome wheels, it felt good to know my favorite driver in the series would have a nice looking truck for the coming season.

My interest in the truck series waned quite a bit after Bobby stepped out of the truck following the Atlanta race. I'd watch a few laps here and there, but rarely would I watch many laps in a row, and I only watched the Talladega event from start to finish. Bobby, Jr. had done as well as he could in the substitute role, but anybody other than his father than the truck just felt wierd, and I didn't have the same interest in the series as I had in 2004. For a little while, after Bobby was declared cancer-free, I was excited about the 2007 season, since his plan was for a return at Daytona. Then it was announced he wouldn't be back in '07, and then that Kenny Schrader would drive the truck for most of the year. This kind of made me figure that the cancer had probably ended his career, but at least he would still be around at the track and with his family. Or at least I thought.

It was a blindside and a half, as a friend of mine Jared Riches put it, to find out that Bobby had died. It wasn't completely unexpected as Allison and Irwin's deaths had been, given that once a battle with cancer begins, it never really truly ends. Still, reading that Bobby was gone was like getting hit with a sledgehammer, a total shock. It didn't really sink in till I looked at those aforementioned 1/64 diecast cars I have of his and realized that the driver I'd attributed them to in countless diecast car races from when I was a child on into my days as a teenager was dead.

Bobby had stated on a few occasions his disdain for those who had falsely (not necessarily maliciously) claimed to be upset by his affliction and supportive of him. He also stated on an equal number of occasions his gratitude for those sincerely touched by his battle and rooting him on for a recovery. I take a little comfort in knowing that I fell into the latter category. I also take a little comfort in knowing that while he died a miserable death, he's in a place that's anything but miserable. That sort of helps me get over the deaths of those I do and don't know, and hopefully it brings a little comfort to his family in a time when they direly need it.
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Nate
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Wishes he could be like David
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Good Stuff Aaron :up: :up:
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OMG, I thought he was doing so much better. never expected this. My prayers go out to his family. :( :(
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:( this really sucks.
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I don't think anyone expected this and I think that's why we're almost all at a loss for words to describe the situation. When I got this news it was almost as getting hit with a ton of bricks, completely unexpected in that I thought he was making progress towards recovery. At the very least I'm certain he had family by his side, and I'm certain he died happy knowing they and millions of fans we're with him in spirit up until the end.

My condolences go out to Bobby's family and friends, words can't describe what they must be going through at this time.
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