Career
Hamby drove 19,199.8 miles or 30,899.1 kilometres in his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup Series career. His average start was 24th place, and his average finish was 21st. He formally competed in 18,446 laps of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing racing, earning a lifetime total of $118,823.
Hamby"s top-ten finishes came at the 1978 Volunteer 400 and the 1978 Capital City 400.
He was most successful at the Ontario Motor Speedway, with an average finish of 12th place, and least successful at the Pocono Raceway, where he averaged 30th. He performed best on short tracks.
On tri-oval intermediate tracks he averaged 25th place. Before racing in the Winston Cup Series, Hamby competed in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Dash Series.
His final Dash Series race took place on February 15, 1980.
Most of Hamby"s career was spent as a driver-owner in the Number. 17 Chevrolet sponsored by King"s Inn Daytona. One of his vehicles was involved in a major crash in the 1979 Gabriel 400 when Steve Pfeiffer (replacing Hamby during the race in the Number 17 Chevrolet Impala) injured some spectators after a routine green flag pit stop went awry.
As Hamby started the vehicle and made the substitution during the middle of the race, he got cr for the finish, not Pfeiffer.
