Bobby Hamilton won four Winston Cup races, including an emotional 2001 victory at Talladega, and captured the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series championship as an owner-driver – one of the few to win a NASCAR title while owning the team.
Diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2006, Hamilton died in January 2007 at 49. His son Bobby Hamilton Jr. carried on the family team, and Hamilton is remembered as a racer's racer who did it his own way.
At a Glance
- Born: May 29, 1957, Nashville, Tennessee
- Died: January 7, 2007, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
- Age: 49
- Cause of death: Head and neck cancer
Final Resting Place
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Tennessee.
Photo: death2ur via Find a Grave
From the Book
This profile is adapted from Legends at Rest: NASCAR Legends by Howard Wear.
Portrait: from the Legends at Rest: NASCAR Legends book files. Grave photo: Photo: death2ur via Find a Grave.