Bobby Hamilton Sr.: NASCAR Cup Winner and Truck Series Champion Dies at

Bobby Hamilton Sr. was an American stock car driver and team owner. Born Charles Robert Hamilton on May 29, 1957, in Nashville, Tennessee, he started racing short tracks as a teenager.

Hamilton won four NASCAR Cup Series races, including one at Phoenix in 1996, and was the 1991 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. As an owner-driver he won the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship with Bobby Hamilton Racing.

His son Bobby Hamilton Jr. also races in NASCAR. Hamilton was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2006 and died at his home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on January 7, 2007, at age 49.

Achievements: Four Cup wins, 2004 Truck Series champion, 1991 Rookie of the Year.

Birth: May 29, 1957 - Nashville, Tennessee.

Profession: Race car driver.

Interesting Facts: He was nicknamed Bobby Ham.