Nascar Blog

Another of the old school drivers has passed away, Bobby Hamilton has died of neck cancer, which he had battled for over a year. I always liked him, spoke his mind and you could tell he knew about race cars, unlike some who just drive them.

Bobby Hamilton, the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series champion and a four-time winner in the Cup Series, died Sunday. He was 49.

Hamilton, a native of Nashville, Tenn., 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 Hamilton Jr. Source: Nascar.com

After he retired from NASCAR in 2002, he drove a truck to the championship in 2004. Something that I didn’t know, he got into NASCAR by being a stunt driver for the movie Days of Thunder in 1990, he did so well that he was soon hired to drive one professionally and became Rookie of the Year in 1991.

He will be missed by many.