Davey Hamilton Jr.

Davey Jay Hamilton Jr. (born March 15, 1997) is an American racing driver from Idaho. Hamilton Jr. is the son of former Indy 500 competitor Davey Hamilton. Hamilton has raced mainly midgets and sprint cars and made his Indy Lights debut in 2016. He has also raced in the Stadium Super Trucks.

D.J. Hamilton
BornDavey Jay Hamilton Jr.
(1997-03-15) March 15, 1997
Related toDavey Hamilton (father)
Ken Hamilton (grand father)
Stadium Super Trucks
Years active2017–2018
Former teamsAlways Evolving
Starts10
Best finish14th in 2017
Finished last season16th (2018)
Previous series
2016Indy Lights

Racing career

Hamilton started his racing career in karting at his local karttrack near Star, Idaho. The third generation racing driver made his debut in the USAC Midgets. In 2011 Hamilton, Jr. finished eleventh in the Ford Focus Midwestern Pavement division.[1] For 2012 Hamilton, Jr. improved to a sixth place in the series.[2]

In 2015, Hamilton won the King of the Wing's Western Sprintcar Series. Hamilton began testing an Indy Lights car with McCormack Racing in 2015. It was initially announced that he would compete in the full 2016 Indy Lights season with the team but the entry did not materialize until the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where Hamilton finally made his series debut.

In 2017, Hamilton joined the Stadium Super Trucks, racing Always Evolving's No. 75 at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.[3] At the Beijing National Stadium round, Hamilton won the race, but did not take the joker lane and was disqualified.[4] He also drove in one NASCAR K&N Pro Series West late that year.

On April 30, 2018, after a rookie test at Kentucky Speedway, Team Pelfrey announced that Hamilton would be competing in that year's Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and that they were working to add more appearance in 2018 and 2019.[5]

Personal life

In February 2019, Hamilton was arrested in Florida on charges of false imprisonment and aggravated assault after breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s hotel room and holding her at knife-point.[6]

Racing record

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2016 McCormack Racing STP STP PHX ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO WGL LAG
14		 LAG
14		 21st 14
2018 Team Pelfrey STP STP ALA
 ALA
 IMS IMS INDY
7		 ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GTW POR POR 12th 21

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SSTC Pts Ref
2017 ADE ADE ADE STP
6		 STP
10		 LBH
8		 LBH
7		 BAR BAR BAR DET
7		 DET TEX TEX HID HID HID BEI
12*		 GLN GLN ELS ELS 14th 76 [7]
2018 ELS ADE ADE ADE LBH
5		 LBH
7		 BAR BAR DET DET TEX TEX ROA ROA SMP SMP HLN HLN MXC
9		 MXC
8		 16th 58 [8]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts
2017 Patriot Motorsports Group 38 Chevy TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
15		 52nd 29

References
  1. "Midwest Ford Focus Championship". USAC Racing. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. "MIDWEST - IGNITE MIDGET SERIES POINTS". USAC Racing. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. "Stadium Super Trucks St. Pete". Always Evolving. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  4. "Round 18 – Beijing, China – 7/29/17". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. https://mailchi.mp/team-pelfrey/hamilton-jr-returns-to-indy-lights-with-team-pelfrey-for-freedom-100
  6. Ayello, Jim (February 25, 2019). "Racing driver Davey Hamilton Jr. arrested on false imprisonment, aggravated assault charges". Indianapolis Star. Gannett Company. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  7. "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  8. "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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