Kevin Hamlin
Hamlin at Nashville in 2007
Born	(1979-06-22)June 22, 1979 (age 45) Snohomish, Washington, U.S.
NASCARXfinity Series career
43 races run over 6 years
2010 position	95th
Best finish	45th (2005)
First race	2005ITT Industries & Goulds Pumps Salute to the Troops 250 (Pikes Peak)
Last race	20105-Hour Energy 250 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2007 position	49th
Best finish	49th (2007)
First race	2005O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Last race	2007Smith's Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 1, 2013.

Kevin Hamlin (born June 22, 1979) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who has competed in theNASCAR Nationwide Series andNASCAR Camping World Truck Series divisions. He currently is a spotter forAlex Bowman in theNASCAR Cup Series.

He is not related to formerRichard Childress Racing crew chiefKevin Hamlin or current NASCAR driverDenny Hamlin.

Starting at Pikes Peak in 2005, he piloted the No. 4GEICODodge for theBiagi Brothers Racing team, scoring several top fifteen finishes, and was rumored to be in the car full-time for the 2006 season, but was released in late November 2005, replaced byMark Green when team owner Fred Biagi declined to renew his relationship withChip Ganassi Racing. He remains under adriver development program contract withChip Ganassi Racing.

Hamlin's driving career starting in the Pacific Northwest at the age of 3, racing dirt ovals on a 50cc 3-wheeler. By the age of 6, he had moved up toQuarter midgets where he won 8 regional and 1 national championship. At age 14, his family purchased a late model to pursue Kevin's career. In 1996 Hamlin began racing at the Super Stock division atEvergreen Speedway becoming the youngest winner in the division capturing three feature victories in 1997.

In 1998 Hamlin moved up to theNASCAR Northwest Series, where in 103 career starts he captured 11 wins, 41 top 5 and 62 top 10 finishes. He was also crowned the 2001 and 2002 Northwest Series Champion and also was named the 2001 and 2003 Most Popular Driver. Hamlin ownsNASCAR Northwest Series records for the youngest ever race winner at 19 years 11 months, youngest ever champion at 21 years 6 months and most consecutive laps led at 275 spanning over 3 races.

In 2006, Hamlin ran Daytona in the Craftsman Truck Series driving the No. 04 Dodge Hemi Dodge forBobby Hamilton Racing. He also drove the No. 4Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge in the DaytonaWinn-Dixie 250, due to Biagi's driverAuggie Vidovich not having superspeedway clearance. Hamlin also practiced and qualified the No. 41 Ganassi Busch car for several races that Sorenson could not attend due to schedule conflicts with the Cup Series events. During the year, he filled in for teammateReed Sorenson in 5 non-companion Nextel Cup/Busch Series events, practicing and qualifying Reed's No. 41 Busch car which resulted in two top 5 finishes and three top 10 finishes for Sorenson.

In early 2007, it was announced that Hamlin andNextel Cup rookieJuan Pablo Montoya would split time driving the No. 42 Texaco Havoline Dodge for Ganassi in the Busch Series. During theGateway 250, Hamlin earned his first career top 10 finish, a 7th, despite a spin caused byCarl Edwards near the later stages of the race. The next week he followed up with a solid 8th-place finish at the Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. It was announced later the next week that the #42 Busch team would be shutting down, effectively ending Kevin's season. However, Ganassi said that he would keep Hamlin in the car for the following two races atMichigan andBristol, but the week after the Michigan race,David Stremme was slated to drive the car at Bristol due to a last minute sponsor change.

Hamlin ran three Nationwide races in 2008 for Pat MacDonald. He finished 24th at Fontana, 21st in Dover, and crashed at Memphis.

In 2009, Hamlin ran a limited Nationwide schedule for a number of teams. At Kentucky, he led two laps while driving for Jay Robinson. Hamlin, normally a spotter for John Andretti, failed to qualify for the Kansas Sprint Cup race for Bob Jenkins.

Starting at Texas in the Fall of 2010 and through the 2011 season, Kevin was the spotter for NASCAR Sprint Cup driverClint Bowyer. He started 2012 as the spotter forTy Dillon in the Camping World Truck Series and occasionally forBrendan Gaughan in the Nationwide series. In July 2012, he became the full-time spotter forKasey Kahne.^[1]

Hamlin was a spotter^{[clarification needed]} for Change Racing in the2016 and201724 Hours of Daytona.^[2]

Hamlin will move to the #88 team in 2018, spotting forAlex Bowman.^[3]

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

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

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