| Joey Hand | |||||||||||
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 Hand atSonoma Raceway in 2022 | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  American | ||||||||||
| Born | Joseph Alan Hand (1979-02-10)February 10, 1979 (age 47) Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| DTM career | |||||||||||
| Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
| Current team | BMW Team RBM | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022–)[1] | ||||||||||
| Car number | 4 | ||||||||||
| Former teams | BMW Team RMG | ||||||||||
| Starts | 27 | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 12th in2013 | ||||||||||
| Finished last season | 12th (32 pts) | ||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||
| 2006–2013 2004 2001–2004 2000 1998–1999 2004–2013 | American LeMans Series Formula BMW USA Toyota Atlantic Formula Palmer Audi Star Mazda Grand-Am | ||||||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||||||
| 1999 2011 | Star Mazda Series American Le Mans Series GT | ||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||
| 2017 2011 2011 2012 2001 2000 1998 | 24 Hours of Daytona GTLM winner 24 Hours of Daytona DP winner 12 Hours of Sebring GT winner 12 Hours of Sebring GT winner Toyota Atlantic Rookie of the Year Team USA Scholarship Star Mazda Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||||||
| 8 races run over 3 years | |||||||||||
| 2024 position | 39th | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 34th (2022) | ||||||||||
| First race | 2021Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval) | ||||||||||
| Last race | 2024Grant Park 165 (Chicago) | ||||||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||||||
| 2025 position | 60th | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 60th (2025) | ||||||||||
| First race | 2025Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland) | ||||||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of December 25, 2024. | |||||||||||
Joseph Alan Hand[2] (born February 10, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who competes insports car racing as a Ford factory driver. A former champion of theStar Mazda Series, Hand is the co-winner of the2011 24 Hours of Daytona driving forChip Ganassi Racing, the2012 12 Hours of Sebring GT class forBMWTeam Rahal, and the2016 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro class forFord Chip Ganassi Team USA driving theFord GT.
Hand began his career inkart racing, starting at the age of twelve. Moving up to theStar Mazda Series in 1998, Hand won nine races in the series, winning therookie of the year award in 1998 and the series championship in 1999.[3]
Following an injury that sidelined him for most of the 2000 season, Hand moved up to theToyota Atlantic series in 2001, scoring two wins in three years spent in the series, with a best championship finish of third in 2001.[3]
Beginning with the 2004 season, Hand has raced in theGrand American Road Racing Association'sRolex Sports Car Series, racing in both theGrand Touring andDaytona Prototype classes, winning five times in the GT category while drivingBMWs.[3] Hand has also raced sporadically in theAmerican LeMans Series; in 2006, Hand was involved in a spectacular end-over-end crash at theMid-Ohio Sports Car Course,[4] while in 2009, he won the firstpole position for a BMW in eight years in the ALMS atRoad America.[5]
Driving forChip Ganassi Racing, Hand, along with co-driversScott Pruett,Memo Rojas andGraham Rahal, won the2011 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytonaendurance race at Daytona International Speedway, driving the #01Riley-BMWDaytona Prototype. The team was set back by apit road penalty while Hand was driving; however, he was able to recover from the penalty for co-driver Pruett to take the car to victory.[6] The following month, theBMW Motorsport team he drove for won the GT class of the2011 12 Hours of Sebring.[7] Later, he joined the BMW Motorsport factory team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he finished third in the GTE-Pro class driving again a BMW M3. Also in 2011, Hand competed full-time at the Grand-Am Sports Car Challenge for Turner, resulting in a runner-up finish with Michael Marsal as a teammate.[citation needed]
Hand returned to BMW Rahal for the 2012 American Le Mans Series season. He again won the GT class at the12 Hours of Sebring and took three podiums out of seven appearances. Meanwhile, he finished sixth overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Ganassi BMW.[citation needed]
In the 2013 ALMS season, Hand got a second-place class finish and two-fourths out of six appearances for BMW Rahal with aBMW Z4 de Rahal. Again, he raced for Ganassi at the 24 Hours of Daytona and later theBrickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis.[citation needed]
As the new United SportsCar Championship launched in 2014, Hand finished second in the GTLM class at the 24 Hours of Daytona and third at the 12 Hours of Sebring for BMW Rahal.[citation needed]
In 2016, Hand joined the Ford factory program for the IMSA2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as well as the24 Hours of Le Mans. He was reunited with teammateDirk Müller, whileSébastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races, including Le Mans. Hand, Müller, and Bourdais went on to win the2016 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Pro category while driving the2017 Ford GT LME GTE-Pro.[citation needed]
On October 22, 2011, Hand made his debut in theInternational V8 Supercars Championship, driving forDick Johnson Racing in theGold Coast 600.[8] finishing fourth with co-driverJames Moffat In November, he drove aDTM car for the first time, testing for BMW atCircuito Monteblanco in Spain.[9]
On October 5, 2021,Rick Ware Racing announced that Hand would make hisNASCAR debut in theNASCAR Cup Series race at theCharlotte Motor Speedway Roval driving the No. 52.[10] Hand started 36th and finished in 27th. In 2022, Hand drove in all six of the Cup Series road course races, driving for Rick Ware in the No. 15. His best finish was twentieth at Sonoma, and his best starting spot was ninth in Road America. On June 12, 2024, it was announced that Hand would be driving the No. 60 car forRFK Racing in theChicago Street race.[11] Hand won the second stage in that race for his first career stage win in the NASCAR Cup Series. Hand led seven laps and almost won the race entirely before being passed by eventual race winnerAlex Bowman, after which Hand fell back to fourth.[12][13]
On December 15, 2011, Hand was announced as one of BMW's factory drivers for theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters, which saw him compete in the entire 2012 championship, alongside a limited-seasonAmerican Le Mans Series campaign withBMW Team RLL.[14] He was the first American to have a full-season factory contract in the series since its inception in 1984.[15] In three seasons, he had a best race result of fifth at Brand Hatch and a best season result of twelfth, both in 2013.[citation needed]
Born inSacramento, California,[16] Hand and his wife, Natalie, have two children.[3]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Formula Atlantic results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | DSTP Motorsports | LBH 3 | NAZ 9 | MIL 12 | MTL 15 | CLE 2 | TOR 5 | CHI 10 | TRR 3 | ROA 3 | VAN 1 | HOU 1 | LS 2 | 3rd | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | DSTP Motorsports | MTY 3 | LBH 25 | MIL | LS | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | TRR 9 | ROA 5 | MTL 4 | DEN 25 | 12th | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | DSTP Motorsports | MTY 15 | LBH 7 | MIL 9 | LS 10 | POR 2 | CLE 10 | TOR 6 | TRR 4 | MOH 4 | MTL 5 | DEN 9 | MIA 6 | 7th | 108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Polestar Motor Racing | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR1 | POR2 | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LS 9 | 20th | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
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| 2001 | Prototype Technology Group | GT | BMW M3 GTR | BMW 3.2LI6 | TEX | SEB DNF | DON | JAR | SON | POR | MOS | MID | MON | PET | NC | 0 | [17] | ||
| 2006 | BMW Team PTG | GT2 | BMW M3 | BMW 3.4LI6 | SEB DNF | TEX DNF | MID 4 | LIM 3 | UTA 6 | POR 3 | AME 2 | MOS 5 | PET 6 | MON 8 | 7th | 84 | [18] | ||
| 2007 | Panoz Team PTG | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0LV8 | SEB DNF | STP 3 | LNB 5 | TEX DNF | UTA DNF | LIM 8 | MID DNF | AME 10 | MOS DNF | DET 7 | PET 7 | MON 6 | 22nd | 47 | [19] |
| 2008 | Panoz Team PTG | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0LV8 | SEB DNF | STP | LBH | UTA | LRP | MOH | ELK | MOS | DET | PET 12 | LAG 4 | 46th | 15 | [20] | |
| 2009 | BMWRahal Letterman Racing | GT2 | BMW M3 GT2 | BMW 4.0 LV8 | SEB DNF | STP DNF | LBH 8 | UTA 8 | LRP 3 | MOH 8 | ELK 1 | MOS 9 | PET 12 | LAG DNF | 20th | 44 | [21] | ||
| 2010 | BMWRahal Letterman Racing | GT | BMW M3 GT2 | BMW 4.0 LV8 | SEB 3 | LBH 5 | LAG 2 | UTA 4 | LRP 3 | MOH 6 | ELK 1 | MOS DNF | PET 13 | 7th | 101 | [22] | |||
| 2011 | BMWTeam RLL | GT | BMW M3 GT2 | BMW 4.0 LV8 | SEB 1 | LBH 1 | LRP 1 | MOS 4 | MOH 4 | ELK 3 | BAL 2 | LAG 2 | PET 9 | 1st | 159 | [23] | |||
| 2012 | BMWTeam RLL | GT | BMW M3 GT2 | BMW 4.0 LV8 | SEB 1 | LBH 2 | LAG 4 | LRP 5 | MOS 3 | MOH 5 | ELK | BAL 4 | VIR | PET | 7th | 91 | [24] | ||
| 2013 | BMWTeam RLL | GT | BMW Z4 GTE | BMW 4.4 LV8 | SEB 7 | LBH 2 | LAG 5 | LRP | MOS | ELK | BAL 3 | COA | VIR 4 | PET | 12th | 52 | [25] |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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| 2011 |  BMW Motorsport |  Andy PriaulxDirk Müller | BMW M3 GT2 | GTE Pro | 313 | 15th | 3rd |
| 2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA |  Sébastien BourdaisDirk Müller | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 340 | 18th | 1st |
| 2017 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA |  Tony KanaanDirk Müller | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 339 | 22nd | 6th |
| 2018 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Dirk MüllerSébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 343 | 17th | 3rd |
| 2019 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Dirk MüllerSébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 342 | DSQ | DSQ |
| Sources:[35][36] | |||||||
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| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | BMW Team RMG | BMW M3 DTM | HOC 13 | LAU 14 | BRH 13 | SPL 9 | NOR 14 | NÜR 18 | ZAN 14 | OSC 11 | VAL 15† | HOC 8 | 20th | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | BMW Team RBM | BMW M3 DTM | HOC 7 | BRH 5 | SPL Ret | LAU 15 | NOR 8 | MSC 7 | NÜR Ret | OSC 16 | ZAN 7 | HOC 20 | 12th | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | BMW Team RBM | BMW M4 DTM | HOC 10 | OSC 15 | HUN 15 | NOR 7 | MSC 17 | SPL 12 | NÜR 14 | LAU 11 | ZAN 10 | HOC 15 | 20th | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:[37] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)
* Season still in progress.† Hand did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Ford | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS | PHO | ATL | BRI | MAR | RCH | TAL | KAN | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | SON | NSH | POC | POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IRC | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | ROV 27 | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 35th | 10 | [47] |
| 2022 | 15 | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA 35 | RCH | MAR | BRD | TAL | DOV | DAR | KAN | CLT | GTW | SON 20 | NSH | ROA 21 | ATL | NHA | POC | IRC 29 | MCH | RCH | GLN 31 | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV 38 | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 34th | 64 | [48] | ||
| 2024 | RFK Racing | 60 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | BRI | COA | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC 4 | POC | IND | RCH | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 39th | 43 | [49] |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2025 | RSS Racing | 28 | Ford | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR 19 | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 60th | 18 | [50] | ||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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| Preceded by Ian Lacy | Star Mazda Championship Champion 1999 | Succeeded by Bernardo Martinez |
| Personnel | Andris Laivins (owner) |
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