Daniel Hemric | |||||||
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Born | Daniel Brian Hemric January 27, 1991 Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion 2015 All American 400 Winner 2014 RedBud 300 Winner 2013 Southern Super Series Champion 2013 Blizzard Series Champion 2012 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Champion 2010 Legends Million Winner (inaugural race) | ||||||
Awards | 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
83 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2024 position | 29th | ||||||
Best finish | 25th (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
186 races run over 6 years | |||||||
2023 position | 8th | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
First win | 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
50 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 19 (McAnally-Hilgemann Racing) | ||||||
2018 position | 103rd | ||||||
Best finish | 6th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 103rd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 27th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2015 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 (Greenville-Pickens) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 Bully Hill Vineyards 125 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 36th (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2019 Procore 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 10, 2024. |
Daniel Brian Hemric (born January 27, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.
After beginning his career in short track racing, Hemric moved up to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and raced full-time in the series in 2015 and 2016 for Brad Keselowski Racing. He ran two full seasons in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing, reaching the Championship Round of the NASCAR playoffs in both years, before competing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the team in 2019. Following one Cup season, he lost his ride with RCR and joined JR Motorsports for a part-time Xfinity schedule. In 2021, Hemric joined Joe Gibbs Racing and won his first career NASCAR race and the Xfinity Series championship. [1]
A native of Kannapolis, North Carolina, [2] Hemric began his career at the age of five, competing in go-kart racing at the 1/5-mile Concord Speedway, winning 11 races and a track championship at the North Carolina facility before moving up to Bandolero car five years later. [3] During that time, he started doing his backflip celebration, which was taken from Carl Edwards. [4] At 16, Hemric moved up to Legends cars, and in 2008, he won the track's Pro championship, as well as the first of two back-to-back Legends Pro national championships. [3] In 2009, with nearly 60 wins in just under 80 starts, he maxed out his National Points early on the way to winning his second national Legends Pro championship, in addition to earning the Summer Shootout Series championship on the strength of six wins in 10 starts. [5] In 2010, Hemric won the Legends Million at Charlotte Motor Speedway, winning the largest paycheck in Legends car history, $250,000. [6]
Late in the 2010 racing season, Hemric made his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour; [3] he would run selected races in that series and in the Whelen Modified Tour over the next three years, while in 2012 he ran a full season in late model cars, winning the Champion Racing Association JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour championship, scoring eight victories on his way to the title. [5] Hemric won the Summer Shootout Series championship again in 2013, [5] in addition to competing in the Southern Super Series late model championship, [2] driving the No. 98 Ford for Carswell Motorsports. [7] He also competed in the Blizzard Series late model tour, [8] winning the series' 2013 championship. [9]
In October 2013, Hemric made his debut in NASCAR national series competition at Martinsville Speedway, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet for Sharp Gallaher Racing in the Camping World Truck Series. [10] He suffered early issues, finishing 32nd. [11] On November 2, he finished second in the 29th annual All American 400 late model race to Chase Elliott, winning the 2013 Southern Super Series championship by one point over Bubba Pollard. [12] In early November 2013, he finished 13th in his second Truck Series race, at Phoenix International Raceway. [13] Hemric made his third Truck start in 2014 for NTS Motorsports, finishing a solid 12th at Homestead.
In 2015, Hemric announced that he would compete full-time for the first time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with NTS Motorsports. Hemric drove the No. 14 California Clean Power Chevrolet Silverado and competed for the 2015 NASCAR Rookie of the Year title. [14] Hemric earned a best finish of fourth (Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and ran as high as fifth in the NCWTS Driver Point Standings, ultimately finishing the season seventh in the championship standings. [15]
On November 3, Hemric announced that he would join Brad Keselowski Racing to drive the No. 19 Ford F-Series in 2016. [16] Hemric started the season with an 8th-place finish at Daytona. Hemric later majority of the races with many top 5 finishes but no wins. Hemric would make the Chase after being the highest non-winner points.
In 2018, Hemric made a return to the Truck Series, running a one-off race for Young's Motorsports at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he started 16th and finished 21st.
On November 20, 2024, it was announced that Hemric will return to the Truck Series full-time in 2025, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, replacing Christian Eckes, who is moving up to the Xfinity Series to drive the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. [17] [18]
On September 17, 2016, it was announced that Hemric would join Richard Childress Racing in 2017. Hemric ran the full Xfinity Series schedule and competed for Rookie of the Year, driving the No. 21 Chevy Camaro. [19] Hemric made his Xfinity debut at the 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona, which is where he finished 31st after being caught up in an early crash. He rebounded the next week at Atlanta, finishing 9th for his first career Xfinity top-10 finish. At Bristol, Hemric won the Dash 4 Cash. At Richmond, he won his first career pole and then scored a then career-best 3rd-place finish. At Mid-Ohio, Hemric would run in the top 5 for most of the day, bringing home an impressive and career-best 2nd-place finish. In the playoffs, Hemric advanced to the Championship Round at Homestead as the lone non-JR Motorsports driver. [20] Despite starting the race strong, he was eventually plagued by battery issues that dropped him 12 laps behind the leader. [21] He finished 34th and 13 laps down, fourth in the points. [22]
Hemric returned to the Xfinity Series in 2020, joining JR Motorsports' No. 8 car for a 21-race schedule and sharing the car with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeb Burton. [23] He recorded 12 top tens during the year. [24]
Hemric moved to Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Xfinity car for the 2021 season, marking a return to full-time competition. [24] At the end of the Atlanta race, he was involved in a fight with Noah Gragson after a pit road mishap during the race. Neither driver was reprimanded by NASCAR. [25] Despite scoring no wins during the 2021 regular season, Hemric made the Playoffs through his consistency. On September 25, Kaulig Racing announced that Hemric would pilot the No. 11 in 2022, replacing Justin Haley as he moved to Kaulig's No. 31 in the Cup Series full-time.
Thanks to his consistency, Hemric would lock himself into the Championship 4, alongside Austin Cindric, A. J. Allmendinger and Noah Gragson. On November 6, Hemric used a last lap, overtime pass of Cindric at the season finale at Phoenix Raceway to not only win the first race of his NASCAR career, but also the 2021 Xfinity Series title. Hemric's ten runner-up finishes prior to earning his first win tie him with Dale Jarrett for the most in Xfinity Series history. [1]
On April 22, 2023, Hemric was leading at a race at Talladega Superspeedway when he got airborne into turn 3, got ramped up by Riley Herbst, and crashed on top of the wall even taking out the turn four camera in the process. His car flipped onto its roof and finally got off of the wall heading into the frontstretch off of turn 4. Hemric was uninjured. His flip occurred in the same race as Blaine Perkins. In early September, Hemric would pilot the No. 10 for the rest of the season starting at Kansas as the car was in the Owner's Playoffs. Hemric was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race. [26]
In November 2017, Hemric practiced and qualified the No. 27 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car of RCR driver Paul Menard at the AAA Texas 500 weekend, qualifying 21st; Menard was on paternity leave but returned for the race. [27]
Hemric returned to RCR's No. 21 for the 2018 season in addition to a part-time schedule in the Truck Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. [28] On March 20, 2018, it was announced that Hemric would attempt two races in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the spring Richmond race and the Charlotte Roval race driving the No. 8 RCR Chevrolet. [29] In his Cup debut at the 2018 Toyota Owners 400, he qualified 22nd and finished 32nd, three laps down. [30]
On September 28, 2018, RCR announced that beginning in 2019, Hemric would be the full-time driver of the No. 31 Chevrolet in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, competing for 2019 Rookie of the Year honors. [31] The agreement came after a deal to drive Leavine Family Racing's No. 95 car in 2019 fell through. [32] Two days later, he drove another Cup race at the new Charlotte Roval, finishing 10th in Stage 2 and running as high as 2nd, but was caught up in a late-race wreck and finished 23rd.
On December 14, 2018, RCR announced that Hemric would be driving the No. 8 car instead of the No. 31 car for the 2019 season. [33] In his first race in the No. 8 at the 2019 Daytona 500, he drove a gold paint scheme to celebrate RCR's 50th Anniversary. [34]
On August 17, 2019, Hemric said he was "iffy" about his status for 2020, despite having signed a two-year contract with RCR. [35] A month later on September 17, the team announced Hemric would be released after the 2019 season. [36] [37] [38] At the October Kansas race, Hemric scored his first career Busch Pole Award. [39] He finished the season 25th in the points standings. Despite a disappointing debut season, Hemric won the 2019 NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors. [40]
In 2022, Hemric drove the Kaulig Racing No. 16 part-time in the Cup Series, finishing 12th at the 2022 Daytona 500 and peaking at ninth place at Fontana. On November 6, Hemric filled in for Ty Gibbs in the No. 23 car for 23XI Racing in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. Gibbs had to miss the race due to the death of his father Coy Gibbs. Hemric was still at the track after the previous day's Xfinity Series race and was able to be fitted into Gibbs' car seat. This marked Hemric's first race with Toyota in over a year. [41] [42] [43]
On September 15, 2023, Kaulig Racing announced that Hemric would drive the No. 31 in 2024. This would mark Hemric's return to full-time Cup Series competition since 2019. [44]
On July 28, 2015, Hemric announced his engagement to K&N Pro Series East driver Kenzie Ruston. [45] They married on January 7, 2017. [46] He announced in November 2019 that Ruston was expecting their first child. [47] Their daughter was born on May 9, 2020. [48] He announced in August 2022 that Ruston was expecting their second child. [49] Their son was born on December 23, 2022.
On September 4, 2019, Hemric established the Daniel Hemric Be the Change Scholarship with Rowan–Cabarrus Community College. The annual scholarship will grant financial aid to one qualifying student in the field of motorsports, welding, or mechanical engineering. [50]
(key) (Bold − Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics − Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2019 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29 | 34 |
2022 | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 33 | 12 |
2024 | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 37 | 16 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||
2015 | NTS Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | NSM | GRE 5 | BRI 8 | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN 10 | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV | 27th | 109 | [69] |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref |
2019 | Bill McAnally Racing | 50 | Chevy | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON 2 | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 36th | 42 | [70] |
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NWMTC | Pts | Ref | ||
2011 | Roger Hill | 79 | Pontiac | THO | STA | STA | MON | THO | NHA | RIV | STA | NHA | BRI | DEL | THO | LIM | NHA | STA | THO 18 | 48th | 109 | [71] | ||
2012 | THO 20 | STA 11 | MON | STA | WAT | NHA | STA | THO | BRI | THO | RIV | NHA | STA | THO | 35th | 57 | [72] |
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NSWMTC | Pts | Ref | ||
2010 | Roger Hill | 19 | Pontiac | ATL | CRW | SBO | CRW | BGS | BRI | CRW 15 | LGY | TRI | CLT 5 | 26th | 273 | [73] | ||||||
2011 | CRW | HCY | SBO | CRW | CRW | BGS | BRI 11 | 19th | 571 | [74] | ||||||||||||
79 | CRW 7 | LGY | THO | TRI | CRW | CLT 11 | CRW 3 | |||||||||||||||
2012 | CRW 6 | CRW 3 | SBO | CRW 6 | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | THO | CRW | CLT | 23rd | 117 | [75] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
2015 | NTS Motorsports | 92 | Chevy | DAY 12 | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 103rd | 170 | [76] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
CARS Super Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | CSLMTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||
2015 | Carswell Motorsports | 98 | Chevy | SNM | OCS | HCY 6 | SNM | TCM | MMS | OCS | CNS | MYB | HCY | 44th | 27 | [77] |
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23XI driver update for today at @phoenixraceway
Ty Gibbs not racing today because of a family emergency. TBD who will race the car.
Steve Lauletta of 23XI said if Daniel Hemric can fit in the car, he will race the No. 23. He said they still have some work to do.