Joey Hand | |||||||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||
Born | Joseph F. Hand February 10, 1979 Sacramento, California, United States | ||||||||||
DTM career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | BMW Team RBM | ||||||||||
Racing licence | FIA Gold | ||||||||||
Car number | 4 | ||||||||||
Former teams | BMW Team RMG | ||||||||||
Starts | 27 | ||||||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 12th in 2013 | ||||||||||
Finished last season | 12th (32 pts) | ||||||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||||||
7 races run over 2 years | |||||||||||
2022 position | 34th | ||||||||||
Best finish | 34th (2022) | ||||||||||
First race | 2021 Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval) | ||||||||||
Last race | 2022 Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval) | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Last updated on: December 25, 2021. |
Joseph F. Hand (born February 10, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who competes in sports car racing as a Ford factory driver. A former champion of the Star Mazda Series, Hand is the co-winner of the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring GT class for BMW Team Rahal, and the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro class for Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA driving the Ford GT.
Hand began his career in kart racing, starting at the age of 12. Moving up to the Star Mazda Series in 1998, Hand won nine races in the series, winning the rookie of the year award in 1998 and the series championship in 1999. [1]
Following an injury that sidelined him for most of the 2000 season, Hand moved up to the Toyota Atlantic series in 2001, scoring two wins in three years spent in the series, with a best championship finish of third in 2001. [1]
Beginning with the 2004 season, Hand has raced in the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series, racing in both the Grand Touring and Daytona Prototype classes, winning five times in the GT category while driving BMWs. [1] Hand has also raced sporadically in the American LeMans Series; in 2006, Hand was involved in a spectacular end-over-end crash at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, [2] while in 2009, he won the first pole position for a BMW in eight years in the ALMS at Road America. [3]
Driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, Hand, along with co-drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Graham Rahal, won the 2011 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, driving the #01 Riley-BMW Daytona Prototype. The team was set back by a pit 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. [4] The following month the BMW Motorsport team he drove for won the GT class of the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring. [5] 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 runner-up with Michael Marsal as a teammate.
Hand returned to BMW Rahal for the 2012 American Le mans Series season. He again won the GT class at the 12 Hours of Sebring and took three podiums out of seven appearances. Meanwhile, he resulted sixth overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Ganassi BMW.
In the 2013 ALMS season, the driver got a second-place class finish and two-fourths out of six appearances for BMW Rahal with a BMW Z4 de Rahal. Again he raced for Ganassi at the 24 Hours of Daytona and later the Brickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
As the new United SportsCar Championship launched in 2014, Hand resulted second in the GTLM class at the 24 Hours of Daytona and third at the 12 Hours of Sebring for BMW Rahal.
In 2016, Hand joined the Ford factory program for the IMSA 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was reunited with teammate Dirk Müller, while Sébastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races including Le Mans. Hand, Müller, and Bourdais went on to win the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Pro category while driving the 2017 Ford GT LME GTE-Pro.
On October 22, 2011, Hand made his debut in the International V8 Supercars Championship, driving for Dick Johnson Racing in the Gold Coast 600. [6] finishing 4th with co-driver James Moffat In November, he drove a DTM car for the first time, testing for BMW at Circuito Monteblanco in Spain. [7]
On October 5, 2021, Rick Ware Racing announced that Hand would make his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. [8]
On December 15, 2011, Hand was announced as one of BMW's factory drivers for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, which saw him compete in the entire 2012 championship, alongside a limited-season American Le Mans Series campaign with BMW Team RLL. [9] He was the first American to have a full-season factory contract in the series since its inception in 1984. [10] In three seasons he had a best race result of 5th at Brand Hatch and a best season result of 12th, both in 2013.
Born in Sacramento, California, [11] Hand and his wife, Natalie, have two children. [1]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 | MDO 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 |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2011 | BMW Motorsport | Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller | BMW M3 GT2 | GTE Pro | 313 | 15th | 3rd |
2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Sébastien Bourdais Dirk Müller | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 340 | 18th | 1st |
2017 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Tony Kanaan Dirk Müller | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 339 | 22nd | 6th |
2018 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 343 | 17th | 3rd |
2019 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 342 | DSQ | DSQ |
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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 |
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | Chip Ganassi Racing | P | Ford EcoBoost Riley DP | Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo | DAY 6 | SEB 4 | LBH 2 | LGA 7 | DET 4 | WGL 2 | MOS 6 | ELK 3 | COA 1 | PET 2 | 4th | 301 | |
2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 8 | LBH 8 | LGA 6 | WGL 2 | MOS 5 | LIM 5 | ELK 9 | VIR 2 | COA 6 | PET 2 | 6th | 301 |
2017 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 | DAY 1 | SEB 2 | LBH 8 | COA 5 | WGL 4 | MOS 5 | LIM 7 | ROA 1 | VIR 5 | LGA 6 | PET 7 | 3rd | 306 |
2018 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | LBH 3 | MDO 4 | WGL 1 | MOS 5 | LIM 1 | ROA 7 | VIR 4 | LGA 7 | PET 7 | 4th | 308 |
2019 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 2 | LBH | MDO | WGL 4 | MOS 6 | LIM 3 | ELK 2 | VIR 6 | LGA 1 | PET 8 | 10th | 254 |
2020 | Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB 6 | 46th | 25 |
2024 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 | DAY 9 | SEB 8 | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 9th* | 494* |
*Season still in progress.
(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 | CLT 27 | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 35th | 10 | [12] |
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 | [13] |
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