Hamilton Retires from Cup?

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Bobby Hamilton will run in the Truck Series full time in 2003 (see story on my CTS site), didn't realize he was 'retiring' from Cup...: Nashville's Bobby Hamilton, a former wrecker driver who became a NASCAR star with more than $15 million in winnings, yesterday announced his retirement from Winston Cup racing. ''We've all gotta face it sometime,'' Hamilton said. ''It's just a matter of time until we all step down.'' Hamilton, 45, will remain active by driving one of the three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series trucks he fields out of his Mt. Juliet racing headquarters. But he said the big-league career he began in 1989 is over. See full story at the Tennessean: Hamilton out of Winston Cup.

 

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UPDATE:

Bobby Hamilton also announced several other changes within his three-team operation. Kip McCord, who has served as both team manager and a crew chief within the organization for the last two years, has been named general manager of racing operations. Newt Moore, 40, another Nashville Speedway champion that most recently served in the Winston Cup Series as a crew chief for MB2 Motorsports, will be Hamilton's crew chief for the #4 truck. Randy Seals, who served as crew chief on the #4 truck last season, as it ran a partial schedule, will work on the #18 as Chad Chaffin's crew chief. Danny Rollins, who worked on the #18 truck will be Lester's crew chief on the No. 8. Jeff White, who served as Lester's crew chief at the end of 2002 was announced as the head of Bobby Hamilton Racing's research and development engineering department.