Ryan Hemphill

Ryan Hemphill
Born	(1981-12-30) December 30, 1981 Apollo, Pennsylvania
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
11 races run over 1 year
Best finish	54th (2005)
First race	2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2005 SBC 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
9 races run over 2 years
Best finish	35th (2002)
First race	2002 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 (Memphis)
Last race	2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0

Ryan Hemphill (born December 30, 1981) is a former NASCAR driver from Apollo, Pennsylvania.

Racing career

Hemphill, a second generation racer, started his racing career at the age of 12, when his father put him behind the wheel of a go-kart. He went on to race in go-carts both locally and nationally for a period of 3 years. During this span, Hemphill collected approximately 50 wins.

At the age of 15, Hemphill advanced to Legacy cars (three-quarter scale Nextel Cup cars), where he competed for 2 years and amassed 5 wins and 3 poles including winning the Blue-Grey Shootout at the Jennerstown Speedway(PA) and the Fireball Roberts Memorial at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway (NC).

In 1999, while a senior at Kiski Area High School (PA), Hemphill moved into Late Model competition locally at the Motordrome (PA) and Jennerstown (PA) Speedways. In impressive fashion Hemphill won the Rookie of the Year Award at both of these tracks. At the Motordrome Speedway, Hemphill garnered 20 top 10 finishes in 20 starts while finishing 2nd in the tight points battle, while at Jennerstown he finished a strong 6th in points.

The 2000 season saw Hemphill continue his maturation as a race car driver. He continued his participation at the Motordrome Speedway as he finished 3rd in the overall points and collected 3 wins, 17 top 5 and 10 top 10 finishes. Hemphillalso stepped up with his participation in 2 American Speed Association (ASA) events where he finished 12th in both. The year was capped off with his high school graduation and being named Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown (MD) Sportsman of the Year.

In 2001, Hemphill concentrated on gaining as much experience behind the wheel of a race car as possible. He limited his Motordrome Speedway schedule to 11 events where he won 5 times and earned 10 top 5 finishes. He expanded his ASA schedule and competed in 6 events with a season best 6th-place finish at the Chicago Motor Speedway. Hemphill also moved up to the NASCAR All-Pro Series and impressed many with his 3rd-place finish at Memphis Motorsports Park in his first race as well as a 4th-place finish in his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at the Milwaukee Mile. He was also selected as a member of the GM Vortec Power Team Professionals.

Hemphill made himself known in 2002 and 2003 driving in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for multiple owners, including Rick Ware, Bobby Hamilton, and Billy Ballew. In nine races, he scored one top ten.

Hemphill broke out in the 2004 ARCA season, scoring 6 wins and 10 top tens in eleven races, under the Chip Ganassi Racing driver development program. In 2005, Hemphill was promoted to the NASCAR Busch Series in the Biagi Brothers Racing Ganassi-assisted program, driving the No. 4 GEICO Dodge Charger. However, after eleven races, with only mediocre results, Hemphill was released from the car and from his Chip Ganassi Racing driver development program and finished last in the 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year standings.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
2005	Biagi Brothers Racing	4	Dodge	DAY 36	CAL 27	MXC 17	LVS 29	ATL 30	NSH 31	BRI 33	TEX 41	PHO DNQ	TAL DNQ	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH 12	KEN 28	MLW 33	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	54th	872

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2002	Ware Racing Enterprises	51	Dodge	DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM 26	MLW 16	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH	RCH	TEX									35th	624
	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge																		SBO 10	LVS 14	CAL QL†	PHO 26	HOM 28
2003	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Dodge	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH 20	BRI 28	RCH 15	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM	68th	300
† - Replaced by Rick Bogart.

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
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	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2004	Braun Racing	77	Dodge	DAY 5																						17th	2780
		64			NSH 15*	SLM	KEN 1*		CLT 1	KAN 1*	POC 7*	MCH 33	SBO	BLN	KEN 1*	GTW 1*	POC 1*	LER	NSH 40	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI 28	SLM	TAL 4
	KLM Motorsports	19	Chevy					TOL 4

External links

• Ryan Hemphill driver statistics at Racing-Reference