Bobby Hamilton Jr. will be making his second NNCS start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He started 25th and finished 39th in last year’s event. Bobby Hamilton Sr. will back in the Nextel Cup garage in an ownership role after receiving treatment for head and neck cancer.The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard will mark Bobby Hamilton Jr.’s 64th career NNCS start.Bobby Hamilton Jr. has five NASCAR Busch Series wins in 176 starts with 29 top-fives finishes and 58 top-ten finishes. His wins came at Loudon (5/11/02), Kentucky (6/4/03), Chicago (7/12/03), Memphis (10/18/03) and Phoenix (11/1/03). Bobby Hamilton Jr. has amassed $ 4,915,269 in NASCAR Nextel Cup earnings, $4,802,824 in NASCAR Busch Series earnings and $ 210,710 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series earnings.

Bobby Hamilton Sr. on getting back to the Cup garage: “It will be great to get back to the NASCAR Nextel Cup garage and to see a lot of my friends that I haven’t seen in a while since I have been getting treatment for cancer. It will be great motivation for me and help me reach my ultimate goal of competing in the last NCTS race of the year at Homestead. I really can’t wait to show Ken Schrader that even though I have been going through chemo and radiation I still have more hair than he does.”

No. 04 Fastenal Dodge Charger Fast Facts
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard- 160 Laps – 2.5 Mile Oval
Indianapolis Motor Speedway- NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Qualifying: 10:10pm ET August 5th    Broadcast Live on TNT
Race Start: 2:40pm EDT August 6th    Broadcast Live on NBC

Bobby Hamilton Sr. on the significance of Indianapolis Motor Speedway “Indianapolis is one of the two biggest events the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series goes to each year.  We want to be a part of that show.  Fastenal has been so gracious to stay with us during this trying season and they want to take a stab at their first Cup event.  We are partners with them and appreciate the support they have given us through the cancer battle, driver change, performance woes and aerodynamic issues.  We are working on things to get them in Victory lane.  They deserve it and we want to be the team to give it to them.  The Nextel Cup event in Indy gives us a lot of aerodynamic feedback that we can use on our trucks.  We tested there with Bobby Jr. and after one complete lap we were settling in with the tire there and the car was still too free.  He lost control of it and we loaded up to come home.  Still he managed to take that car and have a great speed with only one lap.  We're attempting the race and hopefully like last year we can be competitive and get Fastenal their first Cup start.  It would mean a lot to me and this BHR team."