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🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar, Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

Driver facts

Full name

Davey Hamilton

Born

15 March 1997(b. 1997)

Nationality

United States

Current team

Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Series

IndyCar

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

5,092

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

5,092

Rank 1058 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 160h ago

Davey Hamilton was an established professional racing in the IndyCar Series on ovals alone. He competed from 1996 to 2011, primarily for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, accumulating 57 starts across 16 seasons of activity. Hamilton never won a race in the series, but took eight podium finishes.[1]

Hamilton finished second in series points twice, in 1996 and 1998, placing him among the front-runners of that era. He was a regular and closely matched opponent for established professionals including Buddy Lazier, the 2000 IndyCar champion, and Eddie Cheever, a former Formula 1 driver. He also finished ahead of Tony Stewart, the 1997 IndyCar champion, on 12 occasions, and beat Will Power, a two-time IndyCar champion, once across their meetings. A.J. Foyt Enterprises fielded him for 13 of his starts.[2]

Hamilton raced in a field mixing amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals, maintaining competitive standing against drivers of higher pedigree; his consistency in reaching podiums without achieving a win defined his IndyCar career.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Davey Hamilton is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Hamilton has recorded 0 wins and 8 podiums from 57 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,092 ranks Hamilton 1058th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2011 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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2011-10-16	IZOD INDYCAR World Championship	IndyCar	P19	+32
2011-06-12	Firestone Twin 275s	IndyCar	P27	−76
2011-06-12	Firestone 600	IndyCar	P25	−50
2011-05-29	Indianapolis 500	IndyCar	P24	−27

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+118	Phoenix 200 1997	IndyCar	P3
+107	True Value 500 1997	IndyCar	P3
+105	Colorado Indy 200 Presented by Deloitte & Touche 1999	IndyCar	P2
+103	Mall.com 500 1999	IndyCar	P2
+103	Indy 200 1998	IndyCar	P3

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Podiums	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2011	▸IndyCar		4	0	P26	−122	5,092
2010	▸IndyCar		2	0	P25	−112	5,213
2009	▸IndyCar		1	0	P26	−89	5,325
2008	▸IndyCar		1	0	P28	+48	5,414
2007	▸IndyCar		1	0	P22	+100	5,366
2001	▸IndyCar	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	5	0	P28	−255	5,267
2000	▸IndyCar	Team Xtreme Racing	9	0	P24	−693	5,522
1999	▸IndyCar	Galles Racing	10	3	P4	−10	6,215
1998	▸IndyCar	Nienhouse Motorsports	11	2	P3	+336	6,225
1997	▸IndyCar	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	10	3	P2	+503	5,889
1996	▸IndyCar	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	3	0	—	+4,176	5,526

Recent coverage

Colton Bettis Opens Must See Racing Season with First Career Win[1]

Racing America

9 May 2026

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Hoosier Racing Tire and Hoosier Tire West Announce Three-Year Partnership with Davey Hamilton Jr. and the Open Wheel Showdown[2]

Speedway Digest

3 Feb 2026

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Classic Rewind: Texas 1999[3]

INDYCAR.com

28 Aug 2025

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hamilton finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier	5,098	49	25	24	51%
🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold	5,131	47	25	22	53%
🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins	5,488	45	24	21	53%
🇫🇷 Stéphane Grégoire	5,380	45	26	19	58%
🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum	4,858	45	18	27	40%
🇺🇸 Mark Dismore	5,154	44	25	19	57%
🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear	5,665	39	18	21	46%
🇺🇸 Billy Boat	5,208	39	19	20	49%
🇬🇧 Jeff WardFIA Bronze	5,334	38	18	20	47%
🇺🇸 Greg Ray	5,314	38	23	15	61%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion	6,497	26	12	14	46%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum, 2× champion	6,256	8	1	7	13%
🇧🇷 Gil de FerranHigher-rated	6,099	2	1	1	50%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
1,048	🇺🇸 Walt Hansgen	Formula 1	5,099
1,049	🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier	IndyCar	5,098
1,050	🇺🇸 John Pew	IMSA WeatherTech	5,098
1,051	🇪🇸 Albert Costa	IMSA WeatherTech	5,097
1,052	🇬🇧 Jamie Davies	FIA GT Championship	5,097
1,053	🇬🇧 David Hunt	International Formula 3000	5,096
1,054	🇷🇺 Artem Markelov	Formula 2	5,095
1,055	🇳🇴 Christian Krognes	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	5,095
1,056	🇯🇵 Hiroki Yoshida	Super GT	5,095
1,057	🇬🇧 Philip Ellis	IMSA WeatherTech	5,095
1,058	🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton	IndyCar	5,092
1,059	🇬🇧 Richard Dean	FIA GT Championship	5,092
1,060	🇺🇸 Colin Fleming	Formula V8 3.5	5,090
1,061	🇵🇱 Tymek Kucharczyk	Indy NXT	5,090
1,062	🇮🇹 Giovanna Amati	International Formula 3000	5,089
1,063	🇮🇹 Felice Tedeschi	International Formula 3000	5,088
1,064	🇮🇹 Giampiero Simoni	International Formula 3000	5,087
1,065	🏳️ Ricardo Gonzalez	SKUSA SuperNationals	5,086
1,066	🇯🇵 Yuya Motojima	Super GT	5,086
1,067	🇮🇳 Jehan Daruvala	Formula E	5,084
1,068	🇩🇪 Altfrid Heger	24H Series	5,083

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Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 160h ago

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia