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Hemric has two full-time seasons in Xfinity, where he Chevy CAMARO ZL1
learned the value of keeping the fenders on the car. While CREW CHIEF:
he didn’t win during either season, he qualified both times 21
on points to advance all the way to the Championship 4 LUKE LAMBERT FEATURED DRIVERS
winner-take-all race at Homestead. He wound up fourth in OWNER:
points in 2017 and third a year ago.
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The moment he crossed the finish line at Homestead last
November, his focus turned solely on his newest challenge Charlotte Motor Speedway. That included a $250,000 for
at the Cup series level, replacing Ryan Newman at RCR. winning the inaugural “Legends Million” in 2010.

“You know, I’m happy to know what’s on the horizon for me, That year, Hemric transitioned to full-size cars and in
and because knowing what was ahead of me, I was able his first late-model race, Hemric broke the Concord
to 100-percent focus on the task at hand over the course Speedway track record during qualifying and finished
of the last couple weeks in the playoffs,” Hemric said at second in the race. In 2012, while still racing Legends
Homestead. “And wasn’t lack of effort on anybody’s part and other cars he started racing late models full-time and
why we didn’t obtain the goal that we set out to do.”
proceeded to win multiple championships, including the
2012 JEGS/CRA All Star Tour championship, the 2013
What kept Hemric in the hunt for the Xfinity championship Southern Super Series and some big special events,
was his ability to be consistent. Despite not winning, he including the 2014 Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300 and
still had 16 top-fives and 23 top-10s in 33 races. He started the 2015 All American 400.
the season by winning the pole position at the Daytona
International Speedway, and from there he went on to finish
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Hemric, who is married to fellow racer Kenzie Ruston,
began his racing career at five in karts and had 11 @DanielHemric DanielHemric
race wins and a track championship at Concord (N.C.)
Speedway before he was 10. Next, Hemric advanced to
Bandoleros and Legends Cars at 16, where he earned @DanielHemric
dozens of race wins and back-to-back Legends Car
National Pro Series championships, plus local titles at

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