KEOKUK, IOWAFAMILY OWNED. DIRT RAISED.
Kyle Hamelton · 77KKyle Hamelton · 77K
Kyle Hamelton’s patriotic 77K Hobby Stock — photo by Carroll Hoover
DRAG STRIPS. DIRT OVALS. FIGURE 8.FAMILY OWNED / BUILT TO COME BACK
HAMELTON RACING

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NUMBERS

A family name. A lot of race nights.

Cars come and go. These are the people who put Hamelton Racing on the track.

Kyle Hamelton’s 77K racing on dirt

KYLE HAMELTON / 77K

Kyle
Hamelton

Kyle’s actual yellow 77K number

IMCA SPORT COMPACT · SPORT MOD · HOBBY STOCK · PREDATOR KART

Kyle’s racing has taken the 77K through Sport Compact, Sport Mod and Hobby Stock. He also raced a watermelon-themed 77K Predator kart and liquid-fuel RC cars. He brought back Jim’s green-and-purple colors on a tribute car for his dad. The next car is a Ford Crown Victoria, being built for Crown Vic racing.

The team is taking time for family. A return in 2027 is possible, with no date set.

The next 77K
NUMBER 77KRIGHT NOW BUILDING THE NEXT CAR
Michael Hamelton racing his red and green 47H kart

MICHAEL HAMELTON / 47H

Michael’s gold 47H from his shirt design

Michael
Hamelton

PREDATOR KART RACING

Michael took the family name into kart racing, running a Predator-powered kart at an Illinois track near Burlington.

His red-and-green 47H belongs in the same family album as the stock cars. The team is off the track for now.

Michael’s kart in the album
NUMBER 47HCLASS PREDATOR KART
Kandice’s lavender and hot-pink 2026 Honda Accord Figure 8 carKandice’s 2026 Honda Accord / family photo

KANDICE HAMOR / 7K

Kandice’s actual hot-pink 7K number

Kandice Hamor

FIGURE 8

Kandice’s 2026 7K is a Honda Accord for Figure 8 racing. Her niece Hannah is the second driver: they share the same car and race in different classes.

Like the rest of the team, she’s away from racing while life and family take priority.

THE EARLIER YEARS

The men who came before.

RETIRED DRIVERS
Jim Hamelton’s white 48J Hobby Stock, his last race car before retirement48J

Jim Hamelton Sr.

RETIRED / 2008

Also listed in old results as Jim Hamelton or James Hamelton. His 77 is part of the team’s Wildthings and Hobby Stock history. His final race car before retirement was the white-and-orange 48J Hobby Stock. Jim also raced liquid-fuel RC cars alongside Kyle and Terry Hamelton Jr.

Jim’s recovered race records
28/ 24J

Justin Hamelton

RETIRED

From the 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum to Hobby Stocks. Justin’s first website and his first Quincy win are both preserved in the family archive.

Justin’s recovered race records

ANOTHER SIDE OF HAMELTON RACING

Liquid fuel. Same family.

Kyle, Jim and Terry Hamelton Jr. also raced liquid-fuel RC cars. Small cars, real racing, and another chapter of the family’s time at the track.

RC RACING

Kyle Hamelton

Liquid-fuel RC cars, alongside stock cars and his watermelon-themed 77K Predator kart.

RC RACING

Jim Hamelton Sr.

Jim’s racing story includes liquid-fuel RC cars as well as the full-size 77.

RC RACING

Terry Hamelton Jr.

Terry also raced liquid-fuel RC cars with the family.

Kyle’s masked RC body from his 2009 album

The small-car projects, too.

Kyle’s 2009 album documents the body preparation, step by step.

Open the RC album
Sapphire sitting in her little watermelon-colored 77K car

THE NEXT GENERATION / SAPPHIRE

A future racer?
She’s got the look.

A little car, a familiar 77K and plenty of family spirit. Meet Sapphire, already bringing her own kind of horsepower to the Hamelton Racing photo album.

Small wheels. Big team spirit. ♡

Doug’s blue 29 modified

IN LOVING MEMORY / OUR ALLIED RACING FAMILY

Remembering Doug Bergheger.

Our cousin. The blue 29. Bergheger-Pohren Racing. A place in the pits, and a lasting place in our family.

Visit Doug’s memorial

THE HAMELTON RACING FAMILY.

See you when the
77K rolls out.

While the team is off the track, this site is our racing archive.
When racing resumes, look here for schedules, results, sponsors and team updates.

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