2001THE ORIGINAL / JIM HAMELTON
The car that inspired it.
Jim’s green bodywork, purple hood and red 77 gave Kyle a look to bring back twenty years later. This is the original car, preserved in the family album.
2001 / JIM HAMELTON20 YEARS / ONE FAMILY2021 / KYLE HAMELTON
THE ORIGINAL. THE TRIBUTE. THE SAME FAMILY.
Jim’s colors.
Kyle’s thank you.
Twenty years between two cars. A lifetime of help behind them.
In 2021, Kyle brought back the green-and-purple colors of Jim’s original 2001 number 77. The tribute was for his dad—and for all the help through the years.
2021THE TRIBUTE / KYLE HAMELTON
The colors came back.
Kyle’s Saturn tribute carried the same green-and-purple combination and red 77. The 2021 photo shows Kyle’s tribute car on its own, twenty years after Jim’s original.
MORE THAN A PAINT SCHEME
A message
on the hood.
“Dad, Thanks for All the Help Through All the Years.”
The hood carries a picture of Jim’s 77 alongside Kyle’s dedication. The colors tell you which car inspired it. The words tell you why.
View the original hood photo
2001 2021
Twenty years.
The same racing family.
This page preserves the tribute and the original photographs behind it. The anniversary banner is AI-assisted commemorative artwork based on the family’s real car photos; the photographs below it remain the original records.
The family confirmed the 2001 and 2021 tribute years. Photograph and artwork sources