Joey hand

Joey hand

Nation:	United States
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2012
Teams (manufacturers)
2012 RMG • 2013–2014 RBM (all BMW )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 30th - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	46

Joey Hand (born February 10, 1979 in Sacramento , California ) is an American racing driver . He won the Star Mazda Series in 1999 and won the Daytona 24-hour race in 2011 . From 2006 to 2012 he competed in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). He also competed in the DTM from 2012 to 2014 .

Career

Hand began his motorsport career in karting in 1991 , where he was active until 1996. In addition, he made his debut in 1996 in the US SCCA Formula Mazda in Formula racing . In 1998 he competed in the Star Mazda West Coast . He won a race and finished fourth in the championship. In 1999 he competed in the Star Mazda Series and became the first champion of this racing series. In 2000, Hand recovered from an accident that he suffered in a kart race. He only entered one race in the Barber Dodge Pro Series . In addition, he took part in the Formula Palmer Audi winter series in Europe and finished sixth.

In 2001 Hand switched to the Atlantic Championship and started for DSTP Motorsports . Hand won two races and finished the championship in third place. In 2002, Hand only took part in half the Atlantic Championship season. The other half of the season was Buddy Rice . Hand achieved the best placement for the team with a third place and finished the season in twelfth championship place. 2003 Hand contested the full season for DSTP Motorsports again. With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in seventh place in the championship.

In 2004, Hand did not find a full-time cockpit in formula racing and finally put his main focus on GT racing. He started in the Rolex Sports Car Series . He won the GT classification once and finished the season in sixth place in the GT classification. He also completed three single- posto races: He competed twice in the US Formula BMW and once in the Atlantic Championship. In 2005 he won the GT classification four times in the Rolex Sports Car Series and finished the season fourth in the GT classification.

In 2006, Hand focused on his involvement in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). With three podium finishes in the GT2 class, he took seventh place in the GT2 classification. He also took part in four races in the Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2007 he finished 22nd in the GT2 classification of the American Le Mans Series. He also made his debut in the DP class of the Rolex Sports Car Series and took part in three races. He also competed in two races in the SCCA World Challenge and one race in the GT classification of the Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2008, Hand completed the entire season in the DP classification of the Rolex Sports Car Series and was 13th with a podium finish. He also took part in the GT2 class of the ALMS four times. In 2009 Hand started the Grand-Am Koni Challenge and finished 15th in the GS classification with a win. He also took part in the ALMS in a BMW M3 E92 . He won the GT2 class once and was 20th in this class.

In 2010, Hand was active in three racing series in a BMW . Together with his team-mate Dirk Müller , he once won the ALMS GT classification and was seventh in this classification. In addition, with two victories he was third in the GS classification of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and he won the GT classification of the Rolex Sports Car Series once. In 2011 Hand remained active in all three racing series. For Chip Ganassi Racing , he won the Daytona 24-hour race in a Riley BMW . In addition, Hand and his teammate Dirk Müller won the ALMS GT classification with three classification wins. Hand also made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2011 . He took part in a BMW M3 GT2 together with Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx and was 15th in the overall and third in the LMGTE-Pro classification.

In 2012 Hand competed with BMW in the DTM . He drove for Reinhold Motorsport and was a team mate of the reigning champion Martin Tomczyk . While his brand colleague Bruno Spengler won the championship title, Hand, as the worst BMW driver, was 20th overall. At the same time, Hand stayed for another season with BMW in the ALMS, but no longer competed in every race. He won in the GT class at the season opener and finished seventh in the GT classification. He also took part in the Daytona 24-hour race again, finishing in sixth place. In 2013 , Hand switched to Racing Bart Mampaey (RBM) within the BMW DTM teams . At the end of the season he was twelfth overall. He drove six races in the ALMS and was on the podium twice in the GT class. He also took part in two races in the Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2014 hand in the DTM stayed with RBM. At the end of the season he finished 20th in the overall ranking. In addition, he contested three races in the GTLM class of the newly founded United SportsCar Championship (USCC).

statistics

Career stations

1991-1996: karting 1996: US SCCA Formula Mazda 1998: Star Mazda West Coast (4th place) 1999: Star Mazda Series (champions) 2000: Barber Dodge Pro Series (25th place) 2000: Formula Palmer Audi , winter series (6th place) 2001: Atlantic Championship (3rd place) 2002: Atlantic Championship (12th place) 2003: Atlantic Championship (7th place) 2004: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (6th place) 2004: US Formula BMW (11th place) 2004: Atlantic Championship (20th place) 2005: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (4th place)

2006 : ALMS , GT2 (7th place) 2006: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (28th place) 2007 : ALMS, GT2 (22nd place) 2007: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (56th place) 2007: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT 2007: SCCA World Challenge 2008: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (13th place) 2008 : ALMS, GT2 (46th place) 2009: Grand-Am Koni Challenge , GS (15th place) 2009 : ALMS, GT2 (20th place) 2010: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, GS (3rd place) 2010 : ALMS, GT (7th place) 2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (15th place)

2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (49th place) 2011 : ALMS, GT (champion) 2011: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, GS (18th place) 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (23rd place) 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (42nd place) 2011: International V8 Supercars Championship (68th place) 2012 : DTM (20th place) 2012 : ALMS, GT (7th place) 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (31st place) 2013 : DTM (12th place) 2013: ALMS, GT (12th place) 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (29th place) 2014 : DTM (20th place) 2014 : USCC , GTLM (23rd place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	Dirk Mueller	Andy Priaulx	Rank 15
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	18th place and class win
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Tony Kanaan	Rank 22
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 17
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 23

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3 E46	Bill Auberlen	Niclas Jönsson	failure	Engine failure
2006	BMW Team PTG	BMW M3 E46	Bill Auberlen	Ian James	failure	Gearbox damage
2007	Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Bill Auberlen	Tom Kimber-Smith	failure	Leak in the oil tank
2008	Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Tommy Milner	Tom Sutherland	failure	mechanics
2009	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 E92	Bill Auberlen		failure	mechanics
2010	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 E92	Dirk Mueller	Andy Priaulx	Rank 8
2011	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 E92 GT	Dirk Mueller	Andy Priaulx	Rank 10
2012	BMW Team RLL	BMW M3 E92	Dirk Mueller	Jonathan Summerton	17th place and class win
2013	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTE	Dirk Mueller	John Edwards	Rank 22
2014	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTLM	Bill Auberlen	Andy Priaulx	Rank 14
2015	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Riley MkXXVI	Scott Pruett	Scott Dixon	Rank 4
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 24
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 8
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	failure	accident
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 11

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points	rank
2012	BMW Team RMG	BMW	HO1	LAU	BRH	SPI	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	OSC	VAL	HO2	6th	20th
			13	14th	13	9	14th	18th	14th	11	15 *	8th
2013	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2	32	12.
			7th	5	DNF	15th	8th	7th	DNF	16	7th	20th
2014	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2	8th	20th
			10	15th	15th	7th	17th	12	17th	11	10	15th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Joey Hand  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website of Joey Hand (English)
• Career Stats Joey Hand (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "ALMS Champion Hand switches to DTM with BMW" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 15, 2011)
2. ↑ "BMW: Team assignments have been announced" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 3, 2012)
3. ↑ "Joey Hand is driving again in the ALMS in 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 13, 2012)
4. ↑ Markus Lüttgens and Stefanie Szlapka: "Wittmann secures BMW cockpit". Motorsport-Total.com, December 1, 2012, accessed January 13, 2012 .