Jimmy Hensley

James "Jimmy" Hensley (born October 11, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver. With a career spanning 27 seasons in all three of NASCAR's elite divisions, Hensley may be best remembered for his Rookie of the Year award won in 1992, his 15th season in the series, and for his nine career Busch Series wins. He spent most of his career working as an oil truck driver in addition to racing.^[1] He was best known as being a substitute driver for many teams.

Early career

Hensley's NASCAR career began in 1972, driving for famous owner Junie Donlavey in the #90 Ford. Both of his starts that season came at Martinsville Speedway, the track being just ten miles from Hensley's hometown of Ridgeway, VA. Though an engine failure in his first start relegated Hensley to a 33rd-place finish, he completed all but seven laps of the fall event, the Old Dominion 500, to finish fifth. This would end up being Hensley's best finish in his 98 career Winston Cup Series races.

Hensley competed again for Donlavey in the 1973 and 1974 Virginia 500 events, coming home in seventh and sixth places, respectively. For the 1974 Old Dominion 500, Hensley drove the #02 Chevrolet owned by Russell Large, finishing 19th. Beginning in 1975, Hensley drove the #63 Chevrolet for part-time owner Billy Moyer, competing in both Martinsville races each year until 1977 and registering a top ten each season. It would be last Cup race for several years.

Return to the series

In 1981, Hensley returned to the Winston Cup Series, driving in the fall Martinsville event for Cecil Gordon in the #24 Buick and bringing home a seventh-place result. Hensley raced in three events the next year—both Martinsville races, along with the September event at Richmond, in D. K. Ulrich's #40 Buick. That same year, Hensley also competed in the inaugural Busch Series season, competing in 11 events and recording four top five finishes. Hensley spent the 1983 season out of Cup and in the Busch Series, where in 29 starts, he registered 16 top ten finishes.

Busch Series

For the next eight seasons, Hensley competed on-and-off in the Winston Cup Series and raced full-time in the Busch ranks. Behind the wheel of the #00 Oldsmobile in 1985, Hensley came home second in points, just 29 points behind champion Jack Ingram, after a season with three wins at Hickory, South Boston, and IRP. Hensley again finished second in points in 1987 driving the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick for Sam Ard, starting and finishing first in the season finale at Martinsville for his only win of the season. Just four races later, Hensley won again at Martinsville in the 1988 Miller Classic.

In 1989, Hensley drove 18 races in six different cars, recording a pole at Hickory in the #70 Dirt Devil Pontiac but finishing no better than sixth. In addition, he won his only career Winston Cup pole at Martinsville Speedway, filling in for Dale Earnhardt, who was unable to make it to the track at that time due to the effects of Hurricane Hugo. Earnhardt would drive the car at the race.^[2] Hensley returned to victory lane the next season driving the #25 Crown Petroleum/Fast Fare Oldsmobile for Dick Moroso, winning at Nazareth Speedway; he followed that up in 1991 with a career-high three victories, winning at Martinsville, Hickory, and Rougemont.

Return to the Cup Series

Hensley started the 1992 with the #25 Beverly Racing team, but they were unable to locate permanent sponsorship. They parted ways and Hensley moved to the Cup Series, driving the #66 TropArtic Ford Thunderbird for Cale Yarborough. Hensley ran in 22 races with four top-ten finishes with the group, and won Rookie of the Year honors at the age of 47, due to the other competitors that season running part-time schedules.

He began 1993 in the #52 NAPA/Hurley Limo Ford for Jimmy Means, running the first three races of the year. He then spent most of the season driving the #7 car in place of the deceased Alan Kulwicki per Kulwicki's will. After the team was bought by Geoff Bodine, he drove one race for Richard Petty before closing the season in the #4 Eastman Kodak/Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet.

Craftsman Truck Series participation

Beginning in 1995, Hensley began to compete in the newly formed Craftsman Truck Series, driving in his first two seasons for owner Grier Lackey. His first full season was in the #30 Mopar Performance Dodge Ram in 1996, where he had five top-fives and a pole position. In 1997, however, Hensley joined Petty Enterprises, piloting the #43 Cummins Dodge in the next three seasons. At age 52 in 1998, Hensley found victory lane at Nashville and finished sixth in the final points standings. The next year, he finished first at Martinsville, recording what would be the last win of his career. That year, he made his final run in the Busch Series, filling in for Wayne Grubb.

He was replaced at Petty, and signed with the #16 Team Rensi Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado group. With sponsorship coming from Lance Snacks, Mobile Max2, and eLink, he had eight top-ten finishes and finished thirteenth in points. He began 2001 without a ride, but ran a majority of the year filling in for Randy MacDonald in the #72 truck. Hensley retired after that season, and now works installing fire-service systems.^[3]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	ONT	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR 33	TAL	CLT	DOV	MCH	RSD	TWS	DAY	BRI	TRN	ATL	TAL	MCH	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 5	NWS	CLT	CAR	TWS	99th	215.25	^[4]
1973			Mercury	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR 7	TAL	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR				103rd	-	^[5]
1974			Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR 6	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	NSV	ATL	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS						83rd	4.01	^[6]
1974	Russell Large Racing	02	Chevy																											MAR 19	CLT	CAR	ONT		83rd	4.01	^[6]
1975	Moyer Racing	63	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR 7	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR 27	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT		97th	82	^[7]
1976				RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR 25	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 7	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		68th	234	^[8]
1977				RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR 22	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV								61st	247	^[9]
1977	Hensley Racing																											MAR 6	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		61st	247	^[9]
1981	Gordon Racing	24	Buick	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 7	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD	NA	0	^[10]
1982	Ulrich Racing	40	Buick	DAY	RCH	BRI	ATL	CAR	DAR	NWS	MAR 9	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 29	DOV	NWS	CLT	MAR 23	CAR	ATL	RSD		NA	0	^[11]
1984	Langley Racing	64	Ford	DAY	RCH 22	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR 20	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 22	DOV	MAR 22	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	RSD		NA	0	^[12]
1986	Langley Racing	64	Ford	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR 23	TAL	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 16	DOV	MAR 18	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD			54th	318	^[13]
1988	Arrington Racing	67	Ford	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR 24	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL			NA	0	^[14]
1989	Richard Childress Racing	3	Chevy	DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR QL^†	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL			NA	-	^[15]
1990	Moroso Racing	20	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 33	CAR 31	PHO	ATL			88th	70	^[16]
1991	Team III Racing	24	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 10	NWS 11	CLT 20	CAR 14	PHO	ATL			41st	488	^[17]
1992	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	66	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR 15	TAL 25	CLT 11	DOV 8	SON 30	POC 9	MCH 29	DAY 15	POC 14	TAL 31	GLN 26	MCH 29	BRI 7	DAR 15	RCH 17	DOV 13	MAR 17	NWS 25	CLT 18	CAR 18	PHO 21	ATL 8			28th	2410	^[18]
1993	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Ford	DAY 40	CAR 25	RCH 34	ATL	DAR	BRI																										32nd	2001	^[19]
	AK Racing	7	Ford							NWS 12	MAR 13	TAL 9	SON	CLT 15	DOV 22	POC 17	MCH 23	DAY 34	NHA 11	POC 39	TAL 28	GLN	MCH 15	BRI 6	DAR 23	RCH 21	DOV
	Petty Enterprises	44	Pontiac																									MAR 34	NWS	CLT	CAR
	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy																													PHO 32	ATL 25
1994	RaDiUs Motorsports	55	Ford	DAY 15	CAR 22	RCH 36	ATL 29	DAR 13	BRI DNQ	NWS DNQ	MAR 23	TAL 30	SON DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 17	POC 29	MCH 42	DAY 32	NHA 29	POC DNQ	TAL 30	IND 32	GLN 33	MCH DNQ	BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS					41st	1394	^[20]
	Moroso Racing	20	Ford																												CLT 40	CAR	PHO
	Charles Hardy Racing	44	Ford																															ATL 12
1995	Active Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY	CAR 40	RCH DNQ	ATL 38	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON												BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH	DOV							44th	558	^[21]
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford											CLT DNQ	DOV	POC	MCH
	Bill Davis Racing	22	Pontiac															DAY 30	NHA 41	POC 32	TAL DNQ	IND 32	GLN	MCH 22
	A.G. Dillard Motorsports	31	Chevy																										MAR DNQ	NWS 29	CLT 39	CAR	PHO	ATL
1996	Active Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR DNQ	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	^[22]
^† - Qualified for Dale Earnhardt

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1993	Jimmy Means Racing	Ford	38	40
1994	RaDiUs Motorsports	Ford	25	15

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1982	HVP Motorsports	63	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	BRI	MAR 7	DAR	HCY	SBO 3	CRW 2	RCH 17	LGY	DOV	HCY	CLT	ASH	HCY	SBO 13	CAR	CRW 4	SBO 7	HCY	LGY	IRP 4	BRI	HCY	RCH	MAR 18	CLT	HCY 10	MAR 23							14th	1520	^[23]
1983	HVP Motorsports	63	Pontiac	DAY	RCH 25	CAR	HCY	MAR 22	NWS	SBO 6	GPS 17	LGY 16	DOV	BRI 8	CLT	SBO 15	HCY 8							HCY 9		IRP 9	GPS 4	BRI 15	HCY 12		RCH 6		SBO 19	MAR 6	ROU 5		HCY 20	MAR 5	8th	3716	^[24]
		55	Pontiac															ROU 9	SBO 24	ROU 6	CRW 3	ROU 7	SBO 23		LGY 8
	Arrington Racing	29	Dodge																											DAR 22
	Whitaker Racing	7	Olds																													NWS 3
		39	Pontiac																																	CLT 33
1984	Cox Racing	50	Mercury	DAY 33	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR																															34th	646	^[25]
	Gibson Racing	90	Pontiac						DAR 35	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU
	Whitaker Racing	7	Olds																SBO 4	ROU	HCY	IRP 7	LGY	SBO 19	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS
		48	Pontiac																										CLT 17	HCY	CAR
		88	Pontiac																													MAR 9
1985	Thomas Brothers Racing	00	Olds	DAY 6	CAR 8	HCY 1	BRI 11	MAR 20	DAR 5	SBO 1	LGY 9	DOV 19	CLT 5	SBO 2	HCY 4	ROU 4	IRP 1	SBO 2	LGY 10	HCY 5	MLW 3	BRI 5	DAR 4	RCH 8	NWS 3	ROU 12	CLT 10	HCY 7	CAR 6	MAR 3									2nd	4077	^[26]
1986	HVP Motorsports	63	Olds	DAY 18	CAR 12				DAR 19				DOV 14	CLT 17						RAL 12							DAR 12		DOV 8			CLT 19	CAR 6						8th	3914	^[27]
			Pontiac			HCY 17		BRI 13									ROU 11	IRP 11	SBO 5		OXF 13	SBO 7	HCY 9	LGY 13		BRI 21
			Chevy				MAR 18			SBO 5	LGY 25	JFC 15			SBO 11	HCY 18									ROU 11			RCH 7		MAR 6	ROU 18			MAR 4*
1987	Sam Ard Racing	5	Buick	DAY 20	HCY 7	MAR 8	DAR 17	BRI 7	LGY 16	SBO 4	CLT 14	DOV 7	IRP 21	ROU 20	JFC 7	OXF 22	SBO 25	HCY 21	RAL 4	LGY 24	ROU 3	BRI 2	JFC 3	DAR 12	RCH 8	DOV 4	MAR 2	CLT 14	CAR 23	MAR 1*									2nd	3565	^[28]
1988	Sam Ard Racing	5	Buick	DAY 17	HCY 7	CAR 10	MAR 1	DAR 12	BRI 11	LNG 22	NZH 5	SBO 14	NSV 6	CLT 18	DOV 24	ROU 7	LAN 2	LVL 3	MYB 15	OXF 28	SBO 12	HCY 2*	LNG 3	IRP 12	ROU 22	BRI 5	DAR 29	RCH 6	DOV 15	MAR 27	CLT 7	CAR 19	MAR 25						6th	3837	^[29]
1989	Linville Racing	62	Chevy	DAY 33	CAR																																		22nd	1785	^[30]
	Ryder Racing	27	Pontiac			MAR 30
		89	Chevy				HCY 28
	Southern Maryland Motorsports	58	Olds					DAR 40	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV
	Huffman Racing	70	Buick											CLT 17	DOV 33	ROU 24	LVL 23	VOL	MYB 14	SBO 7	HCY 6	DUB 18	IRP 26	ROU 14	BRI 15	DAR	RCH 13	DOV	MAR 13	CLT	CAR
	Beverley Racing	55	Olds																													MAR 32
1990	Moroso Racing	25	Olds	DAY 4	RCH 17	CAR 10	MAR 4	HCY 11	DAR 5	BRI 6	LAN 9	SBO 4*	NZH 1	HCY 19	CLT 7	DOV 14	ROU 14	VOL 8	MYB 19		NHA 15	SBO 14	DUB 3	IRP 11	ROU 4	BRI 10	DAR 5	RCH 5	DOV 10	MAR 7	CLT 15		CAR 25	MAR 24					2nd	4172	^[31]
		28																		OXF 18
		75																														NHA 12
1991	Beverley Racing	25	Olds	DAY 39	RCH 8*	CAR 10	MAR 1*	VOL 4	HCY 2*	DAR 6	BRI 23	LAN 16	SBO 21	NZH 9	CLT 4	DOV 7	ROU 2	HCY 1	MYB 11	GLN 21	OXF 13	NHA 32	SBO 9	DUB 7	IRP 17	ROU 1	BRI 5	DAR 31	RCH 14	DOV 25	CLT 3		CAR 38	MAR 10					5th	3916	^[32]
1991		5																														NHA 37							5th	3916	^[32]
1992		25		DAY 27	CAR 14	RCH 7	ATL	MAR 8	DAR	BRI 7	HCY 8	LAN	DUB	NZH 5	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA 7	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY					39th	1080	^[33]
1993	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT 42												69th	197	^[34]
1993	Henderson Motorsports	75	Olds																									MAR 4	CAR	HCY	ATL								69th	197	^[34]
1994	Moroso Racing	20	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 9	MAR									70th	214	^[35]
1994	Laughlin Racing Products	35	Chevy																												CAR 29								70th	214	^[35]
1995	Laughlin Racing Products	35	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH 35	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM										105th	58	^[36]
1999	Grubb Motorsports	83	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR DNQ	MEM	PHO DNQ	HOM				NA	-	^[37]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1995	Grandaddy Racing	30	Dodge	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI 25	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	RCH	MAR	NWS 18	SON	MMR	PHO 30								55th	270	^[38]
1996	Grandaddy Racing	30	Dodge	HOM 26	PHO 27	POR 10	EVG 7	TUS 4	CNS 3	HPT 28	BRI 25	NZH 2*	MLW 4	LVL 3	I70 8	IRP 25	FLM 9	GLN 8	NSV 8	RCH 13	NHA 9	MAR 9	NWS 16	SON 10	MMR 18	PHO 30	LVS 17				8th	3029	^[39]
1997	Petty Enterprises	43	Dodge	WDW 6	TUS 8	HOM 13	PHO 14	POR 11	EVG 25	I70 2	NHA 23	TEX 12	BRI 8	NZH 25	MLW 8	LVL 3	CNS 8	HPT 7	IRP 3*	FLM 13	NSV 15	GLN 6	RCH 13	MAR 4	SON 6	MMR 9	CAL 34	PHO 19	LVS 15		8th	3385	^[40]
1998				WDW 14	HOM 28	PHO 14	POR 12	EVG 19	I70 24	GLN 31	TEX 33	BRI 9	MLW 2	NZH 6	CAL 20	PPR 5	IRP 14	NHA 6	FLM 5	NSV 1	HPT 3	LVL 7	RCH 16	MEM 3	GTY 6	MAR 2	SON 5	MMR 21	PHO 9	LVS 3	6th	3570	^[41]
1999				HOM 29	PHO 7	EVG 21	MMR 5	MAR 1	MEM 30	PPR 5	I70 5*	BRI 12	TEX 8	PIR 23	GLN 23	MLW 12	NSV 3	NZH 9	MCH 3	NHA 9	IRP 30	GTY 10	HPT 14	RCH 15	LVS 7	LVL 3*	TEX 14	CAL 8			10th	3280	^[42]
2000	Team Rensi Motorsports	16	Chevy	DAY 29	HOM 12	PHO 15	MMR 14	MAR 10	PIR 6	GTY 2	MEM 10	PPR 11	EVG 12	TEX 12	KEN 13	GLN 14	MLW 12	NHA 27	NZH 7	MCH 12	IRP 9	NSV 29	CIC 25	RCH 13	DOV 32	TEX 4	CAL 10				13th	2933	^[43]
2001	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR 25	GTY 13	DAR 33	PPR 14	DOV 26	TEX 32	MEM 15	MLW 26	KAN	KEN 13	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC 25				TEX 14							20th	1708	^[44]
2001	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Dodge																		NZH 14	RCH 16	SBO 25		LVS 15	PHO 20	CAL 30				20th	1708	^[44]

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	ATSC	Pts	Ref
1985	Thomas Brothers Racing	00	Olds	ATL	DAY	ATL	TAL	ATL	SSP	IRP 1	CSP	FRS	IRP	OEF	ISF	DSF	TOL	93rd	-	^[45]

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↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Hensley – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

External links

Jimmy Hensley driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Summary of career statistics
Story of Hensley's 1989 Martinsville pole

Preceded by Bobby Hamilton	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Jeff Gordon

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse Jr. 2014: K. Larson 2015: B. Moffitt 2016: C. Elliott

Xfinity Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn Jr. 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson 2014: C. Elliott 2015: D. Suárez 2016: E. Jones

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney 2014: B. Kennedy 2015: E. Jones 2016: W. Byron

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