Daniel Hemric

Daniel Hemric

33-Year-Old Driver  
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
2024 Fantasy Outlook
While Hemric is being promoted to full-time Cup Series action in 2024, this will not be his first cup of coffee in NASCAR's top division. He has 47 starts spread over a window from 2017 to 2022. Hemric has only earned three Top-10 finishes in those starts because of small team/challenged situations. His signing with Kaulig means that he gets a true, full campaign with steady team support. Hemric replaces the departed Justin Haley in the team's No. 31 Chevrolet. This team earned six Top-10 finishes and wound up 26th-place in the final points under Haley's guidance last season. Hemric will be challenged to equal those marks in the upcoming campaign as this is his first meaningful Cup Series action since 2022. He was a journeyman driver in the Xfinity Series for six years, earning one victory and 104 Top-10 finishes in his 186 starts. While Hemric's resume isn't overly impressive it is flush with experience and should help Kaulig's No. 31 team to grow given some time. Read Past Outlooks
Moving to Truck Series
Craftsman Truck Series
November 20, 2024
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing announced that 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Hemric will join the organization for the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. The 33-year-old from Kannapolis, N.C. will drive the No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet Silverado RST during Bill McAnally's 35th season in partnership with NAPA.
ANALYSIS
Hemric's latest Cup Series foray with Kaulig Racing has come to an end. The journeyman driver will return to the truck series in 2025 and pilot the strong No. 19 entry of McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. Hemric has 50 starts of experience in this division of NASCAR, but hasn't competed full-time in it since 2016. He has the ability and experience to carry this team to a championship contending campaign next season.
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Hemric returns for another season of racing at Kaulig and the No. 11 team. His first season with this squad was good but fell a bit short of expectations. Hemric was held out of victory lane and nabbed just 14 Top-10 finishes. He would wind up a respectable ninth-place in the final driver standings, but would have liked much more. Hemric will set out to make some gains in the upcoming season and he'll have the entire supporting cast in the Kaulig No. 11 team returning to help that effort, including crew chief Jason Trinchere. The young driver has always been strong on the intermediate ovals, and since they make up the backbone of the schedule, there's hope for improvement.
Hemric was the long-odds guy on winning the championship last year in this division of NASCAR, but he pulled it off. In the winner-take-all Chase format, Hemric piloted his former Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a win in the season finale and an upset in the championship. Despite that being his only victory of the season, it was still a pretty solid campaign. Hemric's 15 Top-5 and 21 Top-10 finishes resolve any thoughts that he didn't earn that title. He's no longer with Gibbs, but has signed a deal to pilot Kaulig Racing's No. 11 entry in the upcoming season. Hemric will attempt to defend his 2021 crown with a new team and new manufacturer. Given his choice of Kaulig Racing, he could pull it off. Hemric is quite talented and is just beginning to show his true driving potential at age 30.
Hemric was another big winner of the Xfinity Series Silly Season. Riley Herbst departed this team at the conclusion of 2020 and headed to Stewart Haas Racing. Hemric takes over this strong No. 18 Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing team after a season of part-time racing last year. The 29-year-old journeyman made just 21 starts last season for JR Motorsports in the No. 8 Chevrolet. However, he would have some impact, collecting seven Top-5 and 12 Top-10 finishes in those starts. After three seasons of racing in this division of NASCAR, Hemric is still seeking his first victory. This situation and team could propel him into victory lane for the first time in the upcoming season. This seasoned driver has shown the ability to lead races and collect Top 10's and now it is hoped he'll learn how to win races.
JRM has signed Daniel Hemric to pilot the team's car for most of the schedule, a total of 21 starts. Youngster Burton will take the wheel for 11 starts, and Earnhardt Jr. will get one start early in the season at Homestead. While there are three drivers for this team, it will mostly be an effort for Hemric. He comes over from the Cup Series last year in the RCR No. 8 Chevrolet. When Hemric last raced in the Xfinity Series he stacked up 16 Top-5 and 23 Top-10 finishes for old boss Richard Childress in 2018. The 28-year-old driver now has well over 100 combined starts in NASCAR's lower divisions. That experience will show in the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet Camaro.
The soon-to-be 28-year-old driver is not such a tender rookie driver as the norm. Hemric has well over 100 starts between the Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series the last four years. That experience culminated in his best season ever last year with 23 Top-10 finishes and a third-place points finish in the Xfinity Series for boss Richard Childress. While his experience in the lower touring divisions of NASCAR is conspicuously missing the victories that seem to earmark drivers for success at the Cup level, Hemric does possess the consistency and performance that indicate strong driving skill. He will take over the No. 31 Chevrolet of the departed Ryan Newman and it will be rebranded the No. 8 Chevrolet in honor of RCR's 50th anniversary this year. A lot of eyes and pressure will be on Hemric, but expectations should be reasonable. He will likely win the 2019 Rookie of the Year, but successes will be measured on a small scale and struggles will be plenty.
Hemric will be back with this race team for a second season of action. He piloted this Chevrolet to seven Top-5 and 16 Top-10 finishes last year, but no victories. The team returns completely intact to help Hemric improve in 2018. The lack of consistency last season is what kept Hemric from challenging for wins. Hopefully, he and crew chief Danny Stockman can solve that puzzle in the upcoming season. The sponsorship, support and funding are rock solid, so Hemric has Richard Childress' vote of confidence to keep racing. We expect some minor improvement from Hemric and this team, but it may be a stretch to expect seeing him in victory lane anytime soon.
The young talent is a defector from the Ford and Brad Keselowski Racing camp of the Camping World Truck Series. Hemric spent the past four seasons (two full-time) in that division of NASCAR sharpening his skills. He signed a contract to drive for Childress in 2017 and compete for Rookie of the Year honors in the Xfinity Series. Hemric takes over the strong No. 21 Chevrolet and will be paired with crew chief, Danny Stockman. The talent this driver has is without question. Hemric nabbed 15 Top-5 and 30 Top-10 finishes over his last 46 starts in the truck series. That was good enough for seventh- and sixth-place finishes in the driver standings the last two years. Even though Hemric has no seat time in the Xfinity car, he should quickly adapt and begin to translate his past success to this division of NASCAR.
Hemric joins Brad Keselowski Racing for 2016. He’ll pilot the strong No. 19 Ford for his second full-time season in the Camping World Truck Series. Last year the young driver raced the No. 14 Chevrolet to four Top-5 and 13 Top-10 finishes, but he joins a much stronger team this season. After finishing an impressive seventh in the final driver standings, he’ll aim much higher this year. Under the guidance of crew chief Doug Randolph, Hemric will look to win his first race in this division of NASCAR and push the Top 5 of the driver standings. While those may be lofty goals, the excellence of the BKR No. 19 team can get him there. What Hemric lacks in experience in these trucks, he’ll make up for with the strength of this team. We look for the 24-year-old driver to make some major steps this season.
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Runner-up Finish at Bristol
XFINITY Series
September 15, 2023
Hemric finished second in the Food City 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Friday night.
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Tops Kansas Xfinity Practice
XFINITY Series
September 9, 2023
Hemric was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 175.006 mph.
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Tops Xfinity Practice at Darlington
XFINITY Series
September 2, 2023
Hemric was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 165.732 mph.
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Third in Wawa 250
XFINITY Series
August 26, 2023
Hemric finished third in the Wawa 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway Friday night.
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Runner-up Finish at Atlanta
XFINITY Series
July 9, 2023
Hemric finished second in the Alsco Uniforms 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday night.
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