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  Birthplace: Charlotte, NC
  
  Birthdate: 09/09/1956
  
  Full Name: Jeffrey Lee Hammond
  
  Current Residence: Cleveland, NC
  
  HS-College: North Mecklenburg HS—East Carolina
  
  Wife-Children: NA
  
  SPEED Job: Analyst-Announcer
  
  Past Jobs: Crew chief for several NASCAR teams (in NASCAR for over 32 years)
  
  Resume: NA
  
  Worst moment in career: The day we lost Dale Earnhardt Sr. at Daytona
  
  Favorite movie: Tombstone
  
  Favorite song: Amarillo By Morning by George Strait
  
  Favorite sport: Rodeo
  
  Favorite driver: Darrell Waltrip
  
  Visit anywhere in world: Paris, France
  
  Love about job: the fact it is never boring, always moving & changing
  
  Typical day: up @ 6:00am—7:00am workout in gym—9:00am till Noon in my office or at race track--1:00pm-5:00pm working on notes for upcoming race or watching pit crew training at PIT Instruction & Training—5:30pm home-start riding & training horses or just work on my farm
  
  Hobbies: Hunting, golf, scuba diving, rodeo and wrestling—anything that presents a challenge
  
  First car: 1968 Mustang
  
  Competed in racing: Yes, I have driven mini-sprints, late model dirt & asphalt, sprint car, dirt modifieds, and tested stock cars
  
  Dream car: 1964 Malibu SS
  
  One thing not known: I am basically a very shy person
  
  Favorite saying: If it’s broke, I can fix it or Never say never
  
  Heather Locklear or Pamela Anderson? Heather Locklear
  
  Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino? Robert DeNiro
  
  Coke or Pepsi? Sundrop
  
  Ford or Chevy? Chevy
  
  CAREER HISTORY
  
  NASCAR career began in 1974 as tire changer for Walter Ballard … jackman for all three of Cale Yarborough’s NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships, winning another with Darrell Waltrip in 1981 … promoted to crew chief in 1982 for the Waltrip ride owned by Junior Johnson … 43 wins as a crew chief, including two more championships with Waltrip