Who is subbing for denny hamlin

He's a talented kid, and if you have any question about that, check his results. He would have made for a great substitute driver.

Maybe even a super-sub. Substitute drivers have grabbed headlines since the inception of the sport and, in many cases, have helped develop the sport. They are viewed as underdogs, and rightfully so. Usually, on any other race day, the job of the sub is to pilot the car, put on a show for the fans and try to get his name out there for any future employers. Some just do it for the check. However, some subs manage to go out there and grab the headlines. When Rod Osterlund's hotshot rookie driver was injured at Pocono during the season, he was faced with a dilemma: Who was going to keep the seat warm for his regular driver?

This was actually a question without a hard answer. It just so happened that David Pearson didn't have anything better going on. That's right. It just so happened that Pearson was without a ride after quitting the Woods Brothers following an infamous incident in the pits at Darlington in the spring.

Although the seat was going to be empty for four weeks, Pearson and Osterlund made a go at it. The team scored a pole at Michigan, and when the series made its second stop at Darlington that season, Pearson earned a bit of redemption by winning the Southern by two laps over Bill Elliott. The union ended soon after that, as Osterlund's rookie recovered enough to finish out the season seventh in points with one win under his belt.

Martin has won twice at Martinsville in 48 career starts, but it's not one of his favorite tracks. Since cutting back to a partial schedule and , he's left it off his preferred races list every time.

Now that he's back, he plans to start with Hamlin's setup and see if he can adjust to what has made the driver a four-time winner here. Martin said he had a lengthy phone conversation with Hamlin in which the two drivers discussed their Martinsville philosophies — and Hamlin even opened up about some of the secrets to his recent success.

Suffering from blood clots in his legs and lungs, Vickers missed the last six months of the season while he recuperated. Again, I reiterate it's very sad how it happened because I've been on the receiving end of this. I'm happy to jump in and do the best I can. It had been almost exactly the year before when they lost Davey Allison following a helicopter accident in Talladega. In , they opted for a full-time fill-in with some credentials — among them a Daytona win in Thus began one of the most successful driver and team tandems of the last 20 years.

Tommy Kendall for Kyle Petty — Sonoma, Back before he was the master of unfiltered honesty and analysis, Kyle Petty was a pretty fair race car driver who was coming into his own in the early s. Tommy Kendall was one of the premier road racers in the world at the time, and was tabbed to sub for the injured Petty. Kendall was trying to hold off Mark Martin with two laps to go, but took him out and succumbed to a cut tire from his action.

The events ended up handing the win to Davey Allison, after Ricky Rudd took out Ernie Irvan coming to take the white flag. His Western Auto-sponsored team went belly up, he sold the operation to an owner who would eventually turn out to be a tax felon and he was reduced to substitute roles for the likes of Todd Bodine and a rookie named Steve Park. Park was severely injured during a practice crash at Atlanta in , and team owner Dale Earnhardt Sr. Enter proto-enemy Waltrip.