Daniel Hemric Qualifies Ninth for Best Start of the Year
4 weeks agoSince Daniel Hemric lost his Kaulig Racing ride in 2025, he clearly has something to prove to any remaining NASCAR Cup Series owners who might be listening as he unexpectedly qualified 9th at Homestead, his best qualifying run of the season. This is particularly surprising since Hemric has never started a Cup Series race at Homestead with this car, although he did finish 12th in his one previous start way back in his rookie season of 2019. He ran pretty well too with an average running position of 14th, but that has little to do with this car. However, he has never earned a top ten on a 1.5-mile intermediate track. The closest he came was at the wildly unfair Nashville debacle this year where he finished 9th but had an average running position of 26th. Given all that, it's hard to imagine Hemric maintaining his qualifying position.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference