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Hamilton Jr. wants to sell, but to whom?
Father's death leaves ownership of race team in question
By LARRY WOODY
Staff Writer
Bobby Hamilton Jr. said he wants stepmother Lori Hamilton — or whoever is in charge of Bobby Hamilton Racing — to buy his share of his late father's team.
"I'm trying to get her to buy me out," said Hamilton Jr., who contends that he, infant daughter Haylie and Lori Hamilton own equal parts of the Mt. Juliet-based race team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
"I'm through with it," he said. "I just want out."
Hamilton Jr., who drove for the team last year during his father's battle with cancer, returned to the NASCAR Busch Series this season.
As for parting with the team his father founded in 2000, he said: "It's not hard to walk away. This is not the same team that it was when my dad was there."
Hamilton Jr. said he was unsure who to talk to about selling his share of the team because he is "totally confused" about who is running it.
Lori Hamilton, a one-time public relations director who married the senior Hamilton a few months before his death in January, apparently is in charge. But Lois Vance, a Lebanon banker who is trustee of the team, said in an interview in February that she is the "acting owner" and makes the business decisions at BHR.
Rest of story can be found at http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/SPORTS09/703140461/1041
Father's death leaves ownership of race team in question
By LARRY WOODY
Staff Writer
Bobby Hamilton Jr. said he wants stepmother Lori Hamilton — or whoever is in charge of Bobby Hamilton Racing — to buy his share of his late father's team.
"I'm trying to get her to buy me out," said Hamilton Jr., who contends that he, infant daughter Haylie and Lori Hamilton own equal parts of the Mt. Juliet-based race team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
"I'm through with it," he said. "I just want out."
Hamilton Jr., who drove for the team last year during his father's battle with cancer, returned to the NASCAR Busch Series this season.
As for parting with the team his father founded in 2000, he said: "It's not hard to walk away. This is not the same team that it was when my dad was there."
Hamilton Jr. said he was unsure who to talk to about selling his share of the team because he is "totally confused" about who is running it.
Lori Hamilton, a one-time public relations director who married the senior Hamilton a few months before his death in January, apparently is in charge. But Lois Vance, a Lebanon banker who is trustee of the team, said in an interview in February that she is the "acting owner" and makes the business decisions at BHR.
Rest of story can be found at http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/SPORTS09/703140461/1041
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