On Bobby Hamilton

(note: no jokes today, as I am not yet up to Onion-level chutzpah)

Bobby Hamilton came from next-to-nothing. The stories are out about his upbringing, living on the streets as a teenager, working his way up the local track. He wound up becoming a pretty darn good driver, winning at the Nextel Cup level. When APR started to fall apart, he went to the Trucks (remember, not many guys had done this before him), and drove his own truck to a championship soon after. All-in-all, a great American success story.
But there is that one really weird part.
You know it--Darrell Waltrip helped Bobby find a ride with Hendrick, driving a "movie car" for Days of Thunder. Bobby wound up tearing up the field before an engine problem ended his day, but THAT was his big break in Nextel Cup. It just goes to show you that if you try to succeed at what you love for a long enough time, you just mind reach your goal--just not in the way you'd expected.