Jeff Hammond (NASCAR)

Jeff Hammond
Jeff Hammond (center) discusses pit road safety with U.S. Marines, courtesy of U.S. Marines
Born	Jeffrey Hammond (1956-09-09) September 9, 1956 (age 60)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Television sportscaster for Fox Sports 1 on NASCAR Race Hub
Known for	Former crew chief

Jeffrey "Jeff" Hammond (born September 9, 1956) is an American NASCAR personality. Currently, he is a commentator for NASCAR's coverage on Fox Sports, as well as a partial owner of Red Horse Racing, a Camping World Truck Series racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina that is co-owned by him and business executive Tom DeLoach. He is also referred to as Hollywood Hammond by his Fox colleague Darrell Waltrip. He is an alumnus of East Carolina University.

While attending high school at North Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, he was named a 1973-74 High School Prep Football All-American as a cornerback. He played college football at East Carolina University for Pat Dye until he suffered a career-ending injury in 1975.

Hammond's NASCAR career began in 1974 as a tire changer for Walter Ballard, but soon moved to the jackman position. He served on the crew for three championship seasons between Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. In 1982, Hammond was promoted to the crew chief position at Junior Johnson Motorsports for Darrell Waltrip and Waltrip won his second consecutive championship. He and Waltrip became the top driver-crew chief combination in NASCAR, winning 43 races during the 1980s including the 1985 Winston Cup championship. Hammond followed Waltrip to Hendrick Motorsports, where they won the 1989 Daytona 500.