"NASCAR Champion" Jimmy Hensley Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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"NASCAR Champion" Jimmy Hensley Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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James Hensley
(born October 11, 1945) is a former
NASCAR
driver. With a career spanning 27 seasons in all three of NASCAR's elite divisions, Hensley may be best remembered for his
Rookie of the Year
award won in 1992, his 15th season in the series, and for his nine career
Busch Series
wins. He spent most of his career working as an oil truck driver in addition to racing.
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He was best known as being a substitute driver for many teams. Hensley's NASCAR career began in 1972, driving for famous owner
Junie Donlavey
in the No. 90
Ford
. Both of his starts that season came at
Martinsville Speedway
, the track being just ten miles from Hensley's hometown of
Ridgeway, VA
. Though an engine failure in his first start relegated Hensley to a 33rd-place finish, he completed all but seven laps of the fall event, the
Old Dominion 500
, to finish fifth. This would end up being Hensley's best finish in his 98 career
Winston Cup Series
races. Hensley competed again for Donlavey in the 1973 and 1974
Virginia 500
events, coming home in seventh and sixth places, respectively. For the
1974 Old Dominion 500
, Hensley drove the No. 02
Chevrolet
owned by Russell Large, finishing 19th. Beginning in 1975, Hensley drove the No. 63 Chevrolet for part-time owner Billy Moyer, competing in both Martinsville races each year until 1977 and registering a top ten each season. It would be last Cup race for several years. In 1981, Hensley returned to the Winston Cup Series, driving in the fall Martinsville event for
Cecil Gordon
in the No. 24
Buick
and bringing home a seventh-place result. Hensley raced in three events the next year—both Martinsville races, along with the September event at
Richmond
, in
D. K. Ulrich
's No. 40
Buick
. That same year, Hensley also competed in the inaugural Busch Series season, competing in 11 events and recording four top five finishes. Hensley spent the 1983 season out of Cup and in the Busch Series, where in 29 starts, he registered 16 top ten finishes.