Overview

• NASCAR confirmed Hamilton is no longer employed but declined to provide further details.
• Multiple outlets report the decision was not performance-related.
• No successor has been named, and Bermann is expected to handle race-control duties for the rest of 2025.
• Hamilton rose from a 2012 internship to managing director for competition operations and in 2022 became the first Black race director to officiate the Daytona 500.
• The change comes during wider leadership shifts, including Chip Wile’s planned exit and Ben Kennedy assuming broader oversight of NASCAR’s tracks.