About Joe Nemechek
Born 1963. Joe Nemechek is an American nASCAR team owner and racing automobile driver.
Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver. The 1992 NASCAR Busch Series champion, he has the third most national series (Cup, Xfinity, Truck) starts in NASCAR history.
He is the older brother of racing driver John Nemechek. He is the father of John Hunter Nemechek, who competes full-time in the Cup Series for Legacy Motor Club. He is nicknamed "Front-Row Joe", which was coined by former teammate Wally Dallenbach for his tendency in the late 1990s to be a regular contender for a front-row starting position.
Racing career Early career and Busch Series Nemechek began racing at the age of thirteen in motocross and won 300 career races over the next six years. After winning various awards in different short-track series around the country, Nemechek made his Busch Series debut at North Carolina Speedway in 1989, where he started 40th and finished 33rd after suffering an engine failure in his No. 88 Buick.
Nemechek moved up to the Busch Series in 1990, running the No. 87 with sponsorship from Master Machine & Tool, posting two top-fives and finishing 17th in points, winning Rookie of the Year honors. He had sixteen top-ten finishes and finished sixth in points the following year. In 1992, Nemechek got full-time sponsorship from Texas Pete sauce, and got his first two career wins and defeated Bobby Labonte for the championship by three points. He did not win again in 1993, but he won three poles and finished fifth in points. That season, he made his Winston Cup debut at New Hampshire International Speedway for his NEMCO team, starting fifteenth before finishing 36th after suffering rocker arm failure. After running two more races in the No. 87, he ran a pair of races for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, his best finish being a 23rd-place showing at Rockingham.
Early Cup career
In 1994, Nemechek joined Larry Hedrick Motorsports to drive the No. 41 Meineke Discount Mufflers Chevy. Despite missing two races, he had three top-ten finishes and finished 27th in points. The next season, he moved his No. 87 team up to the Cup Series with sponsorship from Burger King, posted a fourth-place finish at the MBNA 500 and finished 28th in points. After he dropped to 34th in points, he abandoned his Cup Series team and signed to drive the No. 42 Bellsouth car for SABCO Racing. After losing his brother John in an accident at Homestead-Miami Speedway early in the year, Nemechek won the first two pole positions of his career, at California Speedway and Pocono Raceway, respectively. He posted four Top 10's and finished a career-best 26th in points the following year. Midway through 1999, he announced he would not return to the No. 42 team the following season when he picked up his first career victory at Loudon. He won two more poles at Martinsville and Talladega Superspeedway and finished 30th in points that year.
Andy Petree Racing and Hendrick Motorsports For 2000, Nemechek signed to drive the No. 33 Oakwood Homes Chevrolet for Andy Petree Racing, winning the pole at Talladega and finishing a career-best 15th in points. He missed five races the following year after suffering an elbow injury at a test at Dover in 2001, then went on to win the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at North Carolina Speedway that November.
After Petree's team began to run into financial problems, Nemechek's team was left without a sponsor and he left for Haas-Carter Motorsports to take over the No. 26 Kmart Ford Taurus that Jimmy Spencer had left for Chip Ganassi Racing. However, Nemechek went from one financial problem to another, as Kmart filed for bankruptcy early in the 2002 season and stopped sponsoring the Haas-Carter team. This forced Haas-Carter to scale back its operations to one team, and Nemechek was released in favor of keeping Todd Bodine, who was driving the team's other car. Nemechek found an opportunity almost immediately, as Johnny Benson Jr., who was the driver of the No. 10 Valvoline Pontiac for MBV Motorsports, was injured in a crash the previous race and required a substitute. After driving one race in Benson's car at Richmond, Nemechek was hired by Hendrick Motorsports to replace Jerry Nadeau in the No. 25 UAW-Delphi Chevrolet. Nemechek drove the remainder of the season for Hendrick and performed well enough to earn that ride full time the next season, including second place runs at Atlanta and Homestead where in the latter of the two races mentioned, he led the most laps, he lost both races to Kurt Busch however.
Nemechek in the No. 25 for Hendrick Motorsports in 2003 at Las Vegas In 2003, Nemechek started in the second spot, led the most laps, and won the Pontiac Excitement 400. The race was rain-shortened with seven laps left, and just three minutes under a red flag, NASCAR called the race official. Nemechek, in an indoor victory lane, dedicated his win to Nadeau, who previously suffered a massive crash during a practice run at Richmond, which would end up ending Nadeau's career in motorsports. After the big win, Nemechek posted five other top-ten finishes but finished 25th in points. It wasn't enough for Nemechek to keep his job at Hendrick, and was announced to be released from his contract at the end of the season in favor of their Busch Series driver, Brian Vickers. The team later ended up releasing Nemechek early to prepare for Vickers' start in the No. 25 in 2004. Nemechek would move to his 2004 team, the No. 01 for MB2 Motorsports, early, as well.
MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing
For the 2004 season, Nemechek returned to MB2 Motorsports, taking over the No. 01 U.S. Army car. He was again replacing Jerry Nadeau as the driver, although this time it was due to Nadeau suffering a severe injury that would eventually end his racing career. He won two poles late in the season. In October, Nemechek won at Kansas Speedway, beating out Ricky Rudd at the finish line. Nemechek also won the Busch Series race at Kansas the day before, making him the first driver to pull the Busch-Cup double win at the track. The victory by Nemechek and MB2 at Kansas was a very emotional victory and Nemechek would say in a post-race interview that it was the biggest win of his career.
In 2005, Nemechek won the pole at Michigan. The season was highlighted by a feud with Kevin Harvick. After Harvick caused a multi-car crash involving Nemechek during practice for the 2005 Daytona 500, Nemechek and Jimmie Johnson were outspoken about their displeasure with Harvick. Later, Nemechek got into a tussle with Harvick during The Nextel Challenge. Nemechek got turned into Harvick by Tony Stewart and, because of their Daytona feud, Harvick took Nemechek's role in the wreck personally, which ignited a heated post-race conversation that nearly came to blows. Nemechek remarked post-race that, "Kevin thinks he owns this world, and he ain't squat." NASCAR would issue no penalties to either drivers.
At the end of the season, Nemechek fell seven points short of matching his career-best points finish.
MB2 was rebranded as Ginn Racing following Bobby Ginn's purchase of the team in 2006. He moved to Ginn's No. 13 with a CertainTeed sponsorship after veteran Mark Martin and rookie Regan Smith were tapped to share the No. 01 car. In July 2007, Nemechek was released due to a lack of sponsorship for the No. 13, which was subsequently shut down.
E&M Motorsports and Furniture Row Racing
He signed with E&M Motorsports, and although he failed his first attempt to qualify, at Indy, he made his way into the field for the Michigan race weekend driving the No. 08 Fans On Board Dodge. He spent the rest of the season driving for Furniture Row Racing, and signed a three-year contract with FRR to continue to drive in the No. 78 and help expand the team. In April 2008, at Talladega, Nemechek grabbed his tenth career pole driving the No. 78 National Day of Prayer/Furniture Row car. It marked Furniture Row Racing's first-ever pole. In October 2008, Nemechek finished 11th at the Talladega race. In November 2008, Furniture Row Racing announced that they were planning on running a limited schedule in 2009 or perhaps not at all in light of the economic situation. The day after this announcement Nemechek was released from his contract, and as a result, he was free to pursue other opportunities for 2009 and beyond.
Start and parking
Shortly thereafter, Nemechek announced that he would be bringing his NEMCO Motorsports team back to full competition in both of NASCAR's top series, Sprint Cup and Nationwide. He would race the No. 87 Chevy in Nationwide and the No. 87 Camry in Cup. Nemechek ran most of the races for both series that season but occasionally had a younger fill in. In the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, Nemechek flipped after contact with several other cars. His car had minor damage, and he was able to drive it back to pit road.
Nemechek raced in 30 Cup races during the 2009 season despite very little funding. He finished just three events and did multiple "start and parks" where a driver starts the race, then parks to conserve parts, tires, etc. and to collect the prize money. On two occasions, he gave up his ride to Scott Speed after his fully funded team failed to qualify for Darlington and Sonoma. He qualified for the 2010 Daytona 500 after missing the race the year before. Nemechek picked up sponsorship from England Stove Works but was involved in an accident on lap 64. Nemechek would go on to compete in thirty more Cup races, with most being "start and parks." That season was highlighted by the 2010 AMP Energy Juice 500, Nemechek led the first lap after starting fourth. He would run the full distance, finishing 27th after suffering a blown tire.
Nemechek brought his No. 87 cars back for 2011 to once again run both major NASCAR series. Nemechek successfully qualified for the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row but was once again involved in an early incident, thus failing to finish again. On June 9 at Texas Motor Speedway, along with Jeff Burton he made his 900th NASCAR start in all top three series. In the Nationwide Series, Nemechek scored his first top-five since 2005 with a third-place finish at the Aaron's 312 after being in the position to win with two laps to go. In July, Nemechek picked up sponsorship from Extenze and AM FM Energy to run the full race in both series at Daytona International Speedway. He led laps in both races but was taken out in late accidents. Nemechek collected Nationwide Series points for 2011 under NASCAR's policy that a driver may accumulate points for only one series, and finished 14th in the final standings. He ran the No. 87 in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series in 2012, with the Cup ride as a start-and-park to fund the Nationwide team. Nemechek made his 600th career start at Michigan and finished 40th after starting 37th. Nemechek finished 11th in the 2012 Nationwide Series points.
2014 Nemechek's team became Identity Ventures Racing in 2014, and he drove several races in the No. 66 car, which had a limited partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing.
In April 2014, Nemechek announced that he would be driving the No. 86 Deware Racing Group Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from Bubba Burger. In the 2014 Aaron's 312, Nemechek was running towards the front during the entire race. With three laps remaining, Nemechek was running in the top-ten and finished sixth, his 126th top-ten in the Nationwide Series. For the Coke Zero 400, Nemechek entered with the No. 29 RAB Racing Toyota with sponsorship from ToyotaCare, but failed to qualify. Nemechek joined Randy Humphrey Racing for the Oral-B USA 500, qualifying 34th and finishing 37th. He returned to RAB Racing's No. 29 at the 2014 GEICO 500, and initially qualified 24th, putting him in the field for the race. However, his car failed post-race inspection for an improperly sealed oil tank encasement, and he failed to qualify. This became the first season in Nemechek's Cup Series career where he did not race in any of the superspeedway races.
2015–2018
Nemechek's team announced that for the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season that his team would be returning to Chevrolet after a three-year tenure with Toyota. Nemechek returned to his own team in the Xfinity and Cup series, running a limited schedule with Chevrolets. Nemechek began the season by failing to qualify for the Xfinity race at Daytona, and withdrawing from the Daytona 500.
The following week at Atlanta, he was announced as the substitute for David Ragan in the No. 34 CSX Ford for Front Row Motorsports. At the time, Ragan was driving for Joe Gibbs Racing in place of the injured Kyle Busch. Nemechek drove the No. 34 car to a 33rd-place finish in what would be his only Cup Series start of the season.
Nemechek made two appearances in 2016, driving his own No. 87 in both Xfinity races at Daytona. Nemechek finished 18th in February and 36th in July after being caught in an early crash while he was running in the Top 10.
On January 20, 2017, it was announced that Nemechek would drive the No. 87 truck in the first three races of the season. Nemechek would finish 5th in the season opening race. The next week he would finish 24th at Atlanta. Beginning at Gateway after a four race break, Nemechek start and parked the No. 87 until the end of the season, skipping only Eldora and Martinsville where he gave up the ride for Ty Dillon, who brought sponsorship to run the full race. Nemechek's son, John Hunter, would win two consecutive Truck Series races at Gateway and Iowa. Nemechek returned to Xfinity Series and drove the final two races of the season for JD Motorsports, beginning with a start and park at Phoenix in the No. 15 and a full race at Homestead in the No. 01 (ironically his old number in the Cup Series from 2003 to 2006), where he would finished tenth in Stage 1.
Nemechek driving in the Xfinity Series in the JD Motorsports No. 15 at Richmond in April 2018
In 2018, Nemechek took over as a driver at NEMCO Motorsports after his son John Hunter moved up to the Xfinity Series with Chip Ganassi Racing. He had also been announced as one of the drivers of JD Motorsports' No. 15 car, splitting the ride with other drivers. It was announced that Matt Mills would drive the No. 15 full time. Nemechek ran the PowerShares QQQ 300 in the 15, and later returned to the car for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300.
2019–2022
Nemechek would once again run primarily in the Truck Series for 2019, splitting time between the No. 8 and 87, sharing the trucks with multiple drivers. Nemechek also returned to Xfinity competition, driving the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports, and the No. 17 for Mike Harmon Racing. In September, Nemechek raced in the Monster Energy Cup Series for the first time since 2015, returning to Premium Motorsports (formerly Identity Ventures) in their No. 27 car for the Bojangles' Southern 500 as part of the annual throwback weekend. Nemechek later drove at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the team in September and said that more races in 2019 or 2020 weren't out of the question. Nemechek and his son John Hunter made motorsports history at ISM Raceway in early November 2019 by being the first father-son duo to race in all three main series in one weekend. On November 15, 2019, Nemechek surpassed Richard Petty as the driver with the most starts in NASCAR's three national series, at 1,186. The record stood until Kevin Harvick surpassed him in 2021.
In 2020, Nemechek returned to Mike Harmon Racing in the Xfinity Series, driving their renumbered No. 47 car for the season opener at Daytona as well as at Las Vegas and Phoenix. Nemechek was scheduled to drive a third part-time car for Mike Harmon in 2021, but NASCAR's lack of regular qualifying halted those plans. Nemechek attempted the Truck Series opener at Daytona, but lacked speed and missed the field for the second year in a row.
In 2022, Nemechek returned to the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 for Sam Hunt Racing, partnering with his son John Hunter, at the Wawa 250. However, he failed to qualify for the race after rain cancelled qualifying.
Historic racing Nemechek began competing in historic motorsport events in 2021 with his old NASCAR cars, making his debut in Historic Sportscar Racing's Classic Sebring 12 Hour. From 2022 to 2024, he won the Gene Felton Memorial at Road Atlanta; the first win was the inaugural running.
In 2024, Nemechek won the first race weekend for the HSR NASCAR Classic division at Virginia International Raceway.
Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1993 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA36 POC TAL GLN21 MCH37 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 44th 389 Morgan–McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy CLT25 CAR23 PHO ATL 1994 Larry Hedrick Motorsports 41 Chevy DAYDNQ CAR36 RCH21 ATL18 DAR19 BRI16 NWSDNQ MAR22 TAL42 SON22 CLT33 DOV14 POC32 MCH7 DAY39 NHA19 POC3 TAL35 IND20 GLN8 MCH21 BRI29 DAR42 RCH28 DOV36 MAR22 NWS34 CLT11 CAR17 PHO25 ATL23 27th 2673 1995 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY42 CAR29 RCH32 ATL16 DAR33 BRIDNQ NWS20 MAR14 TALDNQ SON37 CLT20 DOV10 POC12 MCH28 DAY38 NHA19 POC9 TAL23 IND27 GLN31 MCH32 BRI16 DAR25 RCH26 DOV4 MAR30 NWS32 CLT22 CAR9 PHO18 ATL14 28th 2742 1996 DAY39 CAR9 RCH34 ATL17 DAR31 BRI31 NWS36 MAR26 TAL13 SON41 CLT25 DOV25 POC21 MCH36 DAY18 NHA35 POC34 TAL15 IND27 GLN8 MCH27 BRI34 DARDNQ RCH39 DOV25 MAR27 NWS26 CLTDNQ CAR24 PHO25 ATL34 34th 2391 1997 Barkdoll Racing 73 Chevy DAY27 28th 2754 Team SABCO 42 Chevy DAYDNQ CAR35 RCH39 ATL39 DAR TEX29 BRI19 MAR19 SONDNQ TALDNQ CLT19 DOV15 POC36 MCH41 CAL18 DAY24 NHA40 POC21 IND32 GLN12 MCH27 BRI38 DAR23 RCH6 NHA13 DOV20 MAR25 CLT16 TAL31 CAR10 PHO24 ATL8 40 TAL19 1998 42 DAY26 CAR39 LVS37 ATL35 DAR37 BRIDNQ TEX4 MAR24 TAL32 CAL22 CLT6 DOV26 RCH12 MCH9 POC35 SON25 NHA36 POC17 IND24 GLN12 MCH12 BRI31 NHA18 DAR35 RCH37 DOV29 MAR40 CLT7 TAL29 DAY17 PHO18 CAR17 ATL40 26th 2897 1999 DAY36 CAR24 LVS35 ATL14 DAR19 TEX33 BRI36 MAR37 TAL34 CAL40 RCH6 CLT32 DOV25 MCH34 POC42 SON19 DAY16 NHA37 POC29 IND22 GLN30 MCH22 BRI19 DAR6 RCH20 NHA1 DOV35 MAR38 CLT13 TAL30 CAR26 PHO19 HOM21 ATL32 30th 2956 2000 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY42 CAR30 LVS9 ATL5 DAR41 BRI25 TEX37 MAR17 TAL22 CAL20 RCH23 CLT23 DOV7 MCH18 POC42 SON11 DAY11 NHA2 POC34 IND18 GLN8 MCH23 BRI27 DAR31 RCH40 NHA9 DOV7 MAR14 CLT14 TAL3 CAR10 PHO24 HOM18 ATL25 15th 3534 2001 DAY11 CAR17 LVS35 ATL17 DAR24 BRI43 TEX41 MAR16 TAL6 CAL20 RCH19 CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY27 CHI16 NHA41 POC23 IND20 GLN32 MCH22 BRI24 DAR33 RCH16 DOV7 KAN20 CLT20 MAR23 TAL8 PHO35 CAR1* HOM31 ATL39 NHA20 28th 2994 2002 Haas-Carter Motorsports 26 Ford DAY40 CAR33 LVS19 ATL25 DAR17 BRI43 TEX MAR TAL CAL25 34th 2682 MBV Motorsports 10 Pontiac RCH12 Hendrick Motorsports 25 Chevy CLT30 DOV43 POC41 MCH29 SON18 DAY36 CHI33 NHA41 POC24 IND20 GLN38 MCH35 BRI27 DAR21 RCH25 NHA32 DOV23 KAN4 TAL39 CLT40 MAR41 ATL2 CAR28 PHO33 HOM2* 2003 DAY22 CAR23 LVS9 ATL9 DAR13 BRI27 TEX35 TAL21 MAR15 CAL32 RCH1* CLT11 DOV24 POC38 MCH21 SON35 DAY38 CHI42 NHA29 POC7 IND37 GLN17 MCH20 BRI19 DAR21 RCH26 NHA3 DOV43 TAL25 KAN37 CLT31 MAR20 25th 3426 MB2 Motorsports 01 Pontiac ATL10 PHO31 CAR25 HOM17 2004 Chevy DAY6 CAR24 LVS19 ATL15 DAR20 BRI27 TEX14 MAR27 TAL32 CAL28 RCH36 CLT14 DOV38 POC18 MCH35 SON29 DAY10 CHI8 NHA20 POC16 IND17 GLN22 MCH13 BRI42 CAL12 RCH22 NHA6 DOV35 TAL7 KAN1 CLT5 MAR30 ATL4 PHO12 DAR8 HOM27 19th 3878 2005 DAY13 CAL39* LVS19 ATL35 BRI33 MAR10 TEX17 PHO10 TAL31 DAR11 RCH18 CLT18 DOV27 POC3 MCH6 SON23 DAY15 CHI15 NHA18 POC22 IND28 GLN9 MCH8 BRI12 CAL10 RCH26 NHA25 DOV17 TAL9 KAN20 CLT4 MAR23 ATL18 TEX37 PHO17 HOM24 16th 3953 2006 DAY33 CAL27 LVS13 ATL17 BRI28 MAR23 TEX23 PHO35 TAL27 RCH28 DAR16 CLT18 DOV35 POC29 MCH26 SON25 DAY19 CHI33 NHA41 POC17 27th 3255 Ginn Racing IND24 GLN42 MCH26 BRI26 CAL25 RCH32 NHA32 DOV26 KAN27 TAL18 CLT9 MAR20 ATL9 TEX18 PHO19 HOM13 2007 13 DAY9 CAL14 LVS38 ATL17 BRIDNQ MAR27 TEX18 PHO16 TAL38 RCH33 DAR28 CLT26 DOV25 POC15 MCH30 SON38 NHA41 DAY30 CHI29 37th 2117 E&M Motorsports 08 Dodge INDDNQ POC GLN MCH43 BRI Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy CAL43 RCH43 NHA29 DOV22 KAN25 TAL32 CLTDNQ MARDNQ ATL36 TEX35 PHO38 HOMDNQ 2008 DAY41 CAL34 LVSDNQ ATL36 BRI35 MARDNQ TEX37 PHO40 TAL25 RCH29 DAR31 CLTDNQ DOV34 POC29 MCH28 SON26 NHA20 DAY18 CHI39 IND29 POC41 GLN38 MCH34 BRI29 CAL43 RCH40 NHA43 DOV35 KAN38 TAL11 CLT37 MAR43 ATL42 TEX38 PHODNQ HOM36 37th 1989 2009 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Toyota DAYDNQ CAL43 LVS41 ATL39 BRI41 MAR41 TEXDNQ PHO41 TAL14 RCH40 DARQL†CLT37 DOV38 POC41 MCH42 SONQL†NHA39 DAY41 CHI41 IND43 POC39 GLNDNQ MCH39 BRI41 ATL42 RCH35 NHA40 DOV41 KAN42 CAL39 CLT43 MAR38 TAL43 TEX42 PHO40 HOMDNQ 40th 1342 2010 DAY43 CAL40 LVS41 ATL38 BRI43 MAR39 PHO38 TEX40 TAL42 RCH43 DARDNQ DOV38 CLT39 POC43 MCH37 SON40 NHA39 DAY41 CHI43 IND40 POC40 GLN39 MCH43 BRIDNQ ATL38 RCH42 NHA40 DOV41 KANDNQ CAL37 CLTDNQ MAR41 TAL27 TEX43 PHODNQ HOM41 38th 1361 2011 DAY39 PHO43 LVS42 BRI41 CAL42 MAR43 TEX39 TAL41 RCH42 DAR42 DOV39 CLT41 KAN43 POC40 MCH40 SON40 DAY30 KEN39 NHA41 IND38 POC41 GLN40 MCH41 BRI40 ATL40 RCH41 CHI40 NHA36 DOV39 KAN41 CLT43 TAL41 MAR41 TEX42 PHO41 HOM40 65th 01 2012 DAY28 PHO40 LVS41 BRI40 CALDNQ MAR39 TEXDNQ KAN41 RCH41 TAL41 DAR40 CLT41 DOV39 POC37 MCH40 SON43 KEN40 DAY41 NHA38 INDDNQ POC36 GLN29 MCH36 BRI39 ATL43 RCH38 CHI40 NHA39 DOV39 TAL41 CLTDNQ KAN40 MAR41 TEX40 PHO39 HOMDNQ 68th 01 2013 NEMCO–Jay Robinson Racing DAY43 PHO31 LVS40 BRI29 CAL32 MAR34 TEX35 KANDNQ RCH39 TAL39 DAR31 CLT41 DOV31 POC42 MCH36 SON KEN37 DAY27 NHA25 IND41 POC37 GLN MCH34 BRI43 ATL40 RCH39 CHI31 NHA35 DOV39 KAN41 CLT39 TAL42 MAR33 TEX36 PHO38 HOM35 64th 01 2014 Identity Ventures Racing DAYDNQ LVSDNQ TALDNQ 66th 0 66 PHO40 BRI41 CAL32 MAR43 TEXDNQ DAR34 RCH37 KAN31 CLT34 DOV POC MCH SON KEN38 POC40 GLN30 MCH35 BRI RCH40 CHI36 NHA DOV KAN CLT RAB Racing 29 DAYDNQ NHA IND TALDNQ MAR TEX PHO HOM Randy Humphrey Racing 77 Ford ATL37 2015 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Toyota DAYWth 68th 01 Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford ATL33 LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2019 Premium Motorsports 27 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR31 IND LVS34 RCH ROV31 DOV30 TAL KAN MAR PHO34 57th 01 15 TEX29 HOM38†– Qualified for Scott Speed
Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1994 Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ 1995 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 23 42 1996 37 39 1997 Team SABCO Chevrolet DNQ Barkdoll Racing Chevrolet 38 27 1998 Team SABCO Chevrolet 28 26 1999 32 36 2000 Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 16 42 2001 32 11 2002 Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 25 40 2003 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 22 2004 MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 14 6 2005 34 13 2006 38 33 2007 Ginn Racing Chevrolet 18 9 2008 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 41 41 2009 NEMCO Motorsports Toyota DNQ 2010 41 43 2011 41 39 2012 34 28 2013 NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing 27 43 2014 Identity Ventures Racing DNQ 2015 NEMCO Motorsports Wth
Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1989 NEMCO Motorsports 88 Buick DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR33 MAR 91st 64 1990 87 DAY8 RCH18 CAR MAR15 HCY23 DAR19 BRI9 LAN20 SBO20 NZH34 HCY20 CLT38 DOV27 ROU25 VOL6 MYB5 OXFDNQ NHA19 SBO21 DUB5 IRP23 ROU18 BRI14 DAR20 RCH16 DOV15 MAR22 CLT27 NHA19 CARDNQ MAR16 17th 3022 1991 Chevy DAY21 RCH9 CAR14 MAR16 VOL19 HCY3 DAR7 BRI12 LAN18 SBO2 NZH18 CLT24 DOV10 ROU24 HCY10 MYB5 GLN2 OXF10 NHA6 SBO17 DUB8 IRP6 ROU6 BRI16 DAR37 RCH8 DOV6 CLT16 NHA28 CAR4 MAR31 6th 3902 1992 DAY31 CAR12 RCH5 ATL21 MAR2 DAR13 BRI10 HCY4 LAN5 DUB6 NZH11 CLT22 DOV5 ROU2 MYB19 GLN4 VOL4 NHA9 TAL13 IRP1 ROU2 MCH10 NHA1 BRI15 DAR26 RCH5 DOV15 CLT11 MAR5 CAR16 HCY6 1st 4275 1993 DAY9 CAR11 RCH2 DAR22 BRI4 HCY3 ROU20 MAR11 NZH19 CLT40 DOV26 MYB3 GLN4 MLW9 TAL28 IRP11 MCH22 NHA2* BRI2 DAR4 RCH11 DOV24* ROU14 CLT27 MAR14* CAR36 HCY22 ATL6 5th 3443 1994 DAY34 CAR RCH1* ATL43 MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA32 NZH CLT31 DOV9 MYB GLN34 MLW SBO TAL12 HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR11 RCH17 DOV CLT26 MAR CAR 40th 1065 1995 DAY12 CAR RCH ATL38 NSV DAR7 BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL4 SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR5 RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM7 42nd 783 1996 DAY37 CAR RCH2 ATL10 NSV6 DARDNQ BRI HCY NZH CLT8 DOV SBO MYB GLN32 MLW NHA35 TAL2* IRP MCH BRI DAR13 RCH DOV CLT36 CAR HOM4 38th 1282 1997 DAY4 CAR RCH ATL5 LVS33 DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL41 NHA NZH CLT1* DOV SBO GLN3* MLW MYB GTY29* IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT8 CAL CAR HOM1* 40th 1162 1998 DAY1* CAR LVS3* NSV6 DAR BRI TEX3* HCY TAL1 NHA NZH CLT2 DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT36 GTY CAR ATL7 HOM28 39th 1315 1999 DAY36 CAR LVS2 ATL27 DAR TEX38 NSV4 BRI TAL2 CAL31 NHA RCH NZH CLT32 DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY3 IRP MCH BRI DAR5 RCH DOV CLT8 CAR MEM PHODNQ HOM1 33rd 1485 2000 DAY2 CAR LVS3 ATL33 DAR BRI TEX36 NSV TAL1* CAL37 RCH NHA CLT6 DOV5 SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY7 IRP MCH13 BRI DAR RCH DOV5 CLT5* CAR MEM PHO42 HOM35 32nd 1691 2001 Pontiac DAY32 CAR TAL39 35th 1541 Chevy LVS7 ATL1* DAR BRI TEX4 NSH CAL9 RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI4 GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH17 DOV37 KAN35 CLT26 MEM PHO12 CAR HOM1 2002 Pontiac DAY43 CAR TAL34 DAY1* 34th 1773 Chevy LVS14 DAR BRI TEX3 NSH CAL41 RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV13 NSH KEN25 MLW CHI4 GTY PPR IRP MCH11 BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN3 CLT3 MEM ATL6 CAR PHO HOM3 2003 DAYINQ†CAR LVS1 DAR34 BRI TEX1 RCH36 GTY NZH CLT DOV1 NSH KEN MLW MCH13 BRI DAR RCH KAN9 CLT36 MEM ATL PHO4 CAR HOM19 31st 1704 Pontiac TAL2 NSH DAY18 88 Chevy CAL43 CHI43 Evans Motorsports 7 Chevy NHA31 PPR IRP Michael Waltrip Racing 99 Chevy DOV40 2004 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY40 CAR LVS9 DAR28 BRI11 TEX7 NSH TAL10 RCH36 NZH CLT21 DOV36 NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI31 NHA16 PPR IRP MCH36 BRI CAL8 RCH DOV KAN1 PHO26 DAR HOM8 31st 1777 7 CAL43 GTY 88 CLT43 MEM ATL 2005 87 DAY14 CAL12 MXC LVS4 ATL NSH BRI41 TEX12 PHO6 TAL29 DAR RCH CLT19 DOV10 NSH KEN MLW DAY7 CHI13 NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN7 MCH25 BRI CAL17 RCH DOV KAN11 CLT MEM TEX23 PHO HOM10 25th 2030 2006 DAY40 CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM23 102nd 137 2007 DAY34 CAL13 MXC LVS16 ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 89th 300 2008 DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM NA 0 2009 DAY13 CAL35 LVS20 BRI18 TEX39 NSH34 PHO25 TAL11 RCH18 DAR32 CLT36 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA27 DAY24 CHI24 GTY IRP IOW GLN26 MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH36 DOV35 KAN35 CAL37 CLT MEM TEX36 PHO36 HOM36 31st 1692 2010 DAY31 CAL23 LVS18 BRI16 NSH28 PHO26 TEX19 TAL36 RCH35 DAR23 DOV26 CLT24 NSH KEN25 ROA NHA23 DAY16 CHI15 GTY27 IRP24 IOW19 GLN23 MCH21 BRI32 ATL29 RCH19 DOV25 KAN17 CAL14 CLT41 GTY28 TEX20 PHO28 HOM35 20th 2942 97 CGV28 2011 87 Toyota DAY15 TEX24 TAL3 NSH DAR12 DOV19 IOW16 CHI21 MCH21 ROA KEN12 NHA11 NSH IRP7 IOW16 GLN11 CGV21 ATL18 RCH10 CHI DOV30 KAN21 TEX21 PHO12 14th 755 Chevy PHO15 BRI21 RCH19 97 LVS23 CAL39 Toyota CLT29 DAY26 BRI21 CLT37 HOM16 2012 87 DAY23 PHO24 LVS20 BRI30 CAL19 TEX17 RCH13 TAL19 DAR11 IOW19 CLT29 DOV19 MCH15 ROA KEN18 DAY22 NHA19 CHI13 IND18 IOW16 BRI11 ATL14 RCH8 CHI16 KEN27 DOV17 CLT17 KAN12 TEX20 PHO16 HOM18 11th 816 97 GLN27 Robinson-Blakeney Racing 70 Dodge CGV30 2013 NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing 87 Toyota DAY18 PHO36 LVS27 BRI24 CAL14 TEX19 RCH23 TAL37 DAR24 CLT32 DOV33 IOWQL‡ MCH29 ROA KEN33 DAY19 NHA22 CHI23 IND23 IOW GLN MOH BRI18 ATL24 RCH29 CHI30 KEN23 DOV23 KAN25 CLT23 TEX33 PHO30 HOM26 19th 513 2014 DAY12 PHO LVS BRI19 CAL TEX DAR TAL6 IOW CLT DOV17 MCH ROA KEN 92nd 0 DRG Motorsports 86 Chevy RCH23 NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing 97 Toyota DAY27 NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 2015 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 118th 01 2016 Toyota DAY19 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY36 KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 112th 01 2017 JD Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO35 107th 01 01 HOM27 2018 15 DAY23 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI19 RCH25 TAL31 DOV31 CLT18 POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 2019 MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT32 POC MCH IOW CHIDNQ DAY36 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH 96th 01 Mike Harmon Racing 17 Chevy BRI35 ROA DAR34 IND LVS33 RCH32 DOV30 KAN TEX PHO34 74 ROV22 HOM29 2020 47 DAY15 LVS27 CAL PHO32 DAR28 CLT26 BRI32 ATL32 HOM HOM TAL POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL16 ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 82nd 01 2022 Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAYDNQ DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 0 †– Qualified but replaced by Jeff Green · ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Kevin Lepage
Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN2 NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO8 LVS 62nd 312 1997 WDW27 TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 115th 82 1998 WDW6 HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 76th 150 2006 Morgan Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL28 MAR ATL35 TEX PHO HOM6 53rd 292 2014 SWM-NEMCO Motorsports 8 Toyota DAY8 MAR KAN9 CLT11 DOV TEX3 GTW KEN14 IOW ELD POC10 MCH10 BRI MSP CHI9 NHA LVS17 TAL10 MAR TEX8 PHO HOM8 19th 413 2015 Chevy DAY20 ATL10 MAR KAN CLT11 DOV TEX6 GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 33rd 129 2017 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY5 ATL24 MAR18 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW28 IOW31 KENDNQ ELD POC29 MCH30 BRI32 MSP31 CHI31 NHA26 LVS26 TAL30 MAR TEX31 PHO29 HOM29 28th 166 2018 DAY3 LVS31 MARWth KAN30 CLTWth IOW31 GTW32 CHI28 KENDNQ ELD MCH30 BRI MSP32 LVS31 TAL30 MAR PHO32 HOM31 21st 234 8 ATL12 DOV7 TEX15 POC10 TEX18 2019 87 DAY16 CLT32 TEX28 IOW GTW CHI28 KEN32 POC28 ELD PHO32 30th 144 8 ATL32 LVS MAR TEX25 DOV26 KAN24 MCH20 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR HOM14 2020 87 Ford DAYDNQ LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS 77th 5 8 TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 2021 DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 119th -
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American racing driver
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Joe Nemechek was born on 26 September 1963 in Lakeland.
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Joe Nemechek is a nASCAR team owner and racing automobile driver.
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