Joe Nemechek

Joseph Frank "Joe" Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 87 Toyota Camry for NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 NASCAR Busch Series championship. He was born in Lakeland, Florida, the older brother of John Nemechek, and is nicknamed "Front Row Joe", a nickname given him by former teammate Wally Dallenbach for his tendency in the late 1990s to be a regular contender for a front row starting position. He is the father of John Hunter Nemechek.

Racing career

Early career

Nemechek began racing at the age of thirteen in motocross, and won three hundred 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 finishing 33rd after suffering engine failure in his #88 Buick.

Busch Series

Nemechek moved up to the Busch Series in 1990, running the #87 with sponsorship from Master Machine & Tool, posting two top-fives and finishing seventeenth 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 Cup debut at New Hampshire International Speedway for his NEMCO team, starting 15th before finishing 36th after suffering rocker arm failure. After running two more races in the 87, he ran a pair of races for Morgan-McClure Motorsports, his best finish 23rd at Rockingham.

Cup Series

1994–1999

Nemechek's 1996 car

In 1994, Nemechek joined Larry Hedrick Motorsports to drive the #41 Meineke Discount Mufflers Chevy. Despite missing two races, he had three top-tens and finished 27th. He also started one Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway. The next season, he moved his 87 team up to the Cup series with sponsorship from Burger King, and 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 team and signed to drive the #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^[1] and Pocono Raceway, respectively. He posted four top-tens and finished a career-best 26th the following year. Midway through 1999, he announced he would not return to the 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.

2000–2005

Nemechek (#01) racing against Kurt Busch at Talladega Superspeedway in 2005

For 2000, Nemechek signed to drive the #33 Oakwood Homes-sponsored 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 #26 Kmart-sponsored Ford Taurus that Jimmy Spencer had left to drive 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, in the fold. Nemechek found an opportunity almost immediately as Johnny Benson, who was the driver of the #10 Valvoline Pontiac for MBV Motorsports, was injured in a crash and required a substitute. After driving several races in the #10 Nemechek was hired by Hendrick Motorsports to replace Jerry Nadeau in the #25 UAW/Delphi-sponsored Chevrolet. Nemechek drove the remainder of the season for Hendrick and performed well enough to earn a full-time ride the next season.

In 2003, Nemechek started in 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 fellow driver Jerry Nadeau who previously suffered a massive crash during a practice run; an accident that ended Nadeau's career in all motorsports.

After the big win, Nemechek posted five other Top 10 finishes, but finished 25th in points. It wasn't enough for Nemechek to keep his job at Hendrick, and at the end of the season was released from his contract.

For the 2004, season, Nemechek returned to MB2/MBV Motorsports, taking over the #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.

In 2005, Nemechek won a 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 and Harvick had an interaction post-race that nearly came to blows, Nemechek saying "Kevin thinks he owns this world and he ain't squat."

At the end of the season, Nemechek fell seven points short of matching his career-best points finish.

2006–2010

Nemechek's No. 42 BellSouth-sponsored race car in 1997

The No. 78 in 2008

The No. 87 in 2011

The MB2 was rebranded as Ginn Racing following Bobby Ginn's purchase of the team in 2006. He moved to Ginn's #13 with a CertainTeed sponsorship after veteran Mark Martin and rookie Regan Smith were tapped to share the #01 car. In July 2007, Nemechek was released due to a lack of sponsorship for the #13, which was subsequently shut down.^[2] 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 #08 Fans On Board-sponsored 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 #78 and help expand the team. In April 2008, at Talladega, Joe Nemechek grabbed his 10th career pole driving the #78 National Day of Prayer/ Furniture Row-sponsored 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 making him free to pursue other opportunities for 2009 and beyond. Shortly thereafter, Joe 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 #87 Chevy in Nationwide and the #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 ride 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 30 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.

2011–2014

Nemechek brought his #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 3rd-place finish at the Aaron's 312 after being in position to win with 2 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.^[3] Nemechek finished 11th in the 2012 Nationwide Series points.

Nemechek will drive the #66 car for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2014 in a partnership called Identity Ventures Racing.^[4]

During his 2014 season, Nemechek managed to break the all-time Sprint Cup Series record for the most last-place finishes; breaking a record set by J.D. McDuffie during his tragic death at the 1991 Budweiser at The Glen racing event. A single-car crash with rookie Parker Kligerman caused Nemechek's car to struggle until it was driven to the garage on lap 310 of 500. Nemechek's constant start and park performances has caused him to beat McDuffie's old record in 655 races.^[5] In April 2014, Nemechek announced that he would be driving the #86 Deware Racing Group Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from Bubba Burger. In the 2014 Aarons 312, Nemechek was running towards the front during the entire race. With 3 laps remaining, Nemechek was running in the top 10 and finished 6th, 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 Toyota Care, but failed to qualify. Nemechek joined Randy Humphrey Racing for the Oral-B USA 500, qualifying 34th and finishing 37th.^[6] He returned to RAB Racing's No. 29 at the 2014 GEICO 500, and initially qualified 24th. However, his car failed post-race inspection for an improperly sealed oil tank encasement, leaving him as one of the race's 3 DNQs. This was the first time Nemechek did not race on a superspeedway in his 22 years of Sprint Cup competition.

2015

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 Cup race.

The following week at Atlanta, he was announced as the substitute for David Ragan in the #34 CSX Ford for Front Row Motorsports. At the time, Ragan was driving for Joe Gibbs Racing in place of the injured Kyle Busch.^[7] Nemechek drove the #34 car to a 33rd-place finish in what would be his only Cup Series start of the season.

2016

Nemechek made two appearances in 2016, driving his own number 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.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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	NSCC	Pts
1993	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA 36	POC	TAL	GLN 21	MCH 37	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS											44th	389
1993	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	4	Chevy																											CLT 25	CAR 23	PHO	ATL							44th	389
1994	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 36	RCH 21	ATL 18	DAR 19	BRI 16	NWS DNQ	MAR 22	TAL 42	SON 22	CLT 33	DOV 14	POC 32	MCH 7	DAY 39	NHA 19	POC 3	TAL 35	IND 20	GLN 8	MCH 21	BRI 29	DAR 42	RCH 28	DOV 36	MAR 22	NWS 34	CLT 11	CAR 17	PHO 25	ATL 23						27th	2673
1995	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY 42	CAR 29	RCH 32	ATL 16	DAR 33	BRI DNQ	NWS 20	MAR 14	TAL DNQ	SON 37	CLT 20	DOV 10	POC 12	MCH 28	DAY 38	NHA 19	POC 9	TAL 23	IND 27	GLN 31	MCH 32	BRI 16	DAR 25	RCH 26	DOV 4	MAR 30	NWS 32	CLT 22	CAR 9	PHO 18	ATL 14						28th	2742
1996	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY 39	CAR 9	RCH 34	ATL 17	DAR 31	BRI 31	NWS 36	MAR 26	TAL 13	SON 41	CLT 25	DOV 25	POC 21	MCH 36	DAY 18	NHA 35	POC 34	TAL 15	IND 27	GLN 8	MCH 27	BRI 34	DAR DNQ	RCH 39	DOV 25	MAR 27	NWS 26	CLT DNQ	CAR 24	PHO 25	ATL 34						34th	2391
1997	Team SABCO	42	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 35	RCH 39	ATL 39	DAR	TEX 29	BRI 19	MAR 19	SON DNQ	TAL DNQ	CLT 19	DOV 15	POC 36	MCH 41	CAL 18	DAY 24	NHA 40	POC 21	IND 32	GLN 12	MCH 27	BRI 38	DAR 23	RCH 6	NHA 13	DOV 20	MAR 25	CLT 16	TAL 31	CAR 10	PHO 24	ATL 8					28th	2754
	Barkdoll Racing	73	Chevy	DAY 27
	Team SABCO	40	Chevy										TAL 19
1998		42		DAY 26	CAR 39	LVS 37	ATL 35	DAR 37	BRI DNQ	TEX 4	MAR 24	TAL 32	CAL 22	CLT 6	DOV 26	RCH 12	MCH 9	POC 35	SON 25	NHA 36	POC 17	IND 24	GLN 12	MCH 12	BRI 31	NHA 18	DAR 35	RCH 37	DOV 29	MAR 40	CLT 7	TAL 29	DAY 17	PHO 18	CAR 17	ATL 40				26th	2897
1999		42		DAY 36	CAR 24	LVS 35	ATL 14	DAR 19	TEX 33	BRI 36	MAR 37	TAL 34	CAL 40	RCH 6	CLT 32	DOV 25	MCH 34	POC 42	SON 19	DAY 16	NHA 37	POC 29	IND 22	GLN 30	MCH 22	BRI 19	DAR 6	RCH 20	NHA 1	DOV 35	MAR 38	CLT 13	TAL 30	CAR 26	PHO 19	HOM 21	ATL 32			30th	2956
2000	Andy Petree Racing	33	Chevy	DAY 42	CAR 30	LVS 9	ATL 5	DAR 41	BRI 25	TEX 37	MAR 17	TAL 22	CAL 20	RCH 23	CLT 23	DOV 7	MCH 18	POC 42	SON 11	DAY 11	NHA 2	POC 34	IND 18	GLN 8	MCH 23	BRI 27	DAR 31	RCH 40	NHA 9	DOV 7	MAR 14	CLT 14	TAL 3	CAR 10	PHO 24	HOM 18	ATL 25			15th	3534
2001	Andy Petree Racing	33	Chevy	DAY 11	CAR 17	LVS 35	ATL 17	DAR 24	BRI 43	TEX 41	MAR 16	TAL 6	CAL 20	RCH 19	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY 27	CHI 16	NHA 41	POC 23	IND 20	GLN 32	MCH 22	BRI 24	DAR 33	RCH 16	DOV 7	KAN 20	CLT 20	MAR 23	TAL 8	PHO 35	CAR 1*	HOM 31	ATL 39	NHA 20	28th	2994
2002	Haas-Carter Motorsports	26	Ford	DAY 40	CAR 33	LVS 19	ATL 25	DAR 17	BRI 43	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL 25																											34th	2682
	MBV Motorsports	10	Pontiac											RCH 12
	Hendrick Motorsports	25	Chevy												CLT 30	DOV 43	POC 41	MCH 29	SON 18	DAY 36	CHI 33	NHA 41	POC 24	IND 20	GLN 38	MCH 35	BRI 27	DAR 21	RCH 25	NHA 32	DOV 23	KAN 4	TAL 39	CLT 40	MAR 41	ATL 2	CAR 28	PHO 33	HOM 2*
2003	Hendrick Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY 22	CAR 23	LVS 9	ATL 9	DAR 13	BRI 27	TEX 35	TAL 21	MAR 15	CAL 32	RCH 1*	CLT 11	DOV 24	POC 38	MCH 21	SON 35	DAY 38	CHI 42	NHA 29	POC 7	IND 37	GLN 17	MCH 20	BRI 19	DAR 21	RCH 26	NHA 3	DOV 43	TAL 25	KAN 37	CLT 31	MAR 20					25th	3426
2003	MB2 Motorsports	01	Pontiac																																	ATL 10	PHO 31	CAR 25	HOM 17	25th	3426
2004			Chevy	DAY 6	CAR 24	LVS 19	ATL 15	DAR 20	BRI 27	TEX 14	MAR 27	TAL 32	CAL 28	RCH 36	CLT 14	DOV 38	POC 18	MCH 35	SON 29	DAY 10	CHI 8	NHA 20	POC 16	IND 17	GLN 22	MCH 13	BRI 42	CAL 12	RCH 22	NHA 6	DOV 35	TAL 7	KAN 1	CLT 5	MAR 30	ATL 4	PHO 12	DAR 8	HOM 27	19th	3878
2005				DAY 13	CAL 39*	LVS 19	ATL 35	BRI 33	MAR 10	TEX 17	PHO 10	TAL 31	DAR 11	RCH 18	CLT 18	DOV 27	POC 3	MCH 6	SON 23	DAY 15	CHI 15	NHA 18	POC 22	IND 28	GLN 9	MCH 8	BRI 12	CAL 10	RCH 26	NHA 25	DOV 17	TAL 9	KAN 20	CLT 4	MAR 23	ATL 18	TEX 37	PHO 17	HOM 24	16th	3953
2006				DAY 33	CAL 27	LVS 13	ATL 17	BRI 28	MAR 23	TEX 23	PHO 35	TAL 27	RCH 28	DAR 16	CLT 18	DOV 35	POC 29	MCH 26	SON 25	DAY 19	CHI 33	NHA 41	POC 17																	27th	3255
2006	Ginn Racing																							IND 24	GLN 42	MCH 26	BRI 26	CAL 25	RCH 32	NHA 32	DOV 26	KAN 27	TAL 18	CLT 9	MAR 20	ATL 9	TEX 18	PHO 19	HOM 13	27th	3255
2007	Ginn Racing	13		DAY 9	CAL 14	LVS 38	ATL 17	BRI DNQ	MAR 27	TEX 18	PHO 16	TAL 38	RCH 33	DAR 28	CLT 26	DOV 25	POC 15	MCH 30	SON 38	NHA 41	DAY 30	CHI 29																		37th	2117
	E&M Motorsports	08	Dodge																				IND DNQ	POC	GLN	MCH 43	BRI
	Furniture Row Racing	78	Chevy																									CAL 43	RCH 43	NHA 29	DOV 22	KAN 25	TAL 32	CLT DNQ	MAR DNQ	ATL 36	TEX 35	PHO 38	HOM DNQ
2008	Furniture Row Racing	78	Chevy	DAY 41	CAL 34	LVS DNQ	ATL 36	BRI 35	MAR DNQ	TEX 37	PHO 40	TAL 25	RCH 29	DAR 31	CLT DNQ	DOV 34	POC 29	MCH 28	SON 26	NHA 20	DAY 18	CHI 39	IND 29	POC 41	GLN 38	MCH 34	BRI 29	CAL 43	RCH 40	NHA 43	DOV 35	KAN 38	TAL 11	CLT 37	MAR 43	ATL 42	TEX 38	PHO DNQ	HOM 36	37th	1989
2009	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Toyota	DAY DNQ	CAL 43	LVS 41	ATL 39	BRI 41	MAR 41	TEX DNQ	PHO 41	TAL 14	RCH 40	DAR QL^†	CLT 37	DOV 38	POC 41	MCH 42	SON QL^†	NHA 39	DAY 41	CHI 41	IND 43	POC 39	GLN DNQ	MCH 39	BRI 41	ATL 42	RCH 35	NHA 40	DOV 41	KAN 42	CAL 39	CLT 43	MAR 38	TAL 43	TEX 42	PHO 40	HOM DNQ	40th	1342
2010				DAY 43	CAL 40	LVS 41	ATL 38	BRI 43	MAR 39	PHO 38	TEX 40	TAL 42	RCH 43	DAR DNQ	DOV 38	CLT 39	POC 43	MCH 37	SON 40	NHA 39	DAY 41	CHI 43	IND 40	POC 40	GLN 39	MCH 43	BRI DNQ	ATL 38	RCH 42	NHA 40	DOV 41	KAN DNQ	CAL 37	CLT DNQ	MAR 41	TAL 27	TEX 43	PHO DNQ	HOM 41	38th	1361
2011				DAY 39	PHO 43	LVS 42	BRI 41	CAL 42	MAR 43	TEX 39	TAL 41	RCH 42	DAR 42	DOV 39	CLT 41	KAN 43	POC 40	MCH 40	SON 40	DAY 30	KEN 39	NHA 41	IND 38	POC 41	GLN 40	MCH 41	BRI 40	ATL 40	RCH 41	CHI 40	NHA 36	DOV 39	KAN 41	CLT 43	TAL 41	MAR 41	TEX 42	PHO 41	HOM 40	65th	0¹
2012				DAY 28	PHO 40	LVS 41	BRI 40	CAL DNQ	MAR 39	TEX DNQ	KAN 41	RCH 41	TAL 41	DAR 40	CLT 41	DOV 39	POC 37	MCH 40	SON 43	KEN 40	DAY 41	NHA 38	IND DNQ	POC 36	GLN 29	MCH 36	BRI 39	ATL 43	RCH 38	CHI 40	NHA 39	DOV 39	TAL 41	CLT DNQ	KAN 40	MAR 41	TEX 40	PHO 39	HOM DNQ	68th	0¹
2013	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing			DAY 43	PHO 31	LVS 40	BRI 29	CAL 32	MAR 34	TEX 35	KAN DNQ	RCH 39	TAL 39	DAR 31	CLT 41	DOV 31	POC 42	MCH 36	SON	KEN 37	DAY 27	NHA 25	IND 41	POC 37	GLN	MCH 34	BRI 43	ATL 40	RCH 39	CHI 31	NHA 35	DOV 39	KAN 41	CLT 39	TAL 42	MAR 33	TEX 36	PHO 38	HOM 35	64th	0¹
2014	Identity Ventures Racing			DAY DNQ		LVS DNQ							TAL DNQ																											66th	0¹
	Identity Ventures Racing	66			PHO 40		BRI 41	CAL 32	MAR 43	TEX DNQ	DAR 34	RCH 37		KAN 31	CLT 34	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN 38				POC 40	GLN 30	MCH 35	BRI		RCH 40	CHI 36	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT
	RAB Racing	29	Toyota																		DAY DNQ	NHA	IND												TAL DNQ	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
	Randy Humphrey Racing	77	Ford																									ATL 37
2015	Front Row Motorsports	34	Ford	DAY	ATL 33	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	68th	0¹
^† - Qualified for Scott Speed

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1994	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ
1995	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	23	42
1996	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	37	39
1997	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	DNQ
1997	Barkdoll Racing	Chevrolet	38	27
1998	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	28	26
1999	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	32	36
2000	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	16	42
2001	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	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

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	NXSC	Pts
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	CAR 33	MAR							91st	64
1990		87	Buick	DAY 8	RCH 18	CAR DNQ	MAR 15	HCY 23	DAR 19	BRI 9	LAN 20	SBO 20	NZH 34	HCY 20	CLT 38	DOV 27	ROU 25	VOL 6	MYB 5	OXF DNQ	NHA 19	SBO 21	DUB 5	IRP 23	ROU 18	BRI 14	DAR 20	RCH 16	DOV 15	MAR 22	CLT 27	NHA 19	CAR DNQ	MAR 16					17th	3022
1991			Chevy	DAY 21	RCH 9	CAR 14	MAR 16	VOL 19	HCY 3	DAR 7	BRI 12	LAN 18	SBO 2	NZH 18	CLT 24	DOV 10	ROU 24	HCY 10	MYB 5	GLN 2	OXF 10	NHA 6	SBO 17	DUB 8	IRP 6	ROU 6	BRI 16	DAR 37	RCH 8	DOV 6	CLT 16	NHA 28	CAR 4	MAR 31					6th	3902
1992				DAY 31	CAR 12	RCH 5	ATL 21	MAR 2	DAR 13	BRI 10	HCY 4	LAN 5	DUB 6	NZH 11	CLT 22	DOV 5	ROU 2	MYB 19	GLN 4	VOL 4	NHA 9	TAL 13	IRP 1	ROU 2	MCH 10	NHA 1	BRI 15	DAR 26	RCH 5	DOV 15	CLT 11	MAR 5	CAR 16	HCY 6					1st	4275
1993				DAY 9	CAR 11	RCH 2	DAR 22	BRI 4	HCY 3	ROU 20	MAR 11	NZH 19	CLT 40	DOV 26	MYB 3	GLN 4	MLW 9	TAL 28	IRP 11	MCH 22	NHA 2^*	BRI 2	DAR 4	RCH 11	DOV 24^*	ROU 14	CLT 27	MAR 14^*	CAR 36	HCY 22	ATL 6								5th	3443
1994				DAY 34	CAR	RCH 1^*	ATL 43	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA 32	NZH	CLT 31	DOV 9	MYB	GLN 34	MLW	SBO	TAL 12	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 11	RCH 17	DOV	CLT 26	MAR	CAR								40th	1065
1995				DAY 12	CAR	RCH	ATL 38	NSV	DAR 7	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL 4	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 5	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM 7										42nd	783
1996				DAY 37	CAR	RCH 2	ATL 10	NSV 6	DAR DNQ	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT 8	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN 32	MLW	NHA 35	TAL 2^*	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 13	RCH	DOV	CLT 36	CAR	HOM 4										38th	1282
1997				DAY 4	CAR	RCH	ATL 5	LVS 33	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL 41	NHA	NZH	CLT 1^*	DOV	SBO	GLN 3^*	MLW	MYB	GTY 29^*	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 8	CAL	CAR	HOM 1^*						40th	1162
1998				DAY 1^*	CAR	LVS 3^*	NSV 6	DAR	BRI	TEX 3^*	HCY	TAL 1	NHA	NZH	CLT 2	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 36	GTY	CAR	ATL 7	HOM 28					39th	1315
1999				DAY 36	CAR	LVS 2	ATL 27	DAR	TEX 38	NSV 4	BRI	TAL 2	CAL 31	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT 32	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY 3	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR 5	RCH	DOV	CLT 8	CAR	MEM	PHO DNQ	HOM 1				33rd	1485
2000				DAY 2	CAR	LVS 3	ATL 33	DAR	BRI	TEX 36	NSV	TAL 1^*	CAL 37	RCH	NHA	CLT 6	DOV 5	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY 7	IRP	MCH 13	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 5	CLT 5^*	CAR	MEM	PHO 42	HOM 35				32nd	1691
2001			Pontiac	DAY 32								TAL 39																											35th	1541
2001			Chevy		CAR	LVS 7	ATL 1^*	DAR	BRI	TEX 4	NSH		CAL 9	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI 4	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 17	DOV 37	KAN 35	CLT 26	MEM	PHO 12	CAR	HOM 1			35th	1541
2002			Pontiac	DAY 43	CAR						TAL 34										DAY 1^*																		34th	1773
2002			Chevy			LVS 14	DAR	BRI	TEX 3	NSH		CAL 41	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV 13	NSH	KEN 25	MLW		CHI 4	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH 11	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN 3	CLT 3	MEM	ATL 6	CAR	PHO	HOM 3		34th	1773
2003			Chevy	DAY INQ^†	CAR	LVS 1	DAR 34	BRI	TEX 1				RCH 36	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV 1	NSH	KEN	MLW						MCH 13	BRI	DAR	RCH		KAN 9	CLT 36	MEM	ATL	PHO 4	CAR	HOM 19		31st	1704
			Pontiac							TAL 2	NSH										DAY 18
		88	Chevy									CAL 43										CHI 43
	Evans Motorsports	7	Chevy																				NHA 31	PPR	IRP
	Michael Waltrip Racing	99	Chevy																											DOV 40
2004	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY 40	CAR	LVS 9	DAR 28	BRI 11	TEX 7	NSH	TAL 10			RCH 36	NZH	CLT 21	DOV 36	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 31	NHA 16	PPR	IRP	MCH 36	BRI	CAL 8	RCH	DOV	KAN 1				PHO 26	DAR	HOM 8		31st	1777
		7										CAL 43	GTY
		88																														CLT 43	MEM	ATL
2005		87		DAY 14	CAL 12	MXC	LVS 4	ATL	NSH	BRI 41	TEX 12	PHO 6	TAL 29	DAR	RCH	CLT 19	DOV 10	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 7	CHI 13	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN 7	MCH 25	BRI	CAL 17	RCH	DOV	KAN 11	CLT	MEM	TEX 23	PHO	HOM 10	25th	2030
2006				DAY 40	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	HOM 23	102nd	137
2007				DAY 34	CAL 13	MXC	LVS 16	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				DAY DNQ	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				DAY 13	CAL 35	LVS 20	BRI 18	TEX 39	NSH 34	PHO 25	TAL 11	RCH 18	DAR 32	CLT 36	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 27	DAY 24	CHI 24	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN 26	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH 36	DOV 35	KAN 35	CAL 37	CLT	MEM	TEX 36	PHO 36	HOM 36	31st	1692
2010				DAY 31	CAL 23	LVS 18	BRI 16	NSH 28	PHO 26	TEX 19	TAL 36	RCH 35	DAR 23	DOV 26	CLT 24	NSH	KEN 25	ROA	NHA 23	DAY 16	CHI 15	GTY 27	IRP 24	IOW 19	GLN 23	MCH 21	BRI 32		ATL 29	RCH 19	DOV 25	KAN 17	CAL 14	CLT 41	GTY 28	TEX 20	PHO 28	HOM 35	20th	2942
2010		97																										CGV 28											20th	2942
2011		87	Toyota	DAY 15					TEX 24	TAL 3	NSH 14		DAR 12	DOV 19	IOW 16		CHI 21	MCH 21	ROA		KEN 12	NHA 11	NSH	IRP 7	IOW 16	GLN 11	CGV 21		ATL 18	RCH 10	CHI	DOV 30	KAN 21		TEX 21	PHO 12			14th	755
		87	Chevy		PHO 15		BRI 21					RCH 19
		97	Chevy			LVS 23		CAL 39
		97	Toyota													CLT 29				DAY 26								BRI 21						CLT 37			HOM 16
2012		87		DAY 23	PHO 24	LVS 20	BRI 30	CAL 19	TEX 17	RCH 13	TAL 19	DAR 11	IOW 19	CLT 29	DOV 19	MCH 15	ROA	KEN 18	DAY 22	NHA 19	CHI 13	IND 18	IOW 16			BRI 11	ATL 14	RCH 8	CHI 16	KEN 27	DOV 17	CLT 17	KAN 12	TEX 20	PHO 16	HOM 18			11th	816
		97																						GLN 27
	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	70	Dodge																						CGV 30
2013	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	87	Toyota	DAY 18	PHO 36	LVS 27	BRI 24	CAL 14	TEX 19	RCH 23	TAL 37	DAR 24	CLT 32	DOV 33	IOW QL^‡	MCH 29	ROA	KEN 33	DAY 19	NHA 22	CHI 23	IND 23	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 18	ATL 24	RCH 29	CHI 30	KEN 23	DOV 23	KAN 25	CLT 23	TEX 33	PHO 30	HOM 26			19th	513
2014	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	87	Toyota	DAY 12	PHO	LVS	BRI 19	CAL	TEX	DAR		TAL 6	IOW	CLT	DOV 17	MCH	ROA	KEN																					92nd	0¹
	DRG Motorsports	86	Chevy								RCH 23
	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	97	Toyota																DAY 27	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2015	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY DNQ	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	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Toyota	DAY 19	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY 36	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			112th	0¹
^† - 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	NCWTC	Pts
1996	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN 2	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO 8	LVS				62nd	312
1997				WDW 27	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				WDW 6	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	TAL 28	MAR	ATL 35	TEX	PHO	HOM 6			53rd	292
2014	SWM-NEMCO Motorsports	8	Toyota	DAY 8	MAR	KAN 9	CLT 11	DOV	TEX 3	GTW	KEN 14	IOW	ELD	POC 10	MCH 10	BRI	MSP	CHI 9	NHA	LVS 17	TAL 10	MAR	TEX 8	PHO	HOM 8						19th	413
2015	SWM-NEMCO Motorsports	8	Chevy	DAY 20	ATL 10	MAR	KAN	CLT 11	DOV	TEX 6	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM					33rd	129

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ Glick, Shav (1997-06-21). "Nemechek Is California 500's First Pole Cat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
↑ NASCAR News, Videos, Scores, Standings, Stats, Teams | FOX Sports on MSN. Msn.foxsports.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
↑ Adamczyk, Jay (February 16, 2012). "Nemechek gets sponsor for Daytona 500". Jayski's NASCAR Sprint Cup News Page. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ Eddinger, Mark (2014-01-31). "Michael Waltrip Racing and Jay Robinson Racing Partner to Run the No. 66 for Full Season". Sports Media 101. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
↑ Joe Nemechek Becomes All-Time Leader In NASCAR Cup Series Last-Place Finishes at Brock Beard (Blogspot)
↑ "Atlanta Entry List". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
↑ "Front Row Joe to drive for Front Row Motorsports". motorsport.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Bobby Labonte	NASCAR Busch Series Champion 1992	Succeeded by Steve Grissom
Achievements
Preceded by Kenny Wallace	NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1990	Succeeded by Jeff Gordon

NEMCO Motorsports

Personnel

Joe Nemechek
Sid Maudlin

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Drivers	(8) John Hunter Nemechek

Former drivers

Furniture Row Racing

Personnel

Barney Visser

Drivers

Sprint Cup Series	(77) Erik Jones (78) Martin Truex Jr.

Crew chiefs

Sprint Cup Series	(77) Chris Gayle (78) Cole Pearn

Former drivers

Sprint Cup Series	Kurt Busch Joe Nemechek Jerry Robertson Regan Smith Kenny Wallace

Busch Series	Jerry Robertson

Partnerships and affiliations

Joe Gibbs Racing

Front Row Motorsports

Personnel

Bob Jenkins

Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(34) TBA (35) David Gilliland (38) Landon Cassill

Crew chiefs	(34) Scott Graves (35) Randy Cox (38) Donnie Wingo

Notable former drivers

Hendrick Motorsports

Personnel

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(5) Kasey Kahne (24) Chase Elliott (48) Jimmie Johnson (88) Jeff Gordon / Alex Bowman

Crew chiefs	(5) Keith Rodden (24) Alan Gustafson (48) Chad Knaus (88) Greg Ives

Former drivers

NASCAR Hall of Fame	Terry Labonte Mark Martin Darrell Waltrip Benny Parsons

Winners	Kyle Busch Ricky Hendrick Geoff Bodine Casey Mears Jerry Nadeau Joe Nemechek Tim Richmond Ricky Rudd Ken Schrader Regan Smith Jack Sprague Tony Stewart Brian Vickers

Other drivers	Brett Bodine Buddy Baker Ricky Craven Wally Dallenbach Jr. Jim Fitzgerald Ron Hornaday Jr. Scott Lagasse Randy LaJoie Greg Sacks Al Unser Jr.

Partnerships and affiliations

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard

Owners	Robby Benton Brack Maggard

Sprint Cup Series	(29) Justin Marks / Reed Sorenson

Xfinity Series	(29) Justin Marks

Notable former drivers	Kelly Admiraal Alex Bowman Matt Crafton Milka Duno Blake Koch Scott Lagasse, Jr. Travis Pastrana Boris Said Brian Scott Daniel Suárez Ryan Truex Kenny Wallace John Wes Townley

Partnerships and affiliations	Joe Gibbs Racing Michael Waltrip Racing Triad Racing Technologies

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse Jr. 2014: K. Larson 2015: B. Moffitt 2016: C. Elliott

Xfinity Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn Jr. 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson 2014: C. Elliott 2015: D. Suárez 2016: E. Jones

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney 2014: B. Kennedy 2015: E. Jones 2016: W. Byron

Xfinity Series Drivers' Champions

1982 J. Ingram
1983 S. Ard
1984 S. Ard
1985 J. Ingram
1986 L. Pearson
1987 L. Pearson
1988 T. Ellis

1989 R. Moroso
1990 C. Bown
1991 B. Labonte
1992 J. Nemechek
1993 S. Grissom
1994 D. Green
1995 J. Benson Jr.

1996 R. LaJoie
1997 R. LaJoie
1998 D. Earnhardt Jr.
1999 D. Earnhardt Jr.
2000 J. Green
2001 K. Harvick
2002 G. Biffle

2003 B. Vickers
2004 M. Truex Jr.
2005 M. Truex Jr.
2006 K. Harvick
2007 C. Edwards
2008 C. Bowyer
2009 K. Busch

2010 B. Keselowski
2011 R. Stenhouse Jr.
2012 R. Stenhouse Jr.
2013 A. Dillon
2014 C. Elliott
2015 C. Buescher
2016 D. Suárez

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