Joseph Frank Nemechek III

Born:	September 26, 1963 (1963-09-26) (age 43)
Birthplace:	Lakeland, Florida
Awards:	1987 Lakeland Interstate Speedway Rookie of the Year 1988 United Speed Alliance Racing Rookie of the Year Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1500x1000, 212 KB) Summary Description: NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek Source: Army Images Author: Photo courtesy of U.S. Army, by Cameras in Action Date: October 3, 2005 Location: Talladega Superspeedway at Talladega, Alabama Permission: Army Images pages write at the bottom... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A view of Lakelands business district, early 1920s Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... United Speed Alliance Racing is a stock car sanctioning body that operates the USAR Hooters Pro Cup series, that primarily races short tracks in different regions of the United States. ... 1989 All-Pro Late Model Series Champion & Rookie of the Year Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... 1990 NBS Rookie of the Year The 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 17 and ended October 28. ... Most recent champion(s) Kevin Harvick The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. ... 1992 Busch Series Champion The 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 15 and ended November 8. ... Most recent champion(s) Kevin Harvick The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations... 1992 & 1993 Most Popular Driver The 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 15 and ended November 8. ... The 1993 NASCAR Busch Series season began February 13 and ended November 13. ...
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics
Car #, Team	#08 - E&M Motorsports
2006 NEXTEL Cup Position:	27th
Best Cup Position:	15th - 2000 (Winston Cup)
First Race:	1993 Slick 50 300 (Loudon)
First Win:	1999 Dura Lube/Kmart 300 (Loudon)
Last Win:	2004 Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods (Kansas)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
4	60	9
NASCAR Busch Series Statistics
2006 NBS Position:	104th
Best NBS Position:	1st - 1992 (Busch Series)
First Race:	1989 AC-Delco 500 (Rockingham
First Win:	1992 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last Win:	2004 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
16	121	17
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics
2006 NCTS Position:	53rd
Best NCTS Position:	53rd - 2006 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First Race:	1996 Parts America 150 (Watkins Glen)
Last Race:	2006 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	4	1
All stats current as of February 18, 2007.

Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) in Lakeland, Florida is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He drove the #13 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Ginn Racing until July 17, 2007, when his team was shut down due to lack of sponsorship. Nemechek's plans are uncertain now that he has no ride. The older brother of the late John Nemechek (whose death inspired him to name his firstborn son after his brother), he is nicknamed "Front Row Joe" for his tendency to qualify near the front of the field, a term deemed by former teammate Wally Dallenbach. Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... 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Early career

Nemechek began racing at the age of thirteen in motocross, and won six 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. A rider using a berm to corner during a motocross race in Australia Motocross (often shortened to MX or MotoX) is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. ... North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located in Rockingham, North Carolina. ... The 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 18 and ended October 29. ... Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States, Canada, China and in Spain by General Motors Corporation. ...

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 Sauces, and won 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. Bobby Labonte Bobby Labontes former JGR car on display at the Joe Gibbs Racing headquarters. ... The 1993 NASCAR Busch Series season began February 13 and ended November 13. ... New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1. ... rocker arm This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The #4 car that will be run in 2006 Morgan-McClure Motorsports(formed in 1983) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team. ...

1994-1999

In 1994, Nemechek joined Larry Hedrick Motorsports to drive the #41 Meineke Car Care Center 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 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 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. The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. ... Larry Hedrick Motorsports is a former NASCAR team. ... Meineke is a company which runs a franchise chain of automotive service centers. ... Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a A 3/4 mile, D shaped, asphalt race track located outside Richmond, Virginia. ... Burger King (often abbreviated to BK) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... The Dover 400 is the second of two NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car races held at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. ... BellSouth Corporation was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a racing organization with teams in NASCAR, Champ Cars, and the IRL. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. ... Homestead-Miami Speedway is a speedway in Homestead, Florida, USA, southwest of Miami. ... The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of sister track Michigan International Speedway. ... Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond; it is the site of two annual NASCAR Nextel Cup races held just a few weeks apart in June and July. ... Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. ... Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama. ...

2000-2005

For 2000, Nemechek signed to drive the #33 Oakwood Homes Chevrolet for Andy Petree Racing, winning the pole at Talladega and finishing a career-best fifteenth 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. The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 13 and ended on Sunday November 20. ... Andy Petree Racing is a former NASCAR team. ... The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season began on February 11 and ended on November 23. ... Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup event that took place in October at the North Carolina Motor Speedway from 1965 to 2003. ... North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located in Rockingham, North Carolina. ...

After Petree's team began to run into financial problems, Nemechek left for the 26 Ford Taurus fielded by Haas-Carter Motorsports. But after sponsor Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Nemechek left the team. The Ford Taurus is a mid-size, front wheel drive car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ... Travis Carter Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series team. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Chapter 11 is a part of the United States Code dealing with bankruptcy. ...

After replacing Johnny Benson (who was injured in an accident at Richmond) in the #10 Valvoline Pontiac for MB2 Motorsports for a few races, Nemechek was signed by Hendrick Motorsports to drive the #25 UAW-Delphi Chevrolet (replacing Jerry Nadeau). He had a solid finish to his 2002 season, finishing second twice in the season's final four races. Johnny Benson (born June 27, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a NASCAR driver. ... Jerry Nadeau in the 2000 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, courtesy U.S. Coast Guard. ...

In 2003, he won at the Pontiac Excitement 400 as well as posting five other top-ten 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. The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 16. ... The Chevy American Revolution 400 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. ...

For the 2004 season, Nemechek returned to MB2/MBV Motorsports, taking over the #01 U.S. Army car (driven previously by Jerry Nadeau, who was severely injured in a crash the season before and has yet to return to NASCAR). 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. Jerry Nadeau in the 2000 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, courtesy U.S. Coast Guard. ... Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, in the U.S. state of Kansas. ... Ricky Rudd in 2005, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Ricky Rudd racing at the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway. ...

In 2005, Nemechek won a pole at Michigan and fell seven points short of matching his career-best points finish. The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 12. ... Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3. ...

Presently

Nemechek's #01 U.S. Army car

The MB2 was rebranded as Ginn Racing following Bobby Ginn's purchase of the team in 2006. He drove the #13 with CertainTeed sponsorship after being replaced in the 01 by Mark Martin and Regan Smith. In July 2007, Nemechek found himself without a ride in the Nextel Cup Series after being released due to a lack of sponsorship for the #13 car.^[1] Joe has secured a ride on a part-time basis with E&M Motorsports driving the #08 Dodge. Joe failed his first attempt to qualify at Indy but made his way into the field for the Michigan race weekend driving the #08 Fans On Board Dodge. The "Fans On Board" campaign began on a joe nemechek fan site where fans donated over $2,000 to support the team. Joe Nemechek will drive the #78 Furniture Row car at Fontana, California. Image File history File links NASCAR_Car_01. ... Image File history File links NASCAR_Car_01. ... Ginn Racing was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team based in Concord, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte. ... 2006 car Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959 in Batesville, Arkansas) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. ... Regan Smith (born September 23, 1983, in Cato, New York) is a NASCAR driver. ... Furniture Row Racing is a NASCAR team based in Colorado and fields the #78 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. ...

See also

• NEMCO Motorsports

NEMCO Motorsports is a NASCAR team. ...

External links

• Joe Nemechek official web site
• Nemechek driver profile from Nascar.com
• Joe Nemechek Career Statistics
• 08team site

References

1. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/7033836