Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek
Joseph Frank "Joe" Nemechek IIIis 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...
almost came couple crew flying gained guys incredible needed pit quick race stop towards
The pit crew was incredible tonight, we gained on almost every stop and towards the end of the race when we really needed a couple of quick stops, the guys came through with flying colors.
army backup best bring comfort found ideal situation stuff zone
It's not the ideal situation when you can't use the best stuff you bring to the track. We just never found a comfort zone with the backup Army Chevrolet.
army brakes car deal drive drove easy front good impact locked nose shot somebody sudden together
Dale Jr. and somebody got together and shot up in front of me and I got into the back of them. My brakes locked up and the impact crunched the nose in. The Army car never drove the same after that. It was a pretty frustrating deal to have a car drive that good and then all of a sudden get wounded. For a while we had an easy top-10 car.
army bad best car cars chevy chief crew finish good great incredible mean practice race ryan setup start struggled yesterday
Not a great finish but an outstanding effort. We struggled in practice yesterday and I had concern. But Ryan (crew chief Ryan Pemberton) and the crew put a whole new setup in the car for the start of the race and let me tell you -- the Army Chevy was bad to the bone. One of the best cars I have ever driven. It was just incredible, I mean incredible on how good the car drove.
atlanta california chase definitely deserved dozen february finishes gotten happen heading next races richmond running solid spoil strong year
It's definitely a long shot. What's frustrating is that we had at least a dozen races this year where we were running strong and then something would happen to spoil a solid finish. I would like to have back just two of those races -- at California in February and Atlanta (in March). Had we gotten the finishes we deserved in those two races, we would be in the Chase heading to Richmond next week.
experience factor hard hooked
The experience factor is big this year. If we all can get hooked up, we're going to be tough. And if we get hooked up at the right time, we're going to be hard to beat.
forward looking season
At first I thought I was going to get robbed, ... That's the way our season has gone. I'm looking forward to (tomorrow). We're good.
cup daytona defines mean race win
As a driver, it would mean a lot. But I don't think it defines a driver. Daytona is a big race, but any Nextel Cup race you can win is big.
backup car engine headed low primary sudden sure
Once we get the primary engine in the backup (car), we should be fast. I am not really sure why the (primary) car did what it did. I was down low and the car was sticking, and then all of a sudden it was headed to the wall.
behind cars difficult easy manage pass proud recover
I thought we had an easy top-10 car, but once we got behind we had to pass a lot of cars and that's difficult to do here. But we did manage to recover and I am proud about that.
brakes car hard ran rest slammed smashed tight tire
I think a tire was going down on Hamlin's car. He slammed on the brakes and I ran into him hard and smashed in my grille pretty good. That made the car real tight for the rest of the race.
car front looking loose maintain next struggle
I was looking to get back to the front on the next (green-flag) run, but the car got loose -- it was a struggle just to maintain our position.
gets time
I think it gets back to being in the right place at the right time and getting the right break.
everybody glaring happened hardly spot sudden sun worst
It happened in the worst spot because the sun is glaring there and you can't hardly see anything. All of a sudden everybody was wrecking.