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...
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We had the right package today. But not having a shot at the victory after starting from the pole and leading a number of laps is disappointing. I thought this was the race we were going to win for our soldiers, who are protecting our freedom here and abroad. We'll get that victory for our troops and I have a gut feeling it's going to happen soon. But for now, we'll take the eighth-place result and go on to the next race.
good opportunity
What's frustrating is that we had a good car, but never had the opportunity to be a challenger.
army awesome bad crew effort excellent fight great pit quit result
We had the Army fight today. No one quit -- we were excellent soldiers. The pit crew was awesome again. It was just too bad we didn't get the result that we deserved. It was a great effort by everybody.
came close grass hit losing save sliding
I got too high, hit the grass and was sliding around. I came close to losing it, but fortunately I was able to save it and get back on track.
drivers gives race running shoot time tracks
I got in the right place at the right time and had success. It gives all the drivers at all the race tracks something to shoot for. It wasn't that long ago that I was running there.
bristol care positive streak
I don't care what kind of positive streak you're on, if you're going to Bristol then it's in jeopardy. Bristol is not a give-and-take track, it usually does more taking.
capable cup definitely race team win
My team is definitely capable of being in the Chase. Any Nextel Cup race you can win is big. It's the most competitive thing I've done.
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Since we didn't make the Chase, our goal right now is to finish 11th and we can do that. We have some race tracks coming up that we like and can run well at. We proved that last year, and if we can repeat that performance, we'll be contending for 11th place and the one million dollar bonus that goes with it. We have that Army spirit of never giving up.
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Since joining the Army team I've flirted with glory in California a couple of times, but wasn't able to complete the job. I think it's time to change all of that.
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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.
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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.
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.
nascar series trying whatever
NASCAR is just trying to do whatever they can to keep the series under control,