John Nemechek

John Nemechek is an American Professional Stock Car racer who last competed in the ARCA Series in the 2019 Lucas Oil 200 for NEMCO Motorsports in the #87 Plan B Sales Chevy. He last competed in the Truck Series in the #87 Plan B Sales Chevy Silverado in the 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby. He last competed in the National Series in the 2011 Subway Jalapeño 250 for Key Motorsports in the #42 PRECISIONWERX chevy. He last competed in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series in 1 start back in 2009 for NEMCO Motorsports in the #87 Jiffy Lube Chevy in the Daytona 500.

## Career

### 1998-2000 (NEMCO Motorsports)

In 1998, John moved back to his brother's team in the #87 Chevy with no sponsorship. He entered 10 races and made 4 of them with finishes of 28th, 24th, 30th, and 31st.

In 1999, he returned to his brothers team with once again no sponsor. He had entered 10 races again and made 8 of them with finishes of 28th, 30th, 31st, 21st, 10th, 18th, 28th, and 29th. His 10th place finish at Talladega was enough attention to attract Holley Performance Products a smaller NASCAR sponsor on mostly every car to become the full-time sponsor in 2000.

In 2000 with new sponsor Holley Performance Products the #87 NEMCO team looked to be a mid-pack contender in 2000. In the first race at Daytona however, Geoffrey Bodine and others had a horrible crash in the race. John went through the grass to avoid it but spun and slammed the pit-road wall nearly hitting the pace-car. John had a broken left and wrist and a broken left arm. He would race the following week with his injuries. On lap 1 of the next race he spun and slammed the car back into the wall. It was soon found out he had a concussion but it was unknown if it was from this wreck or the Daytona wreck a week ago. His brother Joe raced the next 8 races and got 1 top 10. When John returned he scored 2 top 10s at Talladega and Homestead. He finished 38th in points.

### 2014 & 2018 (Eldora With NEMCO Motorsports)

After 2000 John went with NEMCO, the #87, and Holley Performance Products to the National Series but did return in 2014 for the Eldora Dirt Derby in the #87 unsponsored chevy for NEMCO. He failed to qualify for the 2014 Eldora Dirt Derby. In 2018 he re-entered his final truck start in the #87 sponsored by Plan B Sales. He qualified for the race and ended up finishing 10th in a strategy.

### 2001-2009 (NEMCO Motorsports)

In 2001, John moved to National with Holley Performance Products and NEMCO in the #87 Chevy. He entered the full season but only made 4 starts with finishines of 43rd, 40th, 33rd, and 29th.

In 2002, John had Holley Performance Products as sponsorship backing again where he entered full-time and NEMCO got an alliance from Joe Gibbs Racing. John made every race with a best finish at Charlotte with a 20th place finish. He finished 30th in the standings.

In 2003 everything did stay the same but Joe Gibbs dropped the alliance. The first 10 races Joe failed to qualify and he had a massive crash in race 11 at Kentucky on lap 19 where he blew a tire into turn 1 and slammed the wall and went into the catch fence for a few moments similar to Ben Kennedy later on in 2015. He was uninjured but Holley dropped the sponsorship deal and the team did not enter the rest of 2003.

In 2004 the team was still underfunded with no sponsor but they did enter the Daytona season opener but John failed to qualify by a small margin.

In 2005, Andy's Frozen Custard agreed a sponsorship deal for the full 2005 season. This fell through after John only made the second race of the season in 9 other attempts and finished 40th that race with a lap 28 engine failure.

In 2006 the team had no funding but Joe Nemechek decided to enter every race with big lettering on the front of the car saying \*SPONSOR US!\* similar to Brandon Brown later on in the years. After 18 races in 10 of them qualified, it worked. Jiffy Lube decided to sponsor the rest of the season and John did finish in the 20s all of those races after the sponsorship came.

In 2007 Joe Nemechek convinced Joe Gibbs to once again to give them an alliance for 2007 and even 2008 with sponsorship from Jiffy Lube and Godaddy.com to split half the season each. Joe made every event besides Daytona due to a Qualifying crash. He finished 20th in points with 2 top 10s, 4 top 15s, and numerous top 20s and 4 DNFS.

In 2008 everything stayed the same and John got 4 top 10s, 11 top 15s, and many top 20s making every race with a few DNFS. He finished 11th in points.

In 2009, John was gonna go Cup Racing full-time with Jiffy Lube as the full-time sponsor for all the races but Joe Gibbs stole Jiffy Lube and kept them until 2014. NEMCO and John both got screwed over but John did attempt the Daytona race for National and Cup because it wasn't until after the Daytona Speedweeks weekend this happened. John finished 20th in the 500 with help from the JGR alliance and in the National Series he won the race in an upset performance of leading the most laps and having the fastest lap from the JGR alliance. After this John didn't race until Talladega with Mane n' Tail as the sponsor. They DNQED.

### 2010 & 2011 (Key Motorsports)

In 2010 for the first time since the late 90s, John left his brothers team NEMCO Motorsports after Key Motorsports offered him a full-time ride in the #42 car with PRECISIONWERX as the sponsor for all but 10 races in which the team was unsponsored for. John did make all the races due to his experience. He finished last in 10 of them due to mechanical issues and a few start and parks. He finished 34th in the standings with a best finish of 19th at Daytona Spring.

In 2011 he returned to the team with this time PRECISIONWERX as the full-time sponsor for every race. He had 10 starts and parks and only 5 finished races of 43rd, 19th, 20th, 34th, and 29th. John was planned to start 10 laps of the Daytona race then park it for July but he refused to and the team was forced to finish the race. In the end John brought the car home in 10th after leading 2 laps. Key Motorsports was still furious and fired him right off the bat. This was John's final National Series race ever and he made it a memory.

### Cup

In 2009, John entered the Daytona 500 in the #87 Jiffy Lube car for his brother's team NEMCO Motorsports. He finished 38th due to a engine issue on lap 41.