John Hunter Nemechek

John Hunter Nemechek
Nemechek in 2015
Born (1997-06-11) June 11, 1997
Mooresville, North Carolina
Achievements 2012 Allison Legacy Series Champion
2014 All American 400 winner
2014 Snowball Derby winner
Awards 2015 Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 42 (Chip Ganassi Racing)
First race 2018 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta)
Last race 2018 Bar Harbor 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 7 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
91 races run over 6 years
Truck no., team No. 8 (NEMCO Motorsports)
2017 position 8th
Best finish 8th (2016, 2017)
First race 2013 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)
First win 2015 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicago)
Last win 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 47 2
Statistics current as of October 13, 2018.

John Hunter Nemechek (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Son of NASCAR competitor Joe Nemechek, he was the 2012 champion in the Allison Legacy Series. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for Chip Ganassi Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado for NEMCO Motorsports.

Early life

A young Nemechek in the pits at Infineon Raceway in 2005

Born June 11, 1997, Nemechek is a native of Mooresville, North Carolina;[1] he was named after his uncle, John Nemechek, who had been killed in a racing accident earlier that year in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.[2] He was a student at the Davidson Day School in Davidson, North Carolina.[3] Nemechek was born the oldest of three full siblings. Nemechek also has one older half-brother.

Nemechek was the subject of a children's book on racing, Racin' Buddies, written by his father in 2001.[4]

Racing career

Nemechek's 2013 K&N Pro Series car

Nemechek began his racing career at the age of 5, competing in go-karts, quarter midget cars and in dirt bike competition.[3] He moved up to stock car competition in 2010, competing in the Allison Legacy Series with sponsorship from England Stove Works.[3][5]

In 2012, Nemechek moved up to late model and super late model competition,[6] competing in the Champion Racing Association Super Series and American Speed Association Midwest Tour; he also competed in the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway during Speedweeks.[7] Nemechek won praise from Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch following a CRA Super Series race in which both drivers competed.[7]

In June 2012, Nemechek won the pole for the Howie Lettow Memorial 150, an ASA Midwest Tour event, at the Milwaukee Mile; he was scheduled to take a driver's education course the following week as he had just passed his fifteenth birthday.[8] He finished 23rd in the event.[9]

After competing in the 2012 Snowball Derby,[10] starting second and finishing tenth, Nemechek won the 2012 Allison Legacy Series championship, winning 15 of the season's 18 races.[11][12]

In 2013, Nemechek moved to competing in the Southern Super Series as well as in selected races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East,[12] starting with the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway in February.[13] In late 2013, he made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Toyota for SWM-NEMCO Racing.[14] He competed in two events, with a best finish of 16th.[15]

In January 2014, Nemechek announced he would be competing in ten Camping World Truck Series events during the 2014 season.[15] After the season ended, he won the 300-lap Snowball Derby.[16]

On September 19, 2015, 16 years to the day Joe Nemechek won his first Cup race, John Hunter Nemechek won his first Truck Series race at Chicagoland. On November 29, Nemechek was voted the Most Popular Driver for the 2015 season in the Truck Series.

Nemechek's truck in 2015

In 2016, Nemechek won at Atlanta. At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 250, Nemechek and Cole Custer were battling for the lead when Nemechek bumped Custer which led to Nemechek losing control and intentionally sending both Custer and himself off-road, pinning Custer to the wall. Before the winner was declared, Nemechek was tackled by Custer; Nemechek would be named the winner.[17]

In 2017, Nemechek won back to back races at Gateway and Iowa. Nemechek missed the Championship Four after finishing 2nd at Phoenix.

For the 2018 season, Nemechek joined Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 42 NASCAR Xfinity Series car on a part-time basis. He also would continue to run select Camping World Truck Series races for his father’s team NEMCO Motorsports. He would win at Martinsville in March. He suffered heartbreaking losses at Chicago and Bristol, after running out of fuel on the final lap in Chicago, handing the win to Brett Moffitt, and suffered fuel pickup issues with 5 laps remaining and a 2 second lead in Bristol, allowing Johnny Sauter to take the lead and eventual win. Nemechek would go on to finish 7th and 3rd in those races, respectively. [18] In his Xfinity Series debut, Nemechek finished an impressive 4th place finish at Atlanta, though he was involved in an early race wreck involving Elliott Sadler and Cole Custer resulting in Custer's car wrecking. Nemechek followed up the 4th place run with a 29th place finish at Auto Club after a tire failure ruined his chances of a good run. His next Xfinity series races were the four Dash 4 Cash races, where he had one top ten finish at Talladega.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

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 NXSC Pts
2018 Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevy DAY ATL
4		 LVS PHO CAL
29		 TEX BRI
13		 RCH
13		 TAL
7		 DOV
14		 CLT POC
7		 MCH
13		 IOW
15		 CHI DAY KEN
7		 NHA
4		 IOW
5		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND
25		 LVS RCH CLT DOV
9		 KAN TEX PHO HOM -* -*

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 NCWTC Pts
2013 SWM-NEMCO Motorsports 22 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR
19		 TEX PHO
22		 HOM 46th 48
2014 8 DAY MAR
12		 KAN CLT DOV
6		 TEX GTW
15		 KEN IOW
10		 ELD
6		 POC MCH BRI
27		 MSP
25		 CHI NHA
5		 LVS TAL MAR
13		 TEX PHO
7		 HOM 23rd 337
2015 Chevy DAY ATL MAR
29		 KAN CLT DOV
22		 TEX GTW
4		 IOW
23		 KEN
11		 ELD
7		 POC
13		 MCH
12		 BRI
3		 MSP
9		 CHI
1		 NHA
5		 LVS
4		 TAL
11		 MAR
2		 TEX
11		 PHO
2		 HOM
2		 12th 630
2016 NEMCO Motorsports DAY
17		 ATL
1		 MAR
2		 KAN
28		 DOV
15		 CLT
12		 TEX
7		 IOW
12		 GTW
6		 KEN
2		 ELD
24		 POC
9		 BRI
8		 MCH
26		 MSP
1		 CHI
14		 NHA
9		 LVS
16		 TAL
32		 MAR
3		 TEX
18		 PHO
6		 HOM
11		 8th 2133
2017 DAY
4		 ATL
29		 MAR
28		 KAN
3		 CLT
22		 DOV
22		 TEX
21		 GTW
1		 IOW
1		 KEN
18		 ELD
5		 POC
4		 MCH
29		 BRI
3		 MSP
20		 CHI
7		 NHA
20		 LVS
8		 TAL
6		 MAR
30		 TEX
19		 PHO
2		 HOM
15		 8th 2206
2018 DAY
25		 ATL LVS
21		 MAR
1		 DOV KAN
4		 CLT
9		 TEX IOW
27		 GTW
25		 CHI
7*		 KEN
5		 ELD
7		 POC MCH
3		 BRI
3*		 MSP
2		 LVS
22		 TAL
27		 MAR TEX PHO HOM -* 01*

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts
2013 Spraker Racing 37 Chevy BRI GRE PEN
12		 48th 46
SWM-NEMCO Motorsports 8 Chevy RCH
30		 BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL
2014 Toyota NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FFL LGY NHA COL IOW GLN
25		 VIR GRE DOV 65th 19

References

  1. ↑ "Davidson Day School honor roll – 2nd Trimester". Davidson News. Davidson, N.C. April 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Nemecheks face their pain, find pure joy". The Miami Herald. November 10, 1997. p. 9D. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  3. 1 2 3 Terrell, Katherine (June 22, 2011). "14-year-old racer looks to follow in dad's steps". Lake Norman News. Charlotte, N.C.: The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  4. ↑ Kurz, Hank, Jr. (May 4, 2001). "Rusty Wallace is looking forwards to racing at Richmond International". The Gadsden Times. Gadsden, Alabama. p. B3. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  5. ↑ Mills, Jeremy (March 22, 2001). "Amherst Co. Charity Hoping to Fetch $25,000 for 'NASCAR Guitar'". Lynchburg, Va.: WSET-TV. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Joe Nemechek". NASCAR. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  7. 1 2 Rodman, Dave (February 3, 2012). "Another Nemechek on the horizon". NASCAR. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  8. ↑ Lada, Jen (June 15, 2012). "14-year-old turning heads at the Milwaukee Mile". Milwaukee: WITI. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  9. ↑ Madsen, Tamira (June 12, 2012). "John Hunter Nemechek, 15, gets an early start on family business". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wis. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  10. ↑ Vilona, Bill (December 1, 2012). "Racing's next generation on display at Five Flags Speedway". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Fla. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  11. ↑ "John Hunter Nemecheck-The Allison Legacy Race Series 2012 Champion". Allison Legacy Series. Archived from the original on 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  12. 1 2 Cunningham, Jason (February 4, 2013). "Nemechek to Make Debut at Daytona". NASCAR. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  13. ↑ Albert, Zack (February 28, 2013). "John Hunter Nemechek, 15, carries family tradition". NASCAR. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  14. ↑ "Young Nemechek To Try Hand In Trucks". National Speed Sport News. October 18, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  15. 1 2 Adamczyk, Jay (January 13, 2014). "John Hunter Nemechek to run 10 Truck Series races in 2014". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  16. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry. "John Hunter Nemechek rallies to win 47th Snowball Derby". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ "John Hunter Nemechek Battles Custer till End for Win at Canada". NASCAR. September 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  18. ↑ Ruffin, Jessica (December 12, 2017). "John Hunter Nemechek to drive No. 42 Xfinity Chevrolet part-time in 2018". NASCAR. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tyler Hill		 Allison Legacy Series Champion
2012		 Succeeded by
Justin Laduke
Preceded by
Erik Jones		 Snowball Derby Winner
2014		 Succeeded by
Chase Elliott
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