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...
nascar series trying whatever
NASCAR is just trying to do whatever they can to keep the series under control,
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.
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.
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.
continue good hopefully michigan next track
Michigan has always been a good track for us and hopefully it will continue being that come next Sunday.
assured creed follow giving happens together whatever
We need to put it together and get on a streak. But whatever happens you can be assured that we will follow the soldiers' creed of never giving up.
finish results year
We have our own Chase, and that's to finish off the year with results that will put us 11th in points.
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.
fought knocked nobody soldiers took
We took our licks, but nobody knocked us out. We fought like our soldiers right to the end.
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.