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...
daytona fast
Going fast down here at Daytona is about the team.
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.
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.
california positive start time
I can't think of a better place and better time to start a positive streak. We're going into California with a lot of confidence.
toughest
The toughest break, I think, we had was the Coca-Cola 600.
nascar series trying whatever
NASCAR is just trying to do whatever they can to keep the series under control,
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.
engine figure flawless great guarantee ran run
The engine ran flawless up to that point. They will figure out what it is and we will have a great run in the 500. I will guarantee you that.
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.
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.
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.
choke heat wrestle
Well, in the heat of the battle, I wanted to choke him. I wanted to get out and wrestle right there.
fought knocked nobody soldiers took
We took our licks, but nobody knocked us out. We fought like our soldiers right to the end.
racing matter cost
All types of racing costs a lot of money no matter what you're doing.