Joe Nemechek, who stepped out of his pole-sitting BGN car Saturday while battling a 24-hour flu bug, said Sunday morning he felt “like a million-and-a-half bucks.” Nemechek is scheduled to start 15th in the “Great American Race” at Daytona, but gave up the seat in his own Cellular One Pontiac for Saturday’s Koolerz 300. “I feel good,” Nemechek said after exiting Sunday’s pre-race drivers’ meeting. “Yesterday I got my butt kicked by some sort of bug or virus or something — but I feel really good today.”( NASCAR.com )(2-16-2003)
