Joe Nemechek - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Putnam named NEMCO crew chief:

NEMCO Motorsports team owner Joe Nemechek named Gary Putnam as crew chief of his #87 NASCAR Busch Series operation, replacing Brian Pattie. Putnam, who most recently served as crew chief for Petty Enterprises and NEXTEL Cup Series driver Jeff Green, takes over the ...

Buschwackers and Nashville:

Nextel Cup is at Pocono this weekend so help will be needed at Nashville for teams with Buschwhackers [Cup drivers who drive in Busch]. Buckshot Jones will take over the #1 seat all weekend for Jamie McMurray. Tyler Walker will qualify for Kasey Kahne, Mike McLaughlin...

Crew Chief for the Ganassi Busch team? UPDATE 2:

hearing Brian Pattie, Joe Nemechek's Busch crew chief, will be the crew chief for Chip Ganassi Racing's Busch team.(7-22-2004...

Hamilton Jr. wins pole at Chicago:

Before Friday's NASCAR Busch Series qualifying session for Saturday's Twister 300 at Chicagoland Speedway was interrupted by thunderstorms, it was first delayed by two runaway oranges. That's right, oranges. As the wind increased around the track with the approach ...

Shawna back racing [Large story]:

It seems like a gold mine, putting a female driver in a car that promotes products that women use every day. It seems like a gold mine, pulling a female driver out of a sea of male drivers, and helping her win races. Guaranteed coverage, easy name recognition. "But...

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Dover:

For what was going to be an emotional weekend, Saturday's news increased it tenfold. The passing of President Ronald Reagan brought a thoughtful remorse to many. The world lost the greatest leader of the 20th Century, NASCAR lost a friend, and their fans lost a hero...

David Green wins pole at Dover, Brewco sweeps the front row:

#37-David Green unloaded a brand new, never-been-tested#37 Chevrolet that was fast from the start, then got a stern test from his teammate, #27-Johnny Sauter. Sauter was on the pole until Green's lap two cars later at 157.916 mph knocked him off, giving Green the ...

Todd Szegedy gets a Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime; Nadeau to spot:

In 2003, Hills Bros. Coffee, along with grocery chains Jewel in Chicago, Pic 'N Save of Milwaukee and Meijers in Michigan teamed to create the Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime. The program offers unknown drivers a chance to showcase their talent in top-notch...

NEWS & NOTES DOVER

FitzBradshaw Racing on board with Drive For Diversity FitzBradshaw Racing has embraced NASCARs Drive For Diversity initiative by hiring two interns who will work in the teams day-to-day front office and with its on-track performance operations starting Thursday. Stacy...

Good News:

The newborn daughter of NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek, who has been in the hospital for nearly two weeks with a bacterial infection, was expected to go home Friday night. "She had a very high fever, and they've run all these tests and had her on antibiotics all this time...

Biffle on the pole at Lowe’s:

#60-Greg Biffle took a big step toward his second consecutive Busch Series victory at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Biffle turned a lap at 183.542mph on Friday to claim the pole for Saturday's Carquest 300 withstanding fast laps from rookie #5-Kyle Busch and Nextel Cup rookie...

#01 to salute the American Soldier:

Joe Nemechek's #01 U.S. Army Chevy will pay a fitting tribute to the American men and women in uniform for the Memorial Day weekend's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The hood on Nemechek's Army car will carry a replica of the Dec. 29, 2003 TIME magazine cover...

Rusty Wallace wins pole for the Nextel All-Star Challenge:

#2-Rusty Wallace went fast enough on the race track and slow enough as he came to pit road for his mandatory four-tire stop to win the pole for Saturday night's Nextel All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway. It took Wallace 2 minutes, 3.998 seconds to complete...

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Richmond:

Track position is rapidly becoming "the" catch phrase when it comes to Nextel Cup racing....and tonight's Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway re-inforced that theory to the fullest. Dale Earnhardt Jr stayed out on lap 346 as most of the ...

Law Firm to Sponsor Nemechek at Richmond:

NEMCO Motorsports announced that associate sponsor Jenkins & Jenkins Law Firm has signed on as primary sponsor for this Friday's Funai 250 NASCAR Busch Series event at Richmond International Raceway. Team owner Joe Nemechek will pilot the #87 entry. "We're very pleased...

Richmond Notes and Facts:

WHAT: NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Race 11 of the 34-race schedule...

Pit Crew for Robby Gordon Pockets Third Win of Season:

For the second straight week and third time of the season, the pit crew for Robby Gordon claimed top honors in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade. Gordon's crew became the season's first three-time winner of the competition by scoring the...

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – California:

#24-Jeff Gordon went back-to-back today....and did it with all of about a gallon of gas to spare. In what turned into a "fuelish" event (don't they so often do both here and at Michigan), Jeff Gordon won today's Auto Club 500 at California Speedway by 12.871 seconds...

Last 45 races, 7 finished under yellow [15%]:

In the last 45 Nextel Cup races [beginning 2003 season] seven races have ended under the yellow flag/or due to rain: Daytona, Feb 2003, #15-Michael Waltrip wins, called due to rain Martinsville, March 2003, #24-Jeff Gordon, wreck/yellow Richmond, May 2003, #25-Joe ...

StockCarFans.Com – Rumblings – Talladega:

To say that we ended in controversy would be the understatement of the year.....Jeff Gordon was in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr (at least in the eyes of NASCAR) "at the moment of caution" today at Talladega Superspeedway and won the Aaron's 499 (where'd that mile go?). ...