Joe Nemechek News

Talladega Testing UPDATE:

Talladega Testing UPDATE:

January 4, 2001
The first test session of 2001 at Talladega Superspeedway will involve the defending Busch Series championship team as well as the team that put Joe Nemechek and the #33 Chevy on the pole in last October's Winston Cup Series Winston 500. The test session starts Wednesday

Talladega Testing UPDATE:

Talladega Testing UPDATE:

January 4, 2001
Talladega Testing UPDATE: The first test session of 2001 at Talladega Superspeedway will involve the defending Busch Series championship team as well as the team that put Joe Nemechek and the #33 Chevy on the pole in last October's Winston Cup Series Winston 500. The

Talladega Testing:

Talladega Testing:

December 21, 2000
Talladega Testing: Fourteen BGN teams were at Talladega this past Monday for a closed session to experiment with recent changes in cylinder heads and engine compression ratio. The teams got about a 1-hour late start on the session, then drove through the rapidly plunging

Hamilton/Nemechek/Hamilton Jr Tests at Kentucky:

Hamilton/Nemechek/Hamilton Jr Tests at Kentucky:

December 15, 2000
#55 driver Bobby Hamilton and #33 driver Joe Nemechek of Andy Petree Racing (APR) will test at the Kentucky Speedway Friday and Saturday(Dec 15th-16th). APR is taking three #55 race cars with different configurations and two #33 race cars to Kentucky. With just two

Testing:

Testing:

November 27, 2000
Testing: Busch Series teams testing at Kentucky Speedway November 27-28th: #10-Jeff Green, #57-Jason Keller, #34-David Green(only on the 28th), #87-Joe Nemechek, #7-Randy Lajoie, #60-Greg Biffle, #81-Blaise Alexander and #82-Marty Houston(11-27-2000)

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

November 8, 2000
#46-Todd Bodine set the pace on a full day of testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a top speed of 188.636mph (29.39 seconds). Winston Cup drivers Jeremy Mayfield, Buckshot Jones, Brett Bodine, and Hermie Sadler, as well as ARCA driver Larry Foyt, were also testing

Oakwood Homes stock news:

Oakwood Homes stock news:

November 6, 2000
not sure how or if this effects sponsorship of the #33 Chevy driven by Joe Nemechek, but: Oakwood Homes Corp. faces the possibility of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange if its stock price continues to languish below $1 per share. Meanwhile, the struggling

LaJoie to leave Finch UPDATE 4 to NEMCO:

LaJoie to leave Finch UPDATE 4 to NEMCO:

November 3, 2000
LaJoie to leave Finch UPDATE 4 to NEMCO: it was reported in this weeks Winston Cup Scene that Randy LaJoie, driver of the Bob Evans #1 James Finch owned Chevy, will leave that team at the end of the 2000 season. Rumors I have heard was that he would be going back to

New NEMCO chief:

New NEMCO chief:

October 26, 2000
New NEMCO chief: #33 Oakwood Homes car chief Wally Rogers is moving to the brand-new Busch Series team owned by Joe Nemechek, NEMCO Motorsports, at the end of the season with driver Randy LaJoie(Hendersonville Times-News)(10-26-2000)

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

October 26, 2000
Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff

Gill to stay – UPDATE 2 – nope, he leaves the #4 – goes to APR:

Gill to stay – UPDATE 2 – nope, he leaves the #4 – goes to APR:

October 24, 2000
#4 Owner, Larry McClure said first-year crew chief Danny Gill will remain with the #4 Kodak Chevy team in 2001(Bristol Herald Courier)(10-17-2000) UPDATE - #4 Crew Chief Leaves: Danny Gill, who joined Morgan-McClure Motorsports in July, has resigned as crew chief for

Nemechek’s 2001 Plans:

Nemechek’s 2001 Plans:

October 12, 2000
Nemechek's 2001 Plans: Cellular One announced it will once again sponsor Joe Nemechek during the 2001 NASCAR BGN season. Nemechek's familiar #87 will carry the Cellular One colors in 14 BGN events beginning in Daytona on Feb. 17. This is the second year Cellular One

#7 Driver? UPDATE 3:

#7 Driver? UPDATE 3:

September 28, 2000
looks like the Bobby Hamilton rumor was incorrect(choke) and ESPN2's NASCAR 2Day is reporting that Ron Hornaday and Randy LaJoie(didn't he just sign with Joe Nemechek for a BGN ride?) are the two rumored drivers(9-17-2000) UPDATE: One of the men #7 owner Jim Smith

BGN Testing at Lowes:

BGN Testing at Lowes:

September 27, 2000
BGN Testing at Lowes: Mark Martin led BGN testing at Lowes on Monday and Tuesday. Top-10 speeds overall: 1) #60-Mark Martin 176.875mph; 2) #9-Jeff Burton 176.470; 3) #57-Jason Keller 176.125; 4) #87-Joe Nemechek 175.325; 5) #57-Jason Keller 175.317(2nd car); 6) #27

Hamilton leaves the #4, #7 Driver? #55? UPDATE 6 #55 Official:

Hamilton leaves the #4, #7 Driver? #55? UPDATE 6 #55 Official:

September 20, 2000
who will drive the #7 Ultra Motorsports Ford now that Michael Waltrip is leaving to drive a third DEI car? It was thought that Mike Wallace would get the ride, but am hearing he will not be back with the team in either the Truck or Cup rides. Two rumors have cropped