Nemechek earns top-10 run at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa.—Filling in for son John Hunter Nemechek in his absence, father Joe posted a 10th-place finish at Pocono Raceway in the Camping World Truck Series.
“It feels good, I can tell you that,” Nemechek said to The Racing Experts.
The 54-year-old driver started sixth in the Gander Outdoors 150, his highest qualifying run in over four years in the series. Nemechek earned five stage points with his sixth-place finish in Stage 1.
“On that last pit stop, we just took gas, and all these other guys took tires, so I knew I was going to be handicapped by about eight laps on tires,” Nemechek said. “…I was doing everything I could to make the best lap time I could.”
Nemechek earned his third top-10 finish of the year in 10 starts.
Collectively, Nemechek drove the No. 8 Chevrolet Truck to its ninth top-10 finish in 14 races this season.
The No. 8 Truck unofficially sits 11th in driver’s standings with one victory this season, making the truck eligible for the owner’s championship via a playoff berth.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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