Homestead-Miami Preview
Homestead-Miami Xfinity Stats
1 start, 1 top-five, 1 top-10
Best Finish: 3rd (2018)
2019 Season Stats
32 starts, 6 top-five's and 18 top-10's
Notes:
- John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 223 this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This chassis has been ran five times this season by Nemechek. Twice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (start: 10th/finish: 2nd - Spring & start: 13th/finish: 8th - Fall), Charlotte Motor Speedway (start: 14th/finish: 12th), Kentucky Speedway (start: 11th/finish: 12th) and at Kansas Speedway (start: 15th/finish: 18th).
- Nemechek will compete in his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in the No. 36 Front Row Motorsports entry. Texas Motor Speedway (start: 29th/finish: 21st) and ISM Raceway (start: 26th/finish: 27th).
- Nemechek has four NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In those four starts, he has one top-five, two top 10's and has led 24 laps.
Quotes:
"I'm excited to head to Homestead this weekend. We got the opportunity to go down and test there a few months back and I felt like it was really successful. We have been on a solid run streak for the last couple races and hopefully that momentum will carry over to the final race of the season and end it on a positive note. This season has been a roller-coaster ride of emotions so to finish strong for Maury (Gallagher, owner) and the GMS Racing guys would be a great way to end out the year."
Phoenix Recap
START: 13th
FINISH: 4th
POINTS: 7th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek started the race from the 13th-position and made his way into the ninth-position to finish out Stage One. The GMS Racing team called Nemechek to pit road to receive four tires, fuel and a track-bar adjustment after reporting to the team that he was free on exit. Nemechek started Stage Two from the 11th-position and worked his way up into the eighth-position where here finished Stage Two. During the Stage Two break, Nemechek reported back to the GMS Racing team that his Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet was tight. He came to pit-road for four-tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. Nemechek restarted in the seventh-position for the Final Stage of the race. A caution occurred on lap 116, Nemechek came to pit road for the final time to receive four tires, fuel and a track-bar adjustment to help his No. 23 turn in Turns 3 and 4. With 70 laps to go, Nemechek broke into the top-10 and battled his way into the fourth-position, where he crossed the start-finish line.
- With the fourth-place finish at ISM Raceway, Nemechek scored the teams sixth top-five of the 2019 season. Nemechek was also the highest finishing rookie after his result.
"We had a pretty good weekend at ISM Raceway. I fired off decent and ended the first stage ninth and then finished the second stage eighth and then there at the end finished fourth. We made the right adjustments all day and I'm glad it went green because we had a long-run car, for sure, and if there would have been a caution I don't think we would have ended up fourth. Solid day overall and I can't thank everyone at GMS Racing and Maury Gallagher for giving me this opportunity. I'm looking to close out the end of the year strong."