START: 14th
FINISH: 3rd
POINTS: 10th
Notes & Quotes:
– Nemechek finished eighth in Stage One and sixth in Stage Two, collecting a total of eight stage points.
– Nemechek posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Iowa Speedway.
– Nemechek is currently scored in the tenth-position in the driver standings and is 21 points behind Justin Haley who is in ninth-place.
“That was a step in the right direction for this team after the rough couple of weeks we have had. We gambled on waiting to pit for tires and it worked out in the end for us. I wish we could have snagged a win to get locked into the Playoffs, but it was an overall solid points day and great momentum going into the road course swing. Before the race I said it’s time to get hot before the playoffs start, so let’s get hot.”