Kentucky Preview
Kentucky Xfinity Stats
One start and one top-10
Best finish: 7th (2018)
Kentucky Truck Stats
Four starts, two top-five's, two top-10's
2019 Season Stats
16 starts, 2 top-five's and 10 top-10's
Notes:
- John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 223 this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. This chassis has been ran twice this season by Nemechek, once at Charlotte Motor Speedway (start: 14th/finish: 12th) and at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (start: 10th/finish: 2nd).
- Nemechek is currently second in Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, 22 points behind Noah Gragson in first place.
Quotes:
“I am looking forward to heading to Kentucky this weekend. I feel like Turn 3 will be the biggest challenge for myself and this team. You carry a lot of speed into that corner and the turn is so wide and flat it's hard to get your car to hook the bottom line. It's honestly so different than any other mile-and-a-half that we go to with the flat corner and then you pick up the banking, it's wild. The first time we ran this chassis we had a runner up result at Las Vegas. Hopefully we can finish one spot better and put the Chevrolet Accessories Camaro in Victory Lane. "
Daytona Recap
START: 21st
FINISH: 23rd
POINTS: 7th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek is currently scored in the seventh-place in the driver standings and is 22 points behind Noah Gragson who is in sixth-place.
- In the Owners points standings, GMS Racing is currently eighth with 504 points and is 22 points behind JR Motorsports in seventh-place.
"We battled from the start of the race to the end. We got in that incident on the frontstretch on lap 24 and I thought we would be ok after that but then right front tire kept having a rub so we would have to come down to pit road and work on it majority of the night. Then got some damage from the last caution of the night and we couldn't reach minimum speed so we had to go to the garage. That's Daytona for you though. You have to be one of the lucky ones to finish the race and we weren't the lucky one this weekend. A big thank you Digital Ally for jumping on board with us this weekend. I can't wait to represent their colors again at Watkins Glen."
Daytona Preview
Daytona Xfinity Stats
One start and one top-10
Daytona Truck Stats
Three starts, one top-five, one top-10's
2019 Season Stats
15 starts, 2 top-five's and 10 top-10's
Notes:
- John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 211 this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. This chassis has been ran twice this season by Nemechek at Daytona International Speedway in February (start: 14th/finish: 8th) and at Talladega Superspeedway (start: 15th/finish: 6th)
- Nemechek is currently third in Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, 3 points behind Noah Gragson in second place.
Quotes:
“I can't wait to get back to Daytona this weekend. We ran alright there in February but needed to have a little more speed, so Chad (Norris, crew chief) and the GMS Racing guys have been working hard back at the shop to try and improve. We will be carrying the 660TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQ name on our windshield and it is an honor to represent their unit. Hopefully we can end up in Victory Lane for them and our new partner, Digital Ally."
Chicago Recap
START: 15th
FINISH:11th
POINTS: 8th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek is currently scored in eighth-place in the driver standings and is 3 points behind Noah Gragson who is in seventh-place.
- In the Owners points standings, GMS Racing is currently ninth with 489 points and is 3 points behind JR Motorsports in eighth-place.
"The handling of the car was just all over the place today. I was super tight in the beginning of the race and then would get free when I would try to run the bottom line. I messed up on pit road when I sped and put us back a little. We had a new set of tires on the wall there at the end, if we could have gotten a caution at the end I felt we could have gained some spots at the end but it didn’t fall our way. We will put this one behind us and move on to Daytona.”
Chicago Preview
Chicago Xfinity Stats
First start at Chicagoland Speedway
Chicago Truck Stats
Four starts, one win, one top-five, three top-10's
2019 Season Stats
14 starts, 2 top-five's and 10 top-10's
Quotes:
“I really enjoyed Chicago when I raced in the Truck Series. It's a special track in my book because I claimed my first Truck win there back in 2015 and I have led a lot of laps there in the past. This will be my first Xfinity start but I feel like Chicago has been a good place for myself and hopefully that will roll over into the Xfinity Series. The track itself has a lot of characteristics to it, which always makes for great racing. I am looking forward to getting this No. 23 on track and hopefully unload with speed off the hauler."
Iowa Recap
START: 6th
FINISH: 8th
POINTS: 7th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek finished eighth in Stage One and ninth in Stage Two, collecting 3 playoffs points.
- Nemechek is currently scored in seventh-place in the driver standings and is 11 points behind Chase Briscoe who is in seventh-place.
- In the Owners points standings, GMS Racing is currently eighth with 463 points and is 7 points behind Biagi-DenBeste Racing in seventh-place.
"Another top-10 this weekend. We'll keep knocking them off, that's all we can do. It's been a quiet year but we will keep hustling. Today's race was classic short-track racing. They say rubbing is racing and that's true here at Iowa. We brought home a solid finish and a car in one piece, so overall a good day for this GMS Racing team. We will take this momentum and head to Chicagoland in a few weeks."
Iowa Preview
Iowa Xfinity Stats
2 starts
Best finish: 5th (2018)
2019 Season Stats
13 starts, 2 top-five's and 9 top-10's
Notes:
- John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 216 this weekend at Iowa Speedway. This chassis has been run once this season by Nemechek at Texas Motor Speedway (start: 8th/finish: 9th)
- Nemechek is currently second in Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, 11 points behind Chase Briscoe in first place.
-On May 21st, Nemechek and Brett Moffitt helped promote this weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series race. Both drivers were taught how to make the famous Casey's General Store Pizza and got to deliver it to the CVB and Des Moines Area Sports Commission. Included in the day’s activities the drivers got to visit MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center located in downtown Des Moines to visit the pediatric floor and give out NASCAR Foundation Speedy Bears to infirmed children.
Quotes:
“Iowa Speedway is always a fun track to go to. A couple weeks ago we got to go and test for a few days with some of the other teams and we felt like it was very successful. This will be my third time racing at the short-track in a Xfinity car. I won there in the Truck Series back in 2017 and had a strong finish of fifth with Chip-Ganassi Racing in my second Iowa race with the organization. I got to be a part of the Iowa Speedway race advance a few weeks ago and it was great to be able to promote the Iowa Wide Opening weekend and to be able to visit the children at the hospital and put a smile on their faces was special. Overall, Iowa has been good to me so hopefully we can grab a top-five or even our first win this weekend."
Michigan Recap
START: 8th
FINISH: 8th
POINTS: 7th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek finished fourth in Stage One and sixth in Stage Two, collecting 12 playoffs points.
- Nemechek is currently scored in seventh-place in the driver standings and is 11 points behind Chase Briscoe who is in sixth-place.
- In the Owners points standings, GMS Racing is currently eighth with 429 points and is 11 points behind Biagi-DenBeste Racing in seventh-place.
“Overall a solid weekend for this 23 team. We unloaded off the hauler with speed and carried that speed into qualifying and the race. We stayed in the top-five most of the day and collected some good stage points but we needed one last adjustment there at the end because I got really tight. It's frustrating to come home eighth after running so well all day, but overall a positive day for this team after the last couple weeks that we have had. We will take this momentum and head to Iowa next weekend."
Pocono Recap
START: 23rd
FINISH: 12th
POINTS: 7th
Notes & Quotes:
- Nemechek finished ninth in Stage One and eighth in Stage Two, collecting five playoffs point.
- Nemechek is currently scored in seventh-place in the driver standings and is 22 points behind Chase Briscoe who is in sixth-place.
- In the Owners points standings, GMS Racing is currently eighth with 388 points and is 22 points behind Biagi-DenBeste Racing in seventh-place.
“Pocono was not great to us this weekend. I got really loose in practice, which caused me to hit the wall and then forced us to get the back up car out. We had to start in the rear of the field but we got back up to the front and led some laps there towards the end by a strategy call on pit road. I am proud of how hard everyone worked this weekend. This team never gave up and got the back up car where it needed to be to compete in today's race. We just need to keep digging, focus on the races coming up and how to improve overall as a team."
Pocono Preview
Pocono Xfinity Stats
1 start
Best Finish: 7th (2018)
2019 Season Stats
11 starts, 2 top-five's and 8 top-10's
Notes:
- John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 224 this weekend at Pocono Raceway. This chassis has been ran twice this season by Nemechek. Once at Atlanta Motor Speedway (start: 10th/finish:) and most recently at Auto Club Speedway (start:/finish:).
- Nemechek is currently second in Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, 11 points behind Chase Briscoe in first place.
Quotes:
“Pocono is a really fun track because it's like no other track on the NASCAR circuit. It's a challenge for not only the drivers but for the crew chiefs and teams as well. All three turns are different, so it makes the setup difficult to nail in all three corners. We showed some speed last weekend at Charlotte and I know that this 23 team have been working really hard to prepare this car. Hopefully we can get back up to the front and compete for a win in our ISM Connect Chevy."