Joe Nemechek Will Share CWTS Ride With Son John Hunter in 2014

[ShadowKnight508]

Credit to ESPN:

Joe Nemechek will share a ride in the Truck Series this season with his 16-year-old son, John Hunter.

The No. 8 truck owned by SWM-NEMCO Racing will run the full season. John Hunter will only run at the 10 tracks where drivers under the age of 18 are allowed to compete.

Joe Nemechek will compete in the remaining 12 races, all at ovals larger than a mile and superspeedways.

NEMCO Motorsports was founded in 1990 to start Joe Nemechek's Busch Series program. John Hunter joined the team last season and ran two races, with a best finish of 16th at Martinsville.

Joe Nemechek has more than 1,000 starts in NASCAR's three national series. He's got only seven starts in the Truck Series, and Nemechek's not raced a truck since 2006

 

[Sgt Slaughter]

You heard it here first folks...

Nemechek will win at Daytona.

 

[4WideRacing]

This should be interesting. Hopefully they both will be able to run well! This helps explain some of what Joe will do on the weekends where the #66 has a MWR driver.

 

[MewChamp151]

That is cool, I hope he does well.

 

[Relly]

Sounding like they're all in on this operation too...

Matt Weaver ‏@MattWeaverSBN 22h
This is not a backmarker deal. Nemecheks in it to win it. Operation designed to cultivate John Hunter into a top prospect and Joe, a winner.

Matt Weaver ‏@MattWeaverSBN 22h
NEMCO has a technical affiliation with JGR and I've been told by team members that they want to show up and have teams worry about them.

via @MattWeaverSBN

If you ask me Joe still has what it takes, I'd like to see him have a few good runs.
I wonder what this means for his NNS operation, it's been quiet on that front....

 

[B.McKeever]

I bet the # 87 NNS Toyota will be a "Buy-A-Ride" when Joe's not in it.

I wonder if the # 8 will be the old # 18 Toyota team if they are affiliated with JGR.

 

[Fishtail]

This is such a good story. Front Row Joe all the way........