page_title: Joe Nemechek
section_title: MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Nemechek / Racing career / MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing
caption_attribution_description: Shot by The Daredevil at Daytona during Speedweeks 2008Joe Nemechek Furniture Row Chevy Impala
context_page_description: Joseph Frank Nemechek III is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 47 Trump 2020 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 87 Ford F-150 for family-owned NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 NASCAR Busch Series championship. Nemechek has made more national series starts in NASCAR than any other driver.
  He was born in Lakeland, Florida, the older brother of John Nemechek, and is nicknamed "Front Row Joe", a nickname given him by former teammate Wally Dallenbach for his tendency in the late 1990s to be a regular contender for a front row starting position. He is the father of John Hunter Nemechek.
context_section_description: For the 2004 season, Nemechek returned to MB2 Motorsports, taking over the No. 01 U.S. Army-sponsored car. He was again replacing Jerry Nadeau as the driver, although this time it was due to Nadeau suffering a severe injury that would eventually end his racing career. He won two poles late in the season. In October, Nemechek won at Kansas Speedway, beating out Ricky Rudd at the finish line. Nemechek also won the Busch Series race at Kansas the day before, making him the first driver to pull the Busch-Cup double win at the track.
  In 2005, Nemechek won a pole at Michigan. The season was highlighted by a feud with Kevin Harvick. After Harvick caused a multi car crash involving Nemechek during practice for the 2005 Daytona 500, Nemechek and Jimmie Johnson were outspoken about their displeasure with Harvick. Later, Nemechek got into a tussle with Harvick during The Nextel Challenge. Nemechek and Harvick had an interaction post-race that nearly came to blows, Nemechek saying, "Kevin thinks he owns this world and he ain't squat."
  At the end of the season, Nemechek fell seven points short of matching his career-best points finish.
  MB2 was rebranded as Ginn Racing following Bobby Ginn's purchase of the team in 2006. He moved to Ginn's No. 13 with a  CertainTeed sponsorship after veteran Mark Martin and rookie Regan Smith were tapped to share the No. 01 car. In July 2007, Nemechek was released due to a lack of sponsorship for the No. 13, which was subsequently shut down.
caption: The No. 78 in 2008
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