John Hunter Nemechek (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional

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driver. He competes full-time in the

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, driving the No. 42 Toyota Camry XSE for

Legacy Motor Club Legacy Motor Club, formerly known as Petty GMS Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team owned by Jimmie Johnson with minority stakes by Richard Petty, Maury Gallagher, and Knighthead Capital Management. The team competes ...

. He is the son of

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driver

Joe Nemechek Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek has made the second mos ...

and was the 2012 champion in the

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Early life

John Hunter Nemechek 2 2005 photo D Ramey Logan

Nemechek was born on June 11, 1997, Nemechek is a native of

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; he was named after his uncle,

John Nemechek John Frank Nemechek (March 12, 1970 – March 21, 1997) was an American racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Life and racing career The younger brother of four-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner Joe Nemechek, John f ...

, who had been killed in a racing accident earlier that year in a NASCAR

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event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He was a student at the

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. Nemechek was born the oldest of three full siblings. Nemechek also has one older half-brother. Nemechek was the subject of a children's book on racing, ''Racin' Buddies'', written by his father in 2001.

Racing career

Early career

John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Chevrolet Richmond 2013

Nemechek began his racing career at the age of 5, competing in

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, quarter midget cars and in

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competition. He moved up to stock car competition in 2010, competing in the

with sponsorship from England Stove Works. In 2012, Nemechek moved up to

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and super late model competition, competing in the

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and

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Midwest Tour; he also competed in the World Series of Asphalt at

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during

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. Nemechek won praise from

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driver

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following a CRA Super Series race in which both drivers competed. In June 2012, Nemechek won the pole for the Howie Lettow Memorial 150, an ASA Midwest Tour event, at the

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; he was scheduled to take a

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course the following week as he had just passed his 15th birthday. He finished 23rd in the event. After competing in the 2012

Snowball Derby The Snowball Derby presented by Bayou Fox Hooters is a 300-lap late model, super late model stock car racing, stock car race held annually at the Five Flags Speedway, a half-mile paved oval track in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United ...

, starting second and finishing tenth, Nemechek won the 2012

championship, winning 15 of the season's 18 races. In 2013, Nemechek moved to compete in the Southern Super Series as well as selected races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, starting with the

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in February. In 2014, Nemechek won the 300-lap Snowball Derby.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

2013–2020: NEMCO Motorsports

In late 2013, Nemechek made his debut in the

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, driving the No. 22 Toyota for SWM-NEMCO Motorsports, a brief joint venture between Joe Nemechek and Sid Maudlin. He finished 19th at Martinsville and 21st at Phoenix. He competed in two events, with the best finish of 16th. Nemechek ran 10 races during the 2014 season, finishing a season-best fifth place at

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. For the 2015 season, Nemechek ran all but five races in the schedule. On September 19, 16 years to the day his father won his first Cup race, he won his first Truck Series race at

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. At the end of the season, Nemechek finished 12th in points and received the

NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series every year since 1956. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all NASCAR Cup Series competitors; t ...

. For his first full-time season in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Nemechek won at

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. At

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, Nemechek and

Cole Custer Cole Matthew Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team. H ...

battled for the lead when Nemechek bumped Custer, which led to Nemechek losing control and intentionally sending both drivers off-road, pinning Custer to the wall. Before the winner was declared, Nemechek was tackled by Custer; Nemechek would be named the winner. Nemechek finished the season eighth in the points standings. In

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, Nemechek won back-to-back races at Gateway and

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. He missed the Championship Four after finishing second at Phoenix. His season ended once again with an eighth place in the points standings. From

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, Nemechek scaled back to a part-time schedule. During those years, he scored a win at Martinsville in 2018.

2021–2022: Kyle Busch Motorsports

John Hunter Nemechek 4 Truck Sonoma 2022

In November 2020, after parting ways with

Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a part ...

in the Cup Series, Nemechek signed with

Kyle Busch Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional dirt racing team that competes in dirt divisions across the United States. They formerly competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, CARS Tour, CRA Super Series, A ...

for the 2021 Truck Series season. During the

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, he scored wins at

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, Charlotte,

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, and Pocono. Aside from clinching the regular season championship, Nemechek finished the season with a career-best third in the points standings. In

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, Nemechek won at

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and

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and finished fifth in the points standings.

2023: Part-time

Nemechek drove two races for

Tricon Garage Tricon Garage, formerly known as David Gilliland Racing, DGR-Crosley, and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in early 2017 ...

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, finishing 31st at

and third at

NASCAR Xfinity Series

2018: Chip Ganassi Racing

For the 2018 season, Nemechek joined

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to drive the No. 42

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car on a part-time basis. In his debut at

, he finished fourth, despite being in an early wreck involving

Elliott Sadler Elliott William Barnes Sadler (born April 30, 1975) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Sadler is one of 36 dr ...

and

. Nemechek won at

and finished 13th in the points standings.

2019: GMS Racing

In 2019, Nemechek signed with

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for the full Xfinity schedule in the No. 23 Chevrolet. On November 9, Nemechek and his father Joe made motorsports history at Phoenix by being the first father-son duo to race in all three main series in one weekend. Despite not winning a race, Nemechek finished the season seventh in points after finishing sixth at Homestead.

2021–2022: Part-time with Sam Hunt Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing

For

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and

, Nemechek ran part-time in the Xfinity Series with

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and

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. During those years, he won at

in 2021.

2023–2024: Joe Gibbs Racing

John Hunter Nemechek Xfinity Auto Club 2023

In December 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Nemechek would pilot the returning No. 20 Toyota Supra full-time for the 2023 season in the Xfinity Series. Nemechek began the 2023 Xfinity season with a second-place finish at

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. Throughout the season, he scored wins at

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, Martinsville,

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, and

. During the playoffs, Nemechek won at

. He finished 28th at Phoenix and fourth in the points standings. While running full-time with Legacy Motor Club in the Cup Series, Nemechek shared the No. 20 with

Aric Almirola Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...

for the 2024 Xfinity season. He started the season with a seventh-place finish at

. Throughout the season, he scored wins at

and

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NASCAR Cup Series

2019–2020: Front Row Motorsports

On October 29, 2019,

announced that Nemechek would fill in for

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in the No. 36 Ford for the final three races of the

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after medical issues forced Tifft from the ride. On December 12, FRM announced that Nemechek would replace

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as the driver of the No. 38 Ford for the 2020 season, competing for the 2020

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honors. Nemechek started the 2020 season with an 11th-place finish in the 2020 Daytona 500. After a two-month break, four races into the season due to the

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, Nemechek would get the first top-10 of his Cup career in the first race in the double-header at

. This would also be the first top-10 for FRM at a track other than Talladega or Daytona since 2016. Nemechek would not get another top-10 until the Talladega spring race, where he finished eighth. He scored his third top-10 with another eighth-place finish at the Talladega fall race and finished the season 27th in the points standings. On November 16, Nemechek parted ways with Front Row Motorsports.

2022: Part-time with 23XI Racing

On October 18, 2022, it was announced that Nemechek would return to the Cup Series for the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, filling in for

Bubba Wallace William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. Wallace was previously a dev ...

in the 23XI Racing No. 45 car after Wallace was suspended for the race after he intentionally retaliated against, crashed and fought

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. ...

in the previous week's race at

. Nemechek actually had a chance to drive that car earlier in the season after

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...

's concussion although 23XI decided to instead put

Ty Gibbs Tyler Randal Gibbs (born October 4, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-t ...

in the car despite Nemechek being selected as the team's reserve driver at the start of the season. (Wallace, the driver of the team's No. 23 car, would switch cars with Gibbs during the playoffs to compete for the owners' championship.)

2024: Legacy Motor Club

On September 6, 2023,

announced that Nemechek would drive the No. 42 full-time in the Cup Series in

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

, his first full-time ride since the 2020 season. In October, Nemecheck was tapped to drive the No. 42

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Camaro at Homestead. His season contained four top 10 finishes, including a season-best result of sixth at

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, though a number of poor finishes led him to 34th in the standings — last of all full-time entrants. On November 19, LMC named Travis Mack as the crew chief of the No. 42 in

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2025

Nemechek started the 2025 Season with a fifth-place finish at

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, a career best. He follows that up with a tenth-place finish at

Other racing

On July 5, 2022, it was announced that Nemechek would run the main

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car racing, stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into ...

race at

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in the No. 55 car for

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is the ...

in preparation for the Truck Series race there on the same weekend. It was his debut in the series. An announcement was made on January 11, 2024, that John Hunter would make his sportscar debut in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Daytona, piloting the No. 23 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO with codrivers

and

Corey Heim Corey David Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra#Third generation (XK70; 2021), Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon ...

Personal life

Nemechek is married to Taylor Nemechek, and they have two daughters. Nemechek is a

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

=Daytona 500

Xfinity Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

K&N Pro Series East

Sports cars

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge

References

External links

*
Official profile at Legacy Motor Club
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nemechek, John Hunter 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Mooresville, North Carolina NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from North Carolina ARCA Midwest Tour drivers American people of Czech descent ARCA Menards Series drivers Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers Joe Gibbs Racing drivers NASCAR Truck Series regular season champions Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers