With four wins in his Pro Late
Model Series Chevy this season, the 17-year old Nemechek looks to add Saturday's
Snowflake 100 to his total. His crowning achievement, however, would be to win Sunday's
300-lap Snowball Derby Super Late Model Series event.
"Our main focus is to
win," Nemechek said. "We don't go to run second, so we're going down
there full force and giving it our best to take both wins home. There are a lot
of veterans out there who have run it (Snowball Derby) for more years than I
have, so they have more experience running the race than I do, but it's all
about how fast you go, how well you manage your tires, and how you get to the
end and survive. It's all a patience game throughout the race."
Nemechek, who started racing
in quarter midgets at age five, has made a steady progression and has had much
success along the way including winning 15 of 18 races en route to the Allison
Legacy Touring Series Championship in 2013. Competing in his NEMCO Motorsports
late model is a by-design initiative that has been fundamental in his
development. Competing in his second Snowflake and third Snowball event, he
will rely on the benefit of his previous experience there as well as the
momentum from his most recent win in the All-American 400 at Fairgrounds
Speedway Nashville (Tenn.) on November 1.
"Every win is a special
win and we've been very deliberate about the races we've run and the effort we
put behind our program," Nemechek commented. "Winning the
All-American 400 was definitely on our hit list but looking at this weekend's
opportunity - it's definitely at the top of the list. I mean all the history
that has gone down there, getting your name in the record books with Darrell
Waltrip and all those guys who have raced down there and won the race, it would
definitely mean a lot to me."
Nemechek's previous results at
Five Flags include a second-place finish in last year's Snowflake as well as a
10th and fifth-place finish in the Snowball in 2012 and 2013,
respectively. Other Pro Late Model Series wins for Nemechek this season include
Watermelon Capital Speedway (Cordele, Ga.) on January 26, Milwaukee (Wis.) Mile
on June 8 and Lucas Oil Raceway (Indianapolis, Ind.) on September 28.
Nemechek also competed on a
limited-schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, where in just 10
starts, he earned an impressive six top-10 finishes including a fifth-place run
at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Plans for 2015 include a similar late model
program as well as returning to his No. 8 SWM-NEMCO Motorsports entry in truck
series action. At age 17, Nemechek is restricted to running on tracks 1.25-miles
or less and the road course. After turning 18 on June 11, he will finish out
the remainder of the Truck Series schedule beginning with Kentucky Speedway on
July 9, 2015.
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