John Hunter Nemechek

He finished 23rd in the event.

John Hunter Nemechek (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series driving the No. 42 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Nemechek was born on June 11, 1997, Nemechek is a native of Mooresville, North Carolina; he was named after his uncle, John Nemechek, who had been killed in a racing accident earlier that year in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

He was a student at the Davidson Day School in Davidson, North Carolina.

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.

Nemechek began his racing career at the age of 5, competing in go-karts, quarter midget cars and in dirt bike competition.

He moved up to stock car competition in 2010, competing in the Allison Legacy Series with sponsorship from England Stove Works.

He is the son of NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek and was the 2012 champion in the Allison Legacy Series.

In 2012, Nemechek moved up to late model and super late model competition, competing in the Champion Racing Association Super Series and American Speed Association Midwest Tour; he also competed in the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway during Speedweeks.

Nemechek won praise from Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch 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 Milwaukee Mile; he was scheduled to take a driver's education course the following week as he had just passed his 15th birthday.

After competing in the 2012 Snowball Derby, starting second and finishing tenth, Nemechek won the 2012 Allison Legacy Series championship, winning 15 of the season's 18 races.

At the end of the season, Nemechek finished 12th in points and received the NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award.

In 2013, Nemechek moved to competing in the Southern Super Series as well as selected races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, starting with the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway in February.

In late-2013, Nemechek made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Toyota for SWM-NEMCO Motorsports, a brief joint venture between Joe Nemechek and Sid Maudlin.

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

Nemechek ran 10 races during the 2014 season, finishing a season-best fifth place at New Hampshire.

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 Chicagoland.

He competed in two events, with a best finish of 16th.

For his first full-time season in 2016, Nemechek won at Atlanta.

At Canada, Nemechek and Cole Custer 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 2017, Nemechek won back-to-back races at Gateway and Iowa.

He missed the Championship Four after finishing second at Phoenix.

His season ended once again with an eighth place in the points standings.

From 2018 to 2020, Nemechek scaled back to a part-time schedule.

During those years, he scored a win at Martinsville in 2018.

For the 2018 season, Nemechek joined Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 42 NASCAR Xfinity Series car on a part-time basis.

In his debut at Atlanta, he finished fourth, despite being in an early wreck involving Elliott Sadler and Cole Custer.

He finished 19th at Martinsville and 21st at Phoenix.

In November 2020, after parting ways with Front Row Motorsports in the Cup Series, Nemechek signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports for the 2021 Truck Series season.

During the 2021 season, he scored wins at Las Vegas, Richmond, Charlotte, Texas, and Pocono.

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

In 2022, Nemechek won at Darlington and Kansas and finished fifth in the points standings.

Nemechek drove two races for Tricon Garage in 2023, finishing 31st at Las Vegas and third at Atlanta.