2010 Top-35

'66 'Tang

NEMCO #87 Owner Points After Dover (5/31/09)

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Ouch! Failing drive shaft took Joe Nemechek's #87 out of the race at lap 67. For more info/opinion/analysis, check the notes on the charts.

NEMCO #87 Owner Points After Lowe's Motor Speedway (5/24/09)

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See notes on graphics. With the season 1/3 complete, it's getting harder to make up ground on Top-35.

NEMCO #87 Owner Points After Darlington (5/9/09)

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Added "The Race for Top-35" this week looking for trends among the competition for that T-35 Owner position. Going to watch this for a couple of weeks before making predictions about overtaking the competition. When you look at this chart and the "NEMCO #87 Owner Points Tracking", it does look doable.

NEMCO #87 Owner Points After Richmond (5/2/09)

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NEMCO #87 performing surprisingly close to prediction, despite most weeks without sponsorship.

Big tip of the hat to folks like Huckleberry's Barbeque Sauce, Finncastle and Maui Showers for helping to fill the sponsorship gap when they can.

NEMCO #87 Owner Points After Talladega (4/26/09)

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Still pondering how to assess both Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series as a total package for NEMCO #87. In the meantime, 'dega was pretty good to the team. Looked like a Top-10 finish, if not for all the Yellow Flags and restarts in the last dozen laps. Started 17th; finished 14th and on the lead lap. When the car doesn't break, Joe looks very good.