Nextel Cup Series

PERSONAL Birthdate: Sept. 26, 1963 Hometown: Lakeland, Fla. Resides: Mooresville, N.C. Marital Status: Married (Andrea) Children: John Hunter (6/11/97), Blair (12/26/99), Kennedy Grace (4/5/04) Hobbies: Hobbies: Fishing, skiing

HIGHLIGHTS Four wins, eight poles in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition Made 300th career series start at Pocono in June of 2003 1992 NASCAR Busch Series champion 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1989 NASCAR All Pro Series champion and Rookie of the Year

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP 2004 Finished 19th in series points. Championship finish (19th) was the second-highest of his career. Finished the season with six top-10 finishes in the last 10 races. Claimed back-to-back poles at Talladega and Kansas. Swept the NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races during Kansas Speedway weekend. 2003 Finished 25th in series points. Competed in the No. 25 entry for Hendrick Motorsports for the first 32 races of the season before being released by the organization. Joined MB2 Motorsports for the final four races of the season in the No. 01 entry and landed the ride full-time for 2004. Recorded the third win of his career at Richmond in May after starting second and leading a race-high 156 laps. Finished the season with six top-10 finishes, including two among the top five. One of those top-10 efforts came in his debut for MB2 Motorsports, when he finished 10th at Atlanta in late October. Reached a career milestone when he started his 300th career race at Pocono in June. 2002 Finished 34th in series points. Season-best finish was second, which occurred at Atlanta (fall) and the season finale at Homestead. Two runner-up finishes doubled his previous career total (one in 2000). Began the season with Haas-Carter Motorsports, but was limited to only seven starts before the team ceased operation. Last start for the team was California. Started the next race at Richmond as a replacement for injured Johnny Benson and finished 12th. Starting with the next week, replaced injured Jerry Nadeau in the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports entry for the remainder of the season. 2001 Finished 28th in series points. Second season with Andy Petree was not as strong in the championship as the inaugural one, but he registered the second win of his career. Triumph came in the November race at Rockingham. 2000 Finished 15th in series points. Departed from Felix Sabates’ operation after three seasons and joined Andy Petree. Relationship blossomed immediately as he recorded his best career finish in the final points, nine positions better than his previous best of 26th in 1998. Posted a career-best nine top-10 finishes, including three among the top five. Season-best finish was second at New Hampshire. Also earned a pole at Talladega. 1999 Finished 30th in series points. Lowest finish in the championship standings since joining Felix Sabates, but the season was highlighted by his first career victory. His win came Sept. 19 at New Hampshire, also the site of his first start in 1993. The victory came in his 180th career start. Also earned three poles for the season, a singleseason high. Poles came at Daytona’s Pepsi 400, Martinsville and Talladega. 1998 Finished 26th in series points. Posted four top-10 finishes in his second season with Felix Sabates. Earned his first top-five finish since 1995, finishing fourth at Texas. 1997 Finished 28th in series points. After two seasons as an owner/driver, opted to focus solely on driving and run for owner Felix Sabates. Had only three top-10 finishes, but was impressive in qualifying with five front-row starts. Recorded first two poles of his career, winning the inaugural one at California Speedway and following with his second at Pocono. First pole came in his 105th career start. 1996 Finished 34th in series points. Second full season as an owner/driver. Competed in 29 races and earned two top-10 finishes. 1995 Finished 28th in series points. Returned to being an owner/driver, competing in his own entry in 29 events. Posted four top-10 finishes, including a season-best of fourth at Dover. 1994 Finished 27th in series points. Enjoyed his first full season in the series, running for owner Larry Hedrick. Competed in 29 races and recorded three top-10 finishes. Also notched his first top-five performance, a third at Pocono. 1993 Finished 44th in series points. Following a NASCAR Busch Series championship in 1992, ventured into the series for a limited five-race schedule. Ran three races under his own organization and another two with Morgan- McClure. First start came July 11 at New Hampshire, where he started 15th and finished 36th.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY Nemechek is a former NASCAR Busch Series champion who continues to run in the series with his own team, NEMCO Motorsports. He has made 253 career starts in the NASCAR Busch Series, winning 16 races and earning 17 poles. He broke into the NASCAR Busch Series in 1990 and earned the Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. Just two years later, he captured the series championship, edging Bobby Labonte by three points in the closest margin in the history of NASCAR’s three national series (NEXTEL Cup, Busch, Craftsman Truck). Prior to the NASCAR Busch Series, Nemechek enjoyed an immense amount of success in his rookie season in various series. He swept the drivers’ championship and rookie-of-the-year honors in three difference series in three consecutive years. He accomplished the feat in the Southeastern Mini-Stock Series in 1987; United Stock Car Alliance in ’88; and the NASCAR All Pro Series in ’89. His racing career began in motocross in 1983 and he won more than 300 trophies over the course of his six-year career in the sport.

NOTEWORTHY Throughout his racing career, he has utilized the mechanical engineering knowledge he gained when he attended the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla., before turning to racing full-time. Owns his own NASCAR Busch Series team with wife, Andrea, called NEMCO Motorsports.