Nick Joanides
Nick Joanides is a driver competing in various NASCAR divisions around the country since 1992. Divisions include the Camping World Grand National West & East Series and the now defunct Autozone Elite Division Southwest & Midwest Series.
In 2009, Joanides became the first driver in the history of Toyota Speedway at Irwindale to win championships in the top two premier divisions, and he did so in the same season. 2009 saw Joanides win the NASCAR AcDelco Super Late Model Championship, NASCAR Auto Club Late Model Championship, NASCAR Whelen All-American Series California State Championship and the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Championship. He ended up third in the NASCAR All-American Series National standings. In total, Joanides competed in 42 races and scored 17 wins, 33 podium, 37 top 5 and 41 top 10 finishes.
On October 17, Joanides announced that he would be joining Rick Ware Racing for his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Memphis Motorsports Park on October 24, 2009.
Joanides retired from full-time racing following the 2010. He came out of retirement late in 2015. He's competed in 30 events since, posting 15 wins and 26 top 5 finishes. In 2016, an engine failure cost him 32 points in third event of the season. Joanides would go on to finish 2nd in the final point standings, just 24 points shy of the championship.
Joanides returned to Performance P-1 Motorsports in 2017 for a full season run.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Rick Ware Racing | 31 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM DNQ |
TEX | PHO | HOM | N/A | - | [1] |
Busch East Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | NBESC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | MacDonald Motorsports | 72 | Chevy | GRE | STA | HOL | TMP | ERI | NHA 20 |
ADI | WFD | NHA | DOV | LRP | 53rd | 103 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series West
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2004 | Puskarich Racing | 4 | Chevy | PHO | MMR | CAL 29 |
S99 | EVG | IRW | S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO 16 |
IRW 24 |
23rd | 523 | [3] | |||||
| Pontiac | CNS 9 |
MMR 20 |
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| 2005 | PHO | MMR | PHO | S99 | IRW | EVG | S99 | PPR | CAL | DCS | CTS 13 |
MMR 23 |
34th | 218 | [4] | |||||||
| 2018 | Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | KCR | TUS | TUS | OSS 9 |
CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG 11 |
GTW | LVS | MER | AAS 4 |
KCR 13 |
19th | 139 | [5] | ||
| 2019 | DeLong Racing | 64 | Toyota | LVS | IRW 17 |
TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 25th* | 27* | [6] | ||
References
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Nick Joanides driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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