Camping & Hiking One other NASCAR Tenting World Truck Sequence Championship Bid Denied For John Hunter Nemechek By - October 23, 2022 0 16 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Related
 100vw, 696px” data-recalc-dims=”1″/>John Hunter Nemechek encountered multiple track problems in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Round of 8 Finals at Homestead-Miami Speedway, putting him out of the running was eliminated from Championship 4. Photo by Matt Narváez / TobyChristie.com</p>
<p>Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway has officially set the 2022 Championship 4 and, surprisingly, will not feature John Hunter Nemechek, a favorite to win the season’s title.</p>
<p>The 24-year-old went into fifth place in the playoff standings over the weekend and was five points below the playoff intersection with a 24th place finish after starting from pole at Talladega Superspeedway earlier this month.</p>
<p>On Saturday at Homestead, Nemechek got into trouble on lap 15 when he hit the wall a couple of times, causing his right rear tire to go flat. After making contact with the outside wall, the No. 4 Toyota Tundra suffered a fair amount of damage which handicapped it for the duration of the event.</p>
<p>“When I first hit the fence, I got dirty in dirty air trying to roll to the outside of the 52 at a lot of speed,” Nemechek said. “Finally I hit the fence and then tried to hit back probably a little too much in too little time and hit the fence again and had a flat tyre. I don’t know, I have to figure out how to get better.”</p>
<p>Nemechek fell back three laps due to the problems where he had two separate tires in different places in the opening stage. Meanwhile, all other playoff entrants were ranked in the top 10 and earned stage points, throwing Nemechek back even further as he rounded the wave to reclaim one of his laps for the start of Stage 2.</p>
<p>Without natural precautions and the North Carolina native’s lack of overall pace, Nemechek never recovered from being two laps behind the leaders, and eventually he would be noted at the checkered flag four laps down.</p>
<p>Nemechek’s season wasn’t nearly as flashy or dominant as his incredible 2021 season, but the Kyle Busch Motorsports driver still had plenty of momentum. Nemechek scored a win at Kansas Speedway to secure the round of 16.</p>
<p>However, Nemechek didn’t have the same success in the playoff round of 16. Nemechek’s highest finish in the round of three races was a 12th place at Bristol Motor Speedway. Needless to say, a round of 16 elimination trumps the driver with 13 wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career.</p>
<p>“Frustration should be in the Final 4,” Nemechek explained. “This lap wasn’t very good for us, we spun, we hit the fence during practice in Bristol, had to go to a backup truck and threw ourselves back. I tried to fight, fought, probably fought a little too hard.</p>
<p>Adding to the frustrations of his own playoff demise must be the fact that despite being knocked out of the championship fight, his KBM teammate Chandler Smith put up a strong scoring throughout the postseason and eventually qualified for his first championship appearance 4 of his career.</p>
<p>Nemechek’s relegation from the NASCAR Cup Series a season ago to chase championships in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Kyle Busch Motorsports was a bet Nemechek placed on himself. After all, the Truck Series is a place where he had won six times before joining Kyle Busch Motorsports.</p>
<p>Now that Kyle Busch will drive for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series next season, the KBM organization will follow the team owner to Chevrolet for the 2023 season. As Toyota Racing Development stakes its claim on Nemechek, as Nemechek says TRD has plans for him next year, the driver-team pairing ultimately fell short of the goal of winning a championship together.</p>
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