John Hunter Nemechek spills the beans on time he realized he “doesn’t have any friends” on the track in NASCAR
Toyota driver John Hunter Nemechek has shared his thoughts about the 2024 season and the opportunities he missed to make mark.
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Toyota’s John Hunter Nemechek came into the 2025 NASCAR Cup season with the hopes of having a strong season and redeeming himself from the rookie season from 2020. The 2024 season didn’t go as planned for the JHN, as he was able to secure with just four top-10 finishes, with the Legacy Motor Club cars not being competitive enough.
Recently John Hunter Nemechek released a video on his YouTube channel rating his 2024 season with LMC. He recalled the time; he almost won the Daytona 500 and only for bad luck to ruin his race. Despite getting spun by Kyle Larson, he had a shot at win, with good momentum supporting him coming to the white flag.
We’re leading the race, leading laps. Larson was pushing me, I got a little squirrely, and ended up spinning Tokyo Drift style. I saved it. Then, we were coming back through the field. Coming to the white flag, I was third in line on the outside, probably had a shot to win the race. I had a huge run created.
John Hunter Nemechek said via his YouTube channel.
He then pointed out that he had his TRD teammate Ty Gibbs behind him, who could have given him the push to get upfront, making the race three wide. But that’s when he realized he has no friends on the track and ended up losing the momentum, finishing P7.
I had Ty Gibbs behind me, another Toyota teammate. I pulled out of line coming to the start/finish line, one to go, to make it three wide. No one went with me. I guess I don’t have any friends out there. We ended up going from a chance to win the race to finishing like 15th or something.
John Hunter Nemechek added.
John Hunter Nemechek explains how crew chief change affected him in 2024
In the same video, JHN also talked about how the late changes to Legacy MC affected his performance late in the season. His crew chief was changed with the No:43 team and this in consistency affected his performance.
We had a crew chief change. Man, it shook things up with just five races to go… But in the end, I think it all worked out.
John Hunter Nemechek said.
The points from John Hunter Nemechek seems reasonable, but can nit excuse the dim performance he had later in the season. He will have his opportunity to prove his worth in 2025 and he should, as if he can’t perform better next season, he might not have a seat in the top tier for the future.
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