Nick Joanides
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| Nick Joanides | |||||||
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 Joanides at Madera Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | Nicholas Joanides June 17, 1970 Woodland Hills, California | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 0 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | N/A (2009) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 71 (Jan's Racing) | ||||||
| First race | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 53rd (2006) | ||||||
| First race | 2006 New England 125 (Loudon) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 29 races run over 8 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 71 (Jan's Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 13th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2004 King Taco 200 (Fontana) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Nicholas Joanides (born June 17, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 71 Ford for Jan's Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (when it was the Nationwide Series), ARCA Menards Series East (when it was the NASCAR Busch East Series), and the now-defunct AutoZone Elite Division Southwest & Midwest Series in the past.
Racing career[edit]
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 AC-Delco 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 podiums, 37 top 5, and 41 top 10 finishes.[1][2]
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.[3]
Joanides retired from full-time racing following the 2010 season. He came out of retirement late in 2015. Through the first 35 events, posted 15 wins and 26 top 5 finishes. In 2016, an engine failure in the third event of the 2016 season resulted in a 32 point loss. Joanides would go on to finish 2nd in the final point standings, 24 points shy of the championship.[citation needed]
Joanides returned to Performance P-1 Motorsports in 2018 for a part-time schedule in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, scoring a top-5 finish at All American Speedway in Roseville, CA.[4]
He returned to the team in 2021 for a one-race deal in the 4th of July weekend race at Irwindale Speedway, posting the team's only top-10 finish of the season.[5]
Joanides had one scheduled start in 2022 for Performance P-1 Motorsports in the March Race at Irwindale. With no other race on his schedule, Joanides was called by team owner Lowden Motorsports late in the afternoon to fill in for their driver, who was suffering from food poisoning. Joanides arrived just before the race, with no practice, qualifying or power steering, brought home The Hard Charger award by passing the most cars in coming from last on the grid to finish 11th. [6][7] On September 17, 2022, Joanides entered his first Spears SRL Pro-Late Model Series race and came away with the win. He nearly backed it up a year later, falling just short to finish 2nd in the same event.
In 2023, Joanides competed in five of the first eight ARCA West series races for #77 PP1M Team. On September 25, 2023, it was announced that Joanides would drive for the newly formed #71 Jan's Racing team owned by Jan Qualkenbush of Jan's Towing, beginning at All-American Speedway, the site of his career best ARCA West Series finish. The team has since announced that for the first time in Joanides' career, he will run the full West Series schedule in 2024
Motorsports career results[edit]
NASCAR[edit]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series[edit]
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 0 | [8] |
Busch East Series[edit]
| NASCAR Busch East Series results | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | [9] |
ARCA Menards Series[edit]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | DAY | PHO Wth |
TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | N/A | 0 | [10] |
| 2024 | Jan's Towing Racing | 71 | Ford | DAY | PHO 26 |
TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [11] |
ARCA Menards Series West[edit]
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSW | Pts | Ref |
| 2004 | Puskarich Racing | 4 | Chevy | PHO | MMR | CAL 29 |
S99 | EVG | IRW | S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO 16 |
IRW 24 |
23rd | 523 | [12] | |||
| 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 | [13] | |||||
| 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 | [14] |
| 2019 | DeLong Racing Inc. | 64 | Toyota | LVS | IRW 17 |
TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 57th | 27 | [15] |
| 2021 | Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | PHO | SON | IRW 9 |
CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO | 49th | 35 | [16] | |||||
| 2022 | PHO Wth |
IRW 11 |
SON 22 |
IRW 17 |
EVG | PIR | AAS 10 |
LVS 15 |
PHO | 18th | 178 | [17] | ||||||||
| Lowden Motorsports | 11 | Chevy | KCR 11 |
PIR | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | PHO | IRW 16 |
KCR 10 |
PIR | SON 14 |
IRW 8 |
13th | 277 | [18] | ||||||||
| Ford | SHA 8 |
EVG Wth |
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| Jan's Towing Racing | 71 | Ford | AAS 11 |
LVS 17 |
MAD 8 |
PHO 27 |
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| 2024 | PHO 26 |
KER 5 |
PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | [19] | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Series All-Star spotlight - Nick Joanides".
- ^ http://midvalleysports.com/?p=3255/
- ^ "Woodland Hills native Joanides takes his show Nationwide". 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Cole Rouse Gets His Redemption at All American".
- ^ "Jesse Love rallies at Irwindale for first West Series win of 2021". 4 July 2021.
- ^ "ARCA West at Kern County: Teams Reactions and Analysis". 28 April 2022.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/gear1media/photos/a.473955019452893/2084027508445628/ [user-generated source]
- ^ "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 – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Joanides – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Nick Joanides driver statistics at Racing-Reference