Nick Joanides

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Nick Joanides
Nick Joanides Madera 2023.jpg
Joanides at Madera Speedway in 2023
BornNicholas Joanides
(1970-06-17) June 17, 1970 (age 54)
Woodland Hills, California
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
0 races run over 1 year
Best finishN/A (2009)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA no., teamNo. 71 (Jan's Towing Racing)
Best finish107th (2024)
First race 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish53rd (2006)
First race 2006 New England 125 (Loudon)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series West career
35 races run over 8 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 71 (Jan's Towing Racing)
Best finish10th (2024)
First race 2004 King Taco 200 (Fontana)
Last race 2024 NAPA Auto Care 150 (Tri-City)
WinsTop tens Poles
0141
Statistics current as of July 17, 2024.

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 Towing 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.

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Racing career

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's No. 77 ARCA car at Sonoma in 2023 Nick Joanides ARCA Sonoma 2023.jpg
Joanides's No. 77 ARCA car at Sonoma in 2023

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.

Joanides's No. 71 car at All American Speedway in 2023 Nick Joanides ARCA Roseville 2023.jpg
Joanides's No. 71 car at All American Speedway in 2023

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.

Thus far in 2024, Joanides has posted two top-5 and three top-10 finishes in each of the three short track races, including winning his first Pole Award at Irwindale Speedway on July 6th.

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

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
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/A0 [8]

Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011NBESCPtsRef
2006 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy GRE STA HOL TMP ERI NHA
20		 ADI WFD NHA DOV LRP 53rd103 [9]

ARCA Menards Series

(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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2022 Performance P-1 Motorsports77 Toyota DAY PHO
Wth		 TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL N/A0 [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 107th18 [11]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314AMSWPtsRef
2004 Puskarich Racing4 Chevy PHO MMR CAL
29		 S99 EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO
16		 IRW
24		23rd523 [12]
Pontiac CNS
9		 MMR
20
2005 PHO MMR PHO S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL DCS CTS
13		 MMR
23		34th218 [13]
2018 Performance P-1 Motorsports77 Toyota KCR TUS TUS OSS
9		 CNS SON DCS IOW EVG
11		 GTW LVS MER AAS
4		 KCR
13		19th139 [14]
2019 DeLong Racing Inc.64 Toyota LVS IRW
17		 TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO 57th27 [15]
2021 Performance P-1 Motorsports77 Toyota PHO SON IRW
9		 CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 49th35 [16]
2022 PHO
Wth		 IRW
11		 SON
22		 IRW
17		 EVG PIR AAS
10		 LVS
15		 PHO 18th178 [17]
Lowden Motorsports 11 Chevy KCR
11		 PIR
2023 Performance P-1 Motorsports77 Toyota PHO IRW
16		 KCR
10		 PIR SON
14		 IRW
8		13th277 [18]
Ford SHA
8		 EVG
Wth
Jan's Towing Racing 71 Ford AAS
11		 LVS
17		 MAD
8		 PHO
27
2024 PHO
26		 KER
5		 PIR
14		 SON
19		 IRW
7		 IRW
4		 SHA
8		 TRI
10		 MAD AAS KER PHO 10th310 [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Series All-Star spotlight - Nick Joanides".
  2. ↑ http://midvalleysports.com/?p=3255/
  3. ↑ "Woodland Hills native Joanides takes his show Nationwide". 24 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cole Rouse Gets His Redemption at All American". 14 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jesse Love rallies at Irwindale for first West Series win of 2021". 4 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "ARCA West at Kern County: Teams Reactions and Analysis". 28 April 2022.
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/gear1media/photos/a.473955019452893/2084027508445628/ [ user-generated source ]
  8. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Nick Joanides – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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