Nick Joanides

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Nick Joanides
Nationality	American
Born	Nicholas Joanides (1970-06-17) June 17, 1970 (age 51) Woodland Hills, California
ARCA Menards Series West career
Debut season	2004
Current team	Performance P-1 Motorsports
Car number	77
Engine	Toyota
Crew chief	Dave McKenzie
Former teams	Puskarich Racing, DeLong Racing Inc.
Starts	13
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	19th in 2018
Finished last season	57th (2019)
Previous series
1994, 1998–2005 2005 2006	NASCAR Southwest Series NASCAR Midwest Series NASCAR Busch East Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
0 races run over 1 year
Best finish	N/A (2009)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Last updated on: July 25, 2021.

Nicholas Joanides (born June 17, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 77 Toyota for Performance P-1 Motorsports. 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[]

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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.

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 season. He came out of retirement late in 2015. He has competed in 30 events since, posting 15 wins and 26 top 5 finishes. In 2016, an engine failure cost him 32 points in the 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 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. He returned to the team in 2021 for a one-race deal in the 4th of July weekend race at Irwindale Speedway.

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[]

Busch East Series[]

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 West[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Nick Joanides driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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