Nemechek lands sponsor for season-opening race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NEMCO Motorsports has sighed D.A.B. Constructors Inc. as primary sponsor of driver Joe Nemechek's No. 87 Chevrolet for the Nationwide Series season opener Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.

"It's a pleasure to help a fellow Floridian and we're looking forward to seeing our D.A.B. Chevy go for the win on Saturday," said Bill Bachschmidt, vice president of D.A.B.

"I can't emphasize how critical the support of D.A.B. Constructors is for our team's effort in Daytona," Nemechek said. "We've been racing on very little budget for over a year now and to have D.A.B. step up with full sponsorship means that we can concentrate on our performance rather than how we're going to fund the program."

By virtue of Nemechek's 31st-place ranking in the 2009 point standings, he has an automatic berth into the field -- and Nemechek is looking capture his fifth pole at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.

"We've always qualified extremely well here and to put our sponsors on the front row would surely give our team an added boost," Nemechek said. "We had a strong qualifying performance with our Sprint Cup car for the Daytona 500 and we expect just as much success with our package for the Nationwide Series race."