Joe Aramendia (born April 23, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
| Joe Aramendia | |||||||
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| Born | April 23, 1963 New Braunfels, Texas | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 82nd (2003) | ||||||
| First race | 2003 Rockingham 200 (Rockingham) | ||||||
| Last race | 2003 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 58th (2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2010 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 VFW 200 (Michigan) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 5, 2024. | |||||||
Racing career
editAramendia began his racing career in 1988 at the age of 24, where he first competed in a thirty-lap feature race at the San Antonio Speedway in San Antonio, Texas that year, driving a 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.[1][2] For the next few years, he competed in various late model series, where he won several feature wins and finished in the top-ten in every season he contested. He then contested in various NASCAR sanctioned events, more specifically the NASCAR Southeast Series and the NASCAR Southwest Series, finishing sixth in the points in the Southeast Series in 2002 with seven top-ten finishes.
In 2003, Aramendia's brother, John, purchased several NASCAR Busch Series cars from A. J. Foyt Racing, and made select starts in the series.[1] Aramendia made his debut at Rockingham Speedway, driving the No. 79 Chevrolet, where he qualified in 25th, and finished in the same position. He then ran the next race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, this time starting 43rd after taking a provisional, and finished in 23rd. He then made one more start at Texas Motor Speedway, where he started 41st and finished in twentieth. He attempted two more races that year at Daytona International Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, failing to qualify for both events.
In 2004, Aramendia ran three of the first four races of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 31 Dodge for Brevak Racing. At Daytona International Speedway, he finished in 33rd due to a crash midway through the race. At Martinsville Speedway, he started in 29th and finished one lap down in 25th, and at Mansfield Motorsports Park, he started in 23rd but finish 28th due to a crash.
After not making another start in NASCAR for the next five years, Aramendia returned to the now NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Texas, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports, where he finished 24th due to a crash. He made three more starts that year, getting a best finish of 21st in his final start of the year at Nashville Superspeedway. This would be last start in NASCAR, as he has not competed in the series since then.
Arameindia has most recently competed in the South Texas Shootout Series in Corpus Christi, Texas.[3]
Personal life
editAramendia is the middle child of five children. His brother, John, is the owner of 1st Call Plumbing, Heating and Air, formerly Aramendia Plumbing, Heating and Air, a plumbing company based in San Antonio, Texas.[4][5][1]
Aramendia is the uncle of fellow racing driver John Aramendia Jr., who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.[6]
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
edit| NASCAR Busch 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 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2003 | Aramendia Motorsports | 79 | Chevy | DAY | CAR 25 |
LVS 23 |
DAR | BRI | TEX 20 |
TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | HOM DNQ |
82nd | 285 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||
| Pontiac | DAY DNQ |
CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Camping World Truck Series
edit| NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2004 | Brevak Racing | 31 | Dodge | DAY 33 |
ATL | MAR 25 |
MFD 28 |
CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR | PHO | DAR | HOM | 60th | 231 | [8] |
| 2010 | Daisy Ramirez Motorsports | 01 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX 24 |
MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP 27 |
POC 24 |
NSH 21 |
DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 364 | [9] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Behind the Wheel". Aramendia Motorsports. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Aramendia takes his racing seriously". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Aramendia". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Flux: Aramendias start new family business minus the family name". My San Antonio. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Aramendia Motorsports". CarsAndRacingStuff.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "'Hello, I'm Johnny Crash': Ben Kennedy Racing introduces new Late Model racer for 2023". The Daytona Beach News Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Aramendia – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Aramendia – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Aramendia – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
External links
edit- Joe Aramendia driver statistics at Racing-Reference