Fantasy NASCAR Racing

at a variety of locations.  He started the season working for owner Nelson Bowers and his driver Jerry Nadeau.  They finished fourth at Texas; after 10 races he worked with Nelson’s driver Jason Keller for one event.  Then he worked with driver Mike Wallace for eight events.  Bowers then paired Pemberton with driver Mike Skinner for the next 11 races.  The final four races of 2003, Pemberton would end the season at Hendrick Motorsports with Joe Nemechek.  Nemechek would be hired by Bowers for the 2004 season and Pemberton would go with him.  The duo would be paired together for three seasons there.  Nemechek would win that season and it would be his final Cup win.  The following season the pair only managed two Top 5 finishes and the next year was even worse as they only had two Top 10’s.  2007 saw Pemberton leading Mark Martin who drove for owner Bobby Ginn.  By mid-season Ginn Racing would fold and be bought out by Dale Earnhardt Inc.  Over that season Pemberton led drivers Martin, Aric Almirola and Regan Smith.  Martin would be the only driver to post a Top 10 finish.  Pemberton moved to Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) in 2008 and led the efforts of David Reutimann.  They posted four Top 10 finishes. Pemberton left MWR in 2009 to go to work for owner Dietrich Mateschitz.  His driver was Brian Vickers.  Pemberton and Vickers won at Michigan that season and the posted four Top 5 finishes and finished 12th in the points.  The following season Pemberton was paired with a trio of drivers including Vickers, Scott Speed and Casey Mears.  The trio only managed to post four Top 10 finishes.  In 2011 Pemberton again paired up with Vickers full time, and the could only manage to get three Top 5 finishes in a disappointing season.  In 2012 Pemberton left Mateschitz team to go to work for Tommy Baldwin.  He was put with Dave Blaney; but another disappointing season ensued as they could not claim a result inside the Top 10.  This would be Pemberton's final season as a Cup crew chief.  Pemberton led Dale Earnhardt Jr for three races in 2013 in the Xfinity series, and they finished inside the Top 5 in all three events.  His performance earned him a full time job with JR Motorsports as head wrench for Regan Smith.  They claimed one win that season and just missed winning the Xfinity Series Championship finishing second to Chase Elliott.  In 2014 he was promoted to “Director of Competition” at JR Motorsports.  Since he became Director of Competition, combining that role with that of crew chief for Regan Smith in 2014, JR Motorsports drivers have won 20 races.  That’s roughly two-thirds of the company’s total of 29.  He in is charge of operations for all three of JR Motorsports cars.  He has two wins in the Cup series; one with Joe Nemechek and one with Brian Vickers.  He had three wins in the Xfinity series.