39 Joey Gase

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2011: Finished 43rd in series standings. ... Made first five career starts with Go Green Racing. ... Best start, 32nd at Chicagoland-2. … Best finish, 20th at Iowa-2 in series debut at his home track. … Average finish of 25.4. … Completed 98.2 percent of laps attempted.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

Began racing at age 8, in 2001 in karts at hometown Hawkeye Downs Speedway and won first race he competed in, Jr1 class championship at Hawkeye Downs from 2002-05 and the 2006 World Karting Association Jr2 nationals at Fast Track Raceway in Bruceville, Ind. … In 2007, at 14, youngest-ever winner of class B modified division championship at La Crosse Speedway's Oktoberfest in West Salem, Wis. … From 2007-09 raced primarily at Hawkeye Downs, winning 2007 modified division rookie of the year with 13 top-10 finishes in 13 starts and fourth in final points; in 2008 switched to late models, winning rookie of year and finishing fifth in points while also making his first ASA late model start; in 2009 at 16 became youngest late model champion in Hawkeye Downs history with a win and seven top-three finishes in 15 starts. … In 2009 made three ASA late model starts and finished fifth in crate late model division at February's World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway in Samsula, Fla. … In 2010 signed with SS Green Light Racing as a development driver and had a varied season, finishing first or second in five late model races at Hawkeye Downs and also competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, ASA Midwest Tour, USAR Pro Cup Series, ARCA Racing Series, Sunoco National Series and PASS. … In 2011 had a career-best four late model wins at Hawkeye Downs in addition to three USAR races, with two poles in track records plus a second-place finish at New Smyrna and another K&N Pro Series East start for Benny Gordon Racing.

NOTEWORTHY

Last name rhymes with "case." … Coming into 2012 has been running at the finish of all eight of his career starts in NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. … Attending hometown Mount Mercy University in 2012 as a freshman with a concentration in Business and Marketing.