Joe Aramendia

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.

Racing career
Aramendia 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. 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. 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.

Personal life
Aramendia 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.

Aramendia is the uncle of fellow racing driver John Aramendia Jr., who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.

NASCAR
(key) ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )