Nemechek disappointed but no retaliation.

Joe Nemechek managed to hold his tongue after two separate incidents during Sunday's Sylvania 300 left him a disappointed 25th in the final classification and his verbal caution saved him from a trip to the NASCAR hauler after the race.

On a day where NASCAR were forced to issue a stern warning to all 43 drivers about their on-track conduct, the fact that Nemechek chose not to retaliate when a wayward Mike Bliss tapped the #01 MB2 Motorsports U.S. Army Chevrolet into the turn one wall probably saved both drivers a trip to the hauler.

"I don't really know what happened out there," said Nemechek. "The zero car (Bliss) got into me and turned me around. I don't know what that was all about, I gave him a lot of room but he still managed to run into me."

The incident with Bliss played further havoc with Nemechek's set-up, already deranged following a lap 144 collision with Jamie McMurray as both drivers spun trying to avoid the wrecked car of Jimmy Spencer.

"Something happened with the #50 car and he got into the wall," explained Nemechek. "I turned sideways trying to avoid it and everyone started wrecking and ran into me. That was the beginning of a long day."

Following the Bliss incident, Nemechek made several trips down pit lane where the Amy of One crew worked on the crippled race car, managing to keep the #01 Chevy from losing a lap. However Nemechek couldn't avoid falling a lap behind the leaders during the final 100 laps as he tried to cope with an ill-handling car through an entire fuel and tyre stint.

"The U.S. Army team worked hard in the pits all day trying to get a wrecked machine ready to race," continued Nemechek. "We had what we needed today, but in the end, things just didn't work out for us. We have the Army spirit and we'll be ready and tuned for next week's battle in Dover."

The 25th place finish dropped Nemechek one place to 16th in the overall championship, where he now lies more than 100 points adrift of eleventh placed Jamie McMurray and the $1 million bonus that goes with the top non-Chase position in the standings.