Jeremy Clements

Jeremy Clements (born January 16, 1985)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the son of Tony Clements, owner of Clements Racing Engines. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro for Jeremy Clements Racing.

For the soccer player, see Jérémy Clément.

Jeremy Clements
Clements at Watkins Glen International in 2018
Born	(1985-01-16) January 16, 1985 Spartanburg, South Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
350 races run over 15 years
Car no., team	No. 51 (Jeremy Clements Racing)
2019 position	14th
Best finish	12th (2017)
First race	2003 Trim Spa Dream Body 250 (Pikes Peak)
Last race	2020 UNOH 188 (Daytona)
First win	2017 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 22 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2020.

Early career

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Clements began his racing career at the age of 8 by driving go-karts.[2] In 1999, he moved on to race four-cylinder cars in both the Modified and Stock Series at Thunder Valley Speedway and Cherokee Speedway. Over the next three seasons, he won 55 feature events and two track championships.

Late Model and ARCA

In 2002, Clements moved up to the Late Model division where he won 9 overall races as well as the championship at Cherokee. He also made his ARCA Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, starting 6th and finishing 17th in the No. 3 Chevrolet. He started five ARCA races in 2003, earning three top 10s. Clements was seriously injured on July 24, 2004 at age 19, while racing at 311 Speedway in North Carolina. While driving his late model, the driveshaft broke and pierced through the vehicle, injuring his right hand. He was immediately taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he underwent a nine-hour orthopedic surgery.[3] In the following year, Clements went through ten surgeries; including sewing his hand to his right side hip for a skin graft, using bone grafts from his hip and taking tendons from his right foot.[4] He did not race again until the following year.

On July 10, 2005, Clements got back behind the wheel of a racecar for the first time since the accident, testing his late model at Thunder Valley. He made his ARCA return at Chicagoland Speedway in September. In 2006, he ran 10 races in the ARCA series in Ken Appling's No. 3 Chevrolet. He earned four top-10s, including three consecutive top-5s. He was also selected by General Motors to participate in a three track test with Richard Childress Racing. Clements had a career season in 2007, earning eight top-10s in 12 races. On August 11, 2007 at Nashville Superspeedway, he earned his only ARCA win to-date after starting 2nd and leading 48 laps. In 2008, Clements ran seven races. He earned 5 top-10s and narrowly missed repeating his win at Nashville, finishing 2nd.

Xfinity Series

Clements racing in 2011

Clements made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (then NASCAR Busch Series) in 2003 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Driving the No. 71 Chevrolet for Young Racing, he started 35th and finished 31st after an early crash. He did not return to the series again until 2007. Clements signed with McGill Motorsports to run the last five races of the season in their No. 36 Chevrolet. He only finished two races and had a best finish of 23rd at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In 2008, he attempted four races for his family-owned No. 50 team. He qualified for two of them, earning finishes of 22nd and 30th. During these two years, he also spent time practicing and qualifying cars for Joe Gibbs Racing in races which conflicted with the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

For 2009, Clements increased his focus on the Xfinity Series, attempting 13 races and making 12. He ran six races in his family-owned No. 50 with a best finish of 16th. Shortly before the October race at Kansas Speedway, Clements and sponsor Saxon Group joined forced with JD Motorsports to finish out the season in the No. 0 Chevrolet. In his 2nd race with JD, he finished a then-career best 12th at Auto Club Speedway.

In the offseason, it was announced that Clements would drive at least the first three races of the 2010 season in the No. 0 for JD Motorsports with sponsorship from Boudreaux's Butt Paste. After missing the field at Daytona due to qualifying being rained out, his plans for the rest of the reason were up in the air.[5] The No. 0 team was shut down and JD moved Clements to the No. 04. He attempted the next two races as planned, but failed to qualify for both of them. Clements made his first race of the season in April at Nashville Superspeedway, finishing 22nd. He attempted 19 more races, qualifying for 15 of them. Clements earned his first career top-10 at Gateway International Raceway in October, finishing 10th and also leading six laps (the first laps led of his career). In 2011, Clements competed in all 34 races, finishing 15th in points.[6] He had no top-ten finishes, but had three 14th-place finishes and ten top-twenty finishes during the season.[7]

The following year, Clements continued in the Xfinity Series with his own team. He drove two races for JD Motorsports at Richmond and Indianapolis when Ty Dillon was using his 51. Clements had two top-10 finishes.

After finishing 33rd in the first race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, Clements was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR on February 27, 2013. The sanctioning body stated that the suspension was due to violations of the NASCAR Code of Conduct, as defined in Section 7–5 of the sanctioning body's rulebook, as well as Section 12–1, actions detrimental to stock car racing.[8] Clements, in an interview with ESPN was later quoted as saying, "When you say 'racial' remark, it wasn't used to describe anybody or anything. So that's all I'm going to say to that. And it really wasn't. I was describing racing, and the word I used was incorrect and I shouldn't have said it. It shouldn't be used at all." The MTV editor who had the conversation with Clements, Marty Beckerman, confirmed that Clements said a phrase which included the "n-word".[9] Clements sat out two races and returned for the rest of the season.[10] His season was highlighted by top ten finishes at the huge Talladega Superspeedway tri-oval and the series' inaugural race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[10]

Clements with his crew waving to the crowd before his first Xfinity Series win at Road America in 2017

Clements' winning car at Road America in 2017

After a number of equipment setbacks in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Clements had a brief moment in the top 5 in the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 3, 2014, before a crash forced him out with four laps to go. Ryan Blaney, who was in second at the time, ricocheted off the wall into Clements, and sent his car hard into the wall.[11] At the Gardner Denver 200 at Road America, Clements recorded a then career-best sixth-place finish. 2015 was a decent season for Clements despite a best finish of 10th at Dover and a handful of poor finishes.[12] At Talladega in 2016, Clements led laps under caution and recorded his first Xfinity top five finish, a fourth.

In 2017, Clements scored a top 10 outing at Iowa, in which he finished seventh. A few races later, he would score his first career win at Road America after he and Matt Tifft got together with 2 laps to go.[13] Clements' win was the first for an independent Xfinity Series driver and team not affiliated with NASCAR's Cup Series since David Gilliland won at Kentucky in 2006.[14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2003	Young Racing	71	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR 31	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM						137th	70	[15]
	Kenneth Appling Racing	51	Chevy																															ATL DNQ	PHO	CAR	HOM
2007	McGill Motorsports	36	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 23	MEM 40	TEX 42	PHO 38	HOM 27	87th	301	[16]
2008	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN QL^†	MLW	NHA	DAY																	102nd	170	[17]
	Jeremy Clements Motorsports	50	Chevy																				CHI DNQ	GTY 22	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 30
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH 39	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT 27	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 35	GTY 16	IRP			MCH 25	BRI	CGV	ATL 36	RCH	DOV								50th	951	[18]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota																					IOW QL^†	GLN
	JD Motorsports	0	Chevy																													KAN 32	CAL 12	CLT 22	MEM 29	TEX 33	PHO 29	HOM DNQ
2010				DAY DNQ																																			34th	1390	[19]
		04			CAL DNQ	LVS DNQ	BRI	NSH 22	PHO	TEX 33	TAL DNQ	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT 16	NSH 19	KEN 12	ROA	NHA	DAY 37	CHI DNQ	GTY DNQ	IRP	IOW 20	GLN	MCH 25	BRI 23	CGV	ATL DNQ	RCH 34	DOV 33	KAN 32	CAL	CLT 34	GTY 10	TEX 19	PHO	HOM 39
2011	Jeremy Clements Racing	51	Chevy	DAY 16	PHO 22	LVS 27	BRI 16	CAL 35	TEX 21	TAL 24	NSH 23	RCH 23	DAR 26	DOV 24	IOW 14	CLT 26	CHI 29	MCH 26	ROA 32	DAY 32	KEN 31	NHA 19	NSH 21	IRP 18	IOW 17	GLN 24	CGV 39	BRI 32	ATL 14	RCH 14	CHI 21	DOV 18	KAN 23	CLT 29	TEX 26	PHO 24	HOM 18		15th	696	[20]
2012				DAY 25	PHO 22	LVS 21	BRI 20	CAL 20	TEX 29	RCH 33	TAL 29	DAR 33	IOW 23	CLT 18	DOV 10	MCH 31	ROA 25	KEN 21	DAY 11	NHA 17	CHI 22		IOW 21	GLN 19	CGV 25	BRI 33	ATL 15		CHI 30	KEN 15	DOV 27	CLT 19	KAN 35	TEX 16	PHO 33	HOM 22			14th	609	[21]
		4																				IND 10						RCH 24
2013		51		DAY 33	PHO	LVS	BRI 33	CAL 21	TEX 35	RCH 37	TAL 9	DAR 20	CLT 22	DOV 19	IOW 17	MCH 13	ROA 23	KEN 25	DAY 22	NHA 23	CHI 25	IND 35	IOW 21	GLN 20	MOH 10	BRI 22	ATL 23	RCH 26	CHI 24	KEN 20	DOV 20	KAN 36	CLT 20	TEX 22	PHO 26	HOM 30			16th	638	[22]
2014				DAY 29	PHO 21	LVS 32	BRI 18	CAL 36	TEX 18	DAR 31	RCH 22	TAL 23	IOW 22	CLT 23	DOV 20	MCH 20	ROA 6	KEN 30	DAY 8	NHA 20	CHI 13	IND 26	IOW 25	GLN 16	MOH 22	BRI 23	ATL 22	RCH 21	CHI 33	KEN 21	DOV 18	KAN 17	CLT 22	TEX 21	PHO 11	HOM 13			15th	757	[23]
2015				DAY 14	ATL 21	LVS 22	PHO 16	CAL 24	TEX 22	BRI 13	RCH 14	TAL 17	IOW 15	CLT 13	DOV 10	MCH 31	CHI 19	DAY 28	KEN 26	NHA 19	IND 15	IOW 21	GLN 11	MOH 17	BRI 14	ROA 28	DAR 20	RCH 34	CHI 20	KEN 19	DOV 21	CLT 20	KAN 19	TEX 17	PHO 30	HOM 22			14th	801	[24]
2016				DAY 15	ATL 17	LVS 20	PHO 28	CAL 21	TEX 24	BRI 33	RCH 22	TAL 4	DOV 22	CLT 20	POC 31	MCH 21	IOW 16	DAY 16	KEN 16	NHA 13	IND 17	IOW 17	GLN 25	MOH 34	BRI 6	ROA 25	DAR 8	RCH 17	CHI 16	KEN 12	DOV 22	CLT 22	KAN 28	TEX 18	PHO 31	HOM 24			15th	693	[25]
2017				DAY 35	ATL 37	LVS 26	PHO 19	CAL 22	TEX 21	BRI 17	RCH 15	TAL 27	CLT 17	DOV 23	POC 17	MCH 23	IOW 7	DAY 15	KEN 22	NHA 21	IND 31	IOW 28	GLN 35	MOH 37	BRI 18	ROA 1	DAR 21	RCH 16	CHI 20	KEN 22	DOV 22	CLT 20	KAN 25	TEX 22	PHO 23	HOM 23			12th	2107	[26]
2018				DAY 16	ATL 27	LVS 22	PHO 20	CAL 15	TEX 16	BRI 40	RCH 8	TAL 35	DOV 18	CLT 35	POC 15	MCH 15	IOW 20	CHI 17	DAY 34	KEN 18	NHA 18	IOW 20	GLN 14	MOH 17	BRI 13	ROA 13	DAR 16	IND 14	LVS 13	RCH 16	CLT 18	DOV 20	KAN 10	TEX 14	PHO 17	HOM 19			15th	619	[27]
2019				DAY 36	ATL 18	LVS 15	PHO 13	CAL 14	TEX 26	BRI 13	RCH 35	TAL 27	DOV 18	CLT 13	POC 16	MCH 15	IOW 12	CHI 13	DAY 9	KEN 13	NHA 15	IOW 30	GLN 11	MOH 11	BRI 4	ROA 8	DAR 12	IND 11	LVS 20	RCH 16	CLT 11	DOV 36	KAN 6	TEX 28	PHO 18	HOM 16			14th	699	[28]
2020				DAY 28	LVS 31	CAL 9	PHO 36	DAR 12	CLT 32	BRI 8	ATL 13	HOM 12	HOM 27	TAL 24	POC 3	IND 13	KEN 12	KEN 11	TEX 11	KAN 12	ROA 29	DAY	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO			-*	-*	[29]
^† – Qualified for Kyle Busch

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Car owner	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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2002	Ken Appling	3	Chevy	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 17	CLT DNQ		74th	420	[30]
2003				DAY 34	ATL 7	NSH 35	SLM	TOL	KEN	CLT 3	BLN	KAN	MCH	LER	POC	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT 3	SBO		36th	750	[31]
2004			Pontiac	DAY DNQ																							70th	380	[32]
			Chevy		NSH 8	SLM	KEN 29	TOL	CLT 37	KAN 37	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN	KEN	GTW	POC	LER	NSH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL
2005				DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI 34	SLM		112th	175	[33]
			Pontiac																							TAL 23
2006			Chevy	DAY 13	NSH 29	SLM	WIN	KEN 14	TOL	POC 27	MCH	KAN	KEN 3	BLN	POC 2	GTW 5	NSH 9	MCH 38	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI 16	SLM	TAL DNQ	IOW	31st	1555	[34]
2007				DAY 3	USA	NSH 12	SLM	KAN 35	WIN	KEN 40	TOL	IOW	POC 4	MCH 5	BLN	KEN 7	POC 3	NSH 1*	ISF	MIL	GTW 36	DSF	CHI 4	SLM	TAL 6	TOL	23rd	2000	[35]
2008				DAY DNQ	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR 6	KEN 33	TOL	POC 31	MCH	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC 6	NSH 2	ISF	DSF	CHI 9	SLM	NJE	TAL 4	TOL			31st	1185	[36]

References

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2. Jeremy Clements Resume
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External links

• Official website
• Jeremy Clements driver statistics at Racing-Reference