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Jeremy Clements

Jeremy Clements
Jeremy Clements 2016 Road America.jpg
Clements at Road America in 2016
Born (1984-01-16) January 16, 1984 (age 33)
Spartanburg, South Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
237 races run over 12 years
Car no., team No. 51 (Jeremy Clements Racing)
2016 position 15th
Best finish 14th (2012, 2015)
First race 2003 Trim Spa Dream Body 250 (Pikes Peak)
Last race 2017 DC Solar 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 11 0
Statistics current as of March 18, 2017.

Jeremy Clements (born January 16, 1984) is an American professional 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.

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Clements began his racing career at the age of 8 by driving go-karts. 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.

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. 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. 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.


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