Clint King
Born (1995-08-26) August 26, 1995 (age 28)
Denton, North Carolina
Achievements2019 Southeast Super Truck Series champion[1]
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 2 years
2017 position81st
Best finish50th (2016)
First race2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race2017 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of March 4, 2017.

Clint King (born August 26, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, ARCA Racing Series and K&N Pro Series East.

Racing career

King grew up racing late models, scoring a victory in the UARA-Stars series at Kingsport Speedway. After running NASCAR, he competed in the Southeast Super Truck Series, winning the 2019 SSTS championship.[1]

ARCA Racing Series

Debuting in the ARCA Racing Series in 2011, King won the pole for his first race with Venturini Motorsports. He finished third in that race, but won the pole in his second career start too. He started three races in 2011 with a best finish of third in his first race, at Madison International Speedway.[2] King expanded his schedule to six races in 2012, not winning any poles but finishing out of the top ten only once.[3] His only start in 2013 was a seventh at Berlin Raceway.[4] On January 9, 2017, Lira Motorsports announced that King would drive the Lucas Oil Complete Engine Treatment 200 at Daytona International Speedway.[5]

K&N Pro Series East

MacDonald Motorsports gave King his first ride in the K&N Pro Series East in 2013, where he finished 16th. In 2014, King ran four races for his family team with a best finish of 11th.[6]

Xfinity Series

King broke into the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016, driving the No. 15 Ford for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at Richmond International Raceway.[7] King finished 30th that first race, but then improved to 26th in his other two outings, at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway.[8] After the 2016 season, team owner B. J. McLeod hinted at King running full-time in 2017 contingent on sponsorship.[9] He is rumored to run the 2017 season opener at Daytona International Speedway. He ran the first 2 races of the season in the No. 78 Chevy, then McLeod went back to it since then several other drivers have been in the No. 78.

Personal life

King is the manager of Warehouse Design who sponsored him in his career.

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 NXSC Pts Ref
2016 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 15 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
30 		CHI KEN DOV CLT
26 		KAN TEX
26 		PHO HOM 50th 41 [10]
2017 78 Chevy DAY
38 		ATL
35 		LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 81st 3 [11]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 MacDonald Motorsports 49 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS
16 		IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 59th 28 [12]
2014 David King 07 Chevy NSM
26 		DAY
DNQ 		GRE
14 		27th 108 [13]
Toyota BRI
11 		RCH
34 		IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2011 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD
3 		DSF SLM
21 		KAN 42nd 575 [14]
15 Toyota TOL
7
2012 66 Chevy DAY MOB
5 		SLM
6 		TAL TOL
4 		ELK POC MCH WIN
12 		NJE IOW CHI IRP POC 26th 1200 [15]
15 Toyota BLN
6 		ISF
Chevy MAD
5 		SLM DSF KAN
2013 55 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN
7 		ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 102nd 195 [16]
2017 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY
9 		NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 85th 185 [17]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ^ a b White, Brandon (November 13, 2019). "Clint King Returns to Late Model Stock Cars at Myrtle Beach". Race22. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Driver Clint King 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. ^ "Driver Clint King 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. ^ "Driver Clint King 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  5. ^ "Clint King, Lira Motorsports return". ARCA Racing. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  6. ^ "Driver Clint King's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  7. ^ Staff, SPEED SPORT (2016-09-06). "Clint King Making XFINITY Debut | SPEED SPORT". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  8. ^ "Clint King 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  9. ^ "BJ McLeod Motorsports Plans At Least Two Full-Time XFINITY Cars for 2017". Frontstretch. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  10. ^ "Clint King – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Clint King – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Clint King – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Clint King – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "Clint King – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  15. ^ "Clint King – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  16. ^ "Clint King – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  17. ^ "Clint King – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

External links

Lira Motorsports
B. J. McLeod Motorsports
Venturini Motorsports
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