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Jeff McClure
BornJeffrey McClure
(1967-01-22) January 22, 1967 (age 57)
Harrisburg, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish79th (1992)
First race1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
20 races run over 5 years
Best finish52nd (1997)
First race1988 Pennsylvania 300 (Nazareth)
Last race1997 Sears Auto Center 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Best finish62nd (2000)
First race2000 Line-X 225 (Portland)
Last race2000 Chevy Silverado 200 (Nazareth)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 26, 2020.

Jeffrey McClure (born January 22, 1967) is an American former stock car racing driver who raced for multiple years in all three major NASCAR series as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series. McClure has been involved in the ARCA after his driving days are over, working as a team owner and most recently as a crew chief.

Racing career

Driving career

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McClure made his Busch debut in 1988, running his own No. 83 Oldsmobile in four races. His series debut came at Nazareth, falling out due to an engine failure. McClure's finishes improved drastically every race and by the race at Langley, McClure earned his best finish of the year in 18th. Also, his best start of the year ended up 12th at Myrtle Beach.

McClure made two starts in 1989. He finished 19th at Charlotte and 25th at Rockingham.

McClure had one start in 1990. He started 41st at Daytona, but was caught up in a crash. However, McClure still managed 22nd and the season opener at Daytona would prove to be his only 1990 start.

McClure only made one career start in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series, which came in 1992 at the 1992 running of the Champion Spark Plug 400. He qualified the Jim Rosenblum Racing 39th at Michigan. He did finish the race, however, it was only a 31st-place finish.

McClure returned after a six-year hiatus in 1996, running three races for Moy Racing. After finishing 26th and 31st, McClure finished 16th at the Milwaukee Mile. It would prove to be his best career finish in the series.

McClure was then invited back for ten races in 1997 for Moy. McClure's team struggled in his starts. His best start was 32nd and his best finish was 23rd at Las Vegas. The poor results can be explained by his five DNFs in ten starts.

McClure reappeared on the NASCAR scene in 2000, running three CTS races for Albernaz Racing. He started 29th and finished 26th at Portland. His next start at Texas proved to be his best. He was 21st in that race. At Nazareth, McClure earned his best career start of 28th and looked to be in good shape for bettering his previous starts. However, a late engine failure ended his CTS career in 23rd.

McClure's start at Nazareth in 2000 ended up being his last NASCAR race as a driver.

Crew chiefing career

In 2008, McClure worked for Fast Track Racing in the ARCA Series, crew chiefing the No. 11 car full time for Bryan Silas. In addition, he crew chiefed FTR's part-time Truck Series team, the No. 48, when Silas and Hermie Sadler made a combined three starts in that truck.

Cal Boprey replaced McClure as the crew chief of the No. 11 of Silas for 2009, and McClure moved to the No. 15 Venturini Motorsports Chevy/Toyota, a part-time car, to crew chief drivers Ryan Fischer, Alex Yontz, Dakoda Armstrong, Justin Marks, Justin Lloyd, Jesse Smith, Josh Richards, and Steve Arpin.[1] He left after one year to crew chief Brazilian rookie Miguel Paludo's No. 77 car for Hattori Racing Enterprises in the K&N East Series.

McClure was crew chief for rookie T. J. Bell's partial Cup Series schedule in 2011 in the No. 50 Toyota/Chevy for LTD Powersports (a team owned by Joe Falk, before he owned Circle Sport). The team shut down after just one year, and McClure went back to ARCA crew chiefing for Andy Belmont Racing's No. 1 Ford and driver Mikey Kile in 2012.

McClure rejoined Venturini Motorsports' ARCA Racing Series team in 2013.[2] He had one win as crew chief for Todd Gilliland in 2015 and two wins with Christopher Bell in 2016. For 2017, he was the crew chief for the No. 15 driven by Christian Eckes and other drivers.

McClure eventually left Venturini (again) and joined Empire Racing as the crew chief for the No. 46 car of Thad Moffitt. The team has an alliance with Richard Petty Motorsports. In 2018, he also served as crew chief for dirt racer Ryan Unzicker at Springfield and DuQuoin (when he needed a crew chief and Moffitt was not running those races).

For the 2020 season, McClure worked for two teams, serving as the crew chief for John Ferrier's family team in ARCA's season-opening race at Daytona, and also for Connor Okrzesik's part-time ARCA Menards Series East team.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 NWCC Pts Ref
1992 Linro Motorsports 27 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
31 		BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 79th 70 [3]
1993 McClure Racing 29 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR
DNQ 		RCH DOV MAR NWS N/A 0 [4]
58 CLT
DNQ 		CAR PHO ATL

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 NBSC Pts Ref
1988 McClure Racing 83 Olds DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH
35 		SBO NSV CLT DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB
29 		OXF SBO
21 		HCY LNG
18 		IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 73rd 134 [5]
1989 Pontiac DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT
DNQ 		DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
19 		CAR
25 		MAR 71st 194 [6]
1990 Chevy DAY
22 		RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT
DNQ 		DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 88th 97 [7]
1991 DAY RCH CAR MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
DNQ 		NHA CAR MAR N/A 0 [8]
1996 CPR Motorsports 36 Ford DAY CAR
DNQ 		RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY 59th 270 [9]
Bobby Jones Racing 50 Ford NZH
26 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV SBO MYB
31 		GLN MLW
16 		NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM
1997 John Walsh 77 Ford DAY
DNQ 		CAR
30 		RCH
DNQ 		ATL
DNQ 		LVS
23 		DAR
DNQ 		HCY
DNQ 		TEX
42 		BRI
37 		NSV
29 		TAL
30 		NHA
28 		NZH
24 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV
36 		SBO
DNQ 		GLN
36 		MLW
39 		MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 52nd 603 [10]
1999 Key Motorsports 13 Ford DAY
DNQ 		CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM N/A 0 [11]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 NCTC Pts Ref
2000 CJ Racing 21 Ford DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR
26 		GTY MEM PPR EVG 62nd 279 [12]
27 TEX
21 		KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH
23 		MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 ABMHSC Pts Ref
1991 Bob Schacht Motorsports 54 Buick DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL
16 		[13]
1992 James Nelson 82 Olds DAY
39 		FIF TWS 25th 1350 [14]
89 Chevy TAL
5 		TOL KIL POC
2 		POC
3 		HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS
42 		SLM ATL
9
Pontiac MCH
26 		FRS KIL NSH DEL
1993 Chevy DAY
26 		POC
31 		MCH FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL [15]
Pontiac TAL
40 		KIL CMS FRS TOL
Shirley Racing 2 Chevy FIF
26 		TWS
1994 McClure Racing 89 Chevy DAY
4 		TAL
33 		FIF
17 		LVL
3 		KIL
16 		TOL
22 		FRS
12 		MCH
5 		DMS
7 		POC
12 		POC
11 		KIL
10 		FRS
9 		INF
13 		I70
6 		ISF
29 		DSF
29 		TOL
8 		WIN
26 		ATL
6 		5th 4640 [16]
51 SLM
31
1995 89 DAY
28 		ATL
35 		TAL
27 		FIF
15 		KIL MCH
35 		I80 MCS
DNS 		FRS POC
22 		DSF
20 		SLM WIN ATL 29th 1205 [17]
Pontiac FRS
12
AAG Racing 3 Chevy POC
37 		KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF
1996 Bobby Jones Racing 50 Ford DAY
6 		ATL
10 		SLM [18]
Chevy TAL
5 		FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL
2000 Harvill Racing 89 Ford DAY SLM AND CLT
DNQ 		KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL N/A 0 [19]

References

  1. ^ "2009 ARCA Re/Max Team Chart". ThePitLane. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Snowball Derby winner Christian Eckes signs with Venturini for 2017". ARCA Racing Series. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Jeff McClure – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  14. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  15. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  16. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  17. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  18. ^ "Jeff McClure – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  19. ^ "Jeff McClure – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

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