Joey Clanton

Joseph Clanton (born November 1, 1972)^[1] is an American race car driver and businessman. He was the 2002 champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series. He is also the owner of two Zaxby's franchises.

Busch Series

Clanton made his debut in the then-NASCAR Busch Series in the 2003 Hardee's 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Driving the #27 Trim Spa Pontiac for Brewco Motorsports, he started and finished 22nd. Clanton would drive in seventeen more races and earn one top 10 finish, a career-best 5th at Pikes Peak. After the Stacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger, Clanton was replaced in the car by Chase Montgomery, whom he had replaced earlier in the season. He has not returned to the series since then.

Craftsman Truck Series

In 2004, Clanton made his debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #40 Chevrolet for Key Motorsports. In his first race at Daytona International Speedway, he crashed and finished 32nd. He also crashed the next race, finishing 31st at Atlanta. Clanton would not return to the series until 2007, when he brought Zaxby's sponsorship to the #09 Ford of JTG Racing. Sharing the ride with Stacy Compton, he ran in 16 of the 25 series events and earned five top 10s, including a career best of 6th at both Daytona and Atlanta.

During the offseason, it was announced that Clanton would take the sponsorship and number and run full-time for Roush Fenway Racing in 2008.^[2] After wrecking himself and teammate Colin Braun in offseason testing and then crashing out of the season-opening race at Daytona, he was released and replaced by Travis Kvapil effective immediately.

References

External links

Official website
Joey Clanton driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Johnny Sauter	ASA National Tour Champion 2002	Succeeded by Kevin Cywinski

JTG Daugherty Racing

Headquarters: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Personnel

Tad Geschickter
Jodi Geschickter
Brad Daugherty

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(37) Chris Buescher (47) A. J. Allmendinger

Crew chiefs	(37) TBA (47) Randall Burnett

Notable former drivers

Sprint Cup Series	Marcos Ambrose Bobby Labonte Jon Wood Ken Schrader

Nationwide Series	Marcos Ambrose Rich Bickle Kelly Bires Stacy Compton Mike Dillon Jeff Fuller Mark Green Ron Hornaday, Jr. Jimmie Johnson Andy Lally Kevin Lepage Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Larry Pearson Robert Pressley Jeff Purvis Jon Wood

Camping World Truck Series	Marcos Ambrose Joey Clanton Stacy Compton Bobby East

Formerly known as ST Motorsports and JTG Racing

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