Clint King
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.
| Clint King | |||||||
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| Born | August 26, 1995 Denton, North Carolina | ||||||
| Achievements | 2019 Southeast Super Truck Series champion[1] | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2017 position | 81st | ||||||
| Best finish | 50th (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 4, 2017. | |||||||
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
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| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
K&N Pro Series East
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | MacDonald Motorsports | 49 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | FIF | RCH | BGS 16 | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV | RAL | 59th | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | David King | 07 | Chevy | NSM 26 | DAY DNQ | GRE 14 | 27th | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.)
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ a b White, Brandon (November 13, 2019). "Clint King Returns to Late Model Stock Cars at Myrtle Beach". Race22. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "Driver Clint King 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Driver Clint King 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Driver Clint King 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ . ARCA Racing. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Driver Clint King's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ Staff, SPEED SPORT (2016-09-06). "Clint King Making XFINITY Debut | SPEED SPORT". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "Clint King 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ "BJ McLeod Motorsports Plans At Least Two Full-Time XFINITY Cars for 2017". Frontstretch. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
External links
- Clint King driver statistics at Racing-Reference