Jeff McClure

Jeff McClure
Jeff McClure
Born	Jeffrey McClure; January 22, 1967 (age 57); Harrisburg, North Carolina
NASCAR Cup Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	79th (1992)
First race	1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	20 races run over 5 years
Best finish	52nd (1997)
First race	1988 Pennsylvania 300 (Nazareth)
Last race	1997 Sears Auto Center 250 (Milwaukee)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	3 races run over 1 year
Best finish	62nd (2000)
First race	2000 Line-X 225 (Portland)
Last race	2000 Chevy Silverado 200 (Nazareth)
	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

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]
1993	McClure Racing	58	Chevy																											CLT DNQ	CAR	PHO	ATL	N/A	0	^[4]

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			Chevy	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]
1996	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							59th	270	^[9]
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]
2000	CJ Racing	27	Ford											TEX 21	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH 23	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX	CAL	62nd	279	^[12]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series