T. J. Clark | |||||||
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Born | Chandler, Arizona | February 25, 1962||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
31 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 21st (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 1997 NAPACARD 200 (Evergreen) | ||||||
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T. J. Clark (born February 25, 1962) is a former NASCAR driver. He was a fixture on the Craftsman Truck Series tour during its early years.
Clark made the inaugural CTS race in 1995, qualifying the No. 23 Team ASE Racing Ford in the 29th position, finishing 32nd by a crash. Clark ended up only making 13 races of the 20-race schedule. It was not even until the 9th race of the year at Bristol that Clark could manage to finish a race (21st). Overall, his best finish was 12th at Martinsville, and finished 21st in points.
Before 1996, Clark lost ASE to Ultra Motorsports and only made sixteen of the twenty-four races. He matched his career-best of 12th twice: at Phoenix and Mesa Marin. He also had five other top-20 finishes. and finished 22nd in the points. Clark made two starts in 1997 as his career came to a close due to funding, finishing of 26th at Phoenix and 28th at Evergreen Speedway. He has not raced since.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||
1995 | Team ASE Racing | 23 | Ford | PHO 32 | TUS 23 | SGS | MMR 29 | POR | EVG DNQ | I70 | LVL | BRI 21 | MLW 19 | CNS 21 | HPT 33 | IRP 22 | FLM | RCH 30 | MAR 12 | NWS | SON 14 | MMR 18 | 21st | 1235 | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | PHO 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Clark Racing | HOM DNQ | TUS 20 | CNS 15 | HPT 31 | BRI 22 | NZH 31 | MLW | LVL 24 | I70 | IRP 23 | FLM 17 | GLN 15 | NSV 33 | RCH 34 | NHA | MAR 33 | NWS DNQ | SON 22 | MMR 12 | PHO DNQ | LVS 30 | 22nd | 1603 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Rosenblum Racing | 51 | Chevy | PHO 12 | POR | EVG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Clark Racing | 23 | Chevy | WDW DNQ | TUS DNQ | HOM DNQ | PHO 26 | POR DNQ | EVG 28 | I70 | NHA | TEX | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | NSV | GLN | RCH | MAR | SON | MMR | CAL | PHO | LVS DNQ | 55th | 367 | [3] |
NASCAR Winston West Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NWWC | Pts | Ref | ||
1998 | Team ASE Racing | 34 | Chevy | TUS | LVS 24 | PHO | CAL 14 | HPT | MMR | AMP | POR | CAL 11 | PPR | EVG | SON 24 | MMR | LVS 38 | 27th | 492 | [4] | ||
1999 | TUS | LVS DNQ | PHO | CAL | PPR | MMR | IRW | EVG | POR | IRW | RMR | LVS | MMR | MOT | NA | - | [5] |
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