Eric McClure

Eric McClure

Born: December 11, 1978
Age: 45
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Biography

Eric McClure (born December 11, 1978 in Chilhowie, Virginia) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports.

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Racing career

Sprint Cup Series

McClure has made three career starts in NASCAR's Cup Series. His debut came at Talladega, driving the No. 04 I Can Learn Chevy in 2004. He made the field in 35th position, and went on to finish 26th. McClure then attempted to make the July race at Daytona, but did not qualify.

McClure then landed a ride with the No. 73 Raabe Racing Enterprises Chevy for 2005. McClure did not qualify for the first two races, but did make the race at Las Vegas, starting 41st. His engine blew mid-way through the race and relegated McClure to 32nd. McClure left the team that week and did not run until August, when he attempted three races with Front Row Motorsports. However, McClure did not make any of those races. In 2006 he attempted and made the UAW-Ford 500 handling issues relegated him to a 32nd-place finish in the 04 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevy, with sponsorship from Hefty In 2008, McClure attempted the Daytona 500 in the No. 37 Front Row Motorsports Chevy sponsored by Hefty, but failed to qualify.

On April 11, 2009, Morgan-McClure Motorsports announced they would be attempting the Talladega race in April, after a year and a half absence from the sport. Eric McClure attempted to qualify the Hefty sponsored No. 4 Chevrolet but did not make the field.

In January 2014, McClure announced that he would attempt to compete in the 2014 Daytona 500 driving the No. 35 Ford for Front Row Motorsports; he failed to qualify for the race. In May 2014, McClure returned to the No. 35 car for Front Row Motorsports at Talladega, but failed to make the race. He has not returned since.

Xfinity Series

McClure made his Busch Series debut in 2003, running at Rockingham Speedway. He qualified the No. 05 I Can Learn Chevy in 22nd and finished 26th despite an accident.

McClure made four starts in 2004, running two races for his family team (MMM) and two more for Mac Hill Motorsports. His best run was at Memphis, where he finished 22nd. He also finished three of his four starts.

McClure added eight starts in 2005, seven for Means Racing, but only managed a best finish of 30th at Texas. McClure did attract the eye of James Finch and ran one race for that team at Daytona. However, he finished 32nd with a blown engine and did not follow that run up with any starts, returning to Means. McClure did not qualify for two races. At Bristol, McClure was sent home because of a rainout of qualifying, and at Memphis, McClure missed the field by one spot.

For the 2007 season, McClure teamed up with Davis Motorsports for a 32 race schedule. McClure brought sponsor Hefty to the team with him.

He drove for Front Row Motorsports in the Busch Series in 2008, with Hefty sponsoring the car for all the races in the No. 24 Chevrolet. He scored his best career finish of 15th in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega.

In 2009, he and sponsor Hefty moved to Rensi/Hamilton Racing, where he drove the No. 24 Ford Fusion. This proved to be a good move; he qualified for every race and finished a career best 17th in the final points standings. McClure stuck with the team, now Team Rensi Motorsports, for 2010. However, performance slipped and the economic downturn forced McClure to be cautious with the team's equipment, with Rensi bringing a second team over for COT races that was raced by Kelly Bires. Despite this, McClure finished 24th in points but announced his departure from Rensi on November 30. According to McClure, Rensi's budget was so low to the point that they would rarely have full tire allotments for the races after Las Vegas, with most of the allotments going to the races run with Bires. McClure announced on December 1 that he and Hefty would move to TriStar Motorsports for 2011 alongside veterans Mike Bliss and Jeff Green. It was further announced in January that TriStar Motorsports will change their car numbers, with McClure piloting the No. 14.

During the 2012 Aaron's 312, McClure was involved in a 16-car pile up on lap 117, and was extracted from his car. He was airlifted to the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama for further evaluation. NASCAR stated that McClure was talking to the rescue crew while he was being extracted from his car. After staying two nights in the hospital, TriStar Motorsports team spokesmen Emily Brandt announced on May 6, 2012 that McClure had suffered a concussion and internal bruises from the accident. On May 9, TriStar announced that McClure would sit out the Nationwide race at Darlington due to his concussion, and that start and park driver Jeff Green would drive the No. 14 while Tony Raines and Kevin Lepage would start and park the No. 10. McClure would sit out the next 4 races before being cleared by NASCAR to drive in time for the race at Road America. In spite of starting only 28 races, McClure finished the 2012 season with a career best points finish of 16th.

On January 9, 2013, TriStar announced that McClure would return to their team for the 2013 season. McClure started his season on a high note by taking his best career finish of 7th at Daytona. In August, however, he was hospitalized with what was determined to be acute renal failure; he was forced to step out of the No. 14 car for four races while he recovered, being substituted for by Jeff Green. McClure returned to competition in September at Chicagoland Speedway. He missed a race later in the year at Texas Motor Speedway due to medical issues, before being hospitalized again prior to the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Before the 2014 season McClure announced that he would only be running a partial schedule in the Nationwide Series.

In 2015, McClure and his sponsors moved to JGL Racing, where he will drive the No. 24 Toyota Camry at all 33 races. After 9 races however, both he and JGL parted ways and McClure returned to TriStar Motorsports for the rest of the season, with JGL allowing him to continue to run the 24 car for that team.

In 2016, McClure joined JD Motorsports for the season opener at Daytona, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro.

Other racing

On July 28, 2015, McClure and former Nationwide driver Hal Martin formed Martin-McClure Racing, a K&N Pro Series East team; the team fields the No. 39 for Chad Finchum and Austin Cindric.

Personal life

McClure was born in Chilhowie, Virginia, he is a graduate of Emory and Henry College. He is married, to Miranda, and has six daughters, Mabriegh Elizabeth (b. Mar. 5, 2007), Maryleigh Isabella (b. Aug. 27, 2008), Mirabella Rileigh (b. July 11, 2010), Merritt Hetteigh Mae (b. Mar. 12, 2012), Myanna Brookleigh (b. July 31, 2013) and Meraline Everleigh (b. May 8, 2015).

McClure's home in Abingdon, Virginia suffered major damage in an April 27, 2011 tornado. However, McClure and his family sat out the storm in their basement and were uninjured.

Gallery

  • McClure's No. 24 before the 2009 Nationwide race at Milwaukee

  • 2010 Nationwide car

  • Racing at Road America in 2011

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2004 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 04 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL
CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY
CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 78th 90
2005 Raabe Racing Enterprises 73 Chevy DAY
CAL
LVS
ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC 80th 67
Front Row Motorsports 92 Chevy MCH
SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH
BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL
Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy KAN
CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2006 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 04 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 67th 70
2007 DAY
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY
CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA -
2008 Front Row Motorsports 37 Chevy DAY
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 82nd 0
2009 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 73rd 0
2014 Front Row Motorsports 35 Ford DAY
PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL
KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 74th 01

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 33 34 35 NXSC Pts
2003 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 05 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR
HOM 130th 85
2004 04 DAY CAR LVS
DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP CAL RCH
DOV KAN CLT
MEM
ATL PHO DAR HOM
82nd 268
Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy MCH
BRI
2005 Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH
TEX
PHO
TAL DAR
RCH
CLT
DOV NSH
KEN MLW
CHI
NHA
PPR
GTY
IRP GLN MCH
CAL
RCH DOV KAN CLT 72nd 440
Morgan-McClure Motorsports 04 Chevy BRI
BRI
MEM
PHO
HOM
Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY
JD Motorsports 0 Chevy TEX
2006 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 04 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
DOV NSH MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI
CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
MEM TEX PHO HOM 125th 74
MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy KEN
2007 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY
CAL
MXC LVS
ATL
BRI
NSH
TEX
PHO
TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
NHA
DAY
CHI
GTY
IRP
CGV GLN MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
28
TEX
PHO
HOM
38th 1639
2008 Front Row Motorsports 24 Chevy DAY
CAL
LVS
ATL
BRI
NSH
TEX
PHO
MXC TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
MLW
NHA
DAY
CHI
GTY
IRP
CGV GLN MCH
BRI
CAL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
21st 2429
2009 Rensi-Hamilton Racing Ford DAY
CAL
LVS
BRI
TEX
NSH
PHO
TAL
RCH
DAR
CLT
DOV
NSH
KEN
NHA
DAY
CHI
GTY
IRP
IOW
GLN
MCH
BRI
CGV
ATL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CAL
CLT
MEM
TEX
PHO
HOM
17th 2962
Chevy MLW
2010 Ford DAY
CAL
LVS
BRI
NSH
PHO
TEX
TAL
RCH
DAR
DOV
CLT
NSH
KEN
ROA
NHA
DAY
CHI
GTY
IRP
IOW
GLN
MCH
BRI
CGV ATL
RCH
DOV
KAN
CAL
CLT
GTY
TEX
PHO
HOM
24th 2304
2011 TriStar Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY
PHO
LVS
BRI
CAL
TEX
TAL
NSH
RCH
DAR
IOW
CLT
CHI
MCH
ROA
DAY
KEN
NHA
NSH
IRP
IOW
GLN
CGV
BRI
ATL
RCH
CHI
DOV
KAN
CLT
TEX
PHO
HOM
19th 572
19 DOV
2012 14 Toyota DAY
PHO
LVS
BRI
CAL
TEX
RCH
TAL
DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA
KEN
DAY
NHA
CHI
IND
IOW
GLN
CGV
BRI
ATL
RCH
CHI
KEN
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
16th 559
2013 DAY
PHO
LVS
BRI
CAL
TEX
RCH
TAL
DAR
CLT
DOV
IOW
MCH
ROA
KEN
DAY
NHA
CHI
IND
IOW
GLN
MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI
KEN
DOV
KAN
CLT
TEX PHO
HOM 20th 482
2014 DAY
PHO
LVS
BRI
CAL
TEX
DAR
RCH
TAL
IOW
CLT
DOV MCH ROA
KEN
DAY
NHA
CHI
IND
IOW
GLN
MOH BRI
ATL
RCH CHI
KEN
DOV KAN
CLT
TEX
PHO
HOM
19th 521
2015 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY
ATL
LVS
PHO
CAL
TEX
BRI
RCH
TAL
19th 565
TriStar Motorsports IOW
CLT
DOV
MCH
CHI
DAY
KEN
NHA
IND
IOW
GLN
MOH
BRI
ROA
DAR
RCH
CHI
KEN
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
PHO
HOM
2016 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy 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 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM -* -*

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 25 NCTC Pts
2004 RAW Racing 27 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP
NSH NA -
72 BRI
RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM

* Season still in progress.
1 Ineligible for series championship points.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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