JEREMY CLEMENTS
DOB: January 16, 1985
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hometown: Spartanburg, SC
Racing Experience: Karts, Stock Four Cylinders, Modified
Four Cylinders, Limited Late Models, Super Late Models, ARCA RE/MAX
Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series
Interests: Racing, Computers, Video Games and Movies
Jeremy Clements, the grandson of famed NASCAR owner and crew chief
Crawford Clements, is already a racing veteran at twenty-two years
old. Jeremy has racing in his blood and has racing and plenty of horsepower
in his daily life .His family owns and operates Clements Racing Engines,
a premier racing engine company that provides winning powerplants
for numerous dirt, Hooters Cup and ARCA teams across the nation.
Jeremy began his racing career at the age of seven in go-karts where
he picked up 47 feature wins before successfully tackling the various
ranks of dirt racing. His focus and determination resulted in numerous
feature wins on dirt and multiple track championships in Modified
Four-Cylinders and Super Late Models. His dirt experience also proved
beneficial in transitioning the determined teen to asphalt racing.
The first time I drove a Late Model, I thought, "Man, how do
they do it? I didn't know I had that much to learn," stated Clements.
"The first time I drove asphalt, I thought it was a breeze."
Jeremy was one of the youngest drivers to ever qualify for a NASCAR
Nationwide Series event (18), recently participated in several NASCAR
development scouting programs and has turned heads in both the ARCA
RE/MAX Series and Nationwide garages . Jeremy has been grouped with
fellow young ragers Brian Vickers and Kyle Bush in the past and is
looking for his lucky break to unite with a team and sponsor to give
him the opportunity to prove his consistency and determination with
a season-long opportunity. Jeremy has outgrown the label of a "young
gun" and has shown longevity with his talent, distinctive style
and charm.
Throughout 2008 he was again mentioned often in the same sentences
as Kyle Bush. The Joe Gibbs Racing organization has a strong belief
in Jeremy and has entrusted much of their testing, practice, and qualifying
efforts of Kyle Bush's No. 18 Nationwide car to Clements. Jeremy has
qualified the car as high as second and looks forward to the opportunity
to do the same for his own team one day soon.