Jeremy Clements Racing

Jeremy Clements Racing

Owner(s)	Jeremy Clements Tony Clements
Base	Spartanburg, South Carolina
Series	NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	51. Jeremy Clements
Sponsors	51. All South Electric, 1-Stop Convenience Stores, First Pacific Funding, Wings Etc. Grill & Pub, Impel Union, Nordic Logistics, Alliance Driveaway Solutions
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2008
Career
Debut	2008 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 (Gateway)
Latest race	2024 Ag-Pro 300 (Talladega)
Races competed	447
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	2
Pole positions	0

Jeremy Clements Racing, formerly known as Jeremy Clements Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team. The team currently fields the No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for Jeremy Clements in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with crew chief Mark Setzer.^[1] Based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the team was founded in 2010,^[1] and is owned by driver Jeremy Clements and his father Tony.^[2] The team has fielded cars in the Xfinity Series for Clements, Ty Dillon (loaning the No. 51 entry to Richard Childress Racing), and Ryan Sieg.^[3]

History

Car No. 51 history

In 2008, Jeremy Clements attempted the Dollar General 300 but failed to qualify. He did, however, qualify for the next race, the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, and debuted for Jeremy Clements Motorsports in the No. 50 car. He finished 22nd. 2009 would see them increase in made races from the previous years. In six starts, Clements would improve on the team's best career finish, from 22nd to 16th at Gateway, where the team had debuted the year earlier. 2010 would see the Clements family step away from fielding an independent team to collaborate with JD Motorsports. Clements would miss six of his twenty-two attempts in the No. 04, but he would also get his first top 10, again at Gateway. 2011 would see him go back to fielding his team. He would attempt the full schedule for the first time, in a new No. 51. He would succeed, attaining three top 15's on the way to a top 15 points finish.

In 2012, for both the Virginia 529 College Savings 250, and the Lilly Diabetes 250, Jeremy Clements fielded the No. 4 entry for Jeremy Clements Racing, the successor to Jeremy Clements Motorsports, in place of the regular 51, as Richard Childress Racing used it for Ty Dillon. Ty finished 3rd and 7th, respectively. Clements would improve over last season with two top 10's and five top 15's, finishing 14th in the points standings. In 2013, Jeremy Clements missed both the Dollar General 200 and the Sam's Town 300. Ryan Sieg filled in the No. 51 for both races, with the events being his first two Xfinity Series starts. He finished 21st and 18th, respectively. Clements would continue to perform, with two top 10's and three top 15's. Despite missing two races and having fewer stellar finishes, he would only fall to 16th in the standings. 2014-15 would see Clements accumulate three top 10's, almost finishing in the top 5 at Elkhart Lake in 2014. His best points finish during this stretch tied the team's best of 14th. By this point, the No. 51 had become known for their consistency in both race and season points finishes.

In the inaugural season of the Xfinity Series Chase (2016), Clements finished 15th in points, just 3 positions outside of the lowest spot in the Chase, 12th. This season would also see Clements Racing finish top 5 for the first time, a 4th at the spring Talladega race. They would also finish top 10 two additional times On August 27, 2017, Clements won the Johnsonville 180 at Road America, after a collision with Matt Tifft while coming to the white flag. This victory was the first victory for Clements, JCR, and the 51 team, and locked the 51 into the first round of the 2017 Xfinity Series Chase, the Round of 12. However, Clements would miss the round of 8 and finish last in the Chase. Despite this relative disappointment, the win and subsequent points finish was the breakout moment that JCR had been looking for after only finishing top 10 once up until that point in the season and never finishing higher than 14th in the points. 2018 would be a return to business as usual, as Jeremy Clements would have two more top 10 finishes en route to another top 15 points finish. Their best finish was an 8th at Richmond.

Before the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, JCR purchased chassis from the shuttered Chip Ganassi Racing Xfinity Series program, intending to run top-fifteen to top-ten consistently with the new cars.^[4] This prediction would prove accurate, as the No. 51 team would see a marked increase in production. With one top 5 and four top 10's, including a 6th at the fall Kansas race, the highs were certainly higher. However, the team would again finish in 14th for the final points standings.

During the 2020 season, the team was fined $10,000 for an undisclosed violation of NASCAR's COVID-19 protocols; the penalty was upheld after an appeal by the team.^[5] On September 23, 2020, JCR announced it has parted ways with longtime sponsor RepairableVehicles.com, ending a partnership that lasted for 10 years. The team will look for new sponsors for the remainder of the season and 2021.^[6] None of this seemed to slow down the JCR team, however, as they would hold strong with one top 5 and five top 10's. His season-best finish of 3rd at Pocono was the best finish for the No. 51 since his win three years earlier, but they would just miss out on the Playoffs by finishing 13th in the final points standings. 2021 would see Clements get off to one of the hottest starts in his career, as through the first eight races he would accumulate three top-10's while finishing an astonishing 99.8% of the scheduled laps. This hot streak would help solve his previous sponsorship woes, as First Pacific Funding would sign on to sponsor him for the rest of the season.^[7]

During the 2022 season, Clements scored his second career win at the Daytona night race.^[8] However, NASCAR issued the team an L2 penalty four days later after the post-race inspection discovered an illegally modified intake manifold. Clements kept the win, but was declared ineligible for the playoffs. In addition, crew chief Mark Setzer was fined US$60,000 and the team was docked 75 owner and driver points, plus 10 playoff points should the team qualify for the postseason.^[9] Clements's appeal was heard on September 13; panel members Tom DeLoach, Richard Gore and Dixon Johnston found in Clements's favor, rescinding the penalty and revoking the punishments.^[10] As a result, he regained his eligibility for the 2022 playoffs.^[10] On October 18, Setzer was suspended for one race and fined US$25,000 for an L1 Penalty under Section 14.4.B.E, which deals with the modification of a composite body part following the Las Vegas race. In addition, the No. 51 has been docked 40 driver and owner points.^[11]

Car No. 51 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	Owners	Pts
2008	Jeremy Clements	50	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI DNQ	GTY 22	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 30	N/A	170
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH 39	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT 27	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI 35	GTY 16	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH 25	BRI	CGV	ATL 36	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	N/A
2011	Jeremy Clements	51	Chevy	DAY 16	PHO 22	LVS 27	BRI 16	CAL 35	TEX 21	TAL 24	NSH 23	RCH 23	DAR 26	DOV 24	IOW 14	CLT 26	CHI 29	MCH 26	ROA 32	DAY 32	KEN 31	NHA 19	NSH 21	IRP 18	IOW 17	GLN 24	CGV 39	BRI 32	ATL 14	RCH 14	CHI 21	DOV 18	KAN 23	CLT 29	TEX 26	PHO 24	HOM 18		22nd	696
2012				DAY 25	PHO 22	LVS 21	BRI 20	CAL 20	TEX 29	RCH 33	TAL 29	DAR 33	IOW 23	CLT 18	DOV 10	MCH 31	ROA 25	KEN 21	DAY 11	NHA 17	CHI 22		IOW 21	GLN 19	CGV 25	BRI 33	ATL 15		CHI 30	KEN 15	DOV 27	CLT 19	KAN 35	TEX 16	PHO 33	HOM 22			21st	725
	Ty Dillon1																					IND 3						RCH 7
2013	Jeremy Clements			DAY 33			BRI 33	CAL 21	TEX 35	RCH 37	TAL 9	DAR 20	CLT 22	DOV 19	IOW 17	MCH 13	ROA 23	KEN 25	DAY 22	NHA 23	CHI 25	IND 35	IOW 21	GLN 20	MOH 10	BRI 22	ATL 23	RCH 26	CHI 24	KEN 20	DOV 20	KAN 36	CLT 20	TEX 22	PHO 26	HOM 30			21st	687
	Ryan Sieg				PHO 21	LVS 18
2014	Jeremy Clements			DAY 29	PHO 21	LVS 32	BRI 18	CAL 36	TEX 18	DAR 31	RCH 22	TAL 23	IOW 22	CLT 23	DOV 20	MCH 20	ROA 6	KEN 30	DAY 8	NHA 20	CHI 13	IND 26	IOW 25	GLN 16	MOH 22	BRI 23	ATL 22	RCH 21	CHI 33	KEN 21	DOV 18	KAN 17	CLT 22	TEX 21	PHO 11	HOM 13			21st	757
2015				DAY 14	ATL 21	LVS 22	PHO 16	CAL 24	TEX 22	BRI 13	RCH 14	TAL 17	IOW 15	CLT 13	DOV 10	MCH 31	CHI 19	DAY 28	KEN 26	NHA 19	IND 15	IOW 21	GLN 11	MOH 17	BRI 14	ROA 28	DAR 20	RCH 34	CHI 20	KEN 19	DOV 21	CLT 20	KAN 19	TEX 17	PHO 30	HOM 22			20th	801
2016				DAY 15	ATL 17	LVS 20	PHO 28	CAL 21	TEX 24	BRI 33	RCH 22	TAL 4	DOV 22	CLT 20	POC 31	MCH 21	IOW 16	DAY 16	KEN 16	NHA 13	IND 17	IOW 17	GLN 25	MOH 34	BRI 6	ROA 25	DAR 8	RCH 17	CHI 16	KEN 12	DOV 22	CLT 22	KAN 28	TEX 18	PHO 31	HOM 24			20th	693
2017				DAY 35	ATL 37	LVS 26	PHO 19	CAL 22	TEX 21	BRI 17	RCH 15	TAL 27	CLT 17	DOV 23	POC 17	MCH 23	IOW 7	DAY 15	KEN 22	NHA 21	IND 31	IOW 28	GLN 35	MOH 37	BRI 18	ROA 1	DAR 21	RCH 16	CHI 20	KEN 22	DOV 22	CLT 20	KAN 25	TEX 22	PHO 23	HOM 23			23rd	515
2018				DAY 16	ATL 27	LVS 22	PHO 20	CAL 15	TEX 16	BRI 40	RCH 8	TAL 35	DOV 18	CLT 35	POC 15	MCH 15	IOW 20	CHI 17	DAY 34	KEN 18	NHA 18	IOW 20	GLN 14	MOH 17	BRI 13	ROA 13	DAR 16	IND 14	LVS 13	RCH 16	CLT 18	DOV 20	KAN 10	TEX 14	PHO 17	HOM 19			18th	619
2019				DAY 36	ATL 18	LVS 15	PHO 13	CAL 14	TEX 26	BRI 13	RCH 35	TAL 27	DOV 18	CLT 13	POC 16	MCH 15	IOW 12	CHI 13	DAY 9	KEN 13	NHA 15	IOW 30	GLN 11	MOH 11	BRI 4	ROA 8	DAR 12	IND 11	LVS 20	RCH 16	CLT 11	DOV 36	KAN 6	TEX 28	PHO 18	HOM 16			16th	699
2020				DAY 28	LVS 31	CAL 9	PHO 36	DAR 12	CLT 32	BRI 8	ATL 13	HOM 12	HOM 27	TAL 24	POC 3	IND 13	KEN 12	KEN 11	TEX 11	KAN 12	ROA 29	DAY 6	DOV 13	DOV 19	DAY 20	DAR 32	RCH 17	RCH 17	BRI 11	LVS 13	TAL 20	CLT 16	KAN 15	TEX 27	MAR 15	PHO 10			16th	666
2021				DAY 22	DAY 10	HOM 9	LVS 17	PHO 10	ATL 12	MAR 14	TAL 14	DAR 6	DOV 12	COA 23	CLT 10	MOH 33	TEX 14	NSH 11	POC 13	ROA 28	ATL 8	NHA 15	GLN 16	IND 14	MCH 11	DAY 24	DAR 8	RCH 26	BRI 13	LVS 39	TAL 24	CLT 12	TEX 29	KAN 17	MAR 9	PHO 18			15th	748
2022				DAY 37	CAL 17	LVS 11	PHO 18	ATL 37	COA 24	RCH 20	MAR 10	TAL 23	DOV 29	DAR 29	TEX 16	CLT 22	PIR 34	NSH 22	ROA 9	ATL 17	NHA 4	POC 32	IND 19	MCH 31	GLN 10	DAY 1	DAR 21	KAN 21	BRI 16	TEX 36	TAL 20	CLT 14	LVS 15	HOM 26	MAR 17	PHO 27			12th	2069
2023				DAY 17	CAL 18	LVS 25	PHO 20	ATL 15	COA 14	RCH 36	MAR 32	TAL 19	DOV 19	DAR 14	CLT 19	PIR 22	SON 17	NSH 22	CSC 20	ATL 15	NHA 15	POC 15	ROA 27	MCH 26	IRC 19	GLN 37	DAY 26	DAR 21	KAN 15	BRI 24	TEX 18	ROV 23	LVS 30	HOM 21	MAR 17	PHO 20			21st	533
2024				DAY 29	ATL 6	LVS 25	PHO 15	COA 19	RCH 24	MAR 22	TEX 16	TAL 35	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

• ¹ – Was fielded by Richard Childress Racing but used the No. 51 owners points.

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PersonnelNASCAR Xfinity Series

Drivers	(51) Jeremy Clements
Crew chiefs	(51) TBA

Former driversPartnerships and affiliations