Joey Clanton

Joseph Clanton (born November 1, 1972) is an American race car driver and businessman. He was the 2002 champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series. He is also the owner of two Zaxby's franchises.

Busch Series Clanton made his debut in the then-NASCAR Busch Series in the 2003 Hardee's 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Driving the No. 27 Trim Spa Pontiac for Brewco Motorsports, he started and finished 22nd. Clanton would drive in seventeen more races and earn one top-ten finish, a career-best fifth at Pikes Peak. After the Stacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger, Clanton was replaced in the car by Chase Montgomery, whom he had replaced earlier in the season. He has not returned to the series since then.

Craftsman Truck Series In 2004, Clanton made his debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 40 Chevrolet for Key Motorsports. In his first race at Daytona International Speedway, he crashed and finished 32nd. He also crashed the next race, finishing 31st at Atlanta. Clanton would not return to the series until 2007, when he brought Zaxby's sponsorship to the No. 09 Ford of JTG Racing. Sharing the ride with Stacy Compton, he ran in 16 of the 25 series events and earned five top 10s, including a career best of 6th at both Daytona and Atlanta.

During the offseason, it was announced that Clanton would take the sponsorship and number and run full-time for Roush Fenway Racing in 2008. After wrecking himself and teammate Colin Braun in offseason testing and then crashing out of the season-opening race at Daytona, he was released and replaced by Travis Kvapil effective immediately.

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.)

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 33 34 Pts Ref 2003 Brewco Motorsports 27 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH22 NZH18 CLT26 NSH27 KEN16 MLW20 DAY11 CHI14 NHA27 PPR5 IRP41 MCH24 BRI31 DAR22 RCH37 DOV27 KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 30th 1716 Chevy GTY15 DOV27

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 Pts Ref 2004 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY32 ATL31 MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 79th 137 2007 JTG Racing 09 Ford DAY6 CAL ATL9 MAR31 KAN CLT31 MFD11 DOV TEX17 MCH MLW MEM30 KEN7 IRP NSH10 BRI23 GTW34 NHA LVS TAL19 MAR28 ATL6 TEX32 PHO HOM26 20th 1670 2008 Roush Fenway Racing Ford DAY32 CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 102nd 67