Todd Kluever

Todd Alan Kluever ( ; born July 6, 1978) is an American former stock car racing driver. He raced in all of the top three NASCAR series in the 2000s.

Early career

Kluever began his career by racing motorcycles for over nine years before he moved into full-bodied stock cars at a local track. He raced stock cars in the summer and snowmobiles during the Wisconsin winters. Kluever was the 2000 Rookie of the Year at Dells Motor Speedway in Wisconsin. In 2001, he won the Madison International Speedway Late Model Track Champion, and the Midwest All Racing Series (MARS) Championship and Rookie of the Year. He began racing in the American Speed Association in 2002, and finished tenth in the final points standings. He finished seventh in the 2003 final points standings. In 2004, he had four top-ten finishes in thirteen races, but the series' existence ended during the season. In October 2004, he was given the opportunity to participate in the Race for the Ride at North Wilkesboro Speedway. He beat out 25 drivers to make the final round at Darlington Speedway. He beat out nine other drivers to win the seat in a Roush truck. Kluever's wrecked ARCA car from 2005 on display at RFK Racing.

NASCAR career Nextel Cup Series In 2006, Kluever was slated to race in six NASCAR Nextel Cup events in the No. 06 car during the season in preparation for a full season in 2007, beginning with the 2006 USG Sheetrock 400. However, Kluever struggled mightily in the car in four races, scoring a best finish of 32nd at Kansas Speedway with an average finish of 38.8 while DNFing in two of those races along with three DNQs. David Ragan, who Kluever shared the ride with, instead replaced the departing Mark Martin in the No. 6 AAA-sponsored Ford full-time in Nextel Cup in 2007.

Busch Series For the 2006 season, Kluever moved to the Busch Series to drive the Roush Racing No. 06 3M Ford. In 2006, he had four top tens, an average finish of 23rd, seven DNFs, and finished seventeenth in points. In 2007, he drove sixteen races in the Busch Series for Roush Racing, in the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion with Greg Biffle and the No. 26 Dish Network Ford Fusion with Jamie McMurray. Kluever only scored one top-ten and had an average finish of 19.6. He did not race in NASCAR during the 2008 season. For 2009, Kluever drove the Team 42 Racing car at Memphis Motorsports Park, but failed to qualify.

Craftsman Truck Series In 2005, he drove the No. 50 World Financial Group / Shell Rotella T Ford for Roush Fenway Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series. His twelve top-ten finishes and six top five finishes with an average finish of 14.5 earned him eleventh place in the final points standings and the Rookie of the Year award. In 2009, he ran the Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway in the No. 8 for MRD Motorsports. He finished twelfth.

Racing after NASCAR Kluever went back into racing at local and regional races. He raced in a variety of vehicles such as a IMCA Modified dirt car and in a Midwest Truck Series asphalt truck. In 2021, he raced in the Badger Midget series.

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.)

Nextel Cup Series NASCAR Nextel 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 Pts Ref 2006 Roush Racing 06 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI41 NHA POC IND GLN MCH43 BRI CALDNQ RCH NHA DOV KAN32 TAL CLT39 MAR ATL TEX PHODNQ HOMDNQ 56th 187

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 Pts Ref 2006 Roush Racing 06 Ford DAY7 CAL12 MXC32 LVS21 ATL18 BRI34 TEX21 NSH32 PHO42 TAL27 RCH22 DAR32 CLT9 DOV18 NSH17 KEN17 MLW23 DAY25 CHI18 NHA13 MAR30 GTY13 IRP24 GLN38 MCH37 BRI39 CAL27 RCH36 DOV13 KAN37 CLT18 MEM16 TEX10 PHO18 HOM9 17th 3304 2007 16 DAY14 CAL MXC11 LVS ATL33 BRI12 NSH13 TEX PHO33 TAL RCH DAR38 NSH8 KEN23 MLW18 NHA17 DAY GTY11 IRP CGV21 GLN20 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 36th 1687 26 CLT15 DOV CHI26 2009 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEMDNQ TEX PHO HOM - 0

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World 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 2005 Roush Racing 50 Ford DAY32 CAL4 ATL36 MAR16 GTY32 MFD4 CLT20 DOV20 TEX25 MCH15 MLW9 KAN2 KEN12 MEM10 IRP2 NSH5 BRI13 RCH32 NHA28 LVS8 MAR2 ATL6 TEX10 PHO12 HOM7 11th 3074 2009 MRD Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW12 NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 80th 27

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 2005 Roush Racing 60 Ford DAY11 NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 111th 180