T. J. Clark (born February 25, 1962) is an American former NASCAR driver. He was a fixture on the Craftsman Truck Series tour during its early years.
Clark made the inaugural CTS race in 1995, qualifying the No. 23 Team ASE Racing Ford in the 29th position, finishing 32nd by a crash. Clark ended up only making 13 races of the 20-race schedule. It was not even until the ninth race of the year at Bristol that Clark could manage to finish a race (21st). Overall, his best finish was 12th at Martinsville, and finished 21st in points.
Before 1996, Clark lost ASE to Ultra Motorsports and only made sixteen of the twenty-four races. He matched his career-best of twelfth twice: at Phoenix and Mesa Marin. He also had five other top-twenty finishes. and finished 22nd in the points. Clark made two starts in 1997 as his truck series career came to a close due to funding, finishing of 26th at Phoenix and 28th at Evergreen Speedway. Clark moved to the Winston West Series in 1998, competing in five races with a best finish of 11th. He attempted the 1999 season opener, but failed to qualify. He has not raced since.
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.) 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 26 Pts Ref 1995 Team ASE Racing 23 Ford PHO32 TUS23 SGS MMR29 POR EVGDNQ I70 LVL BRI21 MLW19 CNS21 HPT33 IRP22 FLM RCH30 MAR12 NWS SON14 MMR18 21st 1235 Chevy PHO40 1996 Clark Racing HOMDNQ TUS20 CNS15 HPT31 BRI22 NZH31 MLW LVL24 I70 IRP23 FLM17 GLN15 NSV33 RCH34 NHA MAR33 NWSDNQ SON22 MMR12 PHODNQ LVS30 22nd 1603 Rosenblum Racing 51 Chevy PHO12 POR EVG 1997 Clark Racing 23 Chevy WDWDNQ TUSDNQ HOMDNQ PHO26 PORDNQ EVG28 I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVSDNQ 55th 367
Winston West Series NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 1998 Team ASE Racing 34 Chevy TUS LVS24 PHO CAL14 HPT MMR AMP POR CAL11 PPR EVG SON24 MMR LVS38 27th 492 1999 TUS LVSDNQ PHO CAL PPR MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS MMR MOT 93rd 52
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