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Jeffrey McClure (born January 22, 1967) is an American former
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driver who raced for multiple years in all three major
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series as well as what is now the
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. McClure has been involved in the ARCA after his driving days are over, working as a team owner and most recently as a crew chief.


Racing career


Driving career

McClure made his Busch debut in 1988, running his own No. 83 Oldsmobile in four races. His series debut came at
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, falling out due to an engine failure. McClure's finishes improved drastically every race and by the race at Langley, McClure earned his best finish of the year in 18th. Also, his best start of the year ended up 12th at
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. McClure made two starts in 1989. He finished 19th at Charlotte and 25th at Rockingham. McClure had one start in 1990. He started 41st at
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, but was caught up in a crash. However, McClure still managed 22nd and the season opener at Daytona would prove to be his only 1990 start. McClure only made one career start in NASCAR's
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, which came in 1992 at the 1992 running of the
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. He qualified the Jim Rosenblum Racing 39th at
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. He did finish the race, however, it was only a 31st-place finish. McClure returned after a six-year hiatus in 1996, running three races for
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. After finishing 26th and 31st, McClure finished 16th at the
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. It would prove to be his best career finish in the series. McClure was then invited back for ten races in 1997 for Moy. McClure's team struggled in his starts. His best start was 32nd and his best finish was 23rd at
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. The poor results can be explained by his five DNFs in ten starts. McClure reappeared on the NASCAR scene in 2000, running three CTS races for Albernaz Racing. He started 29th and finished 26th at
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. His next start at
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proved to be his best. He was 21st in that race. At
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, McClure earned his best career start of 28th and looked to be in good shape for bettering his previous starts. However, a late engine failure ended his CTS career in 23rd. McClure's start at Nazareth in 2000 ended up being his last NASCAR race as a driver.


Crew chiefing career

In 2008, McClure worked for
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in the
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, crew chiefing the No. 11 car full time for
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. In addition, he crew chiefed FTR's part-time
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team, the No. 48, when Silas and
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made a combined three starts in that truck. Cal Boprey replaced McClure as the crew chief of the No. 11 of Silas for 2009, and McClure moved to the No. 15
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Chevy/Toyota, a part-time car, to crew chief drivers Ryan Fischer, Alex Yontz,
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,
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,
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, Jesse Smith, Josh Richards, and
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. He left after one year to crew chief Brazilian rookie
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's No. 77 car for
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in the K&N East Series. McClure was crew chief for rookie T. J. Bell's partial Cup Series schedule in 2011 in the No. 50 Toyota/Chevy for LTD Powersports (a team owned by Joe Falk, before he owned
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). The team shut down after just one year, and McClure went back to ARCA crew chiefing for Andy Belmont Racing's No. 1 Ford and driver
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in 2012. McClure rejoined
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'
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team in 2013. He had one win as crew chief for
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in 2015 and two wins with Christopher Bell in 2016. For 2017, he was the crew chief for the No. 15 driven by
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and other drivers. McClure eventually left Venturini (again) and joined Empire Racing as the crew chief for the No. 46 car of
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. The team has an alliance with
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. In 2018, he also served as crew chief for dirt racer Ryan Unzicker at Springfield and DuQuoin (when he needed a crew chief and Moffitt was not running those races). For the 2020 season, McClure worked for two teams, serving as the crew chief for John Ferrier's family team in ARCA's season-opening race at
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, and also for Connor Okrzesik's part-time
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team.


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.)


Winston Cup Series


Busch Series


Craftsman Truck Series


ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McClure, Jeff 1967 births Living people NASCAR drivers People from Harrisburg, North Carolina Racing drivers from Charlotte, North Carolina ARCA Menards Series drivers