Clay Rogers

Clayton Rogers
Born	November 6, 1980 (1980-11-06) Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
Achievements	2004, 2006, 2009, 2010 USAR Pro Cup Champion
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
12 race(s) run over 2 year(s)
Best finish	49th – 2001
First race	2001 Alltel 200 (Rockingham)
Last race	2005 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
35 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
2011 position	20th
Best finish	20th – 2011
First race	2005 Quaker Steak & Lube 200 (Charlotte)
Last race	2011 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of February 12, 2012.

Clayton Rogers (born November 6, 1980, in Mooresville, North Carolina) is an American stock car driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series, and is the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 champion in the USARacing Pro Cup Series series. He drives the #92 BTS Tire & Wheel/ Fleet HQ Chevy for RBR Enterprises in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Early career

He began racing at the age of eight in go-karts. When he was ten years old, he won his first race at Two Flags Speedway. The next season, he won his first of two championships in the World Karting Association. He then competed in the Allison Legacy Series in 1997, winning the first championship ever award in that series. In 1998, Rogers began racing at Concord Motorsports Park in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series. He finished second in the overall championship standings and was named Rookie of the Year. He first competed in USAR in 2000, winning once and finishing in the top-ten eleven times. In 2006 he won one of the most pestigous short track races in the country, The Snowball Derby. Rogers returned to the USAR for 2009 and won back to back championships.

NASCAR career

Rogers made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series in 2001. He drove the #17 Visine Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by Robbie Reiser for nine races, sharing the ride with Matt Kenseth. His best finish that season came at Memphis Motorsports Park, where he finished twelfth.

After a four year absence from NASCAR, Rogers returned to series competition in 2005 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He began in the Truck Series, driving the #44 Ford F-150 for Tom Baird. He made one start for Baird at Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he finished 14th. He then signed to drive the #65 Glynn Motorsports Dodge Ram, where he finished eighth in his first start with the team. He drove four more races for the team that season, his best finish coming in his last race at New Hampshire International Speedway, where he finished fourth.

Rogers competed in three Busch Series races in 2005 as well. He made his season debut at Bristol Motor Speedway, finishing 43rd after wrecking his #91 Speed Zone Energy Drink Dodge. He completed the season driving in a pair of races for Glynn, his best finish coming at the season-ending Ford 300, where he drove the #58 Who's Your Daddy? to a fourteenth place finish. After Glynn ceased operations at the end of the year, Rogers returned to USAR and won the Southern Division championship. He returned return to the Truck Series to race the #40 Key Motorsports truck on a part-time basis.

Rogers competed in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup in 2006, and he won the series championship.

After a 3 year absence from NASCAR Rogers returned to the Camping World Truck Series. Rogers ran the majority of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season in the No. 92 RBR Enterprises Chevy with sponsorship from BTS Tire & Wheel/ Fleet HQ. Rogers finished a surprise 3rd in the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona to Michael Waltrip and Elliott Sadler and was the points leader after Daytona, winding up finishing 20th in series points for the season.

External links

• Official website
• Clay Rogers at Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Shane Huffman	USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion 2004	Succeeded by Benny Gordon
Preceded by Benny Gordon	USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion 2006	Succeeded by Bobby Gill
Preceded by Benny Gordon	USA Racing Pro Cup Series Champion 2009, 2010	Succeeded by Jeff Agnew
Achievements
Preceded by Eddie Mercer	Snowball Derby Winner 2007	Succeeded by Augie Gill