Clayton Rogers (born November 6, 1980) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He has competed in theNASCARSprint Cup Series,Nationwide Series andCamping World Truck Series, and is the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 champion in theUSARacing Pro Cup Series.

He began racing at the age of eight ingo-karts. When he was ten years old, he won his first race atTwo Flags Speedway. The next season, he won his first of two championships in theWorld Karting Association. He then competed in theAllison Legacy Series in 1997. In 1998, Rogers began racing atConcord Motorsports Park in theNASCAR 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 prestigious short track races in the country, TheSnowball Derby. Rogers returned to the USAR for 2009 and won back to back championships.

Rogers made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series in2001. He drove the No. 17Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned byRobbie Reiser for nine races, sharing the ride withMatt Kenseth. His best finish that season came atMemphis Motorsports Park, where he finished 12th.

After a four-year absence from NASCAR, Rogers returned to series competition in2005 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He began in the Truck Series, driving the No. 44Ford F-150 for Tom Baird. He made one start for Baird atLowe's Motor Speedway, where he finished 14th. He then signed to drive the No. 65Glynn MotorsportsDodge 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 atNew Hampshire International Speedway, where he finished fourth.

Rogers competed in three Busch Series races in 2005 as well. He made his season debut atBristol Motor Speedway, finishing 43rd after wrecking his No. 91 Dodge Intrepid. He completed the season driving in a pair of races for Glynn, his best finish coming at the season-endingFord 300, where he drove the No. 58Who's Your Daddy? Dodge 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 No. 40Key Motorsports truck on a part-time basis.

Rogers competed in theUSAR 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 the2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season in the No. 92 RBR Enterprises Chevrolet. Rogers finished a surprise 3rd in the season openingNextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona toMichael Waltrip andElliott Sadler and was the points leader after Daytona, winding up finishing 20th in series points for the season.

In 2014, Rogers was possibly set to attempt to qualify for hisSprint Cup Series debut at New Hampshire driving the No. 75 Chevrolet forBeard Motorsports, but the team withdrew at the last second from the entry list. Rogers attempted to qualify at theFederated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond.^[1] However, Rogers failed to qualify.^[2] Rogers later joinedBK Racing in the No. 93 for theSylvania 300 at Loudon.^[3] Rogers ran the 93 again at Martinsville. He and Beard reunited at Phoenix to attempt the No. 75 a second time, but failed to qualify again.

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

(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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• Clay Rogers driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• 1980 births
• Sportspeople from Mooresville, North Carolina
• Racing drivers from North Carolina
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• ARCA Menards Series drivers
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