Clay Rogers

Education

He finished second in the overall championship standings and was named Rookie of the Year. His best finish that season came at Memphis Motorsports Park, where he finished twelfth.

Career

He began racing at the age of eight in go-karts. He then competed in the Allison Legacy Series in 1997. In 1998, Rogers began racing at Concord Motorsports Park in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Racing Series.

He first competed in United States Army Reserve in 2000, winning once and finishing in the top-ten eleven times.

Rogers made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing debut in the Busch Series in 2001. He drove the Number. 17 Visine Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by Robbie Reiser for nine races, sharing the ride with Matt Kenseth.

After a four-year absence from National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Rogers returned to series competition in 2005 in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Craftsman Truck Series. He began in the Truck Series, driving the Number.

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 Number. 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 Number.

91 Speed Zone Energy Drink Dodge Intrepid. 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 Number.

58 Who"s Your Daddy? Dodge to a fourteenth-place finish.

He returned return to the Truck Series to race the Number. 40 Key Motorsports truck on a part-time basis. After a 3-year absence from National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Rogers returned to the Camping World Truck Series.

Rogers ran the majority of the 2011 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Camping World Truck Series season in the Number.

92 RBR Enterprises Chevy with sponsorship from BTS Tire & Wheel/ Fleet Headquarters. 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. Rogers attempted to qualify at the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond.

However, Rogers failed to qualify. Rogers later joined BK Racing in the Number.

93 for the Sylvania 300 at Loudon.

Rogers ran the 93 again at Martinsville. He and Beard reunited at Phoenix to attempt the Number. 75 a second time, but failed to qualify again.

Achievements

• He has competed in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series, and is the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 champion in the USARacing Pro Cup Series. 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. In 2006 he won one of the most prestigious short track races in the country, The Snowball Derby. Rogers returned to the United States Army Reserve for 2009 and won back to back championships. After Glynn ceased operations at the end of the year, Rogers returned to United States Army Reserve and won the Southern Division championship. Rogers competed in the United States Army Reserve Hooters Pro Cup in 2006, and he won the series championship. In 2014, Rogers was possibly set to attempt to qualify for his Sprint Cup Series debut at New Hampshire driving the #75 Beard Oil Chevrolet for Beard Motorsports, but the team withdrew at the last second from the entry list.