“When I walked
in here today, it was pretty nerve-racking for me with the bigger car and equipment, but once I got in the car and got used
to it, I was fine,” Clements said. “You look around and it’s neat to see a lot of big time people here.
I am just privileged to be here.”
The driver of the No.36
Big Lots Chevrolet for this weekend is looking for some success on Friday, but lately his success has come in ARCA competition,
driving the No.3 Appling Boring Chevrolet. Clements, who felt that he has let two other wins this season, slip away, finally
got to victory lane in August at the Nashville Superspeedway.
“We had been trying
to find an ARCA win for a long time, but we just couldn’t put the pieces of the puzzle together. That was something
I had wanted for a long time and to finally get it, took a lot of pressure off of me.” Clements said. “We have
had a good year, but should have won more this year.”
Clements scuffed tires
in the first practice and was 34th overall. Clements was third out of 12 drivers in rookie practice as he made a qualifying
run during that time. His best lap of the day was during happy hour on Thursday night by completing a 30.270 second lap, good
enough for 31st on the speed chart.
2006 StockCar Review.
