“I am excited about this partnership with Threewide and the products we will be able to provide for the fans”

said Clements. The JCR merchandise line will now be expanded. All new information will be on the web site within the next week. Threewide will also be selling JCR merchandise at select tracks.

“We are very happy and look forward to working with Jeremy and the JCR team.” “Threewide started out 3 years ago selling shirts out of the back of a car at small dirt tracks and now we are at the high banks of the NASCAR Nationwide series partnered up with a rising star Jeremy Clements” It has been quite an accomplishment for us”

says Matt Reisselman founder of Threewide Clothing.
Jeremy will be kicking off the sponsorship with Threewide Clothing in Iowa with an autograph session at the Threewide trailer track side at 9:45 am on Sunday May 20th. Check out their web site at: www.wear3wide.com
We would like to welcome them to the #51 team.
We would also like to thank our sponsors Carolina Collision of Gaffney SC. www.carolinacollision.net Curry’s Roofing of
Crystal River Fl. www.currysroofinginc.com , Merit Pro of Spartanburg SC www.meritpro.com and Coca Cola Spartanburg.
Thanks to all our fans and friends for their continued support. Visit Jeremy on Facebook at Jeremy Clements Racing and follow him on Twitter @JClements51.
Next race is in Charlotte where we welcome the “Rise Guys” from 93.3 New Rock, Greenville SC, the Pawn Stars from the History Channel and CRC Scrap Metal Recycling. Should be a great time down at the #51 pit area!

Pawn Star fans now have the chance to go along for a ride on the #51 NASCAR Nationwide Series car of Jeremy Clements sponsored by Rick Harrison! Rick will not only serve as Grand Marhsall of the May 26th, Nationwide History 300 in Charlotte, but as Jeremy Clements’ primary hood sponsor as well..

The race will be the first of the 2012 NASCAR Unites, an American Salute that begins Memorial Day weekend and runs through the July 6th race weekend. NASCAR’s goal is to unite the industry to support our Military and their families. As a tribute to our military, Jeremy Clements Racing is offering Rick Harrison and Jeremy Clements’ fans the chance to honor loved ones, friends or themselves on the deck lid of the #51 Chevy for the May 26th Charlotte race. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

To celebrate Rick Harrison joining forces with JCR, fans can now visit the store on www.jeremyclementsracing.com and purchase 1 name at the sale price of $8.00 or 2 names for $15! These discounted prices will only be available until May 6th! Fans will also receive an emailed picture of the NASCAR & Troops Unite Fan Car and their purchased names.

We encourage you to be apart of this memorable ride and help us honor our soldiers this Memorial Day weekend

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In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month Jeremy will carry the logo for Defenders for Children on the #51 for the entire month of April.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The best way to prevent child abuse is through education, awareness, caring, change priorities and not ignoring it. Defenders For Children knows we can help if we pay attention. We will be po…sting through the month of April some education tthat you should take seriously and a comment or Statment from one of our One Step Stronger teens. What do they have to say to all of the adults. The eyes of a child. Please share will all of your contacts.. You may save a childs life. www.defendersforchildren.org

On board as primary sponsor for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 will be US Petroleum Consultants LLC.
Associate sponsors are Band-Aire Cooling and Heating of Bandara Tx, TRA Homes of Kerrville Tx and The Loft Photography Studio.
New on boardthis week is Merit Pro. Merit Pro is a complete line of painting tools and accessories that was created to offer painters the best combination of great quality and competitive pricing. Merit Pro products can be found on the shelves of paint retailers all over the Western Hemisphere. Watch for more choices to come your way as Merit Pro looks to add greater depth and breadth to its product mix in the near future! For a listing of Merit Pro products, please visit www.meritpro.com. Welcome Merit Pro!
Thank you always to Curry’s Roofing, Carolina Collision of Gaffney SC and Coca Cola Spartanburg for being with us each and every week.
Thank you to all our fans for your continued loyalty!
Please visit us on FB at Jeremy Clements Racing and on twiter at JClements51 and of course our web site at www.jeremyclementsracing.com.

The JCR  Koozies have arrived!
Great value at $3.99 each or 2 for $6.00
Free shipping on all orders!

Returning as primary sponsors will be Goodinfo.com and Mahle.
Also on board is Carolina Collision of Gaffney SC and Coca-Cola Spartanburg
and Curry’s Roofing of Crystal River, Fl..

We would like to say thank you to each of our sponsors. Thank you to all of you who have already participated in the Fan Car promotion NASCAR and Troops Unite. The response has been overwhelming!! Please visit our “store” on this web site if you wish to participate. Thanks to all our fans and friend for your unwaivering support.
See you in California!

Also on board is Carolina Collision of Gaffney SC, Coca Cola Spartanburg, and Curry’s Roofing Crystal River Fl. We would also like to thank our fans for their continued support. Follow Jeremy on twitter, Jeremy Clements @JC_Racing51, FB at Jeremy Clements Racing and We Support Jeremy Clements.

There are few drivers in the Nationwide Series garage that can stake more claim to the title “hard luck driver” than Jeremy Clements.

The hard luck continued into Daytona. Clements started off strong in the 300-mile season opener, hooking up with Josh Wise in what proved to be a successful tandem, as the two managed to crack the top 10 under green and ran inside the top 20 for much of the afternoon.

But by race’s end, the No. 51 was multiple laps down, forced to pit under green for overheating issues, then losing the clutch later in the event. Still, the afternoon could have been much worse; Clements was sent spinning in the big one on lap 103, but managed to avoid any major damage to his car. After all, such cars are scarce.

“We have five cars now, but we can’t afford to just go out there and wreck them” said Clements, for whom a five-car fleet is an improvement; the No. 51 team contested the entire 2011 Nationwide schedule with only 3 machines. “It costs a lot of money to get them repaired. “[But] if we don’t wreck, we can build up our notes, understand our cars better, [and] we don’t spend as much money.”

If it sounds familiar, it’s because 2012 is looking very much like 2011 for Jeremy Clements Racing. The team entered the season with only a patchquilt of sponsorship on the books for the season; as of Wednesday, the team did not have backing for the upcoming event at Phoenix tomorrow.

“At Phoenix we’ll run scuffs in the race, I know we will” Clements remarked at Daytona. “Unless of course we find a major sponsor, which is like trying to find a four-leaf clover. We’re in the same boat, running the same engines.”

Part of being in the same boat as 2011 is the ultimately challenging existence that Clements and team are keeping up in NASCAR’s AAA. Take, for example the westward swing of the touring schedule.

“There’s one guy at the shop preparing the car for Phoenix and Vegas” Clements answered when I asked if he was ready to head west (almost the entire team was in Daytona for race weekend). “The backup is on the trailer right now. [After Saturday] we haul ass back to Spartanburg, unload. [We try to] get the other car prepared as best we can without cutting corners, then we head out west.

We have to leave by Tuesday morning. One guy back at the shop, everyone else is here at the track. I’m not complaining, [but] that’s just how it is” said Clements.

That team? It totals seven guys, including the driver and his dad.

But the larger challenge looms for a driver and a crew that have all but tapped what they can do with the resources at their disposal. Running a full 34-race schedule with race-to-race sponsorship…and not a single start-and-park effort in the bunch…is a taxing endeavor. It’s even more so for a competitive outfit when a 14th place showing is the best they can realistically hope to race for. That’s what happens when the same car gets run a dozen times a year, when the tire budget can only afford to pay for used product.

And for the driver, it’s especially burdensome from a psychological standpoint. Racing week after week to finish, not to win, takes a toll on any competitor. So does the reality of today’s NASCAR.

“There is no driver development” Clements quipped when asked about his place on stock car racing’s ladder. “All it is is who brings what money to what team. It’s ridiculous, but that’s the way it is. That’s what NASCAR has evolved into, and it’s a shame.”

As much of a downer as such an outlook may seem, the fire is still very much alive in the South Carolina-native…and it didn’t take much in the form of interview skills to figure that out. Talking shop, talking racing, Clements was every bit the straight-shooter he’s always been.

Ask him about his offseason, it was hard to get more than a couple sentences. Jeremy’s winter was spent counting down the days until it was time to go racing again, challenges aside.

All that time thinking about racing did give the Clements Racing team some unique ideas though. Talking spoiler packages, I asked the driver the quintessential “if you were king of NASCAR for a day, what would you do?” question. Unable to answer off the top of his head, Clements turned to one of his crewmen and posed the same query. It didn’t take long to get a reply.

“I’d make all the Cup guys put another 100 pounds or so in their car” he said. “It’s not much, but it’d be a little something. [Maybe] instead of lapping us every 40 laps, they’d be lapping us every 70 laps.”

More of the same in 2012. More straight-talk from one of the Nationwide Series’ true stalwart regulars.

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