Clayton Michael Greenfield (born June 3, 1984) is an American professional

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driver. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 84

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for

Cook Racing Technologies Cook Racing Technologies (formerly Cook-Finley Racing, and Chad Finley Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 84 Toyota Tundra part-time for Clay ...

Racing career

A graduate of Clarksville Academy, early in his career Greenfield competed primarily in the UARA-Stars Series, also making several qualifying attempts in the

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in the mid-2000s, his debut being at

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in 2004; driving for

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, he finished 12th to score the team's best race finish since 1998. Greenfield made his debut in

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competition in

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, driving for

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in the Camping World Truck Series at

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. Over the next three years, he competed in 22 races, posting a best finish of 10th at

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.Clay Greenfield - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results
''Racing-Reference''. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2013-06-28. Greenfield also made his debut in the

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, finishing 35th at

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, driving the No. 71 for

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.Clay Greenfield - NASCAR Nationwide Series Results
''Racing-Reference''. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2013-06-28. Greenfield began the 2013 season by posting the fastest time in practice for the Truck Series' season-opening event at

in February, and finished 26th in the race, but then failed to qualify for the next two races. He finished 16th at

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, then returned to the series at

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in July, finishing 35th for

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. A few weeks later, he and

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were surprisingly racing against each other for a final transfer spot in the

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race yet lost it to his part-time owner. Greenfield has not driven for Benning since. In 2020, Greenfield returned to the Truck Series to run a part-time schedule, which was then the full season excluding Las Vegas, Daytona RC, and Phoenix, and also made his first ARCA start since

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, where he drove

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's No. 11 car at Pocono. Greenfield had a new crew chief for his Truck Series team starting that year, as he was able to get

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commentator and two-time Cup Series champion crew chief Jeff Hammond to come out of retirement and crew chief his No. 68 in the races it was entered in. In 2021, Greenfield was due to running the full season with him running for 3 races due to sponsorship. Greenfield ultimately failed to qualify at Daytona, Nashville, and Gateway. He did qualify for Darlington for an impressive 19th-place finish. Like

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, Greenfield joined Spencer Davis Motorsports for the

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenfield, Clay Living people 1984 births People from Clarksville, Tennessee Racing drivers from Tennessee NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers