Clayton Weatherman

Clayton Nicholas Weatherman (born June 5, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 22 Ford for Cunningham Motorsports.

Racing career
Clayton Weatherman, 17 year old brother of Kyle Weatherman was in the No. 22, when the ARCA Racing Series returned for their 29th visit to Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan. Weatherman will make his fifth Series start with Cunningham Motorsports. His career-best ARCA Series finish is an eighth place finish at Salem Speedway in his Series’ debut in April, 2015.

As he prepares to make his second 2016 ARCA start, Weatherman commented, “I have never been so excited to race for a team as I am for Cunningham Motorsports! Ever since my brother (Kyle) raced for them I have always wanted to race at least one race for them. Any time I went to the race track last year, I knew Kyle had a chance to win. And now, I am getting that chance!”

Clayton, the younger brother of former Cunningham Motorsports 2015 Rookie of the Year, Kyle Weatherman, also competed at Winchester Speedway and Lucas Oil Raceway in 2015. His lone start in 2016 was at Fairgrounds Speedway. He has accumulated over 140 career victories while competing in the USLCI Legends Car Series and the IMCA Dirt Modified Series. Weatherman, who will be guided by Paul Andrews, 1992 NASCAR championship crew chief for Alan Kulwicki, is the seventh driver piloting the No. 22 during the 2016 season.

The Wentzville, Missouri native added, “Cunningham have always prepared great cars and to get the opportunity to work with Paul Andrews, as my crew chief, is amazing. I can’t thank my dad, Briggs Cunningham, Kerry Scherer and Paul enough for giving this chance to fulfill my wish to race for them!”

Weatherman’s teammate was points leader, Chase Briscoe, who has driven his Big Tine No. 77 Ford to 3 wins, 9 top-5 finishes during the 2016 season.

Lira Motorsports was excited to announce the addition of Weatherman to their growing ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards driver roster. The sixteen-year old racer is set to participate in a test the team has planned in November, in preparation for several ARCA Racing Series starts he is planning on making for the team in 2016.

“I’m extremely excited to be testing with Lira Motorsports on November 3rd,” Weatherman commented. “This is a huge step in my racing career and glad to be working with them!” Clayton is the younger brother of ARCA Series 2015 Rookie Challenge points leader, Kyle Weatherman. Driving for their family-owned team, Weatherman Motorsports, Clayton made three ARCA Series starts himself in 2015. He brought home top fifteen finishes in all three races, with a best finish of 8th at Salem Speedway in April.

Clayton was a Legends Racing veteran, with over six years of experience, five National INEX Legends Championships and over 135 victories to his name. Clayton has also won the prestigious Summer Legends Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway and is equally adapt at racing on pavement, dirt and road course layouts in a variety of vehicles.

In their first year of ARCA Racing Series competition, Lira Motorsports claimed two wins, six Hard Charger Awards, three Rookie of the Race Awards, and a total of 22 top ten finishes. The team has marketing partnerships available for their 2016 ARCA Racing Series program.

ARCA Racing Series
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