Clint Mears (born January 12, 1973) is an American racing driver from Bakersfield, California. Clint is the son of Indy 500 champion Rick Mears and cousin of NASCAR driver Casey Mears.Mears Gang , CaseyMears.com, Retrieved 2017-10-29 He has retired from automobile racing but currently competes in motocross events.
Career Mears competed in the Toyota Atlantic championship part-time in 1994 and full-time in 1995. In 1995, he finished 9th in the championship with a best finish of fifth in Toronto. In 1996, he was out of professional racing except for a failed attempt to make his NASCAR debut in a Craftsman Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway where he failed to qualify. In 1997, he moved to the Indy Lights series where he raced full-time as a teammate to his cousin; he finished eighth in points, scoring victories at the Milwaukee Mile, the same track as his father's first IndyCar win, and at California Speedway. Mears returned to the series in 1998 but missed some races and in the races he did compete in only managed a best finish of eighth. This was the end of his professional racing career; he became a driving instructor at Irwindale Speedway, competing in a NASCAR Winston West Series event there; he intended to return to the Craftsman Truck Series during 2000 or 2001 with Core Motorsports, but a ride did not materialise.
Mears also dabbled in off-road racing and motocross. He returned to amateur motocross in 2012 at the age of 39 after a lengthy absence.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 1996 Kim Spruell Racing 82 HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWSDNQ SON MMR PHO LVS 140 13
American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 1997 Team MearsMIA12LBH18NAZ7SAV18STL11MIL1*DET18PORDNSTOR13TRO12VAN14LSDNSFON18th53 1998MIADNSLBHNAZ18STL17MIL19DET17PORCLE16TORMIS8TROVANLS10FON2224th8
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