Justin Lofton
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| Born | February 18, 1986 Westmorland, California, United States |
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| Achievements | 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 90th (2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 Carfax 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Dollar General 300 (Chicago) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 84 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 33rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono) | ||||||
| First win | 2012 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of August 2, 2014. | |||||||
Justin Lofton (born February 18, 1986 in Westmorland, California)[1] is an American professional off-road racing driver. He formerly competed in stock car racing, running in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR.
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Racing career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lofton started his racing career in mountain bikes before moving to late models. He went on to run in both the NASCAR Camping World East and West Series, before landing in the ARCA Re/Max Series. In 2008, he began driving the No. 6 Toyota full-time for Eddie Sharp Racing. He earned his first career win in 2008 at Michigan International Speedway.
Lofton narrowly won the 2009 ARCA Series championship over Parker Kligerman in his sophomore season. Throughout the season, he earned six wins, fifteen top 5s, nineteen top 10s, and five poles. In 2009, Lofton also made his Nationwide Series debut at Michigan. Driving the No. 14 Lofton Cattle Toyota for CJM Racing, he qualified 19th and finished 16th.
In 2010, Lofton drove the No.7 VisitPIT.com Toyota for Red Horse Racing. He also ran a partial schedule in the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 71 Weekend Warriors TV Toyota for the same team, and the No. 27 Ford for Baker Curb Racing.
In 2010, Lofton had a best qualifying effort of third in Darlington, a best finish of third at Dover, and earned four top-five and eight top-10 finishes in the Camping World Truck Series. He finished 12th in the driver point standings. For 2011, Lofton joined defending champion team Germain Racing to drive the 77 truck. However, after Texas, Lofton and Germain parted ways. On June 22, Lofton announced on Sirius NASCAR Radio that he would return to Eddie Sharp Racing for the remainder of the season. He debuted in the No. 46 CollegeComplete.com Toyota at Kentucky Speedway on July 7 with a 15th place finish. Starting July 22, 2011 in Nashville, Lofton returned to the No. 6 where he previously won the ARCA series in 2009 from the #46.
Lofton drove the full season for Eddie Sharp Racing in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 6 for the 2012 season.[2]
On May 18, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Lofton captured his first win, holding off Brad Keselowski and Todd Bodine.[3]
Off-road racing
After the 2012 season, Lofton announced that he would be scaling back his NASCAR schedule in 2013, instead primarily competing in the new Stadium Super Truck Series being promoted by Robby Gordon.[4] He collected three wins and resulted third in the standings behind Gordon and Rob MacCachren. In 2014 he competed at the St. Petersburg, X Games Austin and Las Vegas rounds of the Stadium Super Trucks.
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.)
Nationwide Series
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| 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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | |
| 2009 | CJM Racing | 14 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH 16 |
BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 125th | 115 | |
| 2010 | Red Horse Racing | 71 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX 37 |
TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | 90th | 249 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Baker-Curb Racing | 27 | Ford | NHA 17 |
DAY | CHI 26 |
GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Red Horse Racing | 7 | Toyota | DAY 18 |
ATL 20 |
MAR 31 |
NSH 20 |
KAN 13 |
DOV 3 |
CLT 15 |
TEX 23 |
MCH 18 |
IOW 15 |
GTY 27 |
IRP 29 |
POC 5 |
NSH 9 |
DAR 20 |
BRI 5 |
CHI 5 |
KEN 11 |
NHA 11 |
LVS 8 |
MAR 13 |
TAL 33 |
TEX 22 |
PHO 9 |
HOM 9 |
12th | 2948 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Germain Racing | 77 | Toyota | DAY 18 |
PHO 30 |
DAR 13 |
MAR 32 |
NSH 16 |
DOV 25 |
CLT 13 |
KAN 19 |
TEX 10 |
14th | 687 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Sharp Racing | 46 | Toyota | KEN 15 |
IOW 12 |
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| 6 | NSH 15 |
IRP 20 |
POC 16 |
MCH 15 |
BRI 7 |
ATL 26 |
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| Chevy | CHI 15 |
NHA 13 |
KEN 11 |
LVS 19 |
TAL 11 |
MAR 17 |
TEX 10 |
HOM 18 |
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| 2012 | DAY 3 |
MAR 4 |
CAR 10 |
KAN 7 |
CLT 1 |
DOV 10 |
TEX 9 |
KEN 14 |
IOW 5 |
CHI 21 |
POC 9 |
MCH 12 |
BRI 10 |
ATL 14 |
IOW 31 |
KEN 7 |
LVS 20 |
TAL 24 |
MAR 19 |
TEX 22 |
PHO 10 |
HOM 9 |
8th | 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 4 |
MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT 10 |
DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | 27th | 250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sharp Gallaher Racing | MCH | BRI 14 |
MSP | IOW 19 |
CHI 15 |
LVS 18 |
TAL 20 |
MAR | TEX 5 |
PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | NTS Motorsports | 9 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT 10 |
DOV | 33rd | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | TEX 2 |
GTW | KEN | IOW 20 |
ELD | POC 9 |
MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ Justin Lofton profile, racing-reference.info; accessed July 20, 2015.
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External links
- Justin Lofton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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| Preceded by | ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Patrick Sheltra |
