C. J. McLaughlin

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C. J. McLaughlin
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McLaughlin (inside car wearing helmet) during ARCA Racing Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
BornCharles Joseph McLaughlin
(1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 (age 32)
Framingham, Massachusetts
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
42 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 38 (RSS Racing)
Nos. 07/14 (SS-Green Light Racing)
2023 position39th
Best finish39th (2022,2023)
First race 2019 ROXOR 200 (Loudon)
Last race 2024 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
5 races run over 2 years
2021 position108th
Best finish108th (2021)
First race 2019 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race 2021 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of July 24, 2024.

Charles Joseph "C. J." McLaughlin (born July 1, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 38 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing and the Nos. 07 and 14 Chevrolet Camaros for SS-Green Light Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

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Racing career

McLaughlin tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Hamilton Hughes Racing in early 2016. [1]

In June 2019, McLaughlin finished 23rd in his first NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race in the M&M's 200 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing. [2] The following month, he made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the ROXOR 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for RSS Racing. [3] McLaughlin remained with RSS for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, running a 20-race schedule with the team. [4]

On April 21, 2021, McLaughlin appeared on a podcast and announced that he would return to Reaume Brothers Racing to compete in five Truck Series races for the team, beginning at Kansas in the No. 34. His schedule also included the race at Charlotte. He also revealed that he would be competing in the Xfinity Series for five races, one of them being New Hampshire, but he did not announce which team he would be driving for. [5] He would end up driving for both MBM Motorsports and Mike Harmon Racing in the Xfinity Series in 2021.

In 2022, McLaughlin returned to RSS Racing to drive part-time for the team in the Xfinity Series in the team's Nos. 38 and 28 cars. He did not run any Truck Series races that year.

McLaughlin at Auto Club Speedway in 2023 C.J. McLaughlin Xfinity Auto Club 2023.jpg
McLaughlin at Auto Club Speedway in 2023
McLaughlin's No. 38 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024. C.J. McLaughlin 38 Xfinity Las Vegas 2024.jpg
McLaughlin's No. 38 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On January 30, 2023, it was announced that McLaughlin would run 18 races in either the No. 35 car or No. 53 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2023. [6] After it was announced on February 2 that team co-owner Joey Gase would drive the No. 53 car at Daytona, it was also revealed that McLaughlin (and Brad Perez and other EGM co-owner Patrick Emerling) would drive the No. 53 with the No. 35 car having one full-time driver. [7]

In 2024, McLaughlin started the Xfinity Series season driving for RSS Racing again in their No. 38 car part-time. That year, the CEO of SciAps (McLaughlin's longtime sponsor), Don Sackett, began to dabble into NASCAR team ownership in a collaboration with RSS and the entry was fielded under the banner of Viking Motorsports. After McLaughlin failed to qualify for two of the first four races of the year, Sackett was disappointed with him and replaced him with Matt DiBenedetto for the rest of the season. [8] McLaughlin would get another opportunity in the Xfinity Series with SS-Green Light Racing to drive for them in three races: Daytona in August in the No. 14 car and Atlanta in September and Talladega in October in the No. 07 car. He would have a different sponsor, Main Street Auto, in these races. [9]

Personal life

McLaughlin graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering. [10]

He is not related to former NASCAR driver Mike McLaughlin and his son Max, who has also competed in the Truck and ARCA Series in recent years.

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2019 RSS Racing 39 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA
28		 IOW GLN MOH 45th55 [11]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota BRI
23		 ROA DAR IND
RSS Racing 93 Chevy LVS
31		 KAN
24		 TEX
27		 PHO HOM
31
38 RCH
31		 CLT DOV
2020 93 DAY
27		 LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL PHO
37		56th36 [12]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chevy CLT
29		 KAN
78 Toyota TEX
20		 MAR
2021 MBM Motorsports 66 Ford DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL
37		66th13 [13]
61 Toyota NHA
37		 GLN IND MCH DAY DAR
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy RCH
40		 BRI LVS
32		 TAL
34		 CLT TEX
35		 KAN MAR PHO
2022 RSS Racing 38 Ford DAY
35		 CAL TEX
25		 CLT
23		 PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA
13		 POC IND MCH
37		 GLN KAN
34		 BRI
24		 TEX
10		 TAL
29		 CLT LVS
30		 HOM
31		 MAR
24		 PHO 39th143 [14]
28 LVS
24		 PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL
DNQ		 DOV DAR DAY
DNQ		 DAR
2023 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Ford DAY
31		39th103 [15]
53 Chevy CAL
37		 LVS
QL†		 PHO ATL COA RCH MAR NHA
28		 POC ROA MCH
DNQ		 IRC GLN DAY DAR
Ford TAL
13		 DOV
34		 DAR CLT
DNQ		 PIR SON
Toyota NSH
PR‡		 CSC ATL
RSS Racing 28 Ford KAN
22		 BRI TEX
25		 ROV LVS
29		 HOM
37		 MAR
13		 PHO
2024 38 DAY
DNQ		 ATL
35		 LVS
33		 PHO
DNQ		 COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH -*-* [16]
SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevy DAY
19		 DAR
07 ATL
34		 GLN BRI KAN TAL
ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
† – Qualified but replaced by Patrick Emerling ∙ ‡ – Practiced but replaced by Joey Gase before qualifying

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2019 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW
23		 GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 109th01 [17]
2021 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN
34		 DAR COA CLT
27		 TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR 108th01 [18]
33 BRI
26		 LVS
20		 TAL MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
2018 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP
20		 KAN 90th155 [19]
2019 Our Motorsports 09 Chevy DAY
24		 FIF SLM TAL
11		 NSH TOL CLT
25		 POC 36th490 [20]
Ford MCH
10		 MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN
2023 Fast Track Racing 01 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT
26		 BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 114th18 [21]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678AMSECPtsRef
2023 Fast Track Racing 12 Toyota FIF DOV
13		 NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 44th31 [22]

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