Justin Lofton

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Justin Lofton
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Lofton in 2010
Born (1986-02-18) February 18, 1986 (age 38)
Brawley, California, U.S.
Achievements2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish90th (2010)
First race 2009 Carfax 250 (Michigan)
Last race 2010 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
84 races run over 5 years
2014 position33rd
Best finish8th (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)
WinsTop tens Poles
1292
Statistics current as of November 1, 2020.

Justin William Lofton [1] (born February 18, 1986) is an American professional off-road racing driver. He has also competed in stock car racing, last driving part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West in the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. Lofton formerly competed in stock car racing full-time, competing in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is the 2009 ARCA champion.

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Racing career

Lofton's No. 6 truck at Rockingham Speedway in 2012 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet Rockingham 2012.jpg
Lofton's No. 6 truck at Rockingham Speedway in 2012

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 full-time for Eddie Sharp Racing, first driving the No. 93 before moving to the No. 20 for the remainder of the season. He earned his first career win that year at Michigan International Speedway, and would finish 13th in the standings.

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 in the No. 6.

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]

Lofton returned to racing stock cars for the first time since 2014 when he made his West Series debut at Phoenix in November 2020, driving for Rette Jones Racing in the No. 30 car. He would finish the race in 6th.

Off-road racing

Lofton's 2013 SST at Crandon Stadium Super Truck 6 Justin Lofton at Crandon 2013.jpg
Lofton's 2013 SST at Crandon

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 Trucks 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.

Lofton won the Best in the Desert Mint 400 overall and Trick Truck class in 2015, 2016 and 2019.

He Currently drivers the Fox, Yokohama Tires sponsored Trophy Truck.

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

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPts
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 125th115
2010 Red Horse Racing 71 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX
37		 TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA 90th249
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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPts
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		12th2948
2011 Germain Racing 77 Toyota DAY
18		 PHO
30		 DAR
13		 MAR
32		 NSH
16		 DOV
25		 CLT
13		 KAN
19		 TEX
10		14th687
Eddie Sharp Racing 46 Toyota KEN
15		 IOW
12
6 NSH
15		 IRP
20		 POC
16		 MCH
15		 BRI
7		 ATL
26
Chevy CHI
15		 NHA
13		 KEN
11		 LVS
19		 TAL
11		 MAR
17		 TEX
10		 HOM
18
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		8th710
2013 DAY
4		 MAR CAR KAN CLT
10		 DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH 27th250
Sharp Gallaher Racing 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 33rd135
20 TEX
2		 GTW KEN IOW
20		 ELD POC
9		 MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

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.Make123456789101112131415161718192021AMSCPtsRef
2008 Eddie Sharp Racing 93 Dodge DAY SLM
19		 IOW
36		 KAN
12		13th3975 [5]
20 CAR
43		 KEN
23		 TOL
14		 POC
19		 MCH
1		 CAY
27		 KEN
10		 BLN
4		 POC
11		 NSH
5		 ISF
24		 DSF
12		 CHI
8		 SLM
12		 TOL
12*
Toyota NJE
36		 TAL
16
2009 6 DAY
3*		 SLM
2*		 CAR
22		 TAL
1*		 KEN
2*		 TOL
2*		 POC
2*		 MCH
30*		 MFD
4*		 IOW
10		 KEN
3		 BLN
1*		 POC
1*		 ISF
6*		 CHI
1*		 TOL
1*		 DSF
6		 NJE
6		 SLM
1*		 KAN
2		 CAR
3		1st5715 [6]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011AMSWCPtsRef
2020 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO
6		23rd88 [7]

* Season still in progress

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year12345678910111213141516SSTCPtsRef
2013 PHO
11		 LBH
1		 LAN
9		 SDG
9		 SDG
9		 STL
6		 TOR
1*		 TOR
5		 CRA
6		 CRA
9		 OCF
5		 OCF
1*		 OCF
2		 CPL 3rd295 [8]
2014 STP
3		 STP
4		 LBH IMS IMS DET DET DET AUS
12		 TOR TOR OCF OCF CSS MGM
8†		 MGM 16th68 [9]
† – Replaced Bill Hynes, points went to Hynes

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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References

  1. ↑ "Justin William Lofton, Born 02/18/1986 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Skinner In Eddie Sharp Racing Entry At Daytona". SPEEDtv.com. Fox Sports. February 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Lofton holds on at Charlotte for first Truck win". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. May 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  4. ↑ Weaver, Matt (December 29, 2012). "Justin Lofton reduces NASCAR schedule next season to focus on Stadium Truck Series championship". SBNation. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. ↑ "Justin Lofton – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Justin Lofton – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Justin Lofton – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved March 7, 2016.
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