Landon Huffman

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Landon Huffman
BornLandon D. Huffman
(1996-01-30) January 30, 1996 (age 28)
Claremont, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements2015 Paramount Kia Big 10 Challenge Champion
2022 Hickory Motor Speedway Track Champion (LMSC)
2023 Old North State Nationals Winner
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
5 races run over 3 years
2019 position58th
Best finish49th (2017)
First race 2017 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race 2019 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Genres
Subscribers27,000 [1]
Total views3,562,389 [1]
Last updated: February 17th, 2024
Statistics current as of February 17th, 2024.

Landon D. Huffman (born January 30, 1996) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour, in the No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Mooring Racing in a partnership with his own team Huffman Racing as well as part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, in the No. 98 for Shamrock Motorsports. [2] Huffman has previously raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is the son of Robert Huffman.

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Personal life

Landon's father is former NASCAR driver Robert Huffman. Robert won two track championships at Hickory Motor Speedway and five championships in the Goody's Dash Series. [3] [4]

Landon has a YouTube channel where he posts videos about his racing career and his short track program, along with all of his friends who help out on his team, such as RJ Williams, Seth Brotherton, Rich Hudson, and Kenny "Guttman" Little. He currently has 27K subscribers.

In April 2021, Landon married his high school sweetheart, Brooke.

Racing career

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Huffman drove in two races in 2017. He made his Truck Series debut in Bristol, driving the No. 63 truck for MB Motorsports. There he finished 20th. [5] [6] Later that season, he returned at Martinsville, driving the No. 83 truck for MB Motorsports. He improved on his last result, finishing 17th on the lead lap.

On January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that the team would like to have Huffman drive between ten and fifteen races in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. [7] However, the deal fell through.

On October 12, 2018, it was announced that Huffman joined Niece Motorsports' No. 38 truck at Martinsville.

In August 2019, Huffman replaced an injured Spencer Boyd in the No. 20 of Young's Motorsports at Eldora. [8]

Xfinity Series

On January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that they would like to have Huffman drive for the team in five 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series events, starting at Bristol in April. [9] However, the deal never came to fruition.

Late Models

Huffman won the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway (a track which his father, Robert Huffman won two championships) in 2022 for Jason Smith Racing. In 2023, Huffman partnered with High Rock Vodka and Bumgarner Propane for his own No. 75 Huffman Racing effort, which included a few wins along the way at both Hickory & Tri-County Speedway . [10] [11] Additionally, Huffman was signed mid-season to drive the No. 22 Chevrolet Camaro for Nelson Motorsports in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division. This allowed Huffman to secure his first win in the series at Tri-County Speedway. [12] For 2024, Huffman is slated to drive the No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Mooring Racing in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division Full-Time in 2024, [13] as well as running his own No. 75 High Rock Vodka machine part-time across short tracks in located in the Carolinas, such as Tri-County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, Wake County Speedway, and Florence Motor Speedway. He started off his 2024 campaign by running the No. 98 Shamrock Motorsports sponsored by High Rock Vodka at New Smyrna Speedway for their World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.

Spotting

Huffman previously was the spotter for Zane Smith and his MDM Motorsports team in the ARCA Racing Series, [14] and Anthony Alfredo's MDM entry in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. [15]

Esports

In 2019, Huffman founded esports team Total Advantage, which competes in Call of Duty games and iRacing Road to Pro. [16]

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NGOTCPtsRef
2017 MB Motorsports 63 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
20		 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL 49th37 [17]
83 MAR
17		 TEX PHO HOM
2018 Niece Motorsports 38 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR
DNQ		 TEX PHO
25		 HOM 76th12 [18]
2019 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD
24		 MCH BRI
16		 MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 58th34 [19]

* 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
2016 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN
15		 ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 114th150 [20]
2022 Jeff McClure Racing 44 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM
16		 TOL 96th28 [21]

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