Justin Lofton
American stock car racing driver

Justin Lofton

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American stock car racing driver
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18 February 1986(Brawley, Imperial County, California, USA)
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Justin Lofton (born February 18, 1986) is an American professional off-road racing driver. He formerly competed in stock car racing, running in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR.

Racing career

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 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.

On May 18, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Lofton captured his first win, holding off Brad Keselowski and Todd Bodine.

Off-road racing

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. 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 both 2015 and 2016.

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
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
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
TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA 90th 249
Baker-Curb Racing 27 Ford NHA
DAY CHI
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
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
ATL
MAR
NSH
KAN
DOV
CLT
TEX
MCH
IOW
GTY
IRP
POC
NSH
DAR
BRI
CHI
KEN
NHA
LVS
MAR
TAL
TEX
PHO
HOM
12th 2948
2011 Germain Racing 77 Toyota DAY
PHO
DAR
MAR
NSH
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
14th 687
Eddie Sharp Racing 46 Toyota KEN
IOW
6 NSH
IRP
POC
MCH
BRI
ATL
Chevy CHI
NHA
KEN
LVS
TAL
MAR
TEX
HOM
2012 DAY
MAR
CAR
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
KEN
IOW
CHI
POC
MCH
BRI
ATL
IOW
KEN
LVS
TAL
MAR
TEX
PHO
HOM
8th 710
2013 DAY
MAR CAR KAN CLT
DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH 27th 250
Sharp Gallaher Racing BRI
MSP IOW
CHI
LVS
TAL
MAR TEX
PHO HOM
2014 NTS Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT
DOV 33rd 135
20 TEX
GTW KEN IOW
ELD POC
MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts
2008 Eddie Sharp Racing 20 Dodge DAY SLM
IOW
KAN
CAR
KEN
TOL
POC
MCH
CAY
KEN
BLN
POC
NSH
ISF
DSF
CHI
SLM
TAL
13th 3975
Toyota NJE
TOL
2009 6 DAY
SLM
CAR
TAL
KEN
TOL
POC
MCH
MFD
IOW
KEN
BLN
POC
ISF
CHI
TOL
DSF
NJE
SLM
KAN
CAR
1st 5715

Stadium Super Trucks

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

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 SSTC Pts Ref
2013 PHO
LBH
LAN
SDG
SDG
STL
TOR
TOR
CRA
CRA
OCF
OCF
OCF
CPL 3rd 295
2014 STP
STP
LBH IMS IMS DET DET DET AUS
TOR TOR OCF OCF CSS MGM
MGM 16th 68

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