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.
| Justin Lofton | |||||||
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 Lofton in 2010 | |||||||
| Born | February 18, 1986 Brawley, California, U.S. | ||||||
| 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 Craftsman 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 November 1, 2020. | |||||||
Racing career
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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
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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
editNASCAR
edit(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
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | MCH | 27th | 250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 33rd | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | TEX 2 |
GTW | KEN | IOW 20 |
ELD | POC 9 |
MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Menards Series
edit(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2008 | Eddie Sharp Racing | 93 | Dodge | DAY | SLM 19 |
IOW 36 |
KAN 12 |
13th | 3975 | [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 |
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| 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 |
1st | 5715 | [6] | ||
ARCA Menards Series West
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | LVS | MMP | MMP | IRW | EVG | DCS | CNS | LVS | AAS | KCR | PHO 6 |
23rd | 88 | [7] |
* Season still in progress
Stadium Super Trucks
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
| Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3rd | 295 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | STP 3 |
STP 4 |
LBH | IMS | IMS | DET | DET | DET | AUS 12 |
TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | CSS | MGM 8† |
MGM | 16th | 68 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Replaced Bill Hynes, points went to Hynes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
edit- ^ "Justin William Lofton, Born 02/18/1986 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lofton holds on at Charlotte for first Truck win". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. May 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ Weaver, Matt (December 29, 2012). "Justin Lofton reduces NASCAR schedule next season to focus on Stadium Truck Series championship". SBNation. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Justin Lofton – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ "Justin Lofton – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ "Justin Lofton – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
External links
edit- Justin Lofton driver statistics at Racing-Reference