Justin Lofton

Justin Lofton
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 race2009 Carfax 250 (Michigan)
Last race2010 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
84 races run over 5 years
2014 position33rd
Best finish8th (2012)
First race2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono)
First win2012 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 29 2
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.

Racing career

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

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
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

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
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
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 		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

(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
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
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

ARCA Menards Series West results
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

(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
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

  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion
2009 		Succeeded by