| C. J. McLaughlin | |||||||
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 McLaughlin in 2025 | |||||||
| Born | Charles Joseph McLaughlin (1992-07-01)July 1, 1992 (age 33) Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 49 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 51st | ||||||
| Best finish | 39th (2022,2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2019ROXOR 200 (New Hampshire) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2021 position | 108th | ||||||
| Best finish | 108th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2019M&M's 200 (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2021Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 6 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 36th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2018Shore Lunch 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023General Tire 150 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 44th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 1, 2025. | |||||||
Charles Joseph McLaughlin (born July 1, 1992) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 91/92Chevrolet Camaro SS forDGM Racing withJesse Iwuji Motorsports. He previously competed in theNASCAR Truck Series and theARCA Menards Series.
McLaughlin tested anARCA Racing Series car for Hamilton Hughes Racing in early 2016.[1]
In June 2019, McLaughlin finished 23rd in his firstNASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race in theM&M's 200 atIowa Speedway, driving the No. 33 forReaume Brothers Racing.[2] The following month, he made hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut in theROXOR 200 atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway forRSS Racing.[3] McLaughlin remained with RSS for the2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, running a 20-race schedule with the team.[4]
On April 21, 2021, McLaughlin appeared on a podcast and announced that he would return to Reaume Brothers Racing to compete in five Truck Series races for the team, beginning atKansas in the No. 34. His schedule also included the race atCharlotte. He also revealed that he would be competing in the Xfinity Series for five races, one of them beingNew Hampshire, but he did not announce which team he would be driving for.[5] He would end up driving for bothMBM Motorsports andMike Harmon Racing in the Xfinity Series in 2021.
In 2022, McLaughlin returned to RSS Racing to drive part-time for the team in the Xfinity Series in the team's Nos. 38 and 28 cars. He did not run any Truck Series races that year.
On January 30, 2023, it was announced that McLaughlin would run eighteenth races in either the No. 35 car or No. 53 car forEmerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2023.[6] After it was announced on February 2 that team co-ownerJoey Gase would drive the No. 53 car at Daytona, it was also revealed that McLaughlin, along withBrad Perez and other EGM co-ownerPatrick Emerling, would drive the No. 53 with the No. 35 car having one full-time driver.[7]
In2024, McLaughlin started the Xfinity Series season driving part-time for RSS Racing in their No. 38 car. That year, Don Sackett, CEO of longtime sponsor SciAps, entered into a team ownership collaboration with RSS, and the entry was fielded under the banner of Viking Motorsports. After McLaughlin competed in the early part of the season,Matt DiBenedetto took over driving duties for the remainder of the year.[8] McLaughlin later returned to the Xfinity Series withSS-Green Light Racing for three races: Daytona in August in the No. 14 car, and Atlanta in September and Talladega in October in the No. 07 car. He was sponsored by Main Street Auto for these events.[9]
McLaughlin graduated fromWentworth Institute of Technology with a degree inmechanical engineering.[10]
He is not related to former NASCAR driverMike McLaughlin and his sonMax, who has also competed in the Truck and ARCA Series in recent years.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2019 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | TEX | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW 23 | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM | 109th | 01 | [18] |
| 2021 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 34 | Toyota | DAY | DRC | LVS | ATL | BRD | RCH | KAN 34 | DAR | COA | CLT 27 | TEX | NSH | POC | KNX | GLN | GTW | DAR | 108th | 01 | [19] | ||||||
| 33 | BRI 26 | LVS 20 | TAL | MAR | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2018 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP 20 | KAN | 90th | 155 | [20] |
| 2019 | Our Motorsports | 09 | Chevy | DAY 24 | FIF | SLM | TAL 11 | NSH | TOL | CLT 25 | POC | 36th | 490 | [21] | ||||||||||||
| Ford | MCH 10 | MAD | GTW | CHI | ELK | IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT 26 | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 114th | 18 | [22] |
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Fast Track Racing | 12 | Toyota | FIF | DOV 13 | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | 44th | 31 | [23] |
