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| Justin Lofton | |||||||
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Lofton in 2010 | |||||||
| Born | (1986-02-18)February 18, 1986 (age 39) Brawley, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2009ARCA Re/Max Series Champion | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 90th (2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2009Carfax 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010Dollar General 300 (Chicago) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 84 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 33rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2010NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono) | ||||||
| First win | 2012North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 1, 2020. | |||||||
Justin William Lofton[1] (born February 18, 1986) is an American professionaloff-road racing driver. He has also competed instock car racing, last driving part-time in theARCA Menards Series West in the No. 30 Ford forRette Jones Racing. Lofton formerly competed in stock car racing full-time, competing in theARCA Racing Series and theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is the2009 ARCA champion.

Lofton started his racing career inmountain bikes before moving tolate models. He went on to run in both theNASCARCamping World East andWest Series, before landing in theARCA Re/Max Series. In 2008, he began driving full-time forEddie 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 atMichigan International Speedway, and would finish 13th in the standings.
Lofton narrowly won the 2009 ARCA Series championship overParker 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 hisNationwide Series debut atMichigan. Driving the No. 14 Lofton CattleToyota forCJM Racing, he qualified 19th and finished 16th.
In 2010, Lofton drove the No. 7 VisitPIT.comToyota forRed 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 teamGermain Racing to drive the 77 truck. However, afterTexas, 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, atCharlotte Motor Speedway, Lofton captured his first win, holding offBrad Keselowski andTodd Bodine.[3]
Lofton returned to racing stock cars for the first time since2014 when he made hisWest Series debut atPhoenix in November 2020, driving forRette Jones Racing in the No. 30 car. He would finish the race in 6th.

After the 2012 season, Lofton announced that he would be scaling back his NASCAR schedule in 2013, instead primarily competing in the newStadium Super Trucks being promoted byRobby Gordon.[4] He collected three wins and resulted third in the standings behind Gordon andRob MacCachren. In 2014 he competed at the St. Petersburg,X Games Austin, and Las Vegas rounds of the Stadium Super Trucks.
Lofton won theBest in the DesertMint 400 overall and Trick Truck class in 2015, 2016 and 2019.
He currently drivers theFox,Yokohama Tires sponsoredTrophy Truck.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Nationwide 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 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 | [5] |
| 2010 | Red Horse Racing | 71 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX 37 | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | 90th | 249 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 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 | [7] | |||||||||||||
| 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 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 4 | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT 10 | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | 27th | 250 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | TEX 2 | GTW | KEN | IOW 20 | ELD | POC 9 | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(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 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [13] | ||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | 22nd | 88 | [14] |
* Season still in progress
(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 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | STP 3 | STP 4 | LBH | IMS | IMS | DET | DET | DET | AUS 12 | TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | CSS | MGM 8† | MGM | 16th | 68 | [16] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – ReplacedBill Hynes, points went to Hynes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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| Preceded by | ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion 2009 | Succeeded by |