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Justin Lofton

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Justin Lofton

| image = 2010NASCARRookiesNMPA (cropped)1.jpg

| caption = Lofton in 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|02|18}}

| birth_place = Brawley, California, U.S.

| achievements = 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Champion

| awards =

| Total_Busch_Races = 4

| Years_In_Busch = 2

| Busch_Car_Team =

| Prev_Busch_Pos =

| Prev_Busch_Year =

| Best_Busch_Pos = 90th (2010)

| First_Busch_Race = 2009 Carfax 250 (Michigan)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2010 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

| Busch_Poles = 0

| Total_Truck_Races = 84

| Years_In_Truck = 5

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos = 33rd

| Prev_Truck_Year = 2014

| Best_Truck_Pos = 8th (2012)

| First_Truck_Race = 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2014 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono)

| First_Truck_Win = 2012 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 1

| Truck_Top_Tens = 29

| Truck_Poles = 2

| updated = November 1, 2020

}}

Justin William Lofton{{cite web |url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/justin_william_lofton_born_1986_17467410 |title=Justin William Lofton, Born 02/18/1986 in California |publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=May 26, 2024}} (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

File:Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet Rockingham 2012.jpg 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.{{cite web|url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/trucks-mike-skinner-in-eddie-sharp-racing-entry-at-daytona/|title=Skinner In Eddie Sharp Racing Entry At Daytona|date=February 9, 2012|work=SPEEDtv.com|publisher=Fox Sports|access-date=2012-02-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175151/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/trucks-mike-skinner-in-eddie-sharp-racing-entry-at-daytona/|archive-date=February 10, 2012}}

On May 18, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Lofton captured his first win, holding off Brad Keselowski and Todd Bodine.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/120518/jlofton-wins-charlotte/index.html|title=Lofton holds on at Charlotte for first Truck win|date=May 21, 2012|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|access-date=2012-12-29}}

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=

File:Stadium Super Truck 6 Justin Lofton at Crandon 2013.jpg 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/12/29/3814204/justin-lofton-reduces-nascar-schedule-2013-to-stadium-truck-series|title=Justin Lofton reduces NASCAR schedule next season to focus on Stadium Truck Series championship|last=Weaver|first=Matt|date=December 29, 2012|work=SBNation|access-date=2012-12-29}} 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| 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

! {{Tooltip|NNSC|NASCAR Nationwide Series classification}}

! 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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
16

| BRI

| CGV

| ATL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| MEM

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 125th

! 115

rowspan=2| 2010

! Red Horse Racing

! 71

! Toyota

| DAY

| CAL

| LVS

| BRI

| NSH

| PHO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
37

| TAL

| RCH

| DAR

| DOV

| CLT

| NSH

| KEN

| ROA

| colspan=20|

! rowspan=2| 90th

! rowspan=2| 249

Baker-Curb Racing

! 27

! Ford

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
17

| DAY

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI
26

| GTY

| IRP

| IOW

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| CGV

| ATL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CAL

| CLT

| GTY

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

==Camping World Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}}

! Pts

2010

! Red Horse Racing

! 7

! Toyota

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
31

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
13

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOW
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
29

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
5

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSH
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHI
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVS
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
22

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOM
9

! 12th

! 2948

rowspan=4| 2011

! Germain Racing

! 77

! Toyota

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
19

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
10

| colspan=16|

! rowspan=4| 14th

! rowspan=4| 687

rowspan=5| Eddie Sharp Racing

! 46

! rowspan=2| Toyota

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOW
12

| colspan=14|

rowspan=5| 6

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| colspan=8|

rowspan=4| Chevy

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHI
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
17

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
18

2012

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KAN
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IOW
5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI
21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOW
31

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KEN
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
22

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
9

| colspan=3|

! 8th

! 710

rowspan=2| 2013

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
4

| MAR

| CAR

| KAN

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
10

| DOV

| TEX

| KEN

| IOW

| ELD

| POC

| MCH

| colspan=13|

! rowspan=2| 27th

! rowspan=2| 250

Sharp Gallaher Racing

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
14

| MSP

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOW
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHI
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
20

| MAR

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TEX
5

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=3|

rowspan=2| 2014

! rowspan=2| NTS Motorsports

! 9

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| MAR

| KAN

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
10

| DOV

| colspan=20|

! rowspan=2| 33rd

! rowspan=2| 135

20

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TEX
2

| GTW

| KEN

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOW
20

| ELD

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
9

| MCH

| BRI

| MSP

| CHI

| NHA

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=3|

=ARCA Menards Series=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=28| 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

! {{Tooltip|AMSC|ARCA Menards Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=3| 2008

! rowspan=5| Eddie Sharp Racing

! 93

! rowspan=2| Dodge

| DAY

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOW
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
{{small|12}}

| colspan=17|

! rowspan=3| 13th

! rowspan=3| 3975

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/loftoju/2008/A|title=Justin Lofton – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=February 25, 2020}}

rowspan=2| 20

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|43}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KEN
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAY
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KEN
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLN
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSH
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ISF
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DSF
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CHI
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SLM
{{small|12}}

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOL
{{small|12*}}

rowspan=2| Toyota

| colspan=18|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NJE
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
{{small|16}}

|

2009

! 6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|3*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SLM
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TAL
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| KEN
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TOL
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|30*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MFD
{{small|4*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IOW
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| KEN
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLN
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POC
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ISF
{{small|6*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CHI
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TOL
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DSF
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NJE
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SLM
{{small|1*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| KAN
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
{{small|3}}

! 1st

! 5715

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/loftoju/2009/A|title=Justin Lofton – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=February 25, 2020}}

==ARCA Menards Series West==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=18| ARCA Menards Series West results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! {{Tooltip|AMSWC|ARCA Menards Series West classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2020

! rowspan=2| Rette Jones Racing

! rowspan=2| 30

! rowspan=2| Ford

| LVS

| MMP

| MMP

| IRW

| EVG

| DCS

| CNS

| LVS

| AAS

| KCR

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO
{{small|6}}

! 23rd

! 88

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/loftoju/2020/AW|title=Justin Lofton – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 7, 2020}}

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

=Stadium Super Trucks=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results
Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2013

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
11

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LBH
1

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LAN
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SDG
9

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| SDG
9

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| STL
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TOR
1*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOR
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRA
6

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| CRA
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OCF
5

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OCF
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OCF
2

| CPL

| colspan=2|

! style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 295

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2013-final-point-standings/|title=2013 SST Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=March 14, 2016}}

2014

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| STP
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STP
4

| LBH

| IMS

| IMS

| DET

| DET

| DET

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS
12

| TOR

| TOR

| OCF

| OCF

| CSS

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MGM
8†

| MGM

! 16th

! 68

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2014-standings/|title=2014 Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|access-date=March 7, 2016}}

colspan=45|† – Replaced Bill Hynes, points went to Hynes

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

References

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External links

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{{S-start}}

{{s-sports}}

{{Succession box

| before= Justin Allgaier

| title = ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion

| years = 2009

| after = Patrick Sheltra

}}

{{S-end}}

{{ARCA Menards Series Champions}}

{{Rette Jones Racing}}

{{NTS Motorsports}}

{{Germain Racing}}

{{Red Horse Racing}}

{{Eddie Sharp Racing}}

{{Curb Racing}}

{{CJM Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lofton, Justin}}

Category:Living people

Category:1986 births

Category:People from Brawley, California

Category:Sportspeople from Imperial County, California

Category:Racing drivers from California

Category:24 Hours of Daytona drivers

Category:NASCAR drivers

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Category:Stadium Super Trucks drivers

Category:X Games competitors