Justin Lofton

Justin Lofton (born February 18, 1986 in Westmorland, California)^[1] is an American professional off-road racing driver. He formerly competed in stock car racing, running in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR.

Racing career

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 the No. 6 Toyota full-time for Eddie Sharp Racing. He earned his first career win in 2008 at Michigan International Speedway.

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]

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 Truck Series 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.

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
2010	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	90th	249

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	Toyota												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
2013	Sharp Gallaher Racing															BRI 14	MSP	IOW 19	CHI 15	LVS 18	TAL 20	MAR	TEX 5	PHO	HOM				27th	250
2014	NTS Motorsports	9	Chevy	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT 10	DOV																					33rd	135
2014	NTS Motorsports	20	Chevy						TEX 2	GTW	KEN	IOW 20	ELD	POC 9	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				33rd	135

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ Justin Lofton profile, racing-reference.info; accessed July 20, 2015.
↑ "Skinner In Eddie Sharp Racing Entry At Daytona". SPEEDtv.com. Fox Sports. February 9, 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.

External links

Justin Lofton driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Justin Allgaier	ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion 2009	Succeeded by Patrick Sheltra

NTS Motorsports

Owners	Joe Denette Bob Newberry

CWTS Drivers	(14) Scott Lagasse Jr. / Natalie Decker

Past drivers	Rico Abreu Michael Annett James Buescher Austin Dillon Ty Dillon Gray Gaulding Max Gresham Kevin Harvick Daniel Hemric Ron Hornaday Jr. John King Justin Lofton Brennan Newberry Travis Pastrana Nelson Piquet Jr. Chase Pistone Elliott Sadler Jason White

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