| Justin Lofton | |||||||
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| Born | February 18, 1986 Westmorland, California |
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| Achievements | 2009 ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 1 years | |||||||
| 2010 position | 90th | ||||||
| Best finish | 90th - 2010 | ||||||
| First race | 2009 Carfax 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Dollar General 300 (Chicago) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 50 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | #6 - Eddie Sharp Racing | ||||||
| 2011 position | 14th | ||||||
| Best finish | 12th - 2010 | ||||||
| First race | 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of December 10, 2011. | |||||||
Justin Lofton (born February 18, 1986 in Westmorland, California)[1] is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #6 CollegeComplete.com Chevrolet Silverado for Eddie Sharp Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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 #71 Weekend Warriors TV Toyota for the same team, and the No. 27 Ford for Baker Curb Racing.
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 Remax Series. In 2008, he began driving the #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 NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Michigan. Driving the #14 Lofton Cattle Toyota for CJM Racing, he qualified 19th and finished 16th.
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 22nd, 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 7th with a 15th place finish. College Complete will sponsor Justin for the remainder of the 2011 Camping World Truck series season.
Starting 7/22/2011 in Nashville, Justin returned to the #6 where he previously won the ARCA series in 2009 from the #46.
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| Preceded by Justin Allgaier |
ARCA Re/MAX Series champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Patrick Sheltra |