C. J. McLaughlin

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C. J. McLaughlin
McLaughlin and his father (not Mike) during ARCA Racing Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
BornCharles Joseph McLaughlin
(1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 (age 31)
Framingham, Massachusetts
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
42 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 38 (RSS Racing)
2023 position39th
Best finish39th (2022,2023)
First race2019 ROXOR 200 (Loudon)
Last race2024 The LiUNA! (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
5 races run over 2 years
2021 position108th
Best finish108th (2021)
First race2019 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race2021 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of January 30, 2023.

Charles Joseph "C. J." McLaughlin (born July 1, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 38 For RSS Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career[edit]

McLaughlin tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Hamilton Hughes Racing in early 2016.[1]

In June 2019, McLaughlin finished 23rd in his first NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race in the M&M's 200 at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing.[2] The following month, he made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the ROXOR 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for RSS Racing.[3] McLaughlin remained with RSS for the 2020 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 at Kansas in the No. 34. His schedule also included the race at Charlotte. He also revealed that he would be competing in the Xfinity Series for five races, one of them being New Hampshire, but he did not announce which team he would be driving for.[5] He would end up driving for both MBM Motorsports and Mike 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.

McLaughlin at Auto Club Speedway in 2023
McLaughlin's No. 38 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On January 30, 2023, it was announced that McLaughlin would run 18 races in either the No. 35 car or No. 53 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2023.[6] After it was announced on February 2 that team co-owner Joey Gase would drive the No. 53 car at Daytona, it was also revealed that McLaughlin (and Brad Perez and other EGM co-owner Patrick Emerling) would drive the No. 53 with the No. 35 car having one full-time driver.[7]

Personal life[edit]

McLaughlin graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.[8]

He is not related to former NASCAR driver Mike McLaughlin and his son Max, who has also competed in the Truck and ARCA Series in recent years.

Motorsports career results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

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

Xfinity Series[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2019 RSS Racing 39 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA
28
IOW GLN MOH 45th 55 [9]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota BRI
23
ROA DAR IND
RSS Racing 93 Chevy LVS
31
KAN
24
TEX
27
PHO HOM
31
38 RCH
31
CLT DOV
2020 93 DAY
27
LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL PHO
37
56th 36 [10]
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chevy CLT
29
KAN
78 Toyota TEX
20
MAR
2021 MBM Motorsports 66 Ford DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL
37
66th 13 [11]
61 Toyota NHA
37
GLN IND MCH DAY DAR
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy RCH
40
BRI LVS
32
TAL
34
CLT TEX
35
KAN MAR PHO
2022 RSS Racing 38 Ford DAY
35
CAL TEX
25
CLT
23
PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA
13
POC IND MCH
37
GLN KAN
34
BRI
24
TEX
10
TAL
29
CLT LVS
30
HOM
31
MAR
24
PHO 39th 143 [12]
28 LVS
24
PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL
DNQ
DOV DAR DAY
DNQ
DAR
2023 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Ford DAY
31
39th 103 [13]
53 Chevy CAL
37
LVS
QL
PHO ATL COA RCH MAR NHA
28
POC ROA MCH
DNQ
IRC GLN DAY DAR
Ford TAL
13
DOV
34
DAR CLT
DNQ
PIR SON
Toyota NSH
PR
CSC ATL
RSS Racing 28 Ford KAN
22
BRI TEX
25
ROV LVS
29
HOM
37
MAR
13
PHO
2024 38 DAY
DNQ
ATL
35
LVS
33
PHO
DNQ
COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [14]
– Qualified but replaced by Patrick Emerling – Practiced but replaced by Joey Gase before qualifying

Camping World Truck Series[edit]

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 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 [15]
2021 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN
34
DAR COA CLT
27
TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR 108th 01 [16]
33 BRI
26
LVS
20
TAL MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series[edit]

(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
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 [17]
2019 Our Motorsports 09 Chevy DAY
24
FIF SLM TAL
11
NSH TOL CLT
25
POC 36th 490 [18]
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 [19]

ARCA Menards Series East[edit]

ARCA Menards Series East results
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 [20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Official Test Entry List now published". ARCAracing.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Four drivers make their Truck debut in M&Ms 200". The Racing Experts. June 16, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (July 15, 2019). "Preliminary entry lists for NASCAR at New Hampshire". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Handy, Sarah (November 22, 2019). "CJ McLaughlin will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with RSS Racing in 2020". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Tomlinson, Joy (April 21, 2021). "CJ McLaughlin Set to Return to Truck and Xfinity Series". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 30, 2023). "CJ McLaughlin Joins Emerling-Gase Motorsports for Part-Time Xfinity Campaign in 2023". TobyChristie.com.
  7. ^ Srigley, Joseph (February 2, 2023). "McGruff The Crime Dog Riding with Joey Gase in Xfinity Race at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Sherwin, Andrew (28 January 2017). "#PETM82 - ARCA driver @Cjmclaughlin!". www.petmpodcast.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "CJ McLaughlin – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  16. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  17. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  19. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

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