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C. J. McLaughlin

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 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing and the Nos. 07 and 14 Chevrolet Camaros for SS-Green Light Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

C. J. McLaughlin
McLaughlin (inside car wearing helmet) during ARCA Racing Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
BornCharles Joseph McLaughlin
(1992-07-01) July 1, 1992 (age 32)
Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
45 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 38 (RSS Racing)
Nos. 07/14 (SS-Green Light Racing)
2023 position39th
Best finish39th (2022,2023)
First race2019 ROXOR 200 (Loudon)
Last race2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
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 October 5, 2024.

Racing career

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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]

In 2024, McLaughlin started the Xfinity Series season driving for RSS Racing again in their No. 38 car part-time. That year, the CEO of SciAps (McLaughlin's longtime sponsor), Don Sackett, began to dabble into NASCAR team ownership in a collaboration with RSS and the entry was fielded under the banner of Viking Motorsports. After McLaughlin failed to qualify for two of the first four races of the year, Sackett was disappointed with him and replaced him with Matt DiBenedetto for the rest of the season.[8] McLaughlin would get another opportunity in the Xfinity Series with SS-Green Light Racing to drive for them in three races: Daytona in August in the No. 14 car and Atlanta in September and Talladega in October in the No. 07 car. He would have a different sponsor, Main Street Auto, in these races.[9]

Personal life

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McLaughlin graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.[10]

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

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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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 [11]
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 [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
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 50th 47 [16]
SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevy DAY
19 		DAR
07 ATL
34 		GLN BRI KAN TAL
17 		ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
† – Qualified but replaced by Patrick Emerling ∙ ‡ – Practiced but replaced by Joey Gase before qualifying

Camping World Truck Series

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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 [17]
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 [18]
33 BRI
26 		LVS
20 		TAL MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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(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 [19]
2019 Our Motorsports 09 Chevy DAY
24 		FIF SLM TAL
11 		NSH TOL CLT
25 		POC 36th 490 [20]
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 [21]

ARCA Menards Series East

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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 [22]

References

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  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. ^ Albino, Dustin (May 1, 2024). "Matt DiBenedetto starts over as a humbled racer with Viking Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  9. ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 23, 2024). "CJ McLaughlin Joins SS-GreenLight Racing for Three-Race Deal". TobyChristie.com.
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  16. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "C. J. McLaughlin – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  19. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  20. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  21. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  22. ^ "C.J. McLaughlin – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
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