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C. J. McLaughlin
C. J. McLaughlin
	McLaughlin (inside car wearing helmet) during ARCA Racing Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in 2016
Born	Charles Joseph McLaughlin; July 1, 1992 (age 32); Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	45 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	No. 38 (RSS Racing); Nos. 07/14 (SS-Green Light Racing)
2023 position	39th
Best finish	39th (2022,2023)
First race	2019 ROXOR 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	5 races run over 2 years
2021 position	108th
Best finish	108th (2021)
First race	2019 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race	2021 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
	Statistics current as of October 5, 2024.

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.

Racing career

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.

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

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

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	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]
	MBM Motorsports	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]
2022	RSS Racing	28	Ford			LVS 24	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL DNQ	DOV	DAR												DAY DNQ	DAR										39th	143	^[14]
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	RSS Racing	38	Ford	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
	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy																								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

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]
2021	Reaume Brothers Racing	33	Toyota																		BRI 26	LVS 20	TAL	MAR	PHO		108th	0¹	^[18]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(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]
2019	Our Motorsports	09	Ford									MCH 10	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	36th	490	^[20]
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]