C. J. McLaughlin

Charles Joseph McLaughlin (born July 1, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Young's Motorsports. He 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.

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. The following month, he made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the ROXOR 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for RSS Racing. McLaughlin remained with RSS for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, running a 20-race schedule with the team.

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. 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's No. 38 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024. On January 30, 2023, it was announced that McLaughlin would run eighteenth races in either the No. 35 car or No. 53 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2023. 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, along with Brad Perez and other EGM co-owner Patrick Emerling, would drive the No. 53 with the No. 35 car having one full-time driver.

In 2024, McLaughlin started the Xfinity Series season driving part-time for RSS Racing in their No. 38 car. That year, Don Sackett, CEO of longtime sponsor SciAps, entered into a team ownership collaboration with RSS, and the entry was fielded under the banner of Viking Motorsports. After McLaughlin competed in the early part of the season, Matt DiBenedetto took over driving duties for the remainder of the year. McLaughlin later returned to the Xfinity Series with SS-Green Light Racing for three races: Daytona in August in the No. 14 car, and Atlanta in September and Talladega in October in the No. 07 car. He was sponsored by Main Street Auto for these events.

Personal life McLaughlin graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.

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.)

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2019 RSS Racing 39 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA28 IOW GLN MOH 45th 55 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Toyota BRI23 ROA DAR IND RSS Racing 93 Chevy LVS31 KAN24 TEX27 PHO HOM31 38 RCH31 ROV DOV 2020 93 DAY27 LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL PHO37 56th 36 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chevy ROV29 KAN 78 Toyota TEX20 MAR 2021 MBM Motorsports 66 Ford DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL37 66th 13 61 Toyota NHA37 GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy RCH40 BRI LVS32 TAL34 ROV TEX35 KAN MAR PHO 2022 RSS Racing 38 Ford DAY35 CAL TEX25 CLT23 PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA13 POC IRC MCH37 GLN KAN34 BRI24 TEX10 TAL29 ROV LVS30 HOM31 MAR24 PHO 39th 143 28 LVS24 PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TALDNQ DOV DAR DAYDNQ DAR 2023 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Ford DAY31 39th 103 53 Chevy CAL37 LVSQL† PHO ATL COA RCH MAR NHA28 POC ROA MCHDNQ IRC GLN DAY DAR Ford TAL13 DOV34 DAR CLTDNQ PIR SON Toyota NSHPR‡ CSC ATL RSS Racing 28 Ford KAN22 BRI TEX25 ROV LVS29 HOM37 MAR13 PHO 2024 38 DAYDNQ ATL35 LVS33 PHODNQ COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH 50th 47 SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevy DAY19 DAR 07 ATL34 GLN BRI KAN TAL17 ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2025 DGM Racing withJesse Iwuji Motorsports 92 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL25 COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR TEXDNQ 51st 33 91 BRI33 CAR TAL CLT29 NSH MXC POC ATL28 CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 2026 Young's Motorsports 42 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV30 CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – 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 Pts Ref 2019 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW23 GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 109th 01 2021 Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN34 DAR COA CLT27 TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR 108th 01 33 BRI26 LVS20 TAL MAR PHO

Season still in progress 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 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 IRP20 KAN 90th 155 2019 Our Motorsports 09 Chevy DAY24 FIF SLM TAL11 NSH TOL CLT25 POC 36th 490 Ford MCH10 MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 2023 Fast Track Racing 01 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT26 BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 114th 18

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2023 Fast Track Racing 12 Toyota FIF DOV13 NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 44th 31