ARCA Re/Max champion Justin Lofton ready to go truckin' - NASCAR style

By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Newly minted ARCA Re/Max Series champion Justin Lofton expects to be racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fresh off winning the 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series championship, Justin Lofton appears to be headed to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for 2010.

Lofton said Friday at Memphis Motorsports Park that he has sponsorship for a full Truck season through his family’s Lofton Cattle company and associated vendors.

Lofton had hoped to race in the Nationwide Series next season but doesn’t have enough backing for a full season.

“But I have it for the Truck series,” Lofton said. “We’ve been talking to a couple Truck teams. I was really hoping to have something secured up this weekend, and I was planning on going to Martinsville originally. But it’s kind of been postponed since I’ve been here.”

Lofton went to Memphis to serve as a backup for Roush Fenway Racing’s Matt Kenseth in case Kenseth couldn’t make it from Martinsville Speedway. Lofton said he hopes teams notice that Roush Fenway picked him, sparking future interest for a Nationwide ride.

But the Truck series is the likely destination for Lofton.

“This year, I leaned how important points are to the big teams,” Lofton said. “That would be more beneficial for my future to try to run for a championship than run 10 or 15 Nationwide races.”

Lofton said he could still run a handful of Nationwide races given the numerous open dates in the Truck schedule.

Lofton said he’ll run the Truck schedule for one of three Toyota teams next year. Toyota and Triad Racing Development helped Lofton’s team in ARCA this year.

“Triad’s definitely stepped up,” Lofton said. “I was their first championship. Triad has stepped up and said they want to support me. And with Triad has come some Toyota and TRD support.”

His father’s Lofton Cattle company will be the primary sponsor next year, though they’ve been able to sell sponsorship to other businesses, too.

“Through [Lofton Cattle] we have vendors that we work with all across the country, corn brokers, pharmaceutical companies,” Lofton said. “Next year, you’re going to see a lot of different stuff on the truck.”