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Landon Huffman

Landon Huffman

American auto racing driver (born 1996)


Landon D. Huffman (born January 30, 1996) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour, in the No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Mooring Racing in a partnership with his own team Huffman Racing as well as part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, in the No. 98 for Shamrock Motorsports.[2] Huffman has previously raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is the son of Robert Huffman.

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Personal life

Landon's father is former NASCAR driver Robert Huffman. Robert won two track championships at Hickory Motor Speedway and five championships in the Goody's Dash Series.[3][4]

Landon has a YouTube channel where he posts videos about his racing career and his short track program, along with all of his friends who help out on his team, such as RJ Williams, Seth Brotherton, Rich Hudson, and Kenny "Guttman" Little. He currently has 27K subscribers.

In April 2021, Landon married his high school sweetheart, Brooke.

Racing career

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Huffman drove in two races in 2017. He made his Truck Series debut in Bristol, driving the No. 63 truck for MB Motorsports. There he finished 20th.[5][6] Later that season, he returned at Martinsville, driving the No. 83 truck for MB Motorsports. He improved on his last result, finishing 17th on the lead lap.

On January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that the team would like to have Huffman drive between ten and fifteen races in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.[7] However, the deal fell through.

On October 12, 2018, it was announced that Huffman joined Niece Motorsports' No. 38 truck at Martinsville.

In August 2019, Huffman replaced an injured Spencer Boyd in the No. 20 of Young's Motorsports at Eldora.[8]

Xfinity Series

On January 22, 2018, NextGen Motorsports announced that they would like to have Huffman drive for the team in five 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series events, starting at Bristol in April.[9] However, the deal never came to fruition.

Late Models

Huffman won the track championship at Hickory Motor Speedway (a track which his father, Robert Huffman won two championships) in 2022 for Jason Smith Racing. In 2023, Huffman partnered with High Rock Vodka and Bumgarner Propane for his own No. 75 Huffman Racing effort, which included a few wins along the way at both Hickory & Tri-County Speedway .[10][11] Additionally, Huffman was signed mid-season to drive the No. 22 Chevrolet Camaro for Nelson Motorsports in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division. This allowed Huffman to secure his first win in the series at Tri-County Speedway. [12] For 2024, Huffman is slated to drive the No. 37 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Mooring Racing in the CARS Tour Late Model Stock division Full-Time in 2024,[13] as well as running his own No. 75 High Rock Vodka machine part-time across short tracks in located in the Carolinas, such as Tri-County Speedway, Caraway Speedway, Wake County Speedway, and Florence Motor Speedway. He started off his 2024 campaign by running the No. 98 Shamrock Motorsports sponsored by High Rock Vodka at New Smyrna Speedway for their World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.

Spotting

Huffman previously was the spotter for Zane Smith and his MDM Motorsports team in the ARCA Racing Series,[14] and Anthony Alfredo's MDM entry in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[15]

Esports

In 2019, Huffman founded esports team Total Advantage, which competes in Call of Duty games and iRacing Road to Pro.[16]

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.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

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* 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.)

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References

  1. "About @LandonHuffmanRacing". YouTube.
  2. "Where are they now? – Robert Huffman". us.motorsport.com. March 7, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  3. "Second generation racer Landon Huffman to make Truck debut". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  4. "NextGen Motorsports to run XFINITY, Trucks". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  5. Cheek, Adam (July 30, 2019). "Spencer Boyd Injured, Landon Huffman to Fill In at Eldora". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  6. "NextGen Motorsports to run XFINITY, Trucks". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  7. "Results: Landon Huffman Wins CARS Tour Old North State Nationals". www.floracing.com. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  8. "Results: Landon Huffman Announces Plans For 2024 CARS Tour Season". www.floracing.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  9. Soquet, William (April 10, 2018). "ARCA: Mike Basham falls out first in Darrell Basham Racing's 2018 debut". LASTCAR. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  10. Melillo, Justin (April 26, 2020). "Alex Bowman victorious at virtual Talladega Superspeedway". The Racing Experts. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  11. "Landon Huffman – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  12. "Landon Huffman – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  13. "Landon Huffman – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  14. "Driver Landon Huffman 2016 ARCA Racing Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  15. "Landon Huffman – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

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