Scott Thomas McLaughlin (born 10 June, 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 17 Ford FG X Falcon for DJR Team Penske.
McLaughlin won his first race in the NZ Touring Car series in early 2011, becoming the youngest ever driver to win a race in the Championship at just 17 years old. Then in 2012 he competed in the New Zealand V8SuperTourers Championship and became the inaugural series champion.
McLaughlin achieved his first Supercars race win during his first full time season with Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2013, at Pukekohe Park Raceway. He is the youngest person to ever win in a Supercar.
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Karting
McLaughlin began racing karts when he was eight, and represented New Zealand in the Rotax Max Challenge held in Italy, but had long aspired to race V8s, and was given a trial in one at Stone Brothers Racing while doing work experience there.
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Dunlop Super2 Series
In 2010, McLaughlin confirmed that he would be racing for Stone Brothers Racing in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series at just 16 years of age, becoming the youngest ever V8 Supercar driver. He didn't make his debut until the second round of the series, due to him not having the appropriate competition licence.
McLaughlin won his first race in the series at Queensland Raceway in 2011 before going on to win the title in 2012.
V8 SuperTourer Series
McLaughlin drove a Holden VE Commodore in the 2012 season of the V8 SuperTourer Series. He won six races for MPC Motorsport on his way to becoming the inaugural series champion.
Supercars Championship
McLaughlin made his debut in the Supercars Championship at the Sandown 500 in 2012, as a co-driver to Jonathon Webb at Tekno Autosports. The pair performed well at both Sandown and Bathurst, finishing in tenth place at Sandown and in sixth place at Bathurst. McLaughlin also drove at the Sydney 500 for Garry Rogers Motorsport after Alexandre Prémat was forced out of the Sunday race due to extreme heat exhaustion the day before. McLaughlin was later signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport as a full-time driver for the 2013 season.
McLaughlin continued with GRM in 2014 under its new identity as Volvo Polestar Racing (later Volvo Cyan Racing). He will move to DJR Team Penske in 2017 alongside Fabian Coulthard, taking over from Scott Pye.
Career results
*season incomplete
Supercars Championship results
Bathurst 1000 results
Complete V8 SuperTourer results
References
External links
- Scott McLaughlin career summary at DriverDB.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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