Career
He is the youngest person to ever race a V8 Supercar. 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. 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, however, due to not having the appropriate competition licence.
McLaughlin drove a Holden VE Commodore in the 2012 season of the
McLaughlin made his debut in the 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 GRM as a full-time driver for 2013.
McLaughlin will continue with Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2014 under its new identity as Volvo Polestar Racing.
Complete V8 SuperTourer results.