Scott McLaughlin

For other people named Scott McLaughlin, see Scott McLaughlin (disambiguation).

Scott Thomas McLaughlin (/mɪˈklɒxlɪn/; born 10 June 1993) is a New Zealand racing driver. He currently competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 3 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He previously raced in the Supercars Championship, in which he won the drivers' title in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Scott McLaughlin
McLaughlin in 2020
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	Scott Thomas McLaughlin (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 Christchurch, New Zealand
IndyCar Series career
68 races run over 5 years
Team(s)	No. 3 (Team Penske)
Best finish	3rd (2023, 2024)
First race	2020 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2024 Music City Grand Prix (Nashville Superspeedway)
First win	2022 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last win	2024 Milwaukee Mile 250, Race 2 (Milwaukee)
Wins Podiums Poles 7 19 9
Supercars Championship career
Championships	3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Races	253
Wins	56
Podiums	106
Pole positions	76

McLaughlin won the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series and made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 as a co-driver to Jonathon Webb at Tekno Autosports. Having made a substitute appearance for Garry Rogers Motorsport at the final event of 2012, McLaughlin was signed by the team to compete full-time in the 2013 season. He took his first race victory in the sixth race of the year, becoming the youngest driver to win a Supercars Championship race, and went on to finish his rookie season in tenth place. McLaughlin remained with the team for the next three seasons and enjoyed continued success, recording 17 pole positions and eight race victories for the team, with a best championship placing of third in 2016.

In July 2016 it was announced that McLaughlin would join DJR Team Penske for the 2017 Supercars Championship. He enjoyed immediate success with the team, taking a record 16 pole positions during the season as well as eight race victories. McLaughlin finished runner-up to Jamie Whincup in the championship, with Whincup securing his seventh championship title in the final race of the season. The following season, McLaughlin took his maiden championship title after a close battle with Whincup's teammate Shane van Gisbergen in the second half of the year. In 2019, McLaughlin dominantly won his second championship, winning a record 18 races during the season, including the Bathurst 1000, and securing the title with one event remaining. McLaughlin completed a hat-trick of championship wins in 2020, taking a further 13 race victories.

During 2020 it was announced that McLaughlin would join the IndyCar Series with Team Penske in 2021. He made his debut at the 2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Early life

McLaughlin was born in Christchurch, New Zealand moving to Hamilton aged 3 with his family before moving to Australia's Gold Coast at 9 years of age and attended Saint Stephen's College throughout his upbringing.

Junior and early racing career

Karting

McLaughlin began racing karts in 1999 at the Kartsport Hamilton circuit outside of Hamilton, New Zealand, winning his first title in 2002. After his family relocated to the Gold Coast in 2003, McLaughlin began contesting Australian titles while also continuing to compete in New Zealand. In 2008, McLaughlin represented New Zealand in the Junior class at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals, alongside Nick Cassidy. Starting the Final in sixth place, McLaughlin was involved in an incident on the first lap and eventually finished 19th.

V8 Supercar Development Series

McLaughlin was part of the Britek Motorsport scholarship in 2008, which saw him working closely with team owner and Supercars race winner Jason Bright. McLaughlin attended the 2008 Bathurst 1000 with the team, spending time in the pit garage and seeing the inner workings of the team. McLaughlin completed a week of work experience with Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) in 2009, after which he was offered a four-year apprenticeship with the team, starting in 2010. On 17 December 2009, the team gave McLaughlin his first test in a V8 Supercar. He recorded over 70 laps at Queensland Raceway, driving one of the team's Ford BF Falcons. McLaughlin impressed during the test, recording lap times just over one second slower than those of the SBR's full-time V8 Supercar drivers Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen.

McLaughlin scored his first race win at Queensland Raceway in 2011, driving a Ford BF Falcon prepared by Stone Brothers Racing.

McLaughlin was signed by SBR to contest the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series in a BF Falcon. Due to his limited racing experience in cars, McLaughlin was unable to attain the required competition licence to compete in the first round of the series; he instead took part in the first two rounds of the Australian Mini Challenge and completed a single round of the Victorian Formula Ford Series. He eventually made his debut in the second round at Queensland Raceway, becoming the youngest ever driver to race a V8 Supercar. McLaughlin qualified in seventh position, just under a second behind the pole position time of championship leader Steve Owen, and finished ninth in the first race of the weekend. The finishing order of the top ten was reversed to form the grid for Race 2, meaning that McLaughlin started the second race on the front row. He overheated the clutch during the start procedure and was unable to move his car when the race started. He was hit by Owen Kelly and Ryan Hansford, with the car suffering severe damage and taking McLaughlin out of the rest of the event. He went on to finish the season twelfth in the championship, with a best qualifying result of second at Sydney Olympic Park and a best race result of fourth at Winton Motor Raceway. McLaughlin suffered a heavy crash at Mount Panorama, hitting the wall at the Reid Park section of the circuit during the first race of the weekend.

McLaughlin remained with SBR in 2011 and scored his first podium in the opening round at Adelaide, finishing seventh and second in the two races to be classified third overall. He followed this up with a pair of third-place finishes at Barbagallo Raceway, moving up to second in the championship. After struggling in the third round at Townsville, McLaughlin secured his first race victory at Queensland Raceway. Having qualified second behind championship leader Andrew Thompson, McLaughlin took the lead at the start of the first race and went on to win by two seconds. Six further top-five race finishes in the remaining rounds of the season saw McLaughlin finish fourth in the championship, having updated to a newer FG Falcon at the penultimate round of the championship.

McLaughlin remained with SBR for the opening two rounds of the 2012 season before moving to Matt Stone Racing, a satellite team of SBR, for the remainder of the year. McLaughlin prevailed in a close title fight with Chaz Mostert, Scott Pye and Nick Percat; the quartet became known as the Dunlop Series' "Class of 2012", with all four drivers going on to become race winners in the Supercars Championship. McLaughlin scored his first round win in the series at Barbagallo Raceway, backing it up with another victory at Townsville. Another podium finish at Queensland Raceway gave McLaughlin an 88-point lead over Mostert with three rounds remaining. While on course to finish second in the first race at Mount Panorama, McLaughlin suffered a puncture which dropped him to 13th place. Despite recovering to finish sixth in the second race, McLaughlin left the event with a 20-point deficit to Mostert in the championship. Percat and Pye finished first and second in the penultimate round at Winton, while McLaughlin finished fifth; the results saw McLaughlin take a 32-point lead over Percat into the final round at Sydney Olympic Park, with both Mostert and Pye less than 100 points adrift. McLaughlin won the opening race of the final round, with incidents for Percat and Mostert giving him a comfortable points lead heading into the final race of the season. A third-place finish saw him secure the title with a 73-point margin over Pye.

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 at the 2013 V8 Supercars test day

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 racing at the 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400

McLaughlin continued with Garry Rogers Motorsport into 2014, under its new identity as Volvo Polestar Racing (later Volvo Cyan Racing). On 1 March 2014, McLaughlin scored a podium finish in Volvo's return to the series at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Four race wins at Barbagallo, Sydney Motorsport Park, and 2 wins at Phillip Island. He finished 5th in the standings.

2017

McLaughlin racing at the 2017 Newcastle 500, where he scored pole position for both races and won the first race of the weekend

For 2017, McLaughlin moved from Garry Rogers Motorsport to DJR Team Penske to partner Fabian Coulthard. Throughout the year, McLaughlin was dominant in qualifying; acquiring 16 pole positions. Along with a string of strong results, McLaughlin would find himself in the box seat for a maiden championship title. After starting strongly in the final round at Newcastle, a chaotic second race saw McLaughlin pick up three penalties which would eventually contribute toward him narrowly missing out on the title to Jamie Whincup.

2018

McLaughlin at the 2018 Newcastle 500, where he secured his maiden championship

In 2018, McLaughlin continued to race with DJR Team Penske. He won seven out of the 34 races, winning in Melbourne, Phillip Island, Barbagallo, Hidden Valley, and Ipswich. McLaughlin finished third at Bathurst alongside Alexandre Prémat in which was the Ford Falcon's final appearance at Mount Panorama. On 4 November, at Pukekohe Park Raceway, McLaughlin won race twenty-nine to join compatriot Shane van Gisbergen in winning the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy. In Newcastle, McLaughlin won race thirty (after van Gisbergen was stripped of his victory following a pit lane violation, demoting him to fifth) and finished second in race thirty-one to become the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars champion.

2019

McLaughlin racing at the 2019 Newcastle 500

In 2019, DJR Team Penske debuted the Ford Mustang, which replaced the Falcon. McLaughlin was able to continue his dominance with the team, with 18 wins, which broke the record for most wins in a single year, 15 pole positions, 18 fastest laps, and 22 podiums to his name. He became the first-ever driver to claim the Darwin Triple Crown, after winning the first race, claiming pole for the second race, and winning the second race. On 13 October 2019, McLaughlin finally won Bathurst for the first time, with Alexandre Prémat as Scott's co-driver. Two weeks after this he had the biggest crash of his career, a 43g impact at the Gold Coast. He then had to drive a new car, due to chassis damage from the crash, for the last two rounds and was still able to successfully defend his championship title, with a round to go at Sandown.

2020

In a 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 Pandemic McLaughlin won his third consecutive and to date last Supercars Championship and the final championship for DJR Team Penske. He scored thirteen wins on the season to go with eight podium finishes and fifteen pole positions.

2021

McLaughlin and Team Penske attempted to partner with Dick Johnson Racing again to field a car for the 2021 Bathurst 1000 but due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, he was not able to attend the race. McLaughlin stated that in future seasons he intends to compete within the Bathurst 1000 with Team Penske's backing after he completes the IndyCar season.

IndyCar

Speculation around McLaughlin moving to one of Penske's other motorsports programs began in 2019 when Penske team president Tim Cindric and McLaughlin met in Australia to discuss McLaughlin's future in the Penske organisation. Cindric originally envisioned moving McLaughlin to Penske's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship programme to race alongside Helio Castroneves in Penske's Acura Daytona Prototype International entry and potentially competing in the World Endurance Championship. McLaughlin however expressed interest in moving to Penske's team in the Indycar Series. He stated his primary motivators were the challenge of racing open-wheel race cars, his long time goal of racing in the Indianapolis 500, and competing against his childhood hero and fellow New Zealander Scott Dixon. Cindric was sceptical about moving McLaughlin to Indycar as McLaughlin had not driven an open-wheel racecar since he raced in Formula Ford. McLaughlin changed Cindric's mind by altering his strength and conditioning regimen along with undertaking private simulator time that to show he had the talent and physical fitness to move from the mechanical grip reliant Supercars to the downforce reliant Dallara DW12, all during the middle of the 2019 Supercars Championship.

In January 2020, he tested a Team Penske IndyCar at Sebring International Raceway. Team Penske driver Will Power hailed McLaughlin as a phenomenal driver after the test. In February 2020 McLaughlin completed his first laps on an oval during Team Penske's test at Texas Motor Speedway, with reigning Indycar Series champion and future teammate Josef Newgarden hailing McLaughlin's ability to quickly adapt to the demands of racing the DW12 on ovals. On 5 February, Penske announced that McLaughlin will race a 4th Team Penske entry at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McLaughlin was unable to travel to the United States for that race. On 17 September, Team Penske announced that McLaughlin will instead make his IndyCar debut at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on 25 October. The day before the race he posted on his personal Instagram feed that he signed a multi-year contract with Penske to compete full time in the series.

2021

Scott McLaughlin at Road America in 2021

On January 25, 2021, McLaughlin and Penske announced that PPG Paints would be the primary sponsor for most of his entries in the Indycar series in his rookie year, while Florida based office technology supplier DEX Imaging and used car outlet Car Shop would sponsor him for select events. For the 2021 Indianapolis 500 he drove a Pennzoil-sponsored car, with the livery paying homage to that company's famed "Yellow Submarine" designs of the 1980s. Going into his rookie IndyCar season both Tim Cindric and Roger Penske let McLaughlin know that he was not expected to compete for wins and that his primary goal would be to finish all the races.

McLaughlin driving in the 2021 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix

McLaughlin spent 2021 learning the different aspects of IndyCar racing. In addition to coming to grips with a car reliant on downforce rather than mechanical grip McLaughlin also had to learn how to drive a turbocharged car with temperature-sensitive tires and carbon-ceramic brakes, all aspects that were drastically different from the cars he raced in the Supercars Championship. McLaughlin admitted after the season that his biggest struggle of the season was learning how to build and manage the temperature of the tires and brakes, which is more critical and difficult in an open-wheel racecar like an IndyCar than it is in a touring car that McLaughlin was used to racing. In qualifying for road street course races, which made up 75% of the IndyCar calendar, McLaughlin struggled through the first three-quarters of the season with understanding how to build and maintain an optimal temperature in the tires and brakes in the short amount of time given in IndyCar qualifying on the road and street courses. These struggles in qualifying meant McLaughlin started with an average position of sixteenth on the road and street courses, meaning he would have to fight his way through traffic and work harder for the position despite recording a slightly above average 4.5 overtakes per race. He recorded his first fast six qualifying slot and first top ten finish on a road course at the first race on the IMS Road Course, where he qualified sixth and finished eighth. McLaughlin would struggle on road and street courses after the Indianapolis 500 and did not pick up another top ten finish on a road course until he finished ninth at Portland.

McLaughlin's strongest performances in his rookie season were on the ovals, with the strongest moment of his rookie season coming in the first race at Texas Motor Speedway, the Genesys 300. In his first race ever on an oval McLaughlin started fifteenth due to qualifying being cancelled by inclement weather, forcing the drivers to line up based on their championship points standings. Despite this technicality McLaughlin got his first IndyCar podium by finishing second to Scott Dixon. Not only did McLaughlin finish ahead of Tony Kanaan and Pietro Fittipaldi (who filled in for Johnson and Grosjean respectively), he finished ahead of all his Penske teammates and all the active drivers who had won the Indianapolis 500 other than Dixon; Takuma Sato, Alexander Rossi, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan, and teammates Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. He picked up further top ten finishes in the second race in Texas and at Gateway. When asked why his performances on ovals were better than on road and street courses despite having never raced on them before McLaughlin stated that it largely came down to the oval qualifying format being similar to that in the Supercars Championship and that the IndyCar oval tires came to temperature significantly faster than the road and street course tires, giving him the confidence to push harder on ovals than he did on road and street courses.

During the run-up and qualifying for the 105th Indianapolis 500 McLaughlin was mentored by former Penske driver and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears. Although Mears advised all the Penske drivers he focused the most on preparing McLaughlin for the 500. Mears' mentorship paid off for McLaughlin and led to him qualifying seventeenth on the grid, the highest Penske driver in what was considered Penske's worst qualifying performance for the 500 since 1995. During the race McLaughlin ran for large portions at the back of the top ten before incurring a drive-through penalty on lap 116 for speeding in the pit lane, leading to a twentieth place finish. For his efforts McLaughlin was named Indianapolis 500 Rookie Of The Year, the third Penske driver to be named so along with Mears and race winner Helio Castroneves.

The main narrative surrounding McLaughlin's rookie season was his place in a unique class of IndyCar rookies that included NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and Formula One veteran Romain Grosjean, with many pundits speculating which of the three, would have the strongest season. McLaughlin would be the only one of the three to run a full schedule in 2021, as Johnson opted not to race on any of the oval courses and Grosjean only chose to race at one of the four oval races. While Johnson would take the longest of the three to adapt to IndyCar racing McLaughlin and Grosjean were frequently measured against one another on the track. McLaughlin only outdueled Grosjean four times in their rookie season; at St. Petersburg when he raced there for the second time in six months, at Grosjean's first oval race at Gateway, and at Portland and Long Beach when Grosjean was caught up in accidents caused by other drivers early in both races. This meant that Grosjean had a chance at winning the IndyCar Rookie of the Year award despite not running a full schedule and McLaughlin racing in the double points earning Indianapolis 500. The two drivers largely downplayed the comparisons to one another, with Grosjean stating it was unfair to compare the two given his nearly two decades of open-wheel racing experience while McLaughlin only had one season in open-wheel racing before him joining the IndyCar Series.

McLaughlin racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

2022

2022 McLaughlin would put together all that he learned in his rookie season and became a championship contender in IndyCar. He took his first IndyCar win at the season opener at St. Petersburg, took a second win later in the season at Mid Ohio, and a third win on the season at Portland. He picked up additional podium finishes at Texas, the second race at Iowa, Nashville, and Gateway, along with earning three pole positions on the season. McLaughin would go into the season finale at Laguna Seca as one of five drivers contending for the Astor Cup, despite crashing out of the Indianapolis 500 and missing out on double points. He ultimately finished fourth in the championship standings.

2023

McLaughlin during the 2023 Indianapolis 500

McLaughlin agreed on a multi-year deal to remain with Team Penske from 2023 onwards. He picked up his only win of the season at Barber. Despite the lone win McLaughlin finished as the highest scoring driver for Team Penske in 2023, finishing third in the standings.

2024

McLaughlin at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2024

McLaughlin got off to a rough start in 2024. He started the year finishing third in St. Petersburg, but was stripped of his result after it was found out that Team Penske had illegally manipulated ECU software during the race to allow their drivers to use push to pass on restarts, which McLaughlin took advantage of. He took a mechanical DNF at Long Beach but the year began to turn around as he took his first win of the season at Barber. McLaughlin qualified on pole for the 108th Indianapolis 500, though only finished sixth in the race. Further podium finishes at Road America and Mid Ohio helped McLaughlin rebound on the season. He took his first career win on an oval at the first race of the Iowa double header, putting him in the top five of the championship. He secured a second oval win, and third win of the season, in the second race of the Milwaukee double header.

Motorsports career results

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2004	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted Yamaha class	19th
2006	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman	20th
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy	7th
2007	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman	17th
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	2nd
2008	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior	19th
	Gen-i Rotax Max Challenge NZ - Arai Helmets Junior class	2nd
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman	3rd
2009	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Clubman Light	13th
	NZ Top Half Series - 100cc Yamaha Light	11th
2019	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - Rotax Max Heavy	2nd

Circuit racing career

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	12th	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	12th	Van Diemen RF94 - Ford
	Australian Mini Challenge	13th	Mini Cooper S JCW
2010–11	New Zealand V8s	8th	Holden VE Commodore	Racing Projects
2011	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	4th	Ford BF Falcon Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2012	V8 SuperTourers Championship	1st	Holden VE Commodore	MPC Motorsport
	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	1st	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing Matt Stone Racing
	International V8 Supercars Championship	33rd	Holden VE Commodore	Tekno Autosports Garry Rogers Motorsport
2013	V8 SuperTourers Championship	5th	Holden VE Commodore	Scott McLaughlin Racing
	International V8 Supercars Championship	10th	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	5th	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	8th	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix Supercars Challenge	2nd
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	3rd	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	Scandinavian Touring Car Championship	13th		Polestar Cyan Racing
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	2nd	Ford FG X Falcon	DJR Team Penske
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	1st	Ford FG X Falcon	DJR Team Penske
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	1st	Ford Mustang GT	DJR Team Penske
2020	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	1st	Ford Mustang GT	DJR Team Penske
	IndyCar Series	35th	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	Team Penske
2021	IndyCar Series	14th	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	Team Penske
2022	IndyCar Series	4th	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	Team Penske
2023	IndyCar Series	3rd	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	Team Penske

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	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	34	35	36	37	38	39	Position	Points
2012	Tekno Autosports	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q 7	SAN R20 10	BAT R21 6	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29										33rd	422
	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore																															SYD R30 17
2013	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1 6	ADE R2 9	SYM R3 8	SYM R4 8	SYM R5 8	PUK R6 1	PUK R7 24	PUK R8 Ret	PUK R9 DNS	BAR R10 12	BAR R11 14	BAR R12 13	COA R13 28	COA R14 7	COA R15 11	COA R16 27	HID R17 11	HID R18 27	HID R19 8	TOW R20 14	TOW R21 9	QLD R22 2	QLD R23 1	QLD R24 20	WIN R25 19	WIN R26 9	WIN R27 14	SAN Q 9	SAN R28 8	BAT R29 8	SUR R30 22	SUR R31 23	PHI R32 19	PHI R33 19	PHI R34 11	SYD R35 Ret	SYD R36 12			10th	1934
2014	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1 7	ADE R2 2	ADE R3 Ret	SYM R4 5	SYM R5 4	SYM R6 6	WIN R7 Ret	WIN R8 25	WIN R9 16	PUK R10 8	PUK R11 6	PUK R12 3	PUK R13 2	BAR R14 1	BAR R15 4	BAR R16 17	HID R17 4	HID R18 5	HID R19 8	TOW R20 6	TOW R21 14	TOW R22 9	QLD R23 3	QLD R24 19	QLD R25 19	SMP R26 Ret	SMP R27 Ret	SMP R28 1	SAN Q 4	SAN R29 8	BAT R30 17	SUR R31 7	SUR R32 2	PHI R33 1	PHI R34 6	PHI R35 1	SYD R36 4	SYD R37 3	SYD R38 8	5th	2509
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1 DNS	ADE R2 9	ADE R3 18	SYM R4 Ret	SYM R5 9	SYM R6 7	BAR R7 11	BAR R8 Ret	BAR R9 18	WIN R10 25	WIN R11 9	WIN R12 9	HID R13 Ret	HID R14 9	HID R15 11	TOW R16 4	TOW R17 Ret	QLD R18 2	QLD R19 9	QLD R20 13	SMP R21 8	SMP R22 4	SMP R23 5	SAN Q 16	SAN R24 14	BAT R25 5	SUR R26 21	SUR R27 6	PUK R28 9	PUK R29 3	PUK R30 6	PHI R31 3	PHI R32 2	PHI R33 2	SYD R34 8	SYD R35 5	SYD R36 19			8th	2205
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1 4	ADE R2 4	ADE R3 12	SYM R4 26	SYM R5 4	PHI R6 1	PHI R7 1	BAR R8 11	BAR R9 2	WIN R10 2	WIN R11 11	HID R12 10	HID R13 7	TOW R14 24	TOW R15 5	QLD R16 15	QLD R17 6	SMP R18 5	SMP R19 6	SAN Q 3	SAN R20 4	BAT R21 15	SUR R22 2	SUR R23 3	PUK R24 3	PUK R25 7	PUK R26 7	PUK R27 3	SYD R28 4	SYD R29 5										3rd	2806
2017	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 17	ADE R2 2	SYM R3 14	SYM R4 2	PHI R5 10	PHI R6 14	BAR R7 1	BAR R8 1	WIN R9 1	WIN R10 5	HID R11 2	HID R12 1	TOW R13 1	TOW R14 2	QLD R15 1	QLD R16 2	SMP R17 21	SMP R18 4	SAN Q 2	SAN R19 2	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21 12	SUR R22 1	PUK R23 3	PUK R24 2	NEW R25 1	NEW R26 18													2nd	3021
2018	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 3	ADE R2 10	MEL R3 1	MEL R4 2	MEL R5 15	MEL R6 7	SYM R7 9	SYM R8 2	PHI R9 1	PHI R10 1	BAR R11 1	BAR R12 1	WIN R13 5	WIN R14 3	HID R15 1	HID R16 2	TOW R17 3	TOW R18 3	QLD R19 1	QLD R20 2	SMP R21 3	BEN R22 6	BEN R23 10	SAN QR 3	SAN R24 4	BAT R25 3	SUR R26 5	SUR R27 C	PUK R28 2	PUK R29 1	NEW R30 1	NEW R31 2								1st	3944
2019	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1 1	ADE R2 1	MEL R3 1	MEL R4 1	MEL R5 DNS	MEL R6 1	SYM R7 1	SYM R8 4	PHI R9 1	PHI R10 2	BAR R11 2	BAR R12 1	WIN R13 1	WIN R14 1	HID R15 1	HID R16 1	TOW R17 1	TOW R18 11	QLD R19 4	QLD R20 1	BEN R21 1	BEN R22 1	PUK R23 4	PUK R24 1	BAT R25 1	SUR R26 3	SUR R27 DNS	SAN QR 5	SAN R28 9	NEW R29 2	NEW R30 4									1st	3872
2020	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1 2	ADE R2 1	MEL R3 C	MEL R4 C	MEL R5 C	MEL R6 C	SMP1 R7 1	SMP1 R8 3	SMP1 R9 1	SMP2 R10 1	SMP2 R11 3	SMP2 R12 14	HID1 R13 20	HID1 R14 1	HID1 R15 2	HID2 R16 1	HID2 R17 1	HID2 R18 1	TOW1 R19 7	TOW1 R20 6	TOW1 R21 1	TOW2 R22 1	TOW2 R23 2	TOW2 R24 3	BEN1 R25 14	BEN1 R26 3	BEN1 R27 1	BEN2 R28 1	BEN2 R29 1	BEN2 R30 2	BAT R31 5									1st	2576

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2012	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VE	Jonathon Webb	6th	161
2013	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Jack Perkins	8th	161
2014	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	Alexandre Prémat	17th	150
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	Alexandre Prémat	5th	161
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	David Wall	15th	159
2017	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Alexandre Prémat	DNF	74
2018	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Alexandre Prémat	3rd	161
2019	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang Mk.6	Alexandre Prémat	1st	161
2020	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang Mk.6	Tim Slade	5th	161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2016	Grove Hire	Stephen Grove Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Class B	285	12th	1st
2018	YNA Autosport	Fraser Ross Andrew Watson Alexander West	McLaren 650S GT3	APA	269	11th	5th

V8 SuperTourer results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Final pos	Points
2012	MPC Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	HAM R1 10	HAM R2 15	HAM R3 3	RUA R4 Ret	RUA R5 7	RUA R6 15	MAN R7	MAN R8	MAN R9	HAM R10 1	HAM R11 1	HAM R12 1	TAU R13 2	TAU R14 1	PUK R15 1	PUK R16 2	PUK R17 2	RUA R18 1	RUA R19 15			1st	3474
2013	Scott McLaughlin Racing	Holden VE Commodore	HAM R1 Ret	HAM R2 Ret	HAM R3 Ret	RUA R4 17	RUA R5 7	RUA R6 Ret	PUK R7 3	PUK R8 4	PUK R9 3	TAU R10 2	TAU R11 9	TAU R12 Ret	HAM R13 4	HAM R14 2	HAM R15 Ret	HAM R16 Ret	HAM R17 3	HAM R18 6	PUK R19 5	PUK R20 2	PUK R21 1	5th	2744

Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2016	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60	SKÖ 1 2	SKÖ 2 Ret	MAN 1	MAN 2	AND 1	AND 2	FAL 1	FAL 2	KAR 1	KAR 2	SOL 1	SOL 2	KNU 1	KNU 2	13th	36

American open–wheel racing results

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IndyCar Series

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Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2020	Team Penske	Dallara DW12	3	Chevrolet	TXS	IMS	ROA	ROA	IOW	IOW	INDY	GTW	GTW	MDO	MDO	IMS	IMS	STP 22					35th	8
2021					ALA 14	STP 11	TXS 2	TXS 8	IMS 8	INDY 20	DET 19	DET 20	ROA 14	MDO 12	NSH 22	IMS 23	GTW 4	POR 9	LAG 12	LBH 11			14th	305
2022					STP 1	TXS 2	LBH 14	ALA 6	IMS 20	INDY 29	DET 19	ROA 7	MDO 1	TOR 9	IOW 22	IOW 3	IMS 4	NSH 2	GTW 3	POR 1	LAG 6		4th	510
2023					STP 13	TXS 6	LBH 10	ALA 1	IMS 16	INDY 14	DET 7	ROA 8	MDO 5	TOR 6	IOW 2	IOW 5	NSH 2	IMS 8	GTW 5	POR 9	LAG 2		3rd	488
2024					STP 27	THE 2	LBH 26	ALA 1	IMS 6	INDY 6	DET 20	ROA 3	LAG 21	MDO 3	IOW 1*	IOW 3	TOR 16	GTW 2	POR 7	MIL 8	MIL 1*	NSH 5	3rd	505
2025					STP	THE	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	GTW	ROA	MDO	IOW	IOW	TOR	LAG	POR	MIL	NSH		-	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2021	Dallara	Chevrolet	17	20	Team Penske
2022	Dallara	Chevrolet	26	29	Team Penske
2023	Dallara	Chevrolet	14	14	Team Penske
2024	Dallara	Chevrolet	1	6	Team Penske

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	Tower Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5†	SEB 1	LGA	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET 7	18th	639
2024	Tower Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	44th	278

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Personal life

McLaughlin is married to Karly Paone, a schoolteacher from Long Island. The two met by chance in 2016 in Las Vegas when McLaughlin made the trip to help a fellow racer competing in an international karting tournament. Paone moved to Australia with McLaughlin in 2018 and the two were married in 2020. After McLaughlin moved from Supercars to the IndyCar Series he and Karly relocated to North Carolina to be closer to Team Penske's headquarters.

McLaughlin has two dogs, one named Chase and the other named Luna. He began watching American team sports after he met his wife and is a fan of the New York Mets, New York Knicks, and Carolina Panthers.

On October 10, 2024, his wife Karly gave birth to Lucy Violet McLaughlin.

External links

• Scott McLaughlin Official Website updated by in 2018
• Scott McLaughlin career summary at DriverDB.com
• Scott McLaughlin driver statistics at Racing-Reference