J. C. Stout

John C. Stout (born September 15, 1983) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current team owner of SQR Development, which fields one part-time Toyota Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. As a driver, he competed part-time in the Xfinity Series (then known as the Nationwide Series), the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series East (then known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) between 2003 and 2013.

J. C. Stout
Stout at the Milwaukee Mile in 2009
Born	John C. Stout (1983-09-15) September 15, 1983 (age 41) Castile, New York, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 3 years
2010 position	123rd
Best finish	91st (2009)
First race	2008 Heluva Good! 200 (Dover)
Last race	2010 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
35 races run over 8 years
2010 position	35th
Best finish	35th (2010)
First race	2003 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2010 TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of December 20, 2021.

Racing career

Stout began racing karts in western New York at age 11. After winning track championships, he moved up to Super Trucks (which is a class of late model chassis with truck bodies) at age 15 and won track championships. He then began racing late model stock cars at age 18 throughout western New York and Pennsylvania.^[1] He then competed part-time in the NASCAR Truck Series from 2003 to 2010, the Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series from 2008 to 2010, and the K&N Pro Series East (now the ARCA Menards Series East) in 2013.^[2] On December 20, 2021, Stout announced his return to NASCAR, restarting his Xfinity Series team which last competed in the series in 2009 after buying some Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing. The team name was previously Stellar Quest Racing and will now be SQR Development. The team will run 10 to 12 races with the first one being at Richmond. The driver has yet to be determined.^[3]

Political career

Stout is a candidate for Governor of New York in the 2022 election. The details about his campaign, including which political party's nomination he is running for (or if he is running as an independent), are unclear.^[3]

Personal life

On January 2, 2022, Stout was arrested for repeatedly harassing his wife.^[4] On April 2, 2022, he was charged with criminal contempt of court for violating an order of protection.^[5]

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2008	JD Motorsports	01	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV 38	NSH	KEN																				108th	138	[6]
		0																		MLW 40	NHA 39	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009				DAY	CAL 38	LVS	BRI	TEX 40	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR					MLW 37	NHA	DAY									ATL DNQ	RCH 40	DOV DNQ	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	91st	239	[7]
	Stellar Quest Racing	19												CLT 37	DOV	NSH	KEN DNQ				CHI DNQ	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CGV
2010	Rick Ware Racing	31		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 29	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	123rd	76	[8]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2003	Stellar Quest Racing	91	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR 31	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW 19	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA 31	CAL	LVS DNQ	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM	75th	246	[9]
2004				DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD DNQ	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM 30	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH DNQ	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM	103rd	73	[10]
2005				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY DNQ	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 30	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH 31	BRI	RCH	NHA DNQ	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	71st	143	[11]
2006				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY DNQ	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN 29	MEM	IRP	NSH 32	BRI	NHA 28	LVS	TAL	MAR 28	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	301	[12]
2007				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 26	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH 31	MLW	MEM	KEN 24	IRP	NSH 31	BRI	GTW	NHA 29	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	392	[13]
2008				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT 30	MFD	DOV 31					KEN 35	IRP	NSH	BRI		NHA 26	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL				41st	563	[14]
	MB Motorsports	36	Ford									TEX 34								GTW 33						TEX 26	PHO	HOM
	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy										MCH 32	MLW	MEM
2009	Premier Racing	77	Toyota	DAY 34	CAL 35	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	82nd	119	[15]
2010	Rick Ware Racing	6	Dodge	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT 23																			35th	802	[16]
			Chevy										IOW 21	GTY
		16										MCH 36				POC 35	NSH 32
	Team Gill Racing	95	Dodge								TEX 31											NHA 36	LVS DNQ	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM
		46													IRP 19			DAR 13	BRI	CHI 30	KEN

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2013	Stellar Quest Racing	91	Chevy	BRI	GRE	PEN	RCH	BGS	IOW	LGY	COL	IOW	VIR	GRE	NHA	DOV DNQ	RAL	NA	-	[17]