{{Short description|American TV personality}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2026}} {{About|the television personality|the filmmaker|Aaron Kaufman (producer)|the American politician|Aaron Kaufman (politician)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Aaron Kaufman | image = Aaron Kaufman (14992164560).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Kaufman in 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|1|26}} | birth_place = Crowley, Texas | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Television personality<br>Automotive mechanic | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | module = {{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes | last_series = Stadium Super Trucks | years_active = 2015 | teams = | starts = 2 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | best_finish = 22nd | year = 2015 | prev_series = }} }} '''Aaron Kaufman''' (born January 26, 1982) is an American television personality, racing driver, and owner of Arclight Fabrication, a Dallas enterprise that supplies aftermarket components for the Ford F-100 pickup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/former-gas-monkey-mechanic-aaron-kaufman-gets-his-own-show-shifting-gears-premiering-in-march-10288075|title=Longtime Gas Monkey Mechanic Aaron Kaufman Will Destroy Cars on Shifting Gears|last=North|first=Caroline|date=January 23, 2018|work=Dallas Observer|access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

Kaufman is the former lead mechanic for Gas Monkey Garage. He formerly starred in a one-season television show entitled ''Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman''<ref>[https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/custom-car-builder-aaron-kaufman-returns-to-discovery-channel-in-all-new-series-shifting-gears-with-aaron-kaufman/ Custom Car Builder Aaron Kaufman Returns To Discovery Channel In All-New Series ‘Shifting Gears With Aaron Kaufman’ – Discovery Channel]</ref> which premiered on March 5, 2018, featuring his new business with Arclight.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/tv/article195448149.html|title=Former 'Fast N' Loud' star's new show is coming — not fast, but soon|work=star-telegram|access-date=March 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2015, Kaufman competed in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road (Stadium Super Trucks) series, driving a Toyo Tires-sponsored truck at the Sand Sports Super Show in Costa Mesa, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/traxxas-driver-pj-jones-wins-stadium-super-trucks-night-1-in-costa-mesa-calif/|title=TRAXXAS Driver PJ Jones Wins Stadium SUPER Trucks Night 1 in Costa Mesa, Calif.|work=Stadium Super Trucks|date=September 19, 2015|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref> He ran two rounds during the weekend, finishing fifth in both his heat races, followed by tenth- and eighth-place runs in the features.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2015-sand-sports-race-1-results/|title=Round 13 of 21 – Sand Sports #1 – 9/18/15|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2015-sand-sports-race-2-results/|title=Round 14 of 21 – Sand Sports #2 – 9/19/15|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref> Kaufman struggled during the races, including one incident in which his truck partially rode on a K-rail; after the race, fellow driver Robby Gordon joked it was "some of the best, worst driving I have ever seen from the Toyo Tires driver."<ref>{{cite web|last=Olsewski|first=Steven|url=https://www.offroadxtreme.com/news/sand-sports-super-show-sst-race/|title=Sand Sports Super Show SST Race|publisher=Off Road Xtreme|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Motorsports career results== ===Stadium Super Trucks=== (key) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Fastest qualifier. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%" |- ! colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results |- ! Year ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 2015 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | DET | DET | DET | AUS | TOR | TOR | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OCF<br><small>10</small> | style="background:#CFEAFF;"| OCF<br><small>8</small> | OCF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SYD | LVV | LVV ! 22nd ! 34 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2015-standings/|title=2015 Official Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}</ref> |}

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