Chad Chaffin

Chad Chaffin (born July 20, 1968) is an American stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the IHRA Stock Car Series.

Chaffin has raced in all three of NASCAR's major series. He was a two-time track champion at the historic Nashville Speedway USA, where he met his friend, Andy Kirby.

NASCAR career Sprint Cup Chad made his Sprint Cup debut in 2004 at Martinsville. Driving the No. 98 MACH 1 Motorsports Ford, he ran 100 laps before experiencing a mechanical failure and finished in 39th place. In 2005, he attempted three races with Front Row Motorsports and MACH 1. Chaffin qualified for the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix and finished the race in the 43rd position after overheating issues. He began the 2006 season in the No. 92 Oak Gloves Chevrolet driving for Front Row Motorsports, however, he switched to the No. 34 Oak Gloves Chevrolet within the organization after two races. After another eight races, he yet again moved within FRM, this time to the recently acquired No. 61 team. Chaffin has currently made four of the fourteen races he has attempted, three in the No. 34 Oak Gloves Chevrolet and two cars with No. 61 team.

At the beginning of the 2007 season, Chaffin switched to the No. 37 R&J Racing car but was replaced by John Andretti before qualifying for a race. After Mike Bliss' resignation as the driver of the No. 49 BAM Racing Dodge on June 27, 2007, Chaffin was selected as one of the replacements with Larry Foyt. In his first attempt to qualify of the season at Loudon, Chaffin made the race after Brian Vickers and the No. 83 Team Red Bull Toyota were disqualified after failing post-qualifying inspection. In 2008, he attempted to qualify the No. 34 Chevrolet for Front Row Motorsports in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono and the Camping World RV 400 at Dover, but failed to qualify in either.

Busch Series Chaffin's NASCAR career began in a 1993 Busch Series race at Rockingham. He drove three races in the No. 16 31-W Insulation Chevrolet with a best finish of 29th in his debut. In 1994, he again turned to the No. 16 and had a best finish of twentieth in seven races. During 1997, he ran one race in the No. 87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet and posted a finish of nineteenth at Nashville. Again in 1998 he ran one race, this time in a family-owned No. 84 Logan's Roadhouse Ford, where he finished 28th. In 1999, Chaffin made nine starts, three with his family-owned team and six with No. 77 Lear Corporation Ford featuring Tony Hall as the owner. He had a best finish of ninth at Richmond.

Chaffin made eighteen starts in 2000, all except for one in the No. 77 Lear Corporation Ford. He posted his best finish again at Richmond with an eleventh place. In 2001, he drove for Team Rensi Motorsports and Day Enterprise Racing. Making fourteen starts, he would have a best finish of sixteenth at Atlanta. 2002 was Chaffin's most active year in the Busch Series to date with 26 starts out of the 34 races. The majority of these starts came in the No. 16 31-W Insulation Chevrolet owned by Day Enterprise Racing. Although he struggled to finish many of the races because of mechanical failures he was able to achieve a best finish of 12th at Talladega. Chaffin was absent from the series for two years before returning for a race in 2005. He finished 36th in his only start during that year. For the 2006 season, Chaffin was expected to compete in up to fifteen events for Day Enterprise Racing in the No. 05 31-W Insulation Chevrolet, but ended up only making two starts for the team, then returned later in the year to make a single start for Sadler Bros. Racing. He has one career top-ten finish in over eighty starts.

Craftsman Truck Series Chaffin first raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000 with three teams. He raced the No. 84 Romeo Guest Associates Ford owned by Long Brothers Racing to his best finish of the season a third at Nashville. He returned in 2001 and again raced with Long Brothers Racing and had a best finish of fourth. In 2002, he started only two races as well and was unable to finish either in a family-owned car. For the next two years, he drove the No. 18 Dickies Dodge for Bobby Hamilton Racing, and had two wins in 2004 (Dover International Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park). He finished a career-best tenth in the final points standings in 2003 and 2004.

In 2005, Chaffin drove for three teams and competed in 21 of the 25 races. He began the season in the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota and had a best finish of fourth before bring replaced by Todd Bodine. Despite being replaced, Wyler Racing selected Chaffin as their driver and he ran ten races with them placing ninth as his best finish. Jack Sprague then replaced Chaffin and he was left without a ride. He ran one final race in 2005 with No. 13 ThorSport Racing Chevrolet and finished thirteenth at Phoenix. For 2006, he was scheduled to drive the No. 40 Chevrolet for Key Motorsports in the opening races of the season, but has since left to focus on his Nextel Cup team. Ryan Moore, a Dale Earnhardt, Inc. development driver, has replaced him as of Charlotte. Chaffin made one start this season in the No. 02 Team Copaxone Chevrolet for Sutton Motorsports. It was announced on July 3 that Chaffin would drive the No. 59 Harris Trucking Ford for HT Motorsports after Steve Park's departure. In 2007 and 2008, Chaffin ran part-time in the No. 40 Chevrolet for Key Motorsports. In 22 combined starts, he earned two top-ten finishes.

ARCA career Chaffin's only attempt in ARCA came in 2000 with his own Chaffin Motorsports. The No. 92 Upstate Helicopters Ford, which was a '97 Thunderbird, qualified third for Pro2Call 200 at Daytona. He exited the race after a transmission failure on lap ten, leaving him in the fortieth position.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 2004 Mach 1 Motorsports 98 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 85th 46 2005 Front Row Motorsports 92 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX HOM 88th 34 Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy PHO43 2006 Front Row Motorsports 92 Chevy DAY CAL 46th 553 34 LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH 61 Dodge DAR DOV MCH SON POC CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO Ford CLT POC Chevy DAY CHI NHA MCH BRI TAL 34 Dodge IND GLN TEX HOM 2007 BAM Racing 49 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 63rd 125 2008 Front Row Motorsports 34 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA - † - Qualified but replaced by Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2006 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ

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 Pts Ref 1993 Day Enterprise Racing 61 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR 66th 222 16 RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 1994 DAY43 CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 54th 490 1996 Chaffin Motorsports 84 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM NA - 1997 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 89th 106 1998 Chaffin Motorsports 84 Ford DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 123rd - 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB IRP 55th 752 Day Enterprise Racing 16 Pontiac PPR GTY MCH BRI DAR PRW Racing 77 Ford RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2000 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH44 PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO 36th 1373 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy HOM 2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI 42nd 967 Day Enterprise Racing 16 Chevy GTY KAN CLT MEM PHO Hensley Motorsports 80 Ford PPR Day Enterprise Racing 16 Ford IRP MCH Pontiac BRI DAR RCH DOV CAR HOM 2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN DAY IRP DOV 35th 1643 Chevy TEX NSH NSH MLW CHI GTY PPR MCH BRI DAR RCH KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM SKI Motorsports 30 Chevy MEM 2004 Moy Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM NA - 2005 Day Enterprise Racing 16 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 133rd 55 2006 05 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM 90th 216 Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Dodge TEX PHO HOM 2008 Jimmy Means Racing 55 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM NA -

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 2000 Long Brothers Racing 84 Ford DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV 55th 350 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge CIC RCH DOV Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Chevy TEX CAL 2001 Long Brothers Racing 84 Ford DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 60th 281 2002 Chaffin Motorsports 87 Ford DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 77th 137 2003 Bobby Hamilton Racing 18 Dodge DAY DAR MMR MAR26* CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM 10th 3143 2004 DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 10th 3122 2005 Germain Racing 30 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH 26th 2068 Wyler Racing 60 Toyota MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX ThorSport Racing 13 Chevy PHO HOM 2006 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN 28th 1566 Sutton Motorsports 02 Chevy ATL HT Motorsports 59 Ford KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI Toyota NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2007 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 39th 774 2008 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 26th 1303

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 Pts Ref 1999 Chaffin Motorsports 92 Ford DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 85th 215 2000 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 142nd 45

IHRA Pro Late Model Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) IHRA Pro Late Model Series Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2026 Chaffin Motorsports 3C Dodge DUB CDL17 AND NWP DUB MEM NWP CAR -* -*