Chad Chaffin

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Chad Chaffin
Born	(1968-07-20) July 20, 1968 (age 57) Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S.
Achievements	1993, 1995 Nashville Speedway USA Track Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 4 years
Best finish	46th (2006)
First race	2004 Subway 500 (Martinsville)
Last race	2007 USG Sheetrock 400 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
83 races run over 10 years
Best finish	35th (2002)
First race	1993 Goodwrench 200 (Rockingham)
Last race	2006 O'Reilly Challenge (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
116 races run over 9 years
Best finish	10th (2003, 2004)
First race	2000 Federated Auto Parts 250 (Nashville)
Last race	2008 Ford 200 (Homestead)
First win	2004 MBNA America 200 (Dover)
Last win	2004 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 29 2
Statistics up to date as of November 29, 2012.

Chad Chaffin (born July 20, 1968)^[1] is an American former stock car racing driver.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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	NSCC	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 39	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	85th	46	[2]
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 DNQ	ATL QL†	TEX		HOM DNQ	88th	34	[3]
	Mach 1 Motorsports	34	Chevy																																			PHO 43
2006	Front Row Motorsports	92	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL																																			46th	553	[4]
		34				LVS 42	ATL DNQ	BRI DNQ	MAR 36	TEX DNQ	PHO DNQ	TAL 30	RCH DNQ
		61	Dodge											DAR DNQ		DOV DNQ		MCH DNQ	SON				POC DNQ					CAL DNQ	RCH 38	NHA 34	DOV	KAN 37		CLT DNQ	MAR DNQ	ATL		PHO 35
			Ford												CLT DNQ		POC 33
			Chevy																	DAY 35	CHI	NHA				MCH DNQ	BRI DNQ						TAL DNQ
		34	Dodge																					IND 39	GLN												TEX DNQ		HOM DNQ
2007	BAM Racing	49	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA 36	DAY	CHI 31	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	125	[5]
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 DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-	[6]
† - Qualified but replaced by Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2006	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1993	Day Enterprise Racing	61	Chevy	DAY	CAR 29	RCH DNQ	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR																66th	222	[7]
		16																						RCH DNQ	DOV	ROU 30	CLT	MAR	CAR 30	HCY DNQ	ATL
1994				DAY 43	CAR 32	RCH DNQ	ATL DNQ	MAR DNQ	DAR	HCY DNQ	BRI 35	ROU 33	NHA	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV	MYB 32	GLN	MLW	SBO 22	TAL DNQ	HCY DNQ	IRP 20	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR								54th	490	[8]
1996	Chaffin Motorsports	84	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI DNQ	HCY	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM										NA	-	[9]
1997	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV 19	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAL	CAR	HOM						89th	106	[10]
1998	Chaffin Motorsports	84	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV 28	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	-	[11]
1999				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV DNQ	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH DNQ	NZH DNQ	CLT	DOV	SBO 31	GLN	MLW 27	MYB DNQ			IRP 29														55th	752	[12]
	Day Enterprise Racing	16	Pontiac																				PPR DNQ	GTY		MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR
	PRW Racing	77	Ford																										RCH 9	DOV 36	CLT DNQ	CAR 31	MEM 15	PHO 39	HOM 22
2000				DAY 35	CAR 18	LVS 38	ATL 37	DAR 24	BRI 16	TEX 32	NSV 26	TAL 26	CAL DNQ	RCH 11	NHA 42	CLT 26	DOV 27	SBO 34	MYB 40	GLN	MLW 20	NZH 44	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO					36th	1373	[13]
	Team Rensi Motorsports	25	Chevy																																HOM 26
2001				DAY 41	CAR 22	LVS 25	ATL 16	DAR 37	BRI 34	TEX 27	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI																	42nd	967	[14]
	Day Enterprise Racing	16	Chevy																				GTY 28								KAN 33	CLT	MEM 22	PHO
	Hensley Motorsports	80	Ford																					PPR 38
	Day Enterprise Racing	16	Ford																						IRP 20	MCH
			Pontiac																								BRI 38	DAR	RCH DNQ	DOV					CAR 41	HOM
2002				DAY 40	CAR 32	LVS 40	DAR 36	BRI 40			TAL 12	CAL 34	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV		KEN DNQ		DAY 39				IRP 23					DOV 42									35th	1643	[15]
			Chevy						TEX 34	NSH 39								NSH 27		MLW 25		CHI 26	GTY 34	PPR 29		MCH 39	BRI 19	DAR 40	RCH 39		KAN 42	CLT DNQ	MEM DNQ	ATL 33	CAR 30	PHO 29	HOM
	SKI Motorsports	30	Chevy																														MEM 42
2004	Moy Racing	77	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH DNQ	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	-	[16]
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 36	PHO	HOM	133rd	55	[17]
2006		05		DAY DNQ	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX 36	NSH 22	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	[18]
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Dodge																																	TEX 33	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 DNQ	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-	[19]

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	NCTC	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 3							55th	350	[20]
	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge																				CIC 14	RCH	DOV
	Team Rensi Motorsports	61	Chevy																							TEX 33	CAL
2001	Long Brothers Racing	84	Ford	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM 4	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH 14	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL		60th	281	[21]
2002	Chaffin Motorsports	87	Ford	DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM 32	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH 31	RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM				77th	137	[22]
2003	Bobby Hamilton Racing	18	Dodge	DAY 17	DAR 5	MMR 20	MAR 26*	CLT 8	DOV 7	TEX 8	MEM 28	MLW 13	KAN 14	KEN 26	GTW 13	MCH 3	IRP 12	NSH 6	BRI 7	RCH 11	NHA 6	CAL 17	LVS 18	SBO 13	TEX 15	MAR 14	PHO 18	HOM 10	10th	3143	[23]
2004				DAY 13	ATL 9	MAR 10	MFD 31	CLT 30	DOV 1	TEX 5	MEM 9	MLW 2	KAN 9	KEN 5	GTW 4	MCH 11	IRP 1	NSH 12	BRI 29	RCH 22	NHA 16	LVS 16	CAL 11	TEX 16	MAR 30	PHO 30	DAR 15	HOM 15	10th	3122	[24]
2005	Germain Racing	30	Toyota	DAY 21	CAL 28	ATL 7	MAR 5	GTY 9	MFD 32	CLT 30	DOV 23	TEX 23	MCH 7																26th	2068	[25]
	Wyler Racing	60	Toyota											MLW 17	KAN 15	KEN 33	MEM 28	IRP 21	NSH 20	BRI 23	RCH 27	NHA 9	LVS 16	MAR	ATL	TEX
	ThorSport Racing	13	Chevy																								PHO 35	HOM
2006	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL 18	ATL DNQ	MAR DNQ	GTY 26	CLT DNQ	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN														28th	1566	[26]
	Sutton Motorsports	02	Chevy			ATL 21
	HT Motorsports	59	Ford													KEN 17	MEM 29	IRP 32	NSH 15	BRI 11
			Toyota																		NHA 27	LVS 25	TAL 8	MAR 11	ATL 32	TEX 19	PHO 23	HOM 36
2007	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA 36	LVS 16	TAL 8	MAR 7	ATL 36	TEX 24	PHO 22	HOM 30	39th	774	[27]
2008				DAY 36	CAL 28	ATL 25	MAR 22	KAN 17	CLT 21	MFD 19	DOV 21	TEX 25	MCH 27	MLW	MEM 23	KEN 23	IRP 13	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 28	26th	1303	[28]

(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	ABSC	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 11	TAL	ATL 38	85th	215	[29]
2000				DAY 40	SLM	AND	CLT	KIL	FRS	MCH	POC	TOL	KEN	BLN	POC	WIN	ISF	KEN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL	ATL		142nd	45	[30]

• Chad Chaffin driver statistics at Racing-Reference