May 12, 2003

Chad Chaffin, No. 18 Dickies Dodge Notes: Lowe's Motor Speedway

Hardee's 200
May 16, 2003
Lowe's Motor Speedway
TV: SPEED (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time
Radio: MRN (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time

2003 points standing after 4 of 25 races
Position Driver Points
1st Bobby Hamilton 670
2nd Rick Crawford 631
3rd Brendan Gaughan 594
4th Ted Musgrave 591
5th Dennis Setzer 590
13th Chad Chaffin 470
14th Bill Lester 466

Chad Chaffin Profile
Birthdate - July 20, 1968
Birthplace - McMinnville, Tennessee
Wife - Cindy
Children - Brooke, Chase, Chaz
Residence - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Other Interest - Owner of South Eastern
Recycling in Nashville,
Tennessee.

NASCAR Truck Series Career Statistics
Year-By-Year
Years Starts Wins Top 5's Top 10's Money
2000 3 0 1 1 $ 33,635
2001 2 0 1 1 23,215
2002 2 0 0 0 13,375
2003 4 0 1 1 34,720
Totals 11 0 3 3 $ 104,945

Career Best Start: 6th @ Daytona Intl. Speedway 2-14-03
Career Best Finish: 3rd @ Nashville Speedway USA 8-12-00
Career Largest Purse: $17,725 @ Nashville Speedway USA 8-12-00

Chad Chaffin No. 18 Dickies Dodge Race Notes

Topics of Interest

Performance Record: Lowe's Motor Speedway
Busch Series (One start in 2000, finished in the 26th position)

Lowes Motor Speedway a Good Place to Turn Season Around: Chad Chaffin and the No. 18 BHR Dickies Dodge team enters the race this week at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina knowing they have to turn their season around. Over the first four races of the season, Chaffin and the Dickies team have had several good runs, but each time, they have something derail their chances of a solid finish.

In Daytona and Bakersfield, the team suffered flat tires that dropped them from contention. At the most recent event in Martinsville, Virginia, Chaffin led the most laps and was running second with five laps to go when his truck ran out of gas.

The one race the team had no bad luck was when Chaffin recorded a season high fifth place finish at Darlington.

"We're posed for a solid run," said Chaffin. "In the first four races, we've had as much go wrong as some teams have in a year, and it's just bad luck. In a way, it gets you a little upset at the finishes, but we know how well we have run this year, and the boys on this team and I know we're going to get this bad string of luck behind us. The good thing is that despite what has happened, no one is pointing fingers at each other. If anything, we're all pulling together to get out of the hole we've dug in the points race."

Chaffin and the No. 18 team enter the race at Lowes Motor Speedway in the 13th position in the points standings. The deceiving thing about the points race is that from first place to 13th place, there is exactly 200 points separating these positions.

"There are a lot of races left in the season," said Chaffin. "We've got time to move back into the points race, so we're not that worried about it right now."

Testing: Over the last month break in the racing action for the Truck Series, Chaffin and the No. 18 team have been testing at several locations. On April, 24-25, 2003, Chaffin and the Dickies team were at Kentucky Speedway for the Dodge test, along with participating in last week's test at Lowes Motor Speedway.
"We had a good test both last week and the week before that," said Chaffin. "I think we'll be in good shape for the race this week."

Earnings: After Chaffin's finish at Martinsville Speedway, he surpassed the $ 100,000 in career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series earnings.

Appearances: Chaffin and the No. 18 Dickies transporter with be at the Sears store at the Carolina Mall in Concord, North Carolina on May 14, 2003 from 4-7:00 PM Eastern time. Chaffin will be on hand to sign autographs.

Chaffin's 2003 Craftsman Truck Series Event Results

Location Start Finish Laps Status Money
Daytona 6 17 103 of 106 Running $ 13,015
Darlington 7 5 147 of 147 Running 9,175
Bakersfield 27 20 253 of 255 Running 5,665
Martinsville 23 26 245 of 250 Out of Gas 6,865
Charlotte (Next Event)

2003 Totals
Starts - 4
Poles - 0
Wins - 0
Top fives - 1
Top tens - 1
Earnings - $ 34,720
Laps Completed - 748 of 758 (98.6%)
Laps Led - 81 of 758
Races Led - 2 of 4
DNF's - 1

This Week's Truck: The truck that Chaffin will be driving at Lowes Motor Speedway this week is the same truck that he piloted to a 20th place finish at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California. "Angel" has raced 26 times over the last three years, with victories at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 2001 with Joe Ruttman and Michigan Speedway in 2002 with Robert Pressley.

Performance Chart: Angel 2001 finishes: one win, three top fives, and eight top tens in 11 starts.  (Last 15 races)

DATE RACE START FINISH DRIVER
4-13-02 Martinsville 17 14 Robert Pressley
5-5-02 St. Louis 7 31 Robert Pressley
5-19-02 Pikes Peak 10 30 Robert Pressley
6-22-02 Memphis 7 12 Robert Pressley
7-6-02 Kansas 7 7 Robert Pressley
7-13-02 Kentucky 13 3 Robert Pressley
7-27-02 Michigan 8 1 Robert Pressley
8-2-01 IRP 4 5 Robert Pressley
8-10-02 Nashville 4 9 Robert Pressley
9-5-02 Richmond 11 15 Robert Pressley
10-13-02 Las Vegas 15 7 Robert Pressley
11-2-02 California 5 7 Robert Pressley
11-8-02 Phoenix 10 14 Robert Pressley
11-15-02 Homestead 33 4 Robert Pressley
3-23-03 Bakersfield 27 20 Chad Chaffin

Chaffin Quotes

"Stats can be very deceiving in some cases. That's how I would describe my record at Charlotte. I think the record books say I've run one race at the facility, but in reality, I have put a substantial amount of miles on the Speedway in testing. I've raced an ARCA race at the track in 1999, and I think I finished in the 11th position. So if people are overlooking us as a team, that might be a factor at this race, they may be surprised. We'll just see where we end up in the test. That should give us a pretty good idea of where we're at, relative to everyone else at the track."

"I look for this team to have another great run at Charlotte like we had at Martinsville. Only this time, we should not have the fuel problem we had in the latter. Every week, this team gets a little closer together, and this could be our break out race. I feel like we should have a great truck just like we've had all year. Only now is the time to start knocking down those top five finishes."

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