August 18, 2003

Chad Chaffin No. 18 Dickies Dodge Race Notes: BRISTOL

O'Reilly 200
August 20, 2003
Bristol Motor Speedway
TV: SPEED (Live) 8:30 PM-Eastern Time
Radio: MRN (Live) 8:30 PM-Eastern Time

2003 points standing after 15 of 25 races
Position Driver Points
1st Brendan Gaughan 2315
2nd Travis Kvapil 2308
3rd Ted Musgrave 2294
4th Dennis Setzer 2210
7th Bobby Hamilton 2163
11th Chad Chaffin 1890
13th Bill Lester 1745

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 15 0 2 6 175,985
Totals 22 0 4 8 $ 246,210

Career Best Start:1st @ Kansas Speedway 7-5-03
Career Best Finish: (Most Recent)3rd twice @ Michigan Intl. Speedway 7-26-03
Career Largest Purse: $ 22,975 @ Michigan Intl. Speedway 7-26-03

Topics of Interest

Performance: Bristol Motor Speedway
Busch Series (Six starts with a career-best finish of 16th on 3-25-00)
Truck Series (Never raced at facility)

No. 18 Team History: Year Start Finish Driver
1999 12 13 Butch Miller

Chaffin at Bristol: This week it is off to the king of all the short tracks, "Bristol," and the No. 18 Dickies Team and Driver Chad Chaffin are ready, willing, and able to get the job done.

"Wow, is about all you have to say when you hear the name Bristol," said Chaffin. "I've been here several times in a Busch car, and each time it's been awesome. This is the ultimate place to race. You can have a great day and in a split second, it can end on a flat bed trailer. I almost think you race the track as much as you race the competitors. Our goal for this week is to make it to lap 150 with all the fenders on the Dickies Dodge, and then see who we have to beat to win this race. It's our last chance this year to win the home state, and you can bet we want to win badly. The season is coming to an end fairly soon, and we have a few unfinished items to take care of."

Chaffin and the team are coming off of a solid sixth place finish at Nashville Super Speedway after winning the pole, so nothing less than a top ten in this race is acceptable.

"We just need to keep knocking down the top ten finishes, and everything is going to be just fine for this team," said Chaffin.

About Qualifying: The race to win the season long Bud Pole Award is heating up with five teams tied with two poles a piece. The first tie breaker is most second place starts, which there is a two way tie. The third tie breaker is third place starts, which the No. 18 team holds the advantage. With ten races to go in the season, Chaffin holds the tie breakers by virtue of two poles, two second place starts, and two third place starts.

"It may not seem like a big deal, but I know we want to win this award," said Chaffin. "This team won in 2000 with eight poles, and it would be great to win again."

Team Poles 2nd Place Starts 3rd Place Starts
No. 1 Bakersfield, Martinsville 0 Three
No. 2 Daytona, Michigan Two 0
No. 50 Memphis, Kentucky 0 0
No. 29 Milwaukee, IRP 0 0
No. 18 Kansas, Nashville Two Two

Testing: On Monday, August 11, 2003, the No. 18 Dickies Team attended an open Dodge test session at Bristol Motor Speedway. The event lasted from mid-day to late in the evening. All three BHR teams attended the test session.

This Week's Truck: This week, BHR will be racing "Chunky" at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chunky is the same truck that led the most laps earlier this year at Martinsville Speedway. It was also the same truck the team ran in its very first race in March of 1999 at Miami Homestead Speedway. In 1999, Butch Miller finished 13th with Chunky in the last race the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ran at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Performance Chart: Chunky
Date Location S/F Driver
2003
3-14-03 Darlington 7/5 Chad Chaffin
4-12-03 Martinsville 23/26 Chad Chaffin
6-21-03 Memphis 2/28 Chad Chaffin
6-28-03 Milwaukee 7/13 Chad Chaffin
7-1-03 IRP 3/12 Chad Chaffin

Career Earnings: Chaffin will surpass the $ 250,000 mark in career earnings when he starts the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Appearances: Chaffin and the Dickies Transporter will be making an appearance at the Dickies Factory Outlet Store in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee on August 19, 2003 from 11:00AM to 4:00PM EST.

Championship Contenders: With ten races remaining in the 2003 season, there are 20 drivers that can still mathematically win the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship.

Chaffin's 2003 Craftsman Truck Series Event Results
Location Start Finish Laps Status Money Won
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 10 8 136 of 136 Running 11,075
Dover 12 7 200 of 200 Running 15,375
Texas 10 8 146 of 146 Running 13,900
Memphis 2 28 76 of 200 Engine 8,940
Milwaukee 7 13 196 of 200 Running 10,125
Kansas 1 14 166 of 167 Running 13,640
Kentucky 3 26 50 of 150 Engine 11,540
St. Louis 13 13 160 of 160 Running 11,240
Michigan 2 3 100 of 100 Running 22,975
Indy 3 12 199 of 200 Running 10,515
Nashville 1 6 150 of 150 Running 11,950
Bristol (Next Event)

2003 Totals
Starts - 15
Poles - 2
Wins - 0
Top fives - 2
Top tens - 6
Earnings - $ 175,985
Laps Completed - 2348 of 2588 (90.7%)
Laps Led - 115 of 2588
Races Led - 5 of 15
DNF's - 3

Chaffin Quotes  "We're running a few one day shows the last couple of weeks with Indy, Nashville, and Bristol. I really don't have a preference, but I like the two day shows. The one day deal of practicing, qualifying, and racing all on the same day is fair for everyone, but at the end of the day, the guys are worn out. At Indy, I think most everyone in the field was exhausted by the time the race started. The only really bad deal was at Nashville. We won the pole, and it would have been a big story to have that extra day to promote the race and the Series with some press, especially since we were one of the hometown story lines. But to be honest, it doesn't really matter to me what the schedule is."

"We've been getting our qualifying program on track the last few weeks, so now we need to work on becoming a more consistent team in the top ten in the running order. That's what wins races and championships. It's just a growing process that is taking us this first year together to get a handle on things."

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