July 8, 2003

Kentucky Speedway a Whole New Deal for Chad Chaffin

Kentucky 225
July 12, 2003
Kentucky Speedway
TV: SPEED (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time
Radio: MRN (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time

2003 points standing after 10 of 25 races
Position Driver Points
1st Travis Kvapil 1529
2nd Brendan Gaughan 1523
3rd Bobby Hamilton 1499
4th Rick Crawford 1478
5th Ted Musgrave 1473
11th Chad Chaffin 1234
13th Bill Lester 1187

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 10 0 1 4 107,765
Totals 16 0 3 6 $ 177,990

Career Best Start: 1st @ Kansas Speedway 7-5-03
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: Kentucky Speedway
Busch Series (Never raced at facility)
Truck Series (Never raced at facility)

No. 18 Team History: Year Start Finish Driver
2002 13 3 Robert Pressley
2001 5 2 Joe Ruttman
2000 13 25 Joe Ruttman

Kentucky Speedway a Whole New Deal for Chaffin: Chad Chaffin will be entering the Kentucky Speedway with a very limited amount of track time at the facility. Chaffin has never competed at the Kentucky Speedway.
"I've been up here testing before, but I've never raced here," said Chaffin. "I'm not that worried about it. From testing here and last week's race at Kansas, I would say the two tracks are similar. I will also have a chance to draw from the team's experience; Bobby's (Hamilton) been here a few times testing with a Cup car, and my crew chief, Danny Rollins, has run here in the past, so it shouldn't be a big deal. In fact, the team has a second and a third place finish here the last two years."

Chaffin has been the hard luck driver of the season thus far, having fast trucks on several occasions, just to have something derail the Dickies Team's efforts. They have been on a role of late setting on the front row in two of the last three races, but in both cases, the finishes have been less than desired.

"We're not down about the last few races at all," said Chaffin. "The team and I know how fast we are, and if we just get a break to go our way, we can get a win. I know everyone says that, but this is a tough series. Even if all you have to do was just beat the other Dodges out here, you would have to out run the likes of Bobby Hamilton, Ted Musgrave, Brendan Gaughan, Jason Leffler, and sometimes Robert Pressley. It's tough."

Appearances: Chaffin will be suiting up for his second softball game in two weeks on Thursday, July 10, 2003. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers will be playing the SPEED Channel crew in a softball game at the Northern Kentucky University campus, just east of Florence, Kentucky.
"Well, last week I was a little nervous about playing and looking like a fool, and that game was just for fun," said Chaffin. "This week though, I've been told by the other drivers that this is very serious. Last year, the drivers lost this game, so many of them are ready for a rematch. I'm just going to have fun, but I'm sure I'll get into it when the first pitch is thrown out."

Chaffin Inching Toward the $ 200,000 Mark in Earnings: In the next two weeks, depending on his finishes, Chaffin will surpass the $ 200,000 mark in career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series earnings. Chaffin has earned $177,990 in 16 starts.

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 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 (Next Event)

2003 Totals
Starts - 10
Poles - 0
Wins - 0
Top fives - 1
Top tens - 4
Earnings - $ 107,765
Laps Completed - 1689 of 1828 (92.3%)
Laps Led - 97 of 1828
Races Led - 4 of 10
DNF's - 2


This Week's Truck: The No. 18 BHR Dickies Dodge team will be taking the same truck they raced with at Kansas last week to Kentucky Speedway. "Hulk" proved to be fast in qualifying last week while setting a track record, but developed a handling problem in the race. This week the goal will be to eliminate the race problems the Dickies Team has experienced the last few weeks.

Performance Chart: Hulk
DATE RACE START FINISH DRIVER
10-13-00 Texas 25 11 Joe Ruttman
3-4-01 Homestead 5 9 Joe Ruttman
5-12-01 Darlington 3 1 Bobby Hamilton
8-26-01 Nazareth 33 31 Sammy Sanders
9-28-01 South Boston 10 5 Joe Ruttman
3-15-02 Darlington 18 8 Brian Rose
4-13-02 Martinsville 9 27 Brian Rose
5-7-02 Texas 14 35 Brian Rose
6-29-02 Milwaukee 12 19 Brian Rose
7-27-02 Michigan 16 23 Brian Rose
8-2-01 IRP 10 30 Bobby Hamilton
9-13-02 Texas 13 11 Joe Ruttman
11-8-02 Phoenix 20 26 Ryan Hemphill
6-6-03 Texas (June) 10 8 Chad Chaffin
7-5-03 Kansas 1 14 Chad Chaffin

Chaffin Quotes  "We have to have the worst luck of any team out there. We have been so fast all year, but every bad thing in the book has happened to this team. I'm telling you what, when we get this turned around, we may be unstoppable. I know we have what it takes to win, we just can't seem to make it to the checkered flag without something knocking us out of contention."

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