July 22, 2003

Chad Chaffin No. 18 Dickies Dodge Race Notes

Sears 200
July 25, 2003
Michigan International Speedway
TV: SPEED (Live) 1:00 PM-Eastern Time
Radio: MRN (Live) 1:00 PM-Eastern Time

2003 points standing after 12 of 25 races
Position Driver Points
1st Travis Kvapil 1849
2nd Brendan Gaughan 1815
3rd Ted Musgrave 1794
4th Dennis Setzer 1779
6th Bobby Hamilton 1734
12th Chad Chaffin 1443
13th Bill Lester 1411

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 12 0 1 4 130,545
Totals 18 0 3 6 $ 200,770

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

NASCAR Career (1993-2003)
1. Busch Series - 79 Starts Career Best Ninth Place 1999
2. Two Track Championships at Nashville Speedway USA (1993, 1995)
3. Won Most Popular Driver Award at
Nashville Speedway USA in 1995

Chad Chaffin No. 18 Dickies Dodge Race Notes
Performance Michigan International Speedway
Busch Series (One start with a finish of 39th place on 8-17-02)
Truck Series (Never raced at facility)

No. 18 Team History: Year Start Finish Driver
2002 8 1 Robert Pressley
2001 No Race This Year
2000 30 14 Joe Ruttman
1999 8 5 Joe Ruttman

No. 18 Team Defending Winners: The No. 18 Dickies Dodge team enters this week's race as the defending winner of the Sears 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Last year, the team led 76 of 100 laps enroute to victory in Dodge's backyard so to speak.

"This is one of the two biggest races for the team," said Chaffin. "These guys won this race last year, so there is a little pressure to repeat. The other big race for this team is at Nashville in a few weeks. I've only raced at Michigan one time in my career, so hopefully the boys will help me out a little. I think I'm going to see if one of them has last year's race on tape, and I'll watch it just to be safe. All joking aside, we should be good up there. Our speedway program is really good right now, so I'm pretty excited about racing at Michigan."

Halfway Race: Michigan International Speedway marks the halfway race in the 2003 season. Through the first 12 events this year, the No. 18 Dickies Team has shown a lot of promise by winning a pole and running up front on several occasions. But like many teams, they have not had the best of luck. It seems that just about every weird thing that can happen to a team has happened to Chaffin and his team.

"It's been a good first half of the year, but I think we were all looking for a better start to the deal," said Chaffin. "We've been really fast, but different things have taken us out of contention several times. We've been working really hard to rectify these items and get this team back to where it belongs, but it's going to take some time."

Appearances: Chaffin will be fairly busy this week in Michigan. On Thursday, July 24, Chaffin and the Dickies Dodge transporter will be making an appearance at the Anderson Store in Toledo, Ohio from 11:30AM to 2:00PM. Then on Friday, Chaffin and the entire Dickies team will be attending a Dodge corporate Bar-B-Que on a lake near the Michigan International Speedway.  Following the event on Saturday, July 26, Chaffin will take part in a Match Race with Brendan Gaughan at Kalamazoo Speedway from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

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 3 26 50 of 150 Engine 11,540
St. Louis 13 13 160 of 160 Running 11,240
Michigan (Next Event)

2003 Totals
Starts - 12
Poles - 0
Wins - 0
Top fives - 1
Top tens - 4
Earnings - $ 130,545
Laps Completed - 1899 of 2138 (88.8%)
Laps Led - 97 of 2138
Races Led - 4 of 12
DNF's - 3


This Week's Truck: "Hulk" has competed in 18 events since the team built the truck in 2000. Hulk won at Darlington with Bobby Hamilton behind the wheel in 2001 and was also the same truck that Chaffin won the pole with at Kansas Speedway earlier this month.

Performance Chart: Hulk
DATE RACE START/FINISH DRIVER
Last 10 races
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
11-2-02 California 36 36 Ricky Bogart
11-8-02 Phoenix 20 26 Ryan Hemphill
6-6-03 Texas 10 8 Chad Chaffin
7-5-03 Kansas 1 14 Chad Chaffin
5-12-03 Kentucky 3 26 Chad Chaffin

Chaffin Quotes  "This is one of the races that we marked early in the season that is really important to shine at. It's right in the backyard for the big three automakers and bragging rights are on the line. Last year this team gave those rights to Dodge, and we're going to be trying extra hard to keep that win in the family again."

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