Thisbiography of a living personneeds additionalcitations forverification. Please help by addingreliable sources.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced orpoorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentiallylibelous. Find sources: "Chad Chaffin" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

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

Chaffin has raced in all three of NASCAR's major series. He was a two-time track champion at the historicNashville Speedway USA, where he met his friend,Andy Kirby.

Chad made his Sprint Cup debut in 2004 atMartinsville. Driving the No. 98MACH 1 Motorsports Ford, he ran 100 laps before experiencing a mechanical failure and finished in 39th place. In 2005, he attempted three races withFront Row Motorsports and MACH 1. Chaffin qualified for theChecker Auto Parts 500 atPhoenix and finished the race in the 43rd position after overheating issues. He began the 2006 season in the No. 92 Oak Gloves Chevrolet driving forFront 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. 37R&J Racing car but was replaced byJohn Andretti before qualifying for a race. AfterMike Bliss' resignation as the driver of the No. 49BAM Racing Dodge on June 27, 2007, Chaffin was selected as one of the replacements withLarry Foyt. In his first attempt to qualify of the season atLoudon, Chaffin made the race afterBrian Vickers and the No. 83Team Red BullToyota were disqualified after failing post-qualifying inspection. In 2008, he attempted to qualify the No. 34 Chevrolet forFront Row Motorsports in thePennsylvania 500 atPocono and theCamping World RV 400 atDover, but failed to qualify in either.

His NASCAR career began in a 1993Busch Series race atRockingham. 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 20th in seven races. During 1997 he ran one race in the No. 87BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet and posted a finish of 19th atNashville. 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. 77Lear Corporation Ford featuring Tony Hall as the owner. He had a best finish of 9th atRichmond.

Chaffin made 18 starts in 2000, all except for one in the No. 77Lear Corporation Ford. He posted his best finish again atRichmond with an 11th place. In 2001, he drove forTeam Rensi Motorsports andDay Enterprise Racing. Making 14 starts, he would have a best finish of 16th atAtlanta. 2002 is Chaffin's most active year in theBusch 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 byDay 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 atTalladega. Chad 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 15 events forDay Enterprise Racing in the No. 05 31-W Insulation Chevrolet, but ended up only making 2 starts for the team, then returned later in the year to make a single start for Sadler Bros. Racing. He has one career Top 10 finish in over 80 starts.

Chad first raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000 with three teams. He raced the No. 84 Romeo Guest Associates Ford owned byLong Brothers Racing to his best finish of the season a 3rd atNashville. He returned in 2001 and again raced withLong Brothers Racing and had a best finish of 4th. 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. 18Dickies Dodge forBobby Hamilton Racing and had two wins in 2004 (Dover International Speedway andIndianapolis Raceway Park). He finished a career-best 10th in the final points standings in 2003 and 2004.

In 2005, he drove for three teams and competed in 21 of the 25 races. Chaffin began the season in the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota and had a best finish of fourth before bring replaced byTodd Bodine. Despite being replaced, Wyler Racing selected Chaffin as their driver and he ran 10 races with them placing 9th 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 13th atPhoenix. For 2006, he was scheduled to drive the No. 40 Chevrolet forKey Motorsports in the opening races of the season, but has since left to focus on his Nextel Cup team. Ryan Moore, aDale Earnhardt, Inc. development driver, has replaced him as of Charlotte. Chaffin made one start this season in the No. 02 Team Copaxone Chevrolet forSutton Motorsports. It was announced on July 3 that Chaffin would drive the No. 59 Harris Trucking Ford forHT Motorsports afterSteve Park's departure. In 2007 and 2008, Chaffin ran part-time in the No. 40Chevrolet forKey Motorsports. In 22 combined starts, he earned two top 10 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 atDaytona. He exited the race after a transmission failure on lap 10, leaving him in the 40th position.

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

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

• Chad Chaffin driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1968 births
• American Speed Association drivers
• Living people
• NASCAR drivers
• Sportspeople from Smyrna, Tennessee
• CARS Tour drivers
• Racing drivers from Tennessee

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• BLP articles lacking sources from April 2015
• All BLP articles lacking sources
• Short description is different from Wikidata