Shane Huffman
Huffman atDover International Speedway in 2006
Born	Shane S. Huffman (1973-12-30)December 30, 1973 (age 51) Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements	2020 ARCA Menards Series championship-winning crew chief 2003USAR Hooters Pro Cup SeriesChampion 2005USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division Champion 1999NASCAR Winston Racing Series Blue Ridge Region Champion 1999 Hickory Motor Speedway Track Champion Late Model Stock Class 1996Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Series Champion
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
31 races run over 4 years
Best finish	34th (2007)
First race	2001Autolite/Fram 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2008Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
First race	2006Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2007Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of April 2, 2013.

Shane S. Huffman (born December 30, 1973) is an American professional formerstock car racing driver and currentcrew chief and team manager forPinnacle Racing Group,^[1] which fields the No. 28Chevrolet SS full-time in theARCA Menards Series, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series East andARCA Menards Series West.

As a crew chief, Huffman won the2020 ARCA Menards Series championship crew chiefingBret Holmes' No. 23 car forHolmes' family-owned team. As a driver, he competed in that series in 2000 when it was known as the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series as well as in what is now theNASCAR Xfinity Series in2001 and from2006 to2008 and in theNASCAR Truck Series in2006 and2007.

Huffman is notable for being one of the first drivers forDale Earnhardt Jr.'sJR Motorsports team during the team's early years. He drove their No. 88United States Navy-sponsored car in what was then the Busch Series for parts of 2006 and2007. When he was released by JRM halfway through 2007, his replacement wasBrad Keselowski, who would go to on to win dozens of races in the series and the championship in2010 as well as win the2012 NASCAR Cup Series championship and dozens of Cup Series races.

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Huffman began his racing career atHickory Motor Speedway in late model stock car racing. In 1996, he won the Limited Late Model Series championship. In 1999 he won the late model track championship, the Blue Ridge Regional Championship, and was the runner-up for the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Champion.

In 2000, Huffman moved up to theUSAR Hooters Pro Cup. After posting no top-ten finishes in his rookie year on the circuit, he won his first career race at Coastal Plains Speedway in 2001. That same season, he made hisNASCARBusch Series debut atRichmond, driving the No. 77Jennie-OFord Taurus forMoy Racing. He started 40th and finished 24th, three laps down.

After a winless 2002, Huffman won five races and was both the champion of USAR's national points standings, as well as the Southern Division. He repeated his Southern Division title in 2005. Huffman has 28 wins in 133 starts in USAR – the 2nd most wins in the USAR series history. Huffman holds the record with most poles in USAR history at 26.

Huffman had three wins in USAR in 2006 driving the No. 88 Champion Chevy for JR Motorsports. He made his first Busch start that year driving the No. 83Make-A-Wish Foundation Chevy for atGateway International Raceway in a JR Motorsports car prepared byNEMCO Motorsports. Following the release of regular 88 driverMark McFarland, Huffman shared the driving duties of the 88 for the rest of the season withRobby Gordon andMartin Truex Jr.

Huffman started the 2007 Busch season in the No. 88 car. On July 3, 2007,Dale Earnhardt Jr. released him from driving the No. 88 Navy Chevy forJR Motorsports. He went on to compete part-time in the Truck Series with Curtis Key Motorsports in 2007.

Huffman returned to Nationwide racing on July 4, 2008, driving the No. 31 car forStanton Barrett Motorsports in theWinn-Dixie 250 atDaytona International Speedway. He started 21st and was able to lead 2 laps (17 and 18) when he remained on the track after a lap 14 caution caused by the spinning No. 22 car driven byJosh Wise. When the green flag dropped on lap 17 Huffman was able to hold off a charge by his ex-boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr. After 2 laps he was passed by Earnhardt and remained in the top 10 for one more lap before falling back in the pack. Huffman eventually finished in 41st position, 82 laps down.

After he was released from his ride with JR Motorsports midway through the2007 season, Huffman joinedRusty Wallace Racing as a car chief forSteve Wallace^[2] before moving to the Truck Series.^[3]

In 2014, Huffman was the crew chief forBrandon Jones atTurner Scott Motorsports in his full-time ride in theK&N Pro Series East (No. 33 car) as well as his part-time rides in the Truck (No. 33) and ARCA Series (No. 4 car). At the very end of the year, he and Jones joinedGMS Racing when Jones' No. 33 team was sold by TSM due to the team's financial problems. He continued to work as crew chief of the No. 33 truck when it became full-time in 2015 with Jones and the Dillon brothers until his suspension from the final two Truck races, where he subsequently left the team entirely.^[4]

The following year, Huffman returned from his suspension and joinedRed Horse Racing where he crew chiefedTimothy Peters' No. 17 truck.^[5]

In2017, Huffman moved toMDM Motorsports and their No. 99 truck,^[6] where he reunited with Jones and the Dillons (all three of whom were driving the truck part-time) and later Peters too (after Red Horse closed down during the season). The other drivers in the truck that he got to crew chief that year wereTommy Joe Martins,Travis Miller,Bubba Wallace,Brian Wong,Cale Gale, andDalton Sargeant.

On August 12, Huffman got his first win as a crew chief in theLTi Printing 200 atMichigan with Wallace driving. In 2018, MDM decided to downsize their Truck operation and expand their ARCA team, and Huffman became the crew chief for the part-time No. 12 car driven byHarrison Burton and Brandon Jones. At the start of the season, he remained the crew chief of the No. 99 truck whenever it was entered, the first race being at the springMartinsville race withTyler Matthews. However, in the other three races the truck ran that year (Eldora withSheldon Creed and the fall Martinsville race andPhoenix withChase Purdy), Jeff Stankiewicz was the crew chief of the No. 99 instead.

After MDM shut down in 2019, Huffman moved toBret Holmes Racing to crew chief driver-ownerBret Holmes' No. 23 car. Although they did not win a race that year, they finished third in the standings, a career-best for Holmes. Huffman returned to crew chief Holmes in2020 and they won the championship together that year. He continued to crew chief for BHR in 2021 which added a part-time Truck Series team that year. Holmes,Sam Mayer andTy Dillon drove the No. 32 truck with Huffman as crew chief. The team's No. 23 ARCA car which he crew chiefed only ran part-time with Holmes and Mayer that year. In 2022, Huffman again crew chiefed BHR's No. 23 car and No. 32 truck which were both part-time again and driven by Holmes andConnor Mosack. Huffman and Holmes came close to winning both the ARCA and Truck Series races at Talladega (Holmes' home track) that year but finished second and third, respectively.

In 2023, Huffman would leave BHR and start his own ARCA team,Pinnacle Racing Group, with NASCAR spotter Lorin Ranier and former NASCAR driverJosh Wise. The team would field a full-time car forLuke Fenhaus the No. 28 Chevrolet, in theARCA Menards Series East with Huffman as the crew chief. In addition, Huffman would serve as the team's general manager.^[1]

Huffman has a son,Landon S. Huffman, who runs inLate Model Stock Cars forPinnacle Racing Group, the team Shane manages.^[7]

While attendingSt. Stephens High School inHickory, North Carolina, Huffman was a three-year starter for the well respected high schoolwrestling team (1989–1990, 1990–1991, 1991–1992).^[8] He was instrumental in helping with the success of the team; posting a career record of 59–27^[9] at the 112 lb and 119 lb weight classes, as the team won the Big-6 3A conference championship 2 out of the 3 years he started. He also served as one of the team captains during his senior year.

To this day, Huffman still ranks high on the individual records lists for the school in Single Season Near Fall Points (141),^[10] Single Season Pins (21),^[11] Single Season Team Points (181.5),^[12] Career Near Fall Points (245),^[13] Career Pins (34),^[14] Career Team Points (342),^[15] and Career Wins (59).^[9]

(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.)

• Shane Huffman Official Website
• JR Motorsports driver biography
• St. Stephens High School Wrestling Team Page
• Shane Huffman's USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Statistics
• Shane Huffman driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Shane Huffman crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference

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