Shane Huffman

Shane Huffman (born December 30, 1973) is a former American professional stock car racing driver and current crew chief. He drove the No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in the Craftsman Truck Series. In 2006 and 2007, he drove the No. 88 NAVY "Accelerate Your Life" Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for JR Motorsports in the Busch Series.

Shane Huffman
Huffman at Dover International Speedway in 2006
Born (1973-12-30) December 30, 1973
Hickory, North Carolina
Achievements2003 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion

2005 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division Champion
1999 NASCAR Winston Racing Series Blue Ridge Region Champion
1999 Hickory Motor Speedway Track Champion Late Model Class

1996 Hickory Motor Speedway Late Limited Model Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
31 races run over 4 years
Best finish34th (2007)
First race2001 Autolite/Fram 250 (Richmond)
Last race2008 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
First race2006 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2007 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of April 2, 2013.

Early life

While attending St. Stephens High School in Hickory, North Carolina, Huffman was a three-year starter for the well respected high school wrestling team (1989–1990, 1990–1991, 1991–1992).[1] He was instrumental in helping with the success of the team; posting a career record of 59–27[2] 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),[3] Single Season Pins (21),[4] Single Season Team Points (181.5),[5] Career Near Fall Points (245),[6] Career Pins (34),[7] Career Team Points (342),[8] and Career Wins (59).[2]

Racing career

Early career

Huffman began his racing career at Hickory Motor Speedway in late model stock car racing. In 1996, he won the Late Limited 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, he moved up to the USAR 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 his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Richmond, driving the No. 77 Jennie-O Ford Taurus for Moy 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.

JR Motorsports

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. 83 Make-A-Wish Foundation Chevy for at Gateway International Raceway in a JR Motorsports car prepared by NEMCO Motorsports. Following the release of regular 88 driver Mark McFarland, Huffman shared the driving duties of the 88 for the rest of the season with Robby Gordon and Martin Truex Jr..

He started the 2007 Busch season in the No. 88 car. On July 3, 2007, Dale Earnhardt Jr. released Huffman from driving the No. 88 Navy Chevy for JR 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 for Stanton Barrett Motorsports in the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona 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 by Josh 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.

Post-racing career

In 2007, Huffman joined Rusty Wallace Racing as a car chief for Steve Wallace[9] before moving to the Truck Series.[10] He joined GMS Racing in 2014 as a crew chief, working with the team until his suspension from the final two Truck races in 2015.[11] Huffman eventually moved to Timothy Peters' No. 17 team at Red Horse Racing.[12] After Red Horse's shutdown in 2017, Huffman moved to MDM Motorsports and the No. 99 team.[13] On August 12, he got his first win as a crew chief in the LTi Printing 200 at Michigan International Speedway with Darrell Wallace Jr. driving.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts
2001 PRW Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
24		 DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 108th 91
2006 JR Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY
27		 IRP GLN MCH 49th 841
88 BRI
31		 CAL RCH
22		 DOV
36		 KAN
21		 CLT
39		 MEM
5		 TEX
42		 PHO
8		 HOM
37
2007 DAY
36		 CAL
21		 MXC
21		 LVS
9		 ATL
19		 BRI
38		 NSH
6		 TEX
39		 PHO
42		 TAL
15		 RCH
18		 DAR
27		 CLT
24		 DOV
37		 NSH
19		 KEN
5		 MLW
10		 NHA
23		 DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 34th 1727
2008 SKI Motorsports 31 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY
41		 CHI 106th 151
MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge GTY
19		 IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts
2006 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR
35		 ATL TEX
26		 PHO
28		 HOM
20		 48th 325
2007 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT
24		 MFD DOV
24		 TEX MCH MLW
22		 MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 59th 279

References
  1. All Wrestlers in SSHS History
  2. Career Wins Leader Board Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Single Season Near Fall Points Leader Board Archived 2007-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Saint Single Season Pins Leader Board Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Saint Single Season Team Points Leader Board Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Career Near Fall Points Leader Board Archived 2007-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Saint Career Pins Leader Board Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Saint Career Team Points Leader Board Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "BUSCH: Shane Huffman joins RWI as car chief". Motorsport.com. September 19, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  10. "DRIVEN TO WIN: CREW CHIEFS STARTED AS DRIVERS". NASCAR. June 14, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  11. DeGroot, Nick (November 19, 2015). "Crew chief Shane Huffman parts ways with GMS Racing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  12. Knight, Chris (November 23, 2015). "Marcus Richmond Set To Join GMS Racing As Johnny Sauter's Crew Chief". Catchfence. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  13. Knight, Chris. "Timothy Peters lands Truck Series ride for Texas Motor Speedway". Catchfence. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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