Shane Huffman | |||||||
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Born | Shane S. Huffman December 30, 1973 Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship-winning crew chief 2003 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 Stock Class 1996 Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Series Champion | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
31 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 34th (2007) | ||||||
First race | 2001 Autolite/Fram 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2008 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 (Gateway) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
First race | 2006 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2007 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of April 2, 2013. |
Shane S. Huffman (born December 30, 1973) is an American professional former stock car racing driver and current crew chief and team manager for Pinnacle Racing Group,[1] which fields the No. 28 Chevrolet SS full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series.
As a crew chief, he won the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship crew chiefing Bret Holmes' No. 23 car for Holmes' 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 the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2001 and from 2006 to 2008 and in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2006 and 2007.
Huffman is notable for being one of the first drivers for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports team during the team's early years. He drove their No. 88 United States Navy-sponsored car in what was then the Busch Series for parts of 2006 and 2007. When he was released by JRM halfway through 2007, his replacement was Brad Keselowski, who would go to on to win dozens of races in the series and the championship in 2010 as well as win the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series championship and dozens of Cup Series races.