Chris Lafferty (born May 28, 1977) is an American professional

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driver, crew chief, and former team owner of

Lafferty Motorsports Lafferty Motorsports was an American auto racing team based in Concord, North Carolina. It was owned by driver and crew chief Chris Lafferty along with his wife Tracy, and co-crew chief Calvin Wood. Lafferty Motorsports fielded the No. 89 Ford ...

. He last competed part-time in the

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, driving for JJC Racing.

Racing career

After growing up in

Vacaville, California Vacaville is a city located in Solano County in Northern California. Sitting approximately from Sacramento and from San Francisco, it is within the Sacramento Valley. As of the 2020 census, Vacaville had a population of 102,386, making it ...

, Lafferty moved to

Concord, North Carolina Concord is the county seat and largest city in Cabarrus County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 105,186, with an estimated population in 2021 of 107,697. In terms of population, the cit ...

in 1998 to pursue a racing career. In addition to working as an engine builder, he was a journalist for various racing magazines. In 2003, he formed Lafferty Motorsports. In addition to competing in the

ARCA Re/Max Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

and

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, the team ran a

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; members of the program included regional truck racer Russ Dugger,

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drivers

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and Cole Exum, and

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racers Bryan Hayberger and Andrew Broucher. Lafferty made his Truck Series debut in 2009 at

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; he had failed to qualify in his first attempt at

Martinsville Speedway Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in ...

. In 2011, he ran four Truck races in a truck promoting the

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in the buildup to the

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. In 2012, he partnered with

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to create ''Chris Lafferty's Motorsports TV'', a biweekly television program that also featured his daughter Hannah hosting a kid-friendly segment. Lafferty returned to ARCA in 2015 with

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. He finished 27th after retiring on lap 98 with electrical problems. In 2017, Lafferty joined

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as a talk show host for ''The Sam and Chris Show'' alongside NASCAR artist Sam Bass.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

(

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

References

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