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Chris Lafferty Truck Debut set for Martinsville
October 5, 2009
Lafferty Motorsports has slowly and steadily grown over the past 5 years since its inception in 2004. But October 24th at Martinsville will start a new chapter in this struggling team’s history. Team owner Chris Lafferty will climb behind the wheel for his first race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series. Since 2004 Lafferty Motorsports has fielded an entry on a part time basis with the hopes of competing full time in the years to come.
"I am very excited about driving, I love every opportunity that I have just to walk through the gates at a truck race and I know that I am truly lucky to be in this position to drive with the best drivers and best series out there." The Lafferty team has been preparing extensively for this day and has high but reasonable expectations. "My plans are simple, I want to qualify respectively and race a clean race and come home with a good finish, so that these guys can be comfortable racing beside me. Many of these guys know me as an owner but this will be my first time with them as a driver."
Chris has done what may seem impossible, coming to North Carolina 10 years ago with nothing, he has built a solid reputation as an engine builder competing twice in the Clevite Engine Builders Challenge (now Mahle), writing for Circle Track Magazine, Stock Car Magazine and Speedway Illustrated. Starting Lafferty Motorsports with only a dream Chris has been able to field trucks not only in NASCAR's top truck series but also fielding cars in the ARCA series as well as NASCAR's weekly Late Model and Street Stock divisions. Chris has gained national exposure for helping up an coming drivers achieve their goal and will now be taking on the task of driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck for his own NASCAR Camping World Truck series team and will be in Phoenix as well as the season closer in Homestead (pending approval). Chris has done this with out any family money or any corporate backing which is definitely well earned.
15th place finish at Darlington
8-14-2010
It was a great night for the Lafferty Motorsports team as veteran driver Mike Harmon shows that he could still get the job done as he posts his career best finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series piloting the #89 Lafferty Performance Ford.
It was a great night for the Lafferty Motorsports team as veteran driver Mike Harmon shows that he could still get the job done as he posts his career best finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series piloting the #89 Lafferty Performance Ford.
Lafferty aligns with BobCad
Lafferty Motorsports is pleased to announce an alignment with BobCAD-CAM Inc. BobCAD is a CAD-CAM software company out of Clearwater Florida that is known throughout the industry for their affordable, easy to use, yet very powerful software. Until now not many in the racing industry have realized the power that comes from owning the BobCAD-CAM software. This software truly gives a freedom and level of control that can only be gained by having the right CAD-CAM system being used for designing parts and programming CNC machines.
This partnership will continue to benefit both BobCAD-CAM Inc and Lafferty Motorsports throughout the year and both teams are very excited about this new alignment. The Lafferty Motorsports name will help BobCAD open new doors in the racing industry by building a higher awareness of BobCAD as a powerful industry tool. BobCAD-CAM Inc. will continue to provide Lafferty Motorsports with the tools and training needed to increase productivity and open up new creative avenues in their shop. This will be proven as the Lafferty branded product line continues to utilize the BobCAD software as they grow.
"We are very excited to be teaming up with BobCAD, in our first week of use our productivity went up an easy 50%. Before it could take days to engineer parts and write CNC programs and now I am close to doing the same thing in a matter of hours by myself." - Chris Lafferty
Daytona Testing
December 20, 2009
The Lafferty team is no stranger to Daytona, however this would mark the first laps ever turned at the famed race track by Chris Lafferty, " I was especially excited to go to Daytona for the ARCA test because I had never driven this place and i always wanted to, the only time that I got a little nervous was when we lost our power steering, it was unexpected and was a bear to handle. "
Joining the Lafferty team was new comer Justin Boston. "It was awsome to drive this place, I want to thank Chris and the team for giving me the opportunity to test with them." Justin later added that he was infact a tenth faster than Chris had been on back to back runs.
Lafferty Motorsports is pleasedto say that Justin did infact get approved to run the upcoming Daytona ARCA event in February.
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Phoenix ends season for Team Lafferty
Well the 2009 season closing race for Team Lafferty was less than spectacular, but left many knowing that the decision for Chris Lafferty to take over the wheel is no joke.
"We fought oil problems all week end long, which we thought was due to the oil tank being over full." As it turned out Lafferty later discovered when they got back to the shop that the entire dry sump systems had less than 7 quarts of oil left in a system designed to carry 16 quarts. "After an oil analysis we discovered that our oil was vaporizing at only 210 degrees." Normally synthetic oil can operate above 300 degrees.
In practice and qualifying Lafferty knew they had issues so they just rode around trying not to do anything stupid, but knew once the race started that they would have to kick it up a notch. "Once we were in the race we hit pay dirt and I could push a bit harder, but my limited laps in practice kept me cautous during the start of the race."
Many commented on how good the Lafferty Teams truck looked during the start of the race running competitevly with some quality teams.
"I know now that i can do this, that excites me!" Chris Lafferty said.
"We fought oil problems all week end long, which we thought was due to the oil tank being over full." As it turned out Lafferty later discovered when they got back to the shop that the entire dry sump systems had less than 7 quarts of oil left in a system designed to carry 16 quarts. "After an oil analysis we discovered that our oil was vaporizing at only 210 degrees." Normally synthetic oil can operate above 300 degrees.
In practice and qualifying Lafferty knew they had issues so they just rode around trying not to do anything stupid, but knew once the race started that they would have to kick it up a notch. "Once we were in the race we hit pay dirt and I could push a bit harder, but my limited laps in practice kept me cautous during the start of the race."
Many commented on how good the Lafferty Teams truck looked during the start of the race running competitevly with some quality teams.
"I know now that i can do this, that excites me!" Chris Lafferty said.
Lafferty Motorsports is headed to Vegas!
September 23, 3009
Lafferty Motorsports will be racing in the Las Vegas 350 on September 26th. Although it was a last minute decision we are expecting great results! This race will be the first time the Truck Series will be running with this combination of left and right-side tire codes. Watch us on SPEED, Race starts at 9:30 PM ET.
Lafferty Motorsports will be racing in the Las Vegas 350 on September 26th. Although it was a last minute decision we are expecting great results! This race will be the first time the Truck Series will be running with this combination of left and right-side tire codes. Watch us on SPEED, Race starts at 9:30 PM ET.
Broken Clutch Puts End to Day in the Dirt
September 12, 2009
After coming off a strong run a few weeks before in Springfield, the Lafferty team was excited about going to DuQuoin for the second dirt race in the ARCA Remax schedule. "I was nervous, because I was warned that DuQuoin was harder to drive" Chris Lafferty said. But after a fresh set of tires, Chris had the comfort he needed to go fast. "I was just being easy with the car, it had a lot more in it in practice but I was just being conservative."
For qualifying it was a different story as the Lafferty Motorsports crew chief persuaded Chris to push his limits. "I watched some of the fast guys in qualifying and told myself that I was going to drive in as deep as they did." And Chris did, he drove the car as deep as he could but got loose coming off of turn 2 which ruined his qualifying run. "Off of (turn) 2 I got in it and the car pushed and when I pushed back the car snapped loose. I had to do everything but stop completely to get the car back." Turn 2 was hectic for many, as multiple cars got loose and a few even crashed. The Lafferty team started the race in 29th when the green flag dropped and fought up to 23rd when the clutch finally gave out; this led the team to a disappointing 32nd place finish. "I feel confident that we had a top 20 car, but we could not show it" states Chris.
After coming off a strong run a few weeks before in Springfield, the Lafferty team was excited about going to DuQuoin for the second dirt race in the ARCA Remax schedule. "I was nervous, because I was warned that DuQuoin was harder to drive" Chris Lafferty said. But after a fresh set of tires, Chris had the comfort he needed to go fast. "I was just being easy with the car, it had a lot more in it in practice but I was just being conservative."
For qualifying it was a different story as the Lafferty Motorsports crew chief persuaded Chris to push his limits. "I watched some of the fast guys in qualifying and told myself that I was going to drive in as deep as they did." And Chris did, he drove the car as deep as he could but got loose coming off of turn 2 which ruined his qualifying run. "Off of (turn) 2 I got in it and the car pushed and when I pushed back the car snapped loose. I had to do everything but stop completely to get the car back." Turn 2 was hectic for many, as multiple cars got loose and a few even crashed. The Lafferty team started the race in 29th when the green flag dropped and fought up to 23rd when the clutch finally gave out; this led the team to a disappointing 32nd place finish. "I feel confident that we had a top 20 car, but we could not show it" states Chris.
Lafferty Fights for a Finish
August 23, 2009
The Lafferty team took the long drive to Springfield, Illinois to compete in the ARCA Remax series race on the 1 mile dirt oval. After starting last in the 39 car field, and an early clutch problem that arose, Chris was able to battle to a 24th place finish. “I was having a great time, my crew worked extremely hard and I had to really concentrate on our pit stop because I had no clutch and I had to kill the engine to stop.” explained Chris Lafferty as the race ended.
The Lafferty team took the long drive to Springfield, Illinois to compete in the ARCA Remax series race on the 1 mile dirt oval. After starting last in the 39 car field, and an early clutch problem that arose, Chris was able to battle to a 24th place finish. “I was having a great time, my crew worked extremely hard and I had to really concentrate on our pit stop because I had no clutch and I had to kill the engine to stop.” explained Chris Lafferty as the race ended.