After a several year absence from NASCAR racing, veteran Ohio racer Todd Shafer returns to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the Thunder Exhaust #08 for SS Green Light Racing Friday night at the Kansas Speedway. Shafer is scheduled to run several races for the Bobby Dotter-led team during 2014 beginning with the SFP 250 under the lights in America’s heartland. Todd began racing at the age of eight and has raced in a wide variety of vehicles for nearly thirty years including micro-sprints, WoO Sprint Cars, asphalt late models, ARCA and both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. His last start in the NCWTS came at Iowa in 2012 where he was the victim of another driver’s misfortune. When he’s not at the track, Shafer is busy with his business; Thunder Exhaust which manufacturers low-profile NASCAR style exhaust tips for most any vehicle. He spends some of his time away from the shop with his eight-year old son Jonathan who is currently racing quarter-midgets around their native Ohio home. In June of 2001 Shafer was seriously injured in a wreck at Michigan International Raceway while competing in the ARCA Series. Suffering severe injuries to his back and neck, it took months for Todd to recover before returning behind the wheel in July of 2002.(SS Green Light)(5-6-2014)
