Mike Affarano Motorsports with Roger Carter is an American professional stock car racing team that formerly competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 03 Chevrolet Silverado for Tim Viens, and previously with Jake Griffin, John Provenzano, and team owner Mike Affarano. The team has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past. They also field a Pro Cup Series team for Emily Cook and in go-karts with Affarano's twin sons Kyle and Zach.
History After making his first attempt in ARCA in 2012 at the season opener at Daytona driving the No. 59 for Mark Gibson (which was a DNQ), Affarano began fielding his team in the series starting at Talladega. In his first race as an owner-driver, he immediately became known for his infamous crash in that race where his No. 83 flipped on lap 76 of the race in arguably one of the most dangerous crashes in ARCA history. Since the car landed on its roof, a safety truck had to flip it back on its wheels. Affarano proceeded to climb out of his car with the help of safety personnel at the scene.
Affarano drove in four more races that year, two for his team (and the other two driving the No. 18 for Fast Track Racing).
The team's first truck start came at Eldora in 2014, with Affarano himself driving. The team used the No. 03 and was a Chevrolet. Affarano made the field by qualifying via his finish in his heat race. However, he ended up finishing last in the race itself. He made three more starts that year at Chicago, Bristol (which was a DNQ), and Talladega.
On January 28, 2015, it was announced that the team would expand into the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the first time, with Johanna Long, who was without a ride in 2014, joining Affarano's team to drive the No. 03 Chevrolet Camaro. However, the team had to cancel their plans of running Daytona due to lack of sponsorship, which continued for months. By spring, the team was finally able to attempt a race, Richmond, which turned out to be their only attempt of the season. Long and the team did not qualify. It was confirmed on May 21 that Long had left the team. She would eventually join Obaika Racing.
On the truck side, Affarano returned in 2015, again for a part-time schedule. Affarano himself drove at Kansas, Texas, Gateway, and Iowa. He also withdrew from two other races that year at Dover and Kentucky. He did enter his truck at Eldora for the second year in a row, but this time, it was with Jake Griffin driving. It was the first time he had someone other than himself driving his truck. After that, Tim Viens attempted Pocono and Michigan for the team, but failed to qualify for both races. Additionally, Viens and Affarano withdrew from the race at Chicago, Affarano's home track.
Affarano and his No. 03 team did not attempt any races in 2016, but they did attempt to come back in 2017 at Talladega. They were initially on the entry list, but the team withdrew after they could not get the truck ready and updated in time, according to a post on the team's Facebook page.
In 2018, the team tried to attempt Chicago with Affarano driving, but they withdrew. However, they were able to make it to another race that year, Eldora, with dirt driver John Provenzano attempting to qualify but failing to do so.
It was announced on July 2, 2019, that Jake Griffin would return to the team for Eldora, which again ended up being the team's only attempt that year. Griffin qualified for the race and finished 26th.
On February 13, 2020, the team was unable to make the Daytona race after its truck and trailer skidded off the road on its way to the track. After failing to qualify for Charlotte and Atlanta, Mike Affarano Motorsports and Tim Viens were supposed to run at Homestead-Miami but the truck failed pre-race inspection and NASCAR forced them to withdraw since the repairs could not be made at the track. The truck failed inspection because the seat was mounted too low, and they couldn't fix it due to where the railing was installed. The truck also had the incorrect splitter, but with no way to fix the seat, there was no point in trying to buy a new one. After that incident, Viens and Mike Affarano Motorsports parted ways.
Prior to the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, NASCAR revealed that Affarano's team had created a new owner's points slot for their No. 03 truck. As of July, they have yet to make a start.
Truck No. 03 results Year Driver 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 Pts 2014 Mike Affarano 03 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD30 POC MCH BRIDNQ MSP CHI24 NHA LVS TAL24 MAR TEX PHO HOM 58th 21 2015 DAY ATL MAR KAN31 CLT DOVWth TEX29 GTW30 IOW30 KENWth 56th 14 Jake Griffin ELDDNQ Tim Viens POCDNQ MCHDNQ BRI MSP CHIWth NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2017 Mike Affarano DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TALWth MAR TEX PHO HOM 56th 0 2018 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHIWth KEN 56th 0 John Provenzano ELDDNQ POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2019 Jake Griffin DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD26 MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 56th 11 2020 Tim Viens DAYWth LVS CLTDNQ ATLDNQ HOMWth POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 48th 0
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