Affarano made his first ARCA attempt at the 2012 season opener at Daytona, driving the No. 59 for Mark Gibson, but failed to qualify. He subsequently began fielding his own team, running the No. 83. At Talladega in his first race as an owner-driver, his car flipped on lap 76 and landed on its roof; a safety truck righted the vehicle and Affarano climbed out unassisted with the help of safety personnel. He completed four additional ARCA races that year, two for his own team and two driving the No. 18 for Fast Track Racing.
In 2014 Affarano returned to ARCA with the No. 03, making two attempts — withdrawing at Chicago and finishing 14th from 31 starters at Pocono. In 2015 he did not drive himself in ARCA but fielded the No. 03 for Raymond Hassler at Daytona and Kevin Rutherford at Nashville, Toledo, and Winchester.
Affarano's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start came at the 2014 Eldora race, where he fielded the No. 03 Chevrolet and qualified through his heat race before finishing last in the main event. He made three further starts that year at Chicago, Bristol (DNQ), and Talladega.
In 2015 Affarano drove at Kansas, Texas, Gateway, and Iowa on a part-time schedule, also withdrawing from Dover and Kentucky. For the Eldora race he entered the truck with Jake Griffin driving — the first time Affarano had fielded the truck for another driver. Tim Viens subsequently attempted Pocono and Michigan for the team but failed to qualify at both.
The team did not attempt any races in 2016. In 2017 the team appeared on the Talladega entry list but withdrew after being unable to prepare the truck in time. In 2018 the team withdrew from Chicago, and John Provenzano attempted Eldora for the team but failed to qualify. In 2019 Griffin returned to the team for the Eldora race and finished 26th.
In 2015 Affarano expanded into the NASCAR Xfinity Series, attempting one race with Johanna Long in the No. 03 car, but the entry failed to qualify. Long subsequently parted ways with the team. The team had originally planned to debut at the Daytona season opener in February 2015 but postponed due to lack of sponsorship. Affarano started the Xfinity operation by purchasing cars and equipment from the closed Turner Scott Motorsports team.
Affarano resides in Shorewood, Illinois, where he owns an auto parts shop. He lost his son, also named Michael Affarano, in May 2005 at age 16. He also has twin sons born in 2007, who are described in the corpus as being into racing.
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