40 Facts About Brett Moffitt

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Brett B Moffitt was born on August 7,1992 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Brett Moffitt competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 25 Ford Mustang for AM Racing.

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Brett Moffitt won Rookie of the Year Honors in 2015 in the NASCAR Cup Series and won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.

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In 2007, Brett Moffitt won the Harris Clash in the IMCA Sport Modified division.

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Brett Moffitt went on to score two wins over the course of the season, finishing the year third in series points.

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For 2012, Brett Moffitt changed teams again, moving to Hattori Racing Enterprises, owned by former IndyCar and Truck Series driver Shigeaki Hattori.

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Brett Moffitt won races at Richmond International Raceway and Central Pennsylvania Speedway, and led the series points after nine events of the fourteen-race season.

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Brett Moffitt made his Sprint Cup Series debut with the MWR-affiliated Identity Ventures Racing in the 2014 FedEx 400.

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Brett Moffitt ran for IVR again at Michigan, Indianapolis, Bristol, Atlanta, Charlotte, Texas, and the season finale at Homestead.

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In 2015, Brett Moffitt drove in the No 55 at Atlanta because MWR's regular driver Brian Vickers had off-season surgery to repair a patch placed over a hole in his heart.

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Brett Moffitt played an impressive race, leading 1 lap, spending some time up in the top ten, and ultimately finished 8th for his first-ever Sprint Cup top ten.

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Brett Moffitt returned to the No 55 at Fontana due to Vickers being sidelined with more blood clots, declaring for Rookie of the Year at this time.

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Brett Moffitt returned to the 55 at Martinsville and Texas.

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Brett Moffitt drove the No 34 for Front Row Motorsports at Las Vegas and Phoenix because their regular driver David Ragan drove for Joe Gibbs Racing while JGR driver Kyle Busch was injured.

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Brett Moffitt was then replaced by Michael Waltrip for the Talladega race.

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Brett Moffitt ended up running 31 races and won the 2015 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors over contenders Jeb Burton, Matt DiBenedetto, and Alex Kennedy.

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In 2016, Brett Moffitt was picked up by Red Horse Racing to race at Kentucky in the No 11 Toyota Tundra.

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Brett Moffitt started 2nd and finished 31st after blowing an engine.

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Brett Moffitt returned to the truck for Pocono and Bristol and finished 3rd and 2nd respectively.

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Brett Moffitt made a fifth start in the No 11 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park finishing 16th.

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Matt Tifft, the driver Brett Moffitt was substituting for, returned to the 11 at Chicagoland Speedway after recovering from brain surgery earlier that year.

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On February 17,2017, it was announced that Brett Moffitt would drive the first two races for Red Horse in 2017, behind the wheel of the No 7.

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In 2018, it was announced that Brett Moffitt would be driving the No 16 truck full-time for Hattori Racing Enterprises.

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Brett Moffitt ended up pulling away to get the win, in a move reminiscent of the one he made to get his first Truck Series win in the 2016 Michigan race.

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At Michigan, Brett Moffitt fought in the closing laps for the lead with Johnny Sauter, before being able to make a last-lap pass coming off the final turns to eek past Sauter for his fourth win of the season.

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Brett Moffitt made another late-race pass on a restart at ISM Raceway to win his fifth race of the season and lock himself into the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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On December 6,2018, Brett Moffitt was released by Hattori Racing Enterprises since the team needed to secure a driver who can bring funding for the 2019 season.

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On January 10,2019, it was announced that Brett Moffitt will replace Johnny Sauter as the driver of the GMS Racing No 24 Chevrolet.

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Brett Moffitt became the first winner to achieve a win like this in any of the Top 3 series since Dale Jarrett was disqualified from a Busch Series victory in 1995.

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Brett Moffitt became the first race winner in any NASCAR series to achieve a victory in this way since NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Lucas Lasserre was awarded the victory at the second Elite 1 race at Franciacorta in 2018 after initial race winner Alon Day was disqualified for failing post-race inspection.

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Brett Moffitt then scored off a very dominant victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Canada, in which he led all but 19 laps of the race, holding off Alex Tagliani for the win.

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In 2020, Brett Moffitt joined Our Motorsports for what was intended to be a four-race Xfinity schedule, but he eventually drove full-time except Bristol, which Patrick Emerling drove, Homestead R2, where he was scheduled to drive but replaced by JA Junior Avila, and Road America and Daytona RC, which were run by road course ringer Andy Lally.

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Brett Moffitt led much of the championship race at Phoenix, but elected to stay out after a caution with two laps remaining, resulting in him falling back on the final restart as he finished tenth and third in the standings.

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Brett Moffitt left GMS after 2020 and joined Niece Motorsports for the 2021 Truck Series season.

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Brett Moffitt returned to Our and the Xfinity Series on a full-time basis in 2021, though he declared for Truck points.

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In 2023, Brett Moffitt would run full-time with AM Racing in the Xfinity Series, driving the No 25 Ford.

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Brett Moffitt was homeschooled for his junior and senior years of high school.

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In March 2020, Brett Moffitt broke his femur in a motocross accident while riding with friends in North Carolina.

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Brett Moffitt did not miss any Truck races during his recovery as the season had been on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Brett Moffitt started the 2021 season running for Truck Series points, but switched to the Xfinity Series starting at Talladega in April.