18 Facts About Thad Moffitt

Thad Moffitt competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No 46 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports.

Thad Moffitt previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Thad Moffitt was the 2016 Southeast Limited Late Model champion and won his first late model race earlier that year.

Thad Moffitt made his ARCA Racing Series debut in April 2017 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, driving a car reminiscent of one driven by his grandfather Richard Petty, for Empire Racing, a satellite team of Richard Petty Motorsports.

In early 2018, Thad Moffitt tested at Daytona International Speedway and announced races at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Lucas Oil with the potential for more races to be added later in the year.

Thad Moffitt rebounded from a mid-race spin in his next race to claim his first top ten, finishing tenth in the race at Toledo.

On January 9,2020, it was announced that Thad Moffitt would join DGR-Crosley for the season-opening race at Daytona, and would then run all races on the schedule until sponsorship dried up, plus Memphis, which the team had previously signed a sponsor for.

Thad Moffitt claimed three top-five finishes over thirteen races, with a career-best finish of fourth at Memphis.

At Michigan, Thad Moffitt was involved in controversy after his retaliation attempt against Drew Dollar for a previous wreck that resulted in a crash that injured Tim Richmond.

On February 10,2022, it was announced that Thad Moffitt would make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Daytona for Reaume Brothers Racing in collaboration with GMS Racing, running a paint scheme that pays tribute to Richard Petty's 1992 retirement season.

On December 9,2023, Thad Moffitt was announced as the full-time driver for the new NASCAR team, Faction46, in the No 46 Chevrolet for the upcoming 2024 season.

On June 28,2024, prior to the race at Nashville Superspeedway, Thad Moffitt had a medical emergency and the team substituted Dawson Cram as the driver of the No 46 truck.

On July 10,2024 Young's Motorsports officially announced that Thad Moffitt would drive the No 46 at Pocono Raceway and the remainder of the 2024 season, which is the same team he drove for at one point in 2022.

Thad Moffitt finished the season 32nd in the points standings, last of the ROTY Contenders.

In 2023, Thad Moffitt would run the full schedule in the Trans Am Series, driving the No 43 Chevrolet for TeamSLR with support from Petty's Garage in the TA2 class.

Thad Moffitt would earn six top-tens with a best finish of second at the second Detroit Street Circuit race on his way to finish seventh in the class standings.

Thad Moffitt had attended Wheatmore High School before deciding to switch to online schooling midway through his high school career.

In 2019, Thad Moffitt traveled to England to run a 1981 edition of grandfather Richard Petty's racecar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.