ThorSport Racing
confirmed today what GodfatherMotorsports.com first reported last Tuesday,
that NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship contender Brett Moffittwill
make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the No. 13 AISIN Toyota
Tundra in Thursday's UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
Moffitt, 20, a native of
Grimes, Iowa, is currently second in the K&N Pro Series East title chase
and has nine victories in 54 career K&N East starts. In those 54 starts, he
has finished in the Top-5 33 times and in the Top-10 40 times.
Moffitt has never
finished worse than third in points in four full K&N East seasons, and will
make his Kentucky Speedway debut on the longest oval track on which he's ever
raced. A year ago, he finished ninth in his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at
Iowa Speedway, and he claimed a 10th-place finish in ARCA competition
at Rockingham Speedway in 2009, at age 16.
"Brett did a really good job last year
for us in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, finishing third in the
championship points," said his K&N Series team owner, Shigeaki Hattori.
"I wanted to give Brett the opportunity to race in the Truck Series and
showcase his talent."
The No. 13 Toyota has
been driven in the season's first seven races by Todd Bodine, who has the truck
17th in the current NCWTS owners' standings, making Moffitt is a guaranteed
starter at Kentucky.
"I'm very grateful
for this opportunity I've been given with ThorSport and HRE to drive the No. 13
AISIN Toyota Tundra this week at Kentucky Speedway," Moffitt said. "A
mile-and-a-half track will be a new experience for me but I can't wait to get
behind the wheel and start learning."
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