page_title: Brett Moffitt
section_title: 2016–present
hierarchical_section_title: Brett Moffitt / Racing career / 2016–present
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: HRE（ハットリ・レーシング・エンタープライズ）のNASCARチャンピオンマシン
context_page_description: Brett B. Moffitt is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Camaro for Our Motorsports. He won Rookie of the Year Honors in 2015 in the NASCAR Cup Series, and won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.
context_section_description: In 2016, Moffitt was picked up by Red Horse Racing to race at Kentucky in the No. 11 Toyota Tundra. He started 2nd and finished 31st after blowing an engine. Moffitt returned to the truck for Pocono, and Bristol finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively. On August 27, Moffitt won at Michigan in his fourth start in the No. 11 (and sixth career start) after passing both William Byron and Red Horse Racing teammate Timothy Peters on the final lap of the Career For Veterans 200. Moffitt also made a fifth start in the No. 11 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park finishing 16th. Matt Tifft, the driver Moffitt was substituting for, returned to the 11 at Chicagoland Speedway after recovering from brain surgery earlier that year.
  On February 17, 2017, it was announced that Moffitt would drive the first two races for Red Horse in 2017, behind the wheel of the No. 7. Moffitt was looking to run the full schedule, but on May 22, team owner Tom DeLoach announced the closure of Red Horse until sponsorship can be found, leaving Moffitt and teammate Timothy Peters without rides; at the time of the team's shutdown, Moffitt was tenth in points. In July, Moffitt joined GMS Racing's No. 96 team for his Xfinity Series return at Iowa Speedway. A month later, he signed with BK Racing to run the Cup races at Watkins Glen and Michigan in the team's No. 83 Camry. In September, Moffitt and BK formed an agreement for him to race for the team through the remainder of the season.
  In 2018, it was announced that Moffitt would be driving the No. 16 truck full-time for Hattori Racing Enterprises. In the second race of the season at Atlanta, a caution came out to set up an overtime restart. After pit stops, Moffitt lined up third behind new race leader Myatt Snider. On the restart, Moffitt went three-wide into turn one and took the lead. 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. Another win came in early summer at Iowa, where Moffitt outdueled Noah Gragson. The win solidified Moffitt's playoff positioning, which had been in danger when the team almost didn't go to Texas earlier in the season (NASCAR rules mandate a driver starts all races to be eligible for the playoffs); concerns about the team missing the Chicagoland race in late June were also raised, which would have forfeited his playoff eligibility. However, FR8Auctions.com announced they would sponsor him at Chicagoland and Kentucky. At Chicagoland, John Hunter Nemechek ran out of fuel on the last lap, allowing Moffitt to win his third race of the season. At Michigan, 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. 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. He would then win the next week at Homestead, winning his first championship in the process.
  On December 6, 2018, Moffitt was released by Hattori Racing Enterprises since the team needed to secure a driver who can bring funding for the 2019 season. On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Moffitt will replace Johnny Sauter as the driver of the GMS Racing No. 24 Chevrolet. The deal started when GMS president Mike Beam contacted Moffitt around the 2018 winter holidays; Moffitt previously had lower-tier offers on the table from teams who hoped to replicate the elevation in success that Moffitt brought HRE in 2018.
  Despite not leading a lap and finishing second in June's 2019 M&M's 200 at Iowa, Moffitt was declared the winner after unofficial winner Ross Chastain's truck failed post race inspection, thus making Moffitt the declared winner. Moffitt became the first winner to achieve a win like this in any of the Top 3 series since Emanuel Zervakis in 1960. Moffitt also became the first race winner in any NASCAR series to achieve a victory in this way since NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Lucas
caption: Moffitt's championship winning truck on display in Japan.
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