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Thaddeus Drake Moffitt (born September 12, 2000) is an American professional
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driver. He competes part-time in the
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, driving the No. 46 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He previously competed in the
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.


Racing career


Early career

Growing up in a racing family, Moffitt cut his teeth in go-karts at age fourteen and later moved up to quarter midgets and limited late models, running at tracks like Caraway Speedway and Ace Speedway. Speaking about having racers in the family, he said that advice will be given upon request but also that older relatives wanted him to develop without help. Moffitt was the 2016 Southeast Limited Late Model champion and won his first late model race earlier that year.


ARCA Menards Series

Moffitt made his ARCA Racing Series debut in April 2017 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, driving a car reminiscent of one driven by his grandfather
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, for Empire Racing, a satellite team of Richard Petty Motorsports. He ran a total of three races in 2017. Moffitt's best finish was eleventh, at
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. In early 2018, Moffitt tested at
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and announced races at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway,
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and Lucas Oil with the potential for more races to be added later in the year. In his second start of the year, at Salem Speedway, Moffitt was involved in two incidents, one with Natalie Decker and one with Jack Dossey III. 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 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. He claimed three top-five finishes over thirteen races, with a career-best finish of fourth at Memphis. In January 2021, it was announced that Moffitt would return to ARCA with the renamed David Gilliland Racing team for at least eleven races that year. He proceeded to compete in almost the entire season, only being replaced by Taylor Gray for the dirt races and Canadian J. P. Bergeron for the final two events. At
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, Moffitt was involved in controversy after his retaliation attempt against Drew Dollar for a previous wreck that resulted in a crash that injured
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. On January 7, 2025, it was announced that Moffitt would return to running ARCA full time with Nitro Motorsports. On June 10, 2025, it was revealed that Moffitt would scale to part-time for Nitro so that they would make room for Treyten Lapcevich.


NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Moffitt would make his
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debut at Daytona for Reaume Brothers Racing in collaboration with GMS Racing, running a paint scheme that pays tribute to Richard Petty's
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retirement season. On December 9, 2023, Moffitt was announced as the full-time driver for the new NASCAR team, Faction46, in the No. 46
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for the upcoming 2024 season. On June 28, 2024, prior to the race at Nashville Superspeedway, Moffitt had a medical emergency and the team substituted
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as the driver of the No. 46 truck. On July 8, 2024, Faction46 team owner Lane Moore officially shut down the team due to financial constraints. On July 10, 2024
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officially announced that Moffitt would drive the No. 46 at
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and the remainder of the 2024 season, which is the same team he drove for at one point in 2022. On September 19, 2024, Moffit announced via X that due to lack of funding, he would not race for as much of the remainder of the 2024 season. Moffit returned to the No. 46 at Phoenix. He finished the season 32nd in the points standings, last of the ROTY Contenders.


Trans Am

In 2023, Moffitt would run the full schedule in the Trans Am Series, driving the No. 43
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for TeamSLR with support from Petty's Garage in the TA2 class. He would earn six top-tens with a best finish of second at the second
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race on his way to finish seventh in the class standings.


Personal life

Moffitt was born on September 12, 2000, to Brian Moffitt and Rebecca Petty-Moffitt in Trinity, North Carolina. His mother, Rebecca, is the youngest daughter of
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driver
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. Throughout his childhood, Moffitt played football and other organized sports. In his mid-teens, Moffitt began competing in
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before moving to
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in 2016. Moffitt had attended Wheatmore High School before deciding to switch to online schooling midway through his high school career. In 2019, Moffitt traveled to
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to run a 1981 edition of grandfather
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's racecar at the
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. Despite sharing the same last name, he is not related to fellow NASCAR competitor Brett Moffitt.


Motorsports career results


NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points


ARCA Menards Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


ARCA Menards Series East


ARCA Menards Series West


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moffitt, Thad 2000 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers Racing drivers from North Carolina People from Asheboro, North Carolina Sportspeople from Randolph County, North Carolina Petty family