Thad Moffitt
Moffitt at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
Born	Thaddeus D. Moffitt (2000-09-12) September 12, 2000 (age 23) Trinity, North Carolina
Achievements	2016 Southeast Limited Late Model Series Challenger Division Champion
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Truck no., team	No. 46 (Faction46)
2022 position	46th
First race	2022 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2024 Fresh From Florida 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
45 races run over 6 years
Best finish	4th (2021)
First race	2017 Music City 200 (Nashville Fairgrounds)
Last race	2022 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 26 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 1 year
Best finish	15th (2021)
First race	2021 Shore Lunch 150 (Iowa)
Last race	2021 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	38th (2021)
First race	2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 5, 2022.

Thaddeus D. Moffitt (born September 12, 2000) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado for Faction46.

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,^[1] running at tracks like Caraway Speedway and Ace Speedway.^[2] 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.^[3] Moffitt was the 2016 Southeast Limited Late Model champion,^[4] and won his first late model race earlier that year.^[5]

ARCA Menards Series

Moffitt made his ARCA Racing Series debut in April 2017 at Fairgrounds Speedway, driving a car reminiscent of one driven by his grandfather Richard Petty, for Empire Racing, a satellite team of Richard Petty Motorsports.^[6] He ran three races in 2017.^[7] Moffitt's best finish was eleventh, at Lucas Oil Raceway.^[8]

In early 2018, Moffitt tested at Daytona International Speedway^[7] and announced races at Fairgrounds Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Lucas Oil with the potential for more races to be added later in the year.^[1] 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.^[9] Moffitt rebounded from a mid-race spin in his next race to claim his first top ten, finishing tenth in the race at Toledo.^[10]

On January 9, 2020, it was announced that Moffitt would join DGR-Crosley for the season-opening race at Daytona,^[11] 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.^[12] 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 Michigan, Moffitt was involved in controversy after his retaliation attempt against Drew Dollar for a previous wreck resulted in a crash which injured Tim Richmond.^[13]

NASCAR Truck Series

On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Moffitt will 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.^[14]

On December 9, 2023, Moffitt was announced as the full-time driver for the new NASCAR team, Faction46, in the No. 46 Chevrolet for the upcoming 2024 season.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Trans Am

In 2023, 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. He 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.^[19][20]

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 NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty. Throughout his childhood, Moffitt played football and other organized sports. In his mid-teens, Moffitt began competing in Kart racing before moving to Late model racing in 2016. Moffitt had attended Wheatmore High School before deciding to switch to online schooling midway through his high school career.^[2]

In 2019, Moffitt traveled to England to run a 1981 edition of grandfather Richard Petty's racecar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.^[21]

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

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

^* Season still in progress