{"id":559,"date":"2009-06-19T20:29:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T01:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2009-06-19T20:29:55","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T01:29:55","slug":"moffitt%e2%80%99s-competitive-drive-fueled-by-nhms-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/moffitt%e2%80%99s-competitive-drive-fueled-by-nhms-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Moffitt\u2019s Competitive Drive Fueled By NHMS Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>Harrisburg, N.C. (June 19, 2009<\/strong>): Only four drivers \u2013 Joey Logano, Brad Leighton, Steve Park, and Mike McLaughlin \u2013 have ever won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in their rookie season on the NASCAR Camping World Series East. It\u2019s a factual tidbit that further motivates 16-year-old Brett Moffitt even more. Moffitt, driver of the No. 44 Andy Santerre Motorsports Chevrolet, has broken many records \u2013 youngest pole setter, youngest winner, and youngest driver to ever lead the point standings – and wants to add his name to the short list of rookie winners at the prestigious 1.058-mile oval.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re all very excited to be going to New Hampshire,\u201d said Moffitt. \u201cI want to win because, as a driver, I just want to be competitive anywhere I go. There is an added element at New Hampshire because we\u2019ll be right there with the Cup guys and it\u2019s a chance to showcase this team in front of them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Moffitt\u2019s competitive drive has fueled a level of success that rivals that of Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano. Car owner Andy Santerre can\u2019t say enough about Moffitt\u2019s talents, and the future he believes this driver has.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the most consistent and smooth drivers I\u2019ve ever had in this car,\u201d said Santerre, who has gained a reputation as picking some of the most talented drivers to pilot his cars. \u201cOne of his strongest attributes is that he is able to adapt really quick. That\u2019s important when you\u2019re going from short tracks to road courses to, now, our superspeedway. Brett is able to change his mindset and drive each variety of track as if he has driven on them all his life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Moffitt has accomplished in the last five years what some drivers only dream about. He began racing at the age of 11 in go-karts, and has since won four WKA Championships, an IKF Championship, has won 26 IMCA races, the All Iowa SportMod Points Championship, and won the ASA Late Model North series Rookie of the Year to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cI would really like to make racing a career and become one of the top drivers in NASCAR,\u201d said Moffitt. \u201cI\u2019m very lucky to have a very supportive family that has been with me every step of the way. We came into this season to race well and be consistent. This is only our second year on asphalt. We\u2019ve started the season on a strong note and we\u2019re doing what we need to do to try and win this championship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Heluva Good! Summer 125 takes the green flag at 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, June 26th<\/sup>. Moffitt enters the race as the NASCAR Camping World Series East point leader with 18 points over current runner-up Jody Lavender. Moffitt has one win, four top-five, and four top-10 finishes in just five starts.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>For more information on Brett Moffitt or Andy Santerre Motorsports, visit <\/span>www.andysanterremotorsports<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>www.brettmoffitt.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Harrisburg, N.C. (June 19, 2009): Only four drivers \u2013 Joey Logano, Brad Leighton, Steve Park, and Mike McLaughlin \u2013 have ever won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in their rookie season on the NASCAR Camping World Series East. It\u2019s a factual tidbit that further motivates 16-year-old Brett Moffitt even more. Moffitt, driver of the No. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,18,15769],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-camping-world","tag-moffitt","tag-nhms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}