Thad Moffitt

Thaddeus Drake Moffitt (born September 12, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 46/70 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. He previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

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 Richard Petty, 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 Lucas Oil Raceway.

In early 2018, Moffitt tested at Daytona International Speedway 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 Michigan, Moffitt was involved in controversy after his retaliation attempt against Drew Dollar for a previous wreck that resulted in a crash that injured Tim Richmond.

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 and their No. 70 entry.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Moffitt would make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Daytona for Reaume Brothers Racing in collaboration with GMS Racing, running a paint scheme that paid tribute to Richard Petty's 1992 retirement season.

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. On June 28, 2024, prior to the race at Nashville Superspeedway, Moffitt had a medical emergency and the team substituted Dawson Cram 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 Young's Motorsports officially announced that Moffitt would drive the No. 46 at Pocono Raceway 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 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.

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.

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 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2022 Reaume Brothers Racing 43 Chevy DAY18 LVS29 ATL32 COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON 46th 38 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy KNX31 NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 2024 Faction46 46 Chevy DAY36 ATL26 LVS25 BRI26 COA32 MAR27 TEX32 KAN24 DAR18 NWS31 CLT33 GTW28 NSH 32nd 138 Young's Motorsports POC29 IRP32 RCH33 MLW32 BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO27

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 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2017 Empire Racing 46 Ford DAY NSH16 SLM TAL TOL23 ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP11 POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 45th 440 2018 DAY NSH14 SLM16 TAL TOL10 CLT POC25 MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM 26th 780 Chevy IRP15 KAN 2019 DAY27 FIF SLM TAL25 NSH9 TOL CLT10 POC MCH MAD GTW9 23rd 1110 Ford CHI9 ELK IOW POC11 ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN 2020 DGR-Crosley 46 Ford DAY5 PHO18 TAL6 POC20 IRP5 KEN15 IOW10 KAN10 TOL12 TOL8 MCH9 DRC11 GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM4 ISF KAN 9th 539 2021 David Gilliland Racing DAY21 PHO3 TAL6 KAN6 TOL5 CLT7 MOH3 POC5 ELK9 BLN12 IOW6 WIN4 GLN11 MCH8 ISF MLW9 DSF BRI25 SLM KAN 4th 666 2022 Ferrier-McClure Racing 44 Chevy DAY PHO TAL4 KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 74th 40 2025 Nitro Motorsports 46 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW KAN TOL 13th 327 70 GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2021 David Gilliland Racing 46 Ford NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW6 MLW9 BRI25 15th 143 2025 Nitro Motorsports 46 Toyota FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 52nd 34

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2021 David Gilliland Racing 46 Ford PHO3 SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 38th 42 2025 Nitro Motorsports 46 Toyota KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO 30th 73