# Thad Moffitt

Thaddeus Drake Moffitt (born September 12, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 46 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 and announced races at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Pocono Raceway 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 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.

### 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 pays 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.
In 2019, Moffitt traveled to England to run a 1981 edition of grandfather Richard Petty's racecar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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 | NCTC | Pts |
| 2022 | Reaume Brothers Racing | 43 | Chevy | DAY 18 | LVS 29 | ATL 32 | COA | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | | | | | | | | | | | | 46th | 38 |
| 2022 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | KNX 31 | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 46th | 38 |
| 2024 | Faction46 | 46 | Chevy | DAY 36 | ATL 26 | LVS 25 | BRI 26 | COA 32 | MAR 27 | TEX 32 | KAN 24 | DAR 18 | NWS 31 | CLT 33 | GTW 28 | NSH | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd | 138 |
| 2024 | Young's Motorsports | 46 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 29 | IRP 32 | RCH 33 | MLW 32 | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO 27 | 32nd | 138 |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ 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 | AMSC | Pts |
| 2017 | Empire Racing | 46 | Ford | DAY | NSH 16 | SLM | TAL | TOL 23 | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD | IOW | IRP 11 | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 45th | 440 |
| 2018 | Empire Racing | 46 | Ford | DAY | NSH 14 | SLM 16 | TAL | TOL 10 | CLT | POC 25 | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | | | 26th | 780 |
| 2018 | Empire Racing | 46 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRP 15 | KAN | 26th | 780 |
| 2019 | Empire Racing | 46 | Chevy | DAY 27 | FIF | SLM | TAL 25 | NSH 9 | TOL | CLT 10 | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW 9 | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 1110 |
| 2019 | Empire Racing | 46 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 9 | ELK | IOW | POC 11 | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 23rd | 1110 |
| 2020 | DGR-Crosley | 46 | Ford | DAY 5 | PHO 18 | TAL 6 | POC 20 | IRP 5 | KEN 15 | IOW 10 | KAN 10 | TOL 12 | TOL 8 | MCH 9 | DRC 11 | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM 4 | ISF | KAN | 9th | 539 |
| 2021 | David Gilliland Racing | 46 | Ford | DAY 21 | PHO 3 | TAL 6 | KAN 6 | TOL 5 | CLT 7 | MOH 3 | POC 5 | ELK 9 | BLN 12 | IOW 6 | WIN 4 | GLN 11 | MCH 8 | ISF | MLW 9 | DSF | BRI 25 | SLM | KAN | 4th | 666 |
| 2022 | Ferrier-McClure Racing | 44 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL 4 | 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 37 | PHO 7 | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | TOL | -* | -* |

#### ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | David Gilliland Racing | 46 | Ford | NSM | FIF | NSV | DOV | SNM | IOW 6 | MLW 9 | BRI 25 | 15th | 143 | |
| 2025 | Nitro Motorsports | 46 | Toyota | FIF | CAR | NSH | FRS | DOV | IRP | IOW | BRI | -* | -* | |

#### 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 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | David Gilliland Racing | 46 | Ford | PHO 3 | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO | | | | 38th | 42 | |
| 2025 | Nitro Motorsports | 46 | Toyota | KER | PHO 7 | TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | -* | -* | |