Moffitt Wins Michigan Truck Thriller

Brett Moffitt picked a fine time to lead his first lap in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Moffitt went three-wide off of turn two to pass Red Horse Racing teammate Timothy Peters and William Byron on the final lap during Saturday’s Careers for Veterans 200 Presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation at Michigan International Speedway. Moffitt was able to hold off Peters by .098 seconds to score his first NCWTS victory.

Moffitt’s victory, however, left Shane Huffman, Peters’ crew chief, slapping his seat on the pit box in frustration. Peters, who led a race-high 42 laps, could have locked himself into the inaugural Camping World Truck Series Chase with a victory. Running a limited schedule this season, Moffitt is ineligible for the championship this year.

Moffitt made no apologies for taking advantage of the opportunity to win the race.

“I’m here to win,” Moffitt said. “I said it earlier and I’ll say it again. I’m not going to wreck him (Peters) for it. I’m going to race him clean because I know he needs to get in the Chase, but this team needs to win and these guys deserve to win.

“That’s what we come to do, and our partners at Toyota want to do the same, and we got it.”

“It’s a good day for Red Horse Racing,” Peters said. “Congrats to Brett Moffitt. One-two finish. I wish we were ‘one,’ but all in all, the company brings the trophy back. The 9 (Byron) locked onto our bumper there in Turn 2 and pushed us really hard down into Turn 3”.

“We had to do all we had to do to stay in front. … Tough to swallow right there, but it felt good to run the way we did all day.”

Daniel Hemric finished third followed by: Byron and Cameron Hayley rounding out the top five.

Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger, Johnny Sauter, and Tyler Young rounded out the top ten.

Notables include: Ben Kennedy 11th, John Wes Townley 12th, Rico Abreu 13th, Tyler Reddick 19th, Cole Custer 22nd, Christopher Bell 24th, and John Hunter Nemechek finished 26th.