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Lakeville, CT (August 16, 2009): Brett Moffitt was on his way to a podium finish at Lime Rock Park’s Mohegan Sun 200 Saturday afternoon when he went off course on a late-race restart and was relegated back to tenth place for the final laps of the NASCAR Camping World Series East race. Moffitt rallied on the final green-white-checkered start to post an eighth place finish – his seventh of the season.

“We had a really good car and really good pit stops,” said Moffitt. “I was just a little too aggressive on that last restart and just lost it. Overall, the guys were great and put in a tremendous effort all weekend long.”

Moffitt got a quick lesson in how tricky Lime Rock Park can be when he hit the tire barrier in the first practice session Friday afternoon. ASM crew members quickly went to work on repairing the damage and had the 17-year-old driver back out on the track for the second practice session an hour later. Moffitt turned the seventh fastest time in practice, and then backed it up with a qualifying effort of 54.541 seconds to earn a fourth place starting position.

Moffitt held the No. 44 Castle Chemicals Chevrolet in the fourth position through the first turn, but dropped back to fifth when the No. 12 of Jesus Hernandez got by him on lap eight. A full course caution tightened the field back up for a restart at lap 14 where Moffitt was able to regain his position in the top four.

A cycle of green flag pit stops began at lap 19 when then-leader Matt DiBenedetto came down pit road. Moffitt followed at lap 21 for a quick gas and go. When pit stops were done at lap 30, Moffitt was running second to DiBenedetto.

The green flag run continued for a lengthy 57 laps with Moffitt holding strong in second through most of that. Like DiBenedetto, however, another fuel stop was in order. The duo came in at lap 62 during green flag conditions. Moffitt reentered the race in fifth and was intent on making his way back up to the front.

Caution flew at lap 70 tightening the field up for a restart at lap 76. Moffitt took the green in fourth, but went off course in big bend. Moffitt was able to reenter the race, but now he was back to tenth.

The caution period extended the race to allow for a green-white-checker, where Moffitt was able to gain two spots before the checkers flew.

For more information on Brett Moffitt or Andy Santerre Motorsports, visit www.brettmoffitt.com or www.andysanterremotorsports.com.

- Andy Santerre Motorsports Press Release