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Brett Moffitt

No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

CORNELIUS, N.C. —No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota driver Brett Moffitt races Friday night at 5 p.m. in the K&N Pro Series East at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Moffitt is fourth in the K&N Pro Series East standings, trailing the series leader Max Gresham by 79 points. Moffitt owns victories at Greenville-Pickens and Iowa Speedways in 2011 and has led twice as many laps as nearly all other drivers. The 18-year-old Grimes, Iowa native earned the pole position at the Loudon, N.H. track for the last two East Series races.

Granby, Conn. native Mike Greci serves as Moffitt’s crew chief. Greci owns four East Series titles including championships with Ryan Truex in 2010 and 2009 and with Mike Stefanik in 1997 and 1998.

MOFFITT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “We’re really looking forward to going to Loudon. MWR has had good success there last year winning both of the races and I got both of the poles last year. It is a track that I like as a driver, and obviously, this team can perform really well there. We’re just looking to go there, find that balance and have lots of success.”

THEN AND NOW: “My first time going to the track was two years ago. It was actually a pretty successful event. It definitely took a lot of time to get used to the track, and find those braking points. The first couple of times going there it takes a while in practice to get used to it, but it is a really fun track. I know I’ve come a long way since I first started racing there, so I’m ready to get on the track this year.”

GRECI ON MWR’S 2011 SEASON: “The driving part of our year has been exceptional. We’ve just been feast or famine as far as the luck of our season has been. Either we hit a home run, or we are playing catch up. Some of it has been of our own problems, and some of it has just been luck. Brett has done a great job. We have been in a bad spot a couple of times, but he’s come around. We got him two laps down last race at Langley, and he came back to finish second. His strong point is that we see no fatigue in him, e

ven on longer races. His work ethic here has really helped him, and it’s showing on the track.”

GRECI’S HOMETRACK: “Going to New Hampshire Motor Speedway is really neat for me, it’s my home track. I have been racing up there forever and we have had a lot of success there. I think the key to Loudon is in the shock package. It depends on how your car runs, not on the first laps of the race but the last 75-125. We’ll go back up there where all of the Yankees are from and we’ll be at home for a weekend.”

NOTES

· Has six wins, four poles and 20 top 10s in 28 career East starts.

· Is fourth in points with a pair of wins and four top 10s through seven races.

· Has led 355 laps this year, nearly double the total of every other driver.

· After finishing 27th in his NHMS debut, he has posted finishes of second, fifth and second since.

· He earned both poles at NHMS in 2010 and set the track qualifying record at the September race.

· Is in the car that won both NHMS races last year with Ryan Truex.

- Michael Waltrip Racing Press Release