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Brett Moffitt joins GMS Racing for Xfinity Series race at Iowa

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 - Practice

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 18: Brett Moffitt, driver of the #7 Red Horse Racing Toyota, looks on from the garage during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 18, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

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Brett Moffitt, the 2015 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, will join GMS Racing for the July 29 Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway.

A native of Grimes, Iowa, Moffitt will drive the team’s No. 96 Chevrolet, which has been driven by Ben Kennedy in four starts this year.

It will be Moffitt’s first Xfinity start of the year and just the second of his career.

His first came in 2012 at Iowa for Robby Benton.

The race will be Moffitt’s first NASCAR action since making five starts for Red Horse Racing in the Truck Series to start the year before the team shut down.

“I am really excited to be racing in my home state again,” Moffitt said in a press release. “I’m extremely thankful for the opportunity with GMS Racing and I’m very grateful of the support that the Iowa community has shown and put in to support this race. It would be really awesome to bring home a solid finish in front of my hometown fans.”

Moffitt earned his first NASCAR win last year with Red Horse Racing at Michigan International Speedway.

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