Brett Moffitt will make his return to the NASCAR Cup Series as he joins BK Racing for the next two Cup races.
Moffitt will step into the No. 83 Toyota this weekend at Watkins Glen International and at Michigan International Speedway.
The 2015 Cup Rookie of the Year, Moffitt will make his first start in the series since the 2015 finale. Moffitt enters the cockpit a week after he made his first Xfinity start of the year at Iowa Speedway, finishing 11th in the No. 96 owned by GMS Racing.
Moffitt began his year by competing in five Camping World Truck Series races with Red Horse Racing before the team shut down.
“I’m very excited to be back in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car for the next two weekends, and I can’t thank BK Racing and JAS Expedited Trucking enough for making it happen,” Moffitt said in a press release. “I have only raced Watkins Glen once in a K&N car, but it was a great race and I finished third. I can’t wait to race the Glen in the No. 83 Toyota Camry this weekend and Michigan next week.”
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Moffitt’s return to Michigan comes a year after he won his first national NASCAR race at the track, taking Red Horse Racing’s No. 11 truck to victory lane after a last-lap pass of teammate Timothy Peters.
The 24-year-old is the fourth driver to be in the No. 83 the season. Corey LaJoie has been in it for 14 races, Ryan Sieg for four and Stephen Leicht for one. Sieg withdrew from the Brickyard 400 and the No. 83 was not entered at Sonoma.
“I have been watching Brett display his ability to drive at the Cup level for many years,” said Ron Devine, Owner of BK Racing in a press release. “He is a big part of the Toyota family, and we are very excited to have him in our car for the next two races.”
From the couch to racing 3 weeks in a row! I'M PUMPED! https://t.co/YYx9cbSCt0
— Brett Moffitt (@Brett_Moffitt) August 2, 2017