Moffitt Aims For Podium Finish In Series Return To Road Courses

 

            Harrisburg, N.C. (August 10, 2009): Prior to the 2009 season, Brett Moffitt had never been on a road course before. But after a little advice from his car owner Andy Santerre and some training at the Bondurant Racing School, the talented young ace was able to pull off a third place finish at Watkins Glen earlier this year. The series returns to road courses this week as they embark on Lime Rock Park for the running of the Mohegan Sun 200, and Moffitt, who recently celebrated his 17^th birthday, expects no less than a podium finish.

            “We’re going there to win,” said Moffitt. “I enjoy running on the road courses and we ran pretty good at Watkins Glen so I feel comfortable going into this race.”

            Moffitt is vying for the 2009 Rookie-of-the-Year Award, and has done remarkably well in his debut season. He’s posted a record-setting win at South Boston Speedway to become the youngest driver ever to win in the Camping World East, and has posted four top-five and six top-10 finishes in only eight starts. His two worst finishes – 23^rd at Tri-County and 27^th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – were the result of an accident and a flat tire respectively.

            Even in the face of adversity, Moffitt has a knack for compensating on the racetrack to wheel his way into the top-10. It’s an attribute that makes champions, and one that Moffitt hopes will edge him closer to the point lead this weekend. Currently, Moffitt and his ASM race team are 100 points out of the lead in sixth place.

            “I think Lime Rock will be very important in the championship,” said Moffitt. “Right now, there are six of us that have a shot at the title. Each week, some of those drivers are going to get further and further out of it. I don’t want to be that driver. I want to be right there in the hunt and a good finish at Lime Rock will put us closer to that. Lime Rock will attract a talented field, but we’ll be ready for them.”

            Moffitt will be driving the same car this weekend that he drove to a third place finish at Watkins Glen earlier this year. Confident he’ll have a set-up to win, Moffitt is hoping to translate the success he had at Watkins Glen into a victory at Lime Rock.

            “Brett has proven he can drive on a road course,” said Santerre. “We’ve had a couple of things happen in the last couple of weeks that he had to fight through. At Thompson we had a motor issue and we fought through an issue with the distributor at Adirondack for part of the day. Now that those things are behind us we’re ready to go. There’s no doubt in my mind that Brett has the potential to win this race. He’s a very smooth, patient driver and that’s what it’s going to take.”

            The Mohegan Sun 200 kicks off Friday, August 14^th at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut with qualifying and concludes on Saturday, August 15^th with the 82-lap race at 1 p.m. eastern time.

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