NASCAR Hattori Racing Enterprises

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Break Up One Championship Team, Create Three Others

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Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) was considered an underdog in the 2018 Gander Outdoor Truck Series, occasionally scrambling mid-week to secure sponsorship in order to race the next weekend.  Against the odds, with Brett Moffitt in the driver’s seat of the No. 16, the team was winning races and always up front, ending the year with six victories and 13 top-tens and allowing them to reach the pinnacle of the sport – the Championship.  

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Austin Hill Wins Wild NASCAR Truck Series Season Opener in Overtime

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 15: Austin Hill, driver of the #16 CHIBA Toyopet Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – You could call Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 a battle of attrition, but that wouldn’t do justice to the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season opener.

It was more like a long, full-blown war.

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Hattori Racing Exceeds All Expectations in 2018


Brett Moffitt, the driver of the #16 AISIN Group Toyota, looks over data with a crew member during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, 2018, in Homestead, Florida.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Brett Moffitt turned an unlikely NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship bid into a Cinderella championship hoist Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway – earning his Hattori Racing Enterprises team its first ever NASCAR title with a resounding victory at the track.

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Brett Moffitt Cruises to First Truck Series Title at Homestead


Brett Moffitt, the driver of the #16 AISIN Group Toyota, celebrates in victory lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 and the NCWTS Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway 
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Brett Moffitt, a kid with a moustache reminiscent of Leo DiCaprio—yet already a journeyman driver at age 26—is the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion after a decisive victory in Friday night’s Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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