Driver finished 29th for MWR last weekend at Texas
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It appears that Brett Moffitt will be back behind the wheel of the No. 55 Toyota for a fourth straight race based on the entry list for the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX).
Brian Vickers is out indefinitely as he takes blood thinners for a recurrence of blood clots that were discovered last month. Vickers missed the first two races of 2015 while recovering from heart surgery in December, returned for two races, but has missed the past three races due to the recurring health issue.
Michael Waltrip Racing has not named a fill-in driver for the entirety of the time Vickers will be out, but Moffitt has been the guy behind the wheel for the past three races.
After making two starts in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports at Las Vegas and Phoenix, Moffitt was back to fill in for Vickers at Auto Club Speedway, Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
Moffitt scored his best Sprint Cup finish driving in place of Vickers in March at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The eighth-place result stands as his lone top-10 finish in his 13 career Sprint Cup starts.
The 22-year-old Iowa native has one career Cup start at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 42nd-place finish that came in just his third career Sprint Cup start last August.
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