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After recovering from brain surgery and months of missed on-track action, Matt Tifft has been cleared by NASCAR to return to competition, a NASCAR spokesperson confirmed Monday afternoon. Tifft later confirmed the news and his actual on-track return on Twitter for this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol e15 225 (Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Testing at Hickory! Thanks for all the support, I am returning to @ChicagolndSpdwy this wknd with @RedHorseRacing!! pic.twitter.com/cpcmsgvcFr
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Matt Tifft (@Matt_Tifft)
September 12, 2016
The 20-year-old wheelman underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor in July and has since been recovering.
Tifft made six NASCAR XFINITY Series starts this season with two top-10 finishes. He also earned the 21 Means 21 Pole Award at Talladega. The NASCAR Next product also made three Camping World Truck Series starts this season with one top-five finish.
Last week, Tifft posted photos of himself in the cockpit of a late model at Hickory Motor Speedway.
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