Matt Tifft Returning to Track Less than Three Months After Brain Surgery

Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Camping World Truck Series driver Matt Tifft will be back on the track this weekend after undergoing brain surgery in early July.

Tifft, 20, had a low-grade glioma removed from his brain on July 1. It was not cancerous.

“I’m excited to get back behind the wheel,” Tifft said in a press release obtained by ESPN.com on Monday. “I’ve really missed being at the track.”

He also wrote on Twitter, “Testing at Hickory! Thanks for all the support, I am returning to @ChicagolndSpdwy this wknd with @RedHorseRacing!!”

Tifft is expected to race Friday night at the Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

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