MATT CRAFTON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Crafton extends Truck Series' lead with Charlotte fourth
Matt Crafton only finished fourth in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he extended his lead in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' championship standings by nine points in the process.
Friday night's event was only the fifth of 22 this season, but later this year Crafton and crew chief Carl "Junior" Joiner...
Crafton exited for Charlotte, Rest
The last time we saw the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was Saturday, April 20 at Kansas Speedway.
In that race, Matt Crafton passed Darrell Wallace Jr. with 30 laps to go and held on to the lead the rest of the way for the win. He celebrated with family, fans and teammates in Victory Lane, but six days later his life changed.
On April 26, his life was turned upside down and...
Matt Crafton North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Race Preview
SANDUSKY, Ohio – Matt Crafton’s led the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ championship standings a few times in his career, but heading into Friday evening’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with his No. 88 Fisher Nuts / Menards Toyota atop the points could come at no better time for Crafton.
First, he and wife Ashley celebrated the birth...
N.C Education Lottery 200 Preview
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After an off and on start to the season for the Camping World Truck Series, the race this Friday at Charlotte will be the start of the main part of their season. When they last raced at Kansas, Matt Crafton took home the victory and his win solidified the fact that ThorSport Racing is off to one hot start this season with Crafton and Johnny Sauter. Their team...
Crafton, Joiner, ThorSport seek to continue excellent string
Matt Crafton's led the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' championship standings a few times in his career, but heading into Friday evening's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with his No. 88 Fisher Nuts / Menards Toyota atop the points could come at no better time for Crafton.
First, he and wife Ashley celebrated the birth of their first...
Matt Crafton holds off Joey Coulter for Truck Series win at Kansas
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Door/Menards Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway on April 20, 2013 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Matt Crafton held off Joey Coulter in a thrilling 25-lap green-flag run to the...
Crafton wins Kansas trucks race
Matt Crafton called his truck ''junk,'' and his crew chief tossed and turned all night, trying to come up with ways to make it better in time for Saturday's race.
They changed out springs, adjusted shocks, messed with sway bars.
''We made wholesale changes,'' Crafton said, ''and luckily it worked.''
Crafton charged to the lead...
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Crafton wins at Kansas for third Truck victory
Matt Crafton called his truck ''junk,'' and his crew chief tossed and turned all night, trying to come up with ways to make it better in time for Saturday's race.
They changed out springs, adjusted shocks, messed with sway bars.
''We made wholesale changes,'' Crafton said, ''and luckily it worked.''
Crafton charged to the lead...
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28 days ago
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Crafton sixth at Rockingham despite handling inconsistency
Matt Crafton raved about Rockingham Speedway's tire-grinding track surface as the weekend opened, but after Sunday's Carolina Education Lottery 200 at The Rock presented by Cheerwine, he realized that attempting to keep up with the track's varying condition had been his undoing.
Even though Crafton's No. 88 Ideal Door / Menards Toyota raced in the top 10 all day...
Crafton aids in nuances of NASCAR
Travis Pastrana's NASCAR adventure was supposed to kick off with a bang a year ago, a multi-day ''Pastranathon'' that included performing motorcycle stunts at the X Games, traveling to Indianapolis to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut, then returning to the X Games for a RallyCross race.
There was a bang, all right: Pastrana's big plans came crashing...
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July 25, 2012
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