After starting 10th and finishing third in last weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix, Matt Crafton raced his way into the series' Championship 4 to compete for his third series title at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Ford EcoBoost 200 on Friday night.
The third-place result was Crafton’s sixth top-five finish in 16 starts at PIR, and allowed the Menards driver to clinch a spot in the ‘Championship 4’ for the NCWTS finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Friday night.
“We just raced as hard as we could all night," Crafton said. "We just kept tuning on it, and raced smart. Timothy (Peters), he had nothing to lose, he was throwing Hail Mary’s without a doubt. We couldn’t take any chances and get ourselves thrown out. I kept an eye on him, and the 21 (Johnny Sauter). We just raced our butts off, and we’re going to Homestead.”
In 22 starts in 2016, Crafton has one pole (Atlanta), two wins, and has led 436 laps en route to eight top-five, and 15 top-10 finishes.
In 383 career NCWTS starts, Crafton has earned 12 poles, led 2125 laps en route to 13 wins, 97 top-five, and 225 top-10 finishes.
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