From Jayski.
He did it again.
After leading the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with six victories in 2015, Matt Crafton visited Victory Lane for the first time this season when he captured his 12th career checkered flag at Dover International Speedway. The triumph was also the first of his career at the Monster Mile.
As a result of his second consecutive top-two finish, the No. 88 Toyota Tundra driver vaulted to the top spot in the standings where he leads second-place Timothy Peters by two points. In five starts, he owns one win, two top fives and four top 10s.
Crafton will attempt to build his points advantage in Friday's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (8:30 p.m. ET on FS1). He won his first career race there in 2008. In 13 career Queen City starts, Crafton claims five top fives, 10 top 10s and an 8.2 average finish. He placed third, second and fourth in his last three starts at Charlotte.
An intermediate track maven, consider Crafton the favorite to win Friday's race. Dating back to 2014, Crafton has finished in the top 10 in 17 of his last 19 races at ovals measuring 1.5 or 1.54 miles. Included in that stretch are six wins and four runner-ups.
Crafton ranks first in the in the majority of Loop Data statistics: average running position (6.0; second is Christopher Bell, 8.942), driver rating (111.9; second is William Byron, 98.0), fastest laps run (93; second is Byron, 69), laps led (217; second is Kyle Busch, 123).
The ThorSport Racing driver's Dover victory virtually assures him a spot in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase along with previous winners Johnny Sauter, John Hunter Nemechek and Byron.
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