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• The Matt Crafton of Old Shows Up With Bristol Truck Top 5
Had the final caution not come out, Crafton may have ended his winless streak. Source...2024
• Menards returns for 21st season with Matt Crafton

Menards renews its long-standing partnership with ThorSport Racing for 2024 on Matt Crafton‘s No. 88 Ford F-150 continuing to be the longest-running driver/sponsor relationship in the history of NASCAR. Menards, a Midwest home-improvement store chain that has a long history in racing, has four championships with ThorSport: one in the ARCA Menards Series with driver Frank Kimmel […]...2024
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• Shane Wilson named crew chief for Ty Dillon

Rackley W.A.R. has named Shane Wilson as the crew chief for Ty Dillon and the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Company and W.A.R. Shocks Chevrolet Silverado for the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) season. In 2023, Wilson spent 11 races atop the pit box for Matt Crafton at ThorSport Racing before departing the team in […]...2024
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• Jack Garcia joins ThorSport for 2024 NASCAR Truck season

ThorSport announced on Wednesday that the 18-year-old native of Monroe, Ga., will compete full-time for the organization in 2024 with sponsorship from Quanta Services.Which team Garcia will drive for remains to be determined.ThorSport fielded four full-time Truck teams this year for Matt Crafton, Ty Majeski, Hailie Deegan and 2023 series champion Ben Rhodes.Garcia competed in 22 of 23 races this ....2023
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• Nick Sanchez wins Baptist Health 200 pole award at Homestead-Miami

How about this for bouncing back? Nick Sanchez wins the pole award in the first race back since his fight with Matt Crafton. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie has yet another pole award to his name after Homestead qualifying....2023
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• Bringing the Heat: A Conversation With Marty Smith, Pt. 2

The team also discusses the fight between Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton, Kevin Harvick's DQ and more. Source...2023
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• Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton

Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton aren’t the only ones facing punishment from NASCAR for their post-race fight at Talladega. Rene Sanchez, Nick’s father, has also been hit with consequences for getting involved in the incident over the weekend....2023
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• Matt Crafton avoids suspension; NASCAR issues fines for fight with Nick Sanchez

NASCAR on Tuesday fined Matt Crafton $25,000 for punching fellow driver Nick Sanchez following the Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway....2023
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• Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez Fined After Talladega Fight
Additionally, Sanchez's father was suspended for the remainder of the season. Source...2023
• Matt Crafton bloodies Nick Sanchez following Talladega wreck: UPDATES both drivers fined

UPDATE 10-3-2023: NASCAR has fined Nick Sanchez $5000 and Matt Crafton $25000 following their fight after Saturday’s Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Rene Sanchez has been suspended for the remainder of the year. In the Cup Series,, Chandler Smith was fined for not having a helmet sock on during qualifying. Click here to download […]...2023
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• Nick Sanchez left bloodied in fight with Matt Crafton at Talladega

Sanchez found himself trying to climb back towards the front of the pack after a mid-race penalty during Saturday's NASCAR Truck race at Talladega.Late in the race, he tried to force the issue up the middle in a three-wide situation. He and Crafton made contact, igniting a pileup that involved several trucks.Crafton pulled his damaged truck into Sanchez's team stall, leaving it there.Sanchez went ...2023
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• North Wilkesboro penalties announced

NASCAR has announced penalties following the race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway. In the Craftsman Truck Series, the #88 team of Matt Crafton was penalized for loose lug nuts. Crew chief Shane Wilson was fined $2,500. NASCAR also announced that they have reinstated Jeffrey Shoaf and Deandre Smith from suspension. Click here for the PDF...2023
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• Full-time NASCAR driver arrested, suspended indefinitely
Cody Ware has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR following his arrest for assault by strangulation and assault on female. Rick Ware Racing ruled out Cody Ware from Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway as a result of Ware tending to a “personal matter”, and three-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton […] Full-time NASCAR driver arrested, ...2023
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• Cody Ware arrested for assault, suspended by NASCAR

Ware missed Sunday's Cup race at the Bristol Dirt with a statement from Rick Ware Racing saying it was "to focus on a personal matter." Matt Crafton drove the car in his absence. Ware, 27, has nearly 100 starts in the Cup Series with just one top-ten (sixth at Daytona in 2022). He has driven for the team owned by his father since he made his debut back in 2017, and currently sits 31st in ...K...2023
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• NASCAR Truck: four teams docked points at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Four NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series teams, three from ThorSport Racing and the other from GMS Racing, were docked 10 driver and owner points before Friday night’s Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All four were in violation of the same rule relating to their oil reservoir tanks. The No. 13, No. 88 and No. 98 ThorSport Fords of Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger and the N...2020
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• WATCH: Matt Crafton flips airborne in last-lap 'big one' at Daytona
The crash began when Ben Rhodes spun near the wall and drove in front of the entire field....2017
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2024
"In 2023, Wilson spent 11 races atop the pit box for Matt Crafton at ThorSport Racing before departing the team in […]"

2023
"Rick Ware Racing’s Cody Ware was ruled out of this past Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway due to a “personal matter”, with three-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton filling in for […] NASCAR: New Cody Ware arrest details paint disturbing picture - Beyond the Flag - Beyond the Flag - Your #1 Destination for Motorsports News and More"

2022
"Matt Crafton poked holes in the NASCAR playoff format when he became the first winless champion under it in 2019."

2021
"Two years ago, Matt Crafton won a championship without winning a race."

2020
"The Number 13, Number 88 and Number 98 ThorSport Fords of Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger and the Number 26 GMS Racing Chevrolet of Tyler Ankrum were found in violation of section 20."

2019
"After Matt Tifft had a seizure at Martinsville Speedway in late October and was replaced by Matt Crafton in the NASCAR Cup Series race at the track that weekend, John […] NASCAR: John Hunter Nemechek to drive for Front Row Motorsports in 2020 - Beyond the Flag - Beyond the Flag - Your #1 Destination for Motorsports News and More"

2018
"Teammate Matt Crafton joins him on the front row."

2017
"Christopher Bell holds off Matt Crafton to win CWTS race at AMS"

2016
"Matt Crafton goes to Victory Lane in the N."

2015
"Two-time and reigning NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton rolled to a dominant victory in Saturday evening's Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway."

2014
"But it's Matt Crafton who steals the spotlight by finishing ninth to secure his second consecutive series championship."

• NASCAR Truck: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger re-sign with ThorSport Racing
ThorSport Racing has renewed contracts with Ben Rhodes and Grant Enfingers to keep the drivers in its trucks for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The race team already announced a contract extension with its two-time champion driver Matt Crafton late last season. Ben Rhodes will drive the No. 41 Ford for ThorSport, Enfinger the No. 98 and Crafton the No. 88. Rhodes has two years ...2018
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• Johnny Sauter signs extension before racing for truck title
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Johnny Sauter signed a contract extension with GMS Racing the same day he was set to defend his NASCAR Truck Series championship. The 39-year-old Sauter will race for the championship Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sauter, Matt Crafton, Christopher Bell and Austin Cindric are vying for the title on the 1 ½-mile track. Sauter says “to be able to compete at this lev...2017
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• 2023 NASCAR Truck Series playoff field set

Seven drivers entered the 250-lap race already locked into the playoffs, leaving three spots up for grabs.Matt DiBenedetto, Nick Sanchez, and Matt Crafton managed to score enough points to secure their place in the postseason, while Stewart Friesen was the first driver to miss the cut-line. He missed out by 39pts in the end.Ty Majeski was the class of the field, but Carson Hocevar on fresh tires ....2023
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• Full-time NASCAR driver arrested, suspended indefinitely
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• Zane Smith Wins Pole for 2023 Bristol Dirt Truck Race
Ben Rhodes, Stewart Friesen, Joey Logano and Matt Crafton won their respective heat races, but due to passing points Zane Smith will start on the pole. Source...2023
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• NASCAR Truck: four teams docked points at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
2020

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• Four NASCAR Truck teams penalized prior to Friday night's race
NASCAR issued L1 penalties to four Truck teams on Friday morning for violations found during Thursday’s inspection process at the track.Each of the teams has been docked 10 points to both the driver and the team owner.Those involved are the teams of Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger from ThorSport Racing and Tyler Ankrum from GMS Racing.The violation had to do with the ...Keep reading...2020
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• Johnny Sauter continues dominance at Dover, Jegs 200 results
Johnny Sauter continued his dominance at Dover claiming his third straight Gander Outdoors Truck Series win at the Monster Mile. Sauter and teammate Matt Crafton entered the Jegs 200 as the only drivers in the field to win at the 1-mile concrete track and Friday’s race did nothing to change that. Brett Moffitt would win […]...2019
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• NASCAR Truck: Kyle Busch wins again at Texas
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular Kyle Busch ran his fourth NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race of 2019, five races into the Truck Series season, Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. The result was a fourth series win of the year in the Vankor 350, even though the race was his first Truck Series race at TMS since 2014. “It was a pretty good night for us,” Busch said. “Obviously, the C...2019
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• Sauter Adds Another Truck Win
RacinToday.com Johnny Sauter picked up his series-best fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Thanks to Sauter’s win, Matt Crafton grabbed the eighth and final spot in the NCWTS Playoff on points. Also advancing to the Playoff were race runner-up Stewart Friesen and Grant Enfinger, who clinched the sixth [...]...2018
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• Johnny Sauter Wins at Bristol, Clinches Regular-Season Title
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Passing John Hunter Nemecheck for the lead on Lap 196 of 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Johnny Sauter picked up his series-best fifth victory of the season, along with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular-season championship, but fellow two-time champion Matt Crafton wasn’t about to begrudge Sauter his success. Thanks to Sauter’s win, ...2018
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• Matt Crafton Takes Final Playoff Berth after Top 10 Finish at Bristol
A quiet, and frustrating season takes a backseat as Matt Crafton clinched the final playoff spot after Thursday’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, beating ThorSport Racing teammate Myatt Snider by 115 points. Crafton said he’ll be working on improving his No. 88 Great Lakes Water Water Floors/Menards Ford F-150 during the playoffs after having off performances throughout the regula...2018
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• Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
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• Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez Fined After Talladega Fight
2023
• Nick Sanchez’s mom shares her account of Matt Crafton fight, reaffirms sucker punch allegations
The mother of NASCAR Truck Series driver Nick Sanchez is getting involved in the Talladega feud that unfolded over the weekend. She reaffirmed that Matt Crafton sucker-punched her son following the race....2023
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• Matt Crafton inducted into West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame

Matt Crafton was honored last evening at Sonoma Raceway as the three-time NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. Crafton, a native of Tulare, California, began his racing career in go-karts, mini sprints, and midgets, winning regional and national titles before following his father, Danny Crafton […]...2023
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• Cody Ware arrested for assault, suspended by NASCAR
2023

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• Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Finish at Richmond
In a Nutshell: Grant Enfinger scored his third win of the 2020 season when he raced down and passed teammate Matt Crafton in the closing laps of the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway Thursday night (Sept. 10). “This win gives us a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs,” Enfinger said. “We needed it. It’s … The post Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Fi...2020
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• Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Finish at Richmond
In a Nutshell: Grant Enfinger scored his third win of the 2020 season when he raced down and passed teammate Matt Crafton in the closing laps of the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway Thursday night (Sept. 10). “This win gives us a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs,” Enfinger said. “We needed it. It’s …...2020
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• Johnny Sauter Gets Dramatic NASCAR Truck Series Win at Dover
By: NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – After what had happened moments earlier, Johnny Sauter’s victory in a two-lap overtime shootout seemed almost routine by comparison. Sauter, who turned 40 on May 1, held off fellow 40-something Matt Crafton to win Friday’s JEGS 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway-but not until Sauter won an intense struggle against pole w...2018
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• NASCAR Truck: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger re-sign with ThorSport Racing
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• NCWTS Championship Outlook: It’s The Veteran’s vs. the Young Guns For the NCWTS Championship
With one race remaining on the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule to decide who wins the Championship, it’ll be a battle between two veteran drivers and two young guns. The Ford EcoBoost 200 from Homestead-Miami Speedway will take place on Friday night. It’s sure to be quite the battle as former champions Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton will compete against Christopher Bell and Austin ...2017
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• Matt Crafton rolls to dominant Truck Series win at Atlanta
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• Ryan Blaney wins at Bristol as Matt Crafton stumbles on late restart
Brad Keselowski Racing's Ryan Blaney earned his fourth-career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Wednesday night's UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it certainly was not easy. Things had been shaping up nicely for Blaney in the opening laps, as he jumped out to a large lead over the competition. However on the first restart of the night on Lap 39, Blaney got a great jump on the res...2015
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• Ryan Blaney wins at Bristol as Matt Crafton stumbles on late restart
Brad Keselowski Racing's Ryan Blaney was able to score his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Bristol Motor Speedway, overtaking Matt Crafton on a green-white-checkered restart....2015
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• Matt Crafton powers to Truck Series win after others run out of gas
Erik Jones dominates the Camping World Truck Series win at Kansas Speedway, but fails to win after being forced to pit for fuel late in the race. Matt Crafton wins after other run out of gas on the track....2015
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• NASCAR halts race at Kentucky Speedway after truck hits catch fence
NASCAR was forced to end Thursday's UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race five laps early after Ben Kennedy's No. 11 truck lifted into the air and damaged the catch fence going into Turn 1. Two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton was declared the winner. ...2015
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• Race results: Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway
Joey Logano made a dramatic pass on a green-white-checkered restart to take the lead from Matt Crafton and Erik Jones at Martinsville Speedway to score his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, becoming the 26th driver to win in all three of NASCAR's national touring series. ...2015
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• John Wes Townley stretches fuel to score first career truck win
John Wes Townley rolled the dice in Las Vegas, and it paid off. Stretching his last tank of fuel to the finish when multiple other frontrunners ran dry in the final laps, Townley collected his first career Camping World Truck Series win on Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Timothy Peters, Ben Kennedy, John Hunter Nemechek and Brandon Jones completed the top five. Championship leader Erik...2015
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• Austin Dillon wins UNOH 175 Camping World Truck Series race
Austin Dillon won the UNOH 175 Camping World Truck Series race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, leading more than half the race and outlasting the likes of Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter and Kyle Busch to do it. It was the historic 500th all-time start in the Truck Series, and Dillon led 80 of the 175 laps overall. Kyle Busch, whose No. 51 truck was dominant much of the race and led 69 laps,...2015
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• NSCS/NCWTS: OPR Staff and Fan Fantasy Picks for Talladega Superspeedway
As we look towards the next event on the NASCAR schedule, the fantasy pickers at OnPitRoad.com have filed their picks for another weekend. Camping World Truck Series Terry Wagner and Justin Tucker picked the ThorSport teammates Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter. Both have ran well at Talladega in the past, and are having good seasons to date so far in sitting first and second. With the trend of suc...2014
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• Shane Wilson named crew chief for Ty Dillon
2024

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• Jack Garcia joins ThorSport for 2024 NASCAR Truck season
2023

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• Nick Sanchez wins Baptist Health 200 pole award at Homestead-Miami
2023

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• Denny Hamlin breaks down what led to Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez fight

Denny Hamlin decided to break down the on-track incident between Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez at Talladega over the weekend, which led to the post-race brawl that got both drivers fined....2023
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• NASCAR Truck Series: Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez fined for Talladega fight
Following their fight after the Truck Series race at Talladega, Matt Crafton has been fined $25k and Nick Sanchez fined $5,000. NASCAR Officials announced this morning the penalties for the two drivers, Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez, involved in the fight following the Love’s Truck Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway....2023
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• Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
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• Matt Crafton avoids suspension; NASCAR issues fines for fight with Nick Sanchez
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• Nick Sanchez issues statement after receiving fine for Talladega fight with Matt Crafton

Both Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton faced punishment from NASCAR for their roles in a fight following the Truck Series race at Talladega. The sport fined Crafton $25,000 and Sanchez $5,000 for the incident....2023
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• NASCAR fines Matt Crafton $25K, Nick Sanchez $5K for Talladega fight

NASCAR has revealed the punishment Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton will face for their roles in a post-race altercation last weekend at Talladega. After wrecking on the track, the duo got into a bit of a brawl in the garage area....2023
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• Matt Crafton bloodies Nick Sanchez following Talladega wreck: UPDATES both drivers fined
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