Matt Crafton
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Crafton in 2015
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| Born | Matthew Justin Crafton June 11, 1976 Tulare, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements |
2013, 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2000 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2015 position | 60th | ||||||
| Best finish | 60th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 98th | ||||||
| Best finish | 98th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2013 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 Boyd Gaming 300 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 387 races run over 18 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 88 (ThorSport Racing) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 2nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2013, 2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2000 Motorola 200 (California) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| First win | 2008 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last win | 2016 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of April 1, 2017. | |||||||
Matthew Justin "Matt" Crafton (born June 11, 1976) is an American professional driver. A two-time champion of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2013, 2014), he currently competes full-time in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 88 Toyota Tundra for ThorSport Racing.
Crafton was born in Tulare, California. Before turning to NASCAR racing in 2000, he raced go-karts, midgets, and mini sprints. Crafton began his go-kart career at the age of seven after receiving a kart as a present for graduating from kindergarten. He won multiple national and regional championships before moving to midgets at the age of 15, winning twenty main events.
He joined the Featherlite Southwest Series as a substitute for his injured father, Danny Crafton, in 1996, filling in as driver of the No. 46 entry for the final three races of the season. Crafton took over the No. 46 full-time in 1997. His career went national when he became involved in the 1998 Winter Heat Series shown on ESPN at Tucson Raceway Park, during which he raced against other current NASCAR drivers Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Ron Hornaday.
After four full-time seasons in the Featherlite Southwest Series, Crafton won the championship in 2000 on the strength of four wins that year. His success in the Featherlite Southwest Series that season led to the invitation to make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for ThorSport Racing.
Crafton made his Truck Series debut in 2000 at the season finale at California Speedway. Driving the PickupTruck.com Chevy for ThorSport Racing, he qualified 17th and finished ninth. In 2001, he piloted the No. 88 for ThorSport full-time with sponsorship from Fast Track Delivery Sealer and XE Sighting System. He had eleven top-tens and finished twelfth in the championship standings, third behind Ricky Hendrick and Travis Kvapil for Rookie of the Year. Menards first joined as an associate sponsor in 2002 and that season he earned six top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. Crafton earned 11 top 10s before finishing 11th in points in 2003.
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