Posts Tagged ‘Matt Crafton’

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News And Notes

By Bram • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Craftsman Truck Series, Notes

Marc Serota/Getty Images for NASCAR• For Stacy Compton, A Part Of 2008 Looks A Lot Like 1999
• Benson Wins At ORP; Doubles Up For The Third Time
• ThorSport, TRG Finding Mid-Season Strength
Compton: We May Be Older But We Haven’t Forgotten How To Race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Stacy Compton (No. 4 Dodge, pictured, left), like a number of drivers, returned to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series after several recent seasons in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series.

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Hornaday Finds Victory Lane at Memphis, Moves to the Top in Points, Tops in Wins

By Bram • Jun 29th, 2008 • Category: Craftsman Truck Series, News, Notes, Results

CIA Stock photoBy Tim Tuttle

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (June 28, 2008) — Ron Hornaday Jr. led the final 129 laps and survived a green-white-checkered finish to win the O’Reilly 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday night at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Hornaday’s victory in the Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet was his third of the season and boosted him into the points lead, 27 in front of Matt Crafton. It was Hornaday’s 36th career victory in the series, tops all-time.

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Matt Crafton Wins First NCTS Race In Wild Lowe’s Finish

By Bram • May 16th, 2008 • Category: Craftsman Truck Series, News, Notes, Results

Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR
CONCORD, N.C. (May 16, 2008) ­– It took Matt Crafton 178 starts to snare his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. It took about 35-crash filled laps at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to set the unlikely win in motion.

A chaotic turn of events that took frontrunner after frontrunner out of contention in the late stages of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Crafton hung on and survived for an unlikely triumph in a race that may well be remembered more for who didn’t win than who did.

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