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Home > Nascar > Craftsman Truck Series Drivers > Matt Crafton
Matt Crafton
Matt Crafton from Tulare, California was born June 11, 1976. He drives the #88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He has made 139 consecutive starts in the Truck series. In the past, he raced go-karts, midgets, and mini sprints. His career went national when he became involved in the 1998 Winter Heat Series shown on ESPN at Tucson Raceway Park. He raced against other current NASCAR drivers Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Ron Hornaday.
Crafton made his Truck series debut in 2000 at the season finale at California Speedway. Driving the Pickuptruck.com Chevy for Thorsport, he qualified 17th and finished ninth. In 2001, he piloted the 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 despite the extra funding, he only had six top-tens and fell to fifteenth in points, before to an eleveth-place finish in 2003.
For 2004, Crafton signed on to drive the #6 GM Goodwrench Silverado owned by Kevin Harvick Incorporated. He posted a career-best finish of third twice, and ended the season fifth in the final standings. Despite the finish, he was released from KHI and returned to ThorSport, and won his first career pole at New Hampshire International Speedway. So far in 2006, he has three top-five finishes and is twelfth in points.
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