News & Updates
February 25, 2018
Atlanta Race Information: Started: 2nd Stage 1 Position: 2nd Stage 2 Position: 4th Finished: 5th Laps: 134/134 Laps Led: 7 Status: Running Driver Points: 2nd Owner Points: 2nd A BIG GAIN IN POINTS FOR MATT CRAFTON FOLLOWING A TOP-FIVE RUN AT ATLANTA Talk about the green-white-checkered flag finish in today’s Active Pest Control 200… “Brett (Moffitt) cleared him, and […]
February 22, 2018
Team Info/Stats: Crew Chief: Carl “Junior” Joiner, Jr. Driver Point Standings: 12th Owner Point Standings: 13th Spotter: Stevie Reeves News and Notes: This Week’s No. 88 Rip It/Menards Ford F-150… The No. 88 ThorSport Racing team will unload chassis No. 48 for Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Active Pest Control 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Nicknamed “Tom […]
February 17, 2018
Daytona Race Information: Started: 6th Finished: 19th Laps: 97/100 Laps Led: 0 Status: Running Driver Points: 12th Owner Points: 13th Photo Credit: Getty Images TOUGH NIGHT FOR MATT CRAFTON YIELDS A 19TH-PLACE FINISH IN SEASON- OPENER AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY “Tonight just wasn’t our night. We had the pit road issue early, and […]
February 13, 2018
Team Info/Stats: Crew Chief: Carl “Junior” Joiner, Jr. 2017 Driver Point Standings: 3rd 2017 Owner Point Standings: 3rd 2017 Playoff Position: 3rd Spotter: Stevie Reeves News and Notes: This Week’s No. 88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Ford F-150… The No. 88 ThorSport Racing team will unload chassis No. 40 for Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) NextEra Energy Resources 250 at […]
January 24, 2018
Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Ford F-150 sat down with the media during the NASCAR Media Tour on Tuesday, January 23 to talk about the switch to Ford, and the 2018 season… HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MOVE TO FORD? “We’re looking forward to working with Ford – they’re what I started with in NASCAR. In my old Southwest […]
January 22, 2018
SANDUSKY, Ohio (January 22, 2018) – ThorSport Racing will partner with Ford Performance for the upcoming 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and beyond. Racing into its 23rd year of competition, the team looks to add to its notable history with support from the manufacturer. “With 23 years in the NCWTS, we look forward to our new partnership with […]
November 21, 2017
MATT CRAFTON COMES UP SHORT FOR HIS THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP – FINISHES FOURTH IN THE SEASON STANDINGS AFTER A SIXTH-PLACE FINISH AT HOMESTEAD “The first run we were pretty good, just got really, really free. As the night went on we just got freer, and freer. We would tighten it up, and we’d run good for about half the run, and […]
November 15, 2017
Chatting with Matt Crafton… How will you approach the race Friday night at Homestead? “I have no friends. All my friends are going to come in yellow fire suits with Menards on them. We’re going to take our gloves off, and I promise you that we’re going to have no friends going into that race. We’re going to do whatever […]
November 13, 2017
Strong Run Handicapped By A Late-Race Incident For Matt Crafton At Phoenix – 2x Champion Makes Championship 4 At Homestead What caused the accident? “The 19 just hooked the 27 (Ben Rhodes) – no racing about that – but I just said, I told Ben (Rhodes), ‘That ain’t fair, but next week’.”
November 9, 2017
Chatting with Matt Crafton… “I’ve always had Phoenix circled on the schedule. I basically started my career at Phoenix, and it would be nice to bring that full circle, and win one in front of a lot of friends and family. We’ve been pretty decent there in the past, and I’ll drive as hard as I can from the green […]
November 4, 2017
Top-10 Finish For Matt Crafton In Texas How much did the miscue on pit road hurt your race tonight? “It definitely hurt us and that put us really far behind right there at the end. The truck was the best it was all night there on that last run. Just a guy came over the wall too soon, and had […]
November 1, 2017
Chatting with Matt Crafton… What are the keys to running well at Texas Motor Speedway? “Having a truck you can run around on the bottom – the new asphalt will offer a lot of grip. Hopefully, the second groove will start rubbering-up, and we’ll be able to run side-by-side, like you used to be able to do at Texas before […]