News & Updates
June 20, 2017
Matt Crafton – 2017 Iowa Preview Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “I was one of the first ones on that track in Iowa, in a truck, and I did the tire test there. Iowa races like the old Kansas track before they repaved it. It’s a lot of fun – great racing. The asphalt is getting older, and the racing […]
June 18, 2017
Recap: Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 FVP/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 14th career start at at Gateway Motorsports Park (GMP) in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Drivin’ for Linemen 200. Starting sixth, the ThorSport Racing driver finished third in Stage 1, and second in Stage 2. Utilizing pit strategy, Carl “Junior” Joiner opted for fuel […]
June 17, 2017
Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “I love going to Gateway. Gateway reminds me of the old Phoenix. The corners are very different. The corners of 1 and 2 are definitely a little tighter than the old Phoenix, but it has banking, and it’s a tighter corner. Turns 3 and 4 are a lot flatter, and you never can have a […]
June 10, 2017
Recap: Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Hormel Gatherings/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 33rd career start at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) WinStarGamingOnline.com 400. Starting third, the ThorSport Racing driver led the 28-truck field once for six laps, finishing third in Stage 1, and 11th in Stage 2. Restarting 11th for […]
June 8, 2017
Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “I think racing at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend will be an unknown for us – in terms of handling – until we actually get out there Thursday for practice. Yeah, we’ve all talked to the cup drivers who ran there in April – it’s a two groove race track and if you get out […]
June 3, 2017
Recap: Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Ideal Door/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 17th career start at Dover (Del.) International Speedway in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Bar Harbor 200. Starting 13th, the ThorSport Racing driver utilized pit strategy to finish inside the top-10 in Stage 1, and led 46 laps in Stage 2 – to earn […]
May 31, 2017
Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “There is no other track we go to that you get the sensation, as a driver, that you get at Dover. It’s definitely one of my favorite race tracks because you have a lot of tire fall off, and multiple grooves. As a race car driver you always want that ability to move around, and […]
May 20, 2017
Recap: Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 15th career start at Charlotte (NC) Motor Speedway (CMS) in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) NC Education Lottery 200. Starting sixth, the two-time CMS race winner overcame a, “good on entry, too tight through the center and off,” Menards Toyota Tundra, and a […]
May 16, 2017
Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “ThorSport Racing as a whole, has been really good on the mile-and-a-half tracks. Last year, the race played out perfectly for us with it being cancelled Friday night and NASCAR making it a day race. I love day races – you get to slip and slide around. Night races you are running so long, so […]
May 13, 2017
Recap: Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Matador/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 17th career start at Kansas Speedway in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Toyota Tundra 250. Starting second, the two-time Kansas Speedway winner complained of a free Toyota Tundra on entry into Turns 1 and 2 throughout the 167-lap event. Making several big swings on […]
May 8, 2017
Sounding Off – Matt Crafton: “Kansas and I have a love-hate relationship. In the last four races I’ve finished first, second, first, and second. So, if history repeats itself, we should be good this weekend. It feels like it’s been an eternity since we’ve been at the race track, but I always enjoy getting back to Kansas. The asphalt there […]
April 3, 2017
Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Shasta/Menards Toyota Tundra made his 31st career start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Alpha Energy Solutions 250. Starting fourth, the Menards driver showed his short track racing prowess through the 250-lap event, finishing third in Stage 1, second in Stage 2 and bringing home a ninth-place […]
