The final four has Crafton needing to “Clock-In” at Martinsville

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It’s down to the final four races of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season for Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota Tundra, and after last week’s 24th-place finish, that left the two-time champion third in the championship point standings, the ThorSport Racing driver is ready to clock back in to victory lane at Martinsville Speedway, site of Saturday afternoon’s Kroger 200.

 
Crafton, who’s goal is to, “go out and win the final four races of the season, and not worry about the points,” is no stranger to getting around the half-mile “paperclip.” In fact, the Menards driver has one win (March, 2014), seven top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. Furthermore, the defending series champion ranks first in Laps in the Top-15 (3570), and Green Flag Passes (599), according to NASCAR’s Loop Data statistics. Additionally, among active series drivers, Crafton has the most starts (27), is tied for the most top-five finishes (7), has the most top-10 finishes (15), has completed the most laps (6010), and has the most lead lap finishes (23).
 
Crafton, who led 100 of the 258 laps, and finished second to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular, Joey Logano, in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway earlier this season, has his sights set on a “three-peat” in 2015. With a 23-point deficit in the standings, Crafton will need a “repeat” trip to victory lane on Saturday, and his chances look promising this “time” around.

Sounding off – Matt Crafton:
“We’ve always run really well at Martinsville (Speedway). We led a lot of laps there earlier this year, and finished second. The year before, we won. So, hopefully we can go back this time, and redeem ourselves – get another grandfather clock.”

“Our goal, after Talladega, is to go out and win the final four races, and just see what happens with the points. I’m not worried about it.”

Thorsport PR

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