Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Slim Jim/Menards Toyota, and Erik Jones, driver of the #4 Toyota Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 8, 2015 Photo – Ed Zuniga/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Slim Jim/Menards Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 8, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Slim Jim/Menards Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 8, 2015 Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Slim Jim/Menards Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 8, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Matt Crafton didn’t have the fastest truck in Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway, but he had the best feel for fuel mileage and what his crew chief would call their lucky fuel cell. The result was Crafton’s seventh series career victory.
With truck after truck pulling to the inside of the 1.5-mile Kansas oval over the last five laps with empty fuel cells, Crafton cruised over the finish line with only a few drops of fuel left in his ThorSport Racing Toyota Tundra. Continue reading →
