Catchfence

Matt Crafton raced to a 7th place finish in the rain-shortened O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Monday.

Crafton collected his fourth top-10 finish in five races this season, and moved to 4th in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings.

“Our goal is always to win races and finish in the top-5 every week, so from that perspective, it wasn’t a great weekend,” he said. “But at the same time, it was tough with the weather issues and all the waiting around to finish the race, and that’s something we can’t control. We were way off on our air-pressure to start a run. We adjusted it after the first run, and continued to adjust it, and we got a lot better. By the last run, we had the truck pretty much where we wanted it, and then the race was called. We definitely had a top-three truck out there.”

Crafton returns to Charlotte, the site of his thrilling win last season, when NCWTS action resumes in a few weeks.

“I’ve always loved racing at Charlotte,” he said. “We’ve had some strong runs there, and it was really special to win there last year. We’ll keep working hard, and hopefully we can go to Victory Lane at Charlotte again this time around.”

- ThorSport Racing Press Release