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Matt Crafton
Crafton at Daytona International Speedway in 2023
BornMatthew Justin Crafton
(1976-06-11) June 11, 1976 (age 48)
Tulare, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Achievements2013, 2014, 2019 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2000 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion
AwardsWest Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2019 position64th
Best finish53rd (2019)
First race2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2023 Food City Dirt Race (Bristol Dirt)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 2 years
2014 position98th
Best finish98th (2014)
First race2013 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Last race2014 Boyd Gaming 300 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
560 races run over 25 years
Truck no., teamNo. 88 (ThorSport Racing)
2023 position9th
Best finish1st (2013, 2014, 2019)
First race2000 Motorola 200 (California)
Last race2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2008 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Last win2020 E.P.T. 200 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
15 326 16
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 3 years
Best finish55th (2010)
First race2010 Menards 200 (Toledo)
Last race2012 Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 1
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish42nd (2000)
First race2000 Home Depot 300 (Irwindale)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of August 10, 2024.

Matthew Justin Crafton (born June 11, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 88 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Crafton is a three-time champion of the Truck Series, winning the championship in 2013, 2014, and 2019.

Early career

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Crafton was born in Tulare, California. Before turning to NASCAR racing in 2000, he raced go-karts, midgets, and mini sprints. Crafton began his go-kart career at the age of seven after receiving a kart as a present for graduating from kindergarten. He won multiple national and regional championships before moving to midgets at the age of 15, winning twenty main events.

He joined the Featherlite Southwest Series as a substitute for his injured father, Danny Crafton, in 1996, filling in as the driver of the No. 46 entry for the final three races of the season. Crafton took over the No. 46 full-time in 1997. His career went national when he became involved in the 1998 Winter Heat Series shown on ESPN at Tucson Raceway Park, during which he raced against other NASCAR drivers Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Ron Hornaday. After four full-time seasons in the Featherlite Southwest Series, Crafton won the championship in 2000 on the strength of four wins that year. His success in the Featherlite Southwest Series that season led to the invitation to make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for SealMaster Racing.

NASCAR career

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Craftsman Truck Series

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Crafton at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2007

Crafton made his Truck Series debut in 2000 at the season finale, held at California Speedway. Driving the PickupTruck.com Chevy for ThorSport Racing, he qualified 17th and finished ninth. In 2001, he piloted the No. 88 for ThorSport full-time with sponsorship from Fast Track Delivery Sealer and XE Sighting System. He had eleven top-tens and finished twelfth in the championship standings, third behind Ricky Hendrick and Travis Kvapil for Rookie of the Year. Menards first joined as an associate sponsor in 2002 and that season he earned six top-tens and finished fifteenth in points. Crafton earned 11 top 10s before finishing 11th in points in 2003.

In 2004, Crafton signed on to drive the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Silverado owned by Kevin Harvick Incorporated. He posted a best finish of third place in two races, and with six top fives and 17 top 10s, he ended the season fifth in the final standings. Despite strong statistics in 2004, he was released from KHI and returned to ThorSport for the 2005 season, where he won his first career pole at New Hampshire International Speedway, earning two top fives and 10 top 10s and finishing ninth in the standings. In 2006, he had four top-five finishes, 10 top-10 finishes, and finished fourteenth in points. In 2007, he improved to eighth in points and posted ten top-ten finishes for the third consecutive season.

Crafton's first NASCAR win came at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 16, 2008, in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. It was his 178th start, the record for most starts a driver has had before getting his first win in the Truck Series. The win moved him into the top five in points for 2008. Later that season, Crafton filled in for Robby Gordon in practice and qualified for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Homestead because Gordon was competing in the final off-road race of the season.

In 2009, although he did not win a race that season, Crafton scored two poles (Chicagoland Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway), 11 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes, ultimately finishing second in the point standings behind champion Ron Hornaday. Crafton had another strong season in 2010, earning one pole at Texas Motor Speedway, 10 top-five, and 20 top-10 finishes, resulting in a season-ending rank of fourth.

Crafton at Kentucky Speedway in 2011
Crafton's 2012 truck

2011 saw the second win of Crafton's career at Iowa Speedway, in addition to poles at Michigan International Speedway and Martinsville Speedway, where he broke the track qualifying record. However, four DNFs (Did Not Finish) due to engine failures, mechanical issues and accidents caused by other competitors led to only five top fives and 13 top 10s, ultimately relegating Crafton to eighth in the final standings. In 2012, after the team had moved from Chevrolet to Toyota, he had a decent season, finishing 6th in points.

2013 was Crafton's best season in his career to date. He won his third career race at Kansas in April. After this win, Crafton picked up the points lead and held it for the rest of the season. He finished in the top ten in the first sixteen races of the season, and 19 overall, with a worst finish of 21st in the season finale at Homestead. He clinched his first Truck Series championship with his start in that race,[1] and was able to stay on the lead lap despite late crash damage to become the first driver to complete every lap of the season in the Truck Series. He also made his Nationwide debut that year, running the No. 33 car for Richard Childress Racing, since the car was sponsored by Menards (which he drives in the Truck series). He ran both Kentucky races and Chicagoland in July. He performed well in all 3 races, finishing 3rd at both Kentucky races and 10th at Chicagoland.[2]

On March 30, 2014, Crafton scored his fourth career Truck win at Martinsville.[3] On June 6, he won on fuel strategy at Texas Motor Speedway to win two races in a season for the first time in his career. It was also the first time he led more than 100 laps in a race. Despite crashing out at Dover and Gateway, his first DNFs in over two years, Crafton would ultimately go on to become the first back-to-back champion in the Truck Series.

On February 28, 2015, Crafton scored his sixth career Truck victory in the revived Atlanta race. On May 8, he used fuel strategy to win at Kansas after multiple other top five Trucks ran out in the closing laps, winning a second race at one track for the first time in his career. He is also the first driver to win two Truck races at Kansas. On June 5, he won at Texas, successfully defending his win from the year before, another career first. His fourth win of the season came at Kentucky after the race was cut short due to damage to the catch fence from Ben Kennedy's crash. Crafton scored his fifth victory of the season at Martinsville on October 31, marking his second win at Martinsville, and the deepest into the season he had ever won a race to that point. He would add one more win in the season finale at Homestead-Miami, marking his first career victory from the pole; his season total of six wins are more than in his entire career before 2015. However, Crafton struggled more noticeably with consistency than in the previous two seasons. He crashed out at Gateway for the second year in a row after tangling with John Hunter Nemechek, and a few weeks later crashed out at Pocono after getting hit by Brad Keselowski. He would get swept up in a third wreck at Talladega with Stanton Barrett after being penalized for speeding on pit road, and while racing eventual series champion Erik Jones for the win at Phoenix would wreck out one final time, all of which eventually consigned him to third in points behind Jones and Tyler Reddick.

On May 13, 2016, Crafton scored his twelfth career Truck victory at Dover. Eight days later, he scored his second career victory at Charlotte, marking the first back-to-back victories in his career.

In the 2017 NextEra Energy Resources 250, while leading on the final lap, Crafton was caught in a late-race incident and was clipped by Ben Rhodes; the contact turned his truck, sent it airborne into a flip, before landing on its wheels.[4] On July 19, he scored his fourteenth career victory at Eldora. Despite finishing last of the final 4 drivers at Homestead, Crafton wound up with his 16th top-ten finish of 2017.

For the first time since 2012, Crafton went winless in 2018 with a season's best finish of 2nd at the fifth race of the season at Dover and went on to finish 6th in the final point standings despite being eliminated after the Round of 6.

Crafton celebrates with the crew of the No. 88 ThorSport entry after winning the 2019 championship.

Although Crafton still won no races throughout 2019, he made his 2nd-ever Championship 4 appearance. He finished 2nd at Homestead to Austin Hill and 2 spots ahead of Ross Chastain to claim his 3rd career Truck Series Championship.

On July 25, 2020, Crafton broke a 67-race winless streak by winning at Kansas Speedway for the 3rd time in his career.[5] That was his only win of the season. He failed to make the Championship 4. [6]

In 2021, Crafton went winless again, but made the Championship 4, benefited by late-race chaos at Martinsville. Crafton finished 4th in points.[7]

Crafton's No. 88 truck at Sonoma Raceway in 2022

Crafton did not make the playoffs easily in 2022, as he had to hold off Derek Kraus for the final spot, which he succeeded at doing. Crafton was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, landing only 9th place in points with 2 top 5’s for the season.

Crafton once again made the playoffs in 2023 without winning a race, but was eliminated again at Kansas. Following the Talladega fall race, Crafton attacked Nick Sanchez in the garage area as a result of an on-track incident when both of their trucks made contact with each other, triggering a multi-truck pileup.[8] NASCAR fined Crafton $25,000 and Sanchez $5,000 for the fight.[9] Greg Van Alst suffered a fractured vertebrae in the same crash.

In 2024, Crafton would fail to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the playoffs were introduced to the Truck Series in 2016.

Nationwide Series

Crafton made three starts in the Nationwide Series with Richard Childress Racing in 2013, the first of which came at Kentucky, where he finished 3rd. In his second start at Chicagoland, he finished 10th. He then scored an additional 3rd-place finish in the Kentucky 300. He made an additional start at Las Vegas the following year, where he finished 12th after starting 33rd.

Cup Series

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Because of Crafton's sponsorship with Menards, he has made spot duty with Menards' Cup teams, including taking over for Paul Menard on occasion. Crafton was called in to substitute for Menard's No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet twice in 2014; first at January Daytona testing after a pipe burst in Menard's house,[10] and Crafton was third fastest with a speed of 194.342 miles per hour (312.763 km/h).[11] In March, with Menard on paternity leave, he was on stand-by to relief drive for Paul Menard at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Kobalt 400, due to Menard and his wife expecting their first child.[12] Crafton practiced and qualified for Menard at the Auto Club 400,[13] qualifying 30th.[14] At Talladega's 2019 1000Bulbs.com 500, he was on standby for Menard's No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford while Menard was dealing with neck pain; Crafton practiced the car on Friday.[15] Menard eventually ran the first stage before Crafton relieved him for the remainder of the race;[16] he was involved in a multi-car wreck on lap 163 but finished 14th.[17][18]

In 2014, he attempted to make his Cup Series debut with RAB Racing in the No. 29 at the Brickyard 400, but failed to qualify.[19] Later in the year, he returned to the Childress Cup paddock, qualifying the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevy at the Pure Michigan 400 in place of Martin Truex Jr., who was on leave as his girlfriend, Sherry Pollex, underwent cancer treatment.[20]

Crafton in the No. 51 at Bristol Dirt in 2023

Crafton ran his first Cup race in the 2015 Daytona 500, substituting for Kyle Busch in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 after Busch suffered a compound leg fracture in the previous day's Xfinity Series race.[21] He finished 18th after starting 43rd. Over four years later, he made his second Cup start in the 2019 First Data 500 at Martinsville in the No. 36 of Front Row Motorsports after Matt Tifft was hospitalized with a health issue. He qualified 31st and finished 25th, five laps down.[22] Crafton would return to the Cup Series in the 2023 Food City Dirt Race to replace Cody Ware, who had opted out of the race due to a believed personal matter. It would later be revealed that Ware was arrested for domestic battery, and indefinitely suspended by NASCAR the next day.

Milestones and records

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Throughout 22 full-time seasons in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Crafton has reached several milestones and broken records, both individually and with his team:

  • Crafton holds the record for the most consecutive Truck Series starts by an active driver.
  • In the third race of the 2013 season, Crafton passed Terry Cook's record of consecutive starts in the series. Cook had previously held the record with 296 consecutive starts.
  • Crafton currently holds the record for the fastest qualifying lap at Martinsville Speedway in a truck. Crafton set the record on October 29, 2011, with a qualifying lap of 19.653 seconds (96.352 mph)[23]
  • On August 6, 2011, Crafton and teammate Johnny Sauter started ThorSport Racing's 354th NCWTS race with at least one entry in the field, eclipsing Roush Fenway Racing's previous record of 353.
  • On November 14, 2014, Crafton became the first back-to-back NCWTS champion.
  • On November 15, 2019, Crafton claimed his 3rd career Championship despite going winless for the second season in a row. He became the first in Series history to claim a Championship despite finishing a season winless and the second to pull off the feat in any Series since Austin Dillon in 2013.

Other racing

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Crafton signing autographs at the 2014 IWK 250

In 2012, Crafton, supported by Travis Pastrana, competed in the TORC: The Off-Road Championship series' PRO 2WD truck race at Chicagoland, finishing third. He came back to TORC in 2015, running in the Pro 4WD division in a Chris Kyle Memorial Benefit-sponsored truck at Texas.[24] During the race, he was forced to operate the truck with a two-wheel drive due to issues with his truck's differential.[25]

Crafton raced in the 2014 and 2015 IWK 250 pro stock races at Riverside International Speedway in support of the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[26] Crafton sat on the pole for the 2014 edition of the race, and wound up finishing 10th, one lap down.[27] In 2015 Crafton started third and quickly made his way to the front of the pack before retiring from the race with brake failure, ultimately finishing 21st.[28]

In March 2019, Crafton participated in the Michelin Pilot Challenge sports car race at Sebring International Raceway, driving a Ford for Multimatic Motorsports alongside ThorSport Racing teammates Grant Enfinger, Ben Rhodes, and Myatt Snider.[29]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

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NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2008 Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
QL† 		POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A - [30]
2009 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM
QL† 		N/A - [31]
2014 Richard Childress Racing 27 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
QL‡ 		MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA 74th 01 [32]
RAB Racing 29 Toyota IND
DNQ 		POC GLN
Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy MCH
QL¤ 		BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2015 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY
18 		ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 60th 01 [33]
2019 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL
RL# 		KAN 53rd 01 [34]
Front Row Motorsports 36 Ford MAR
25 		TEX PHO HOM
2023 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD
34 		MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 64th 01 [35]
† – Qualified for Robby Gordon · ‡ – Paul Menard on paternity leave for qualifying · ¤ – Martin Truex Jr. on family leave for qualifying · # – Relieved Paul Menard during race
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2015 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4 18

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NNSC Pts Ref
2013 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN
3 		DAY NHA CHI
10 		IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
3 		DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 [36]
2014 DAY PHO LVS
12 		BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 [37]

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2000 SealMaster Racing 88 Chevy DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL
9 		83rd 138 [38]
2001 DAY
27 		HOM
26 		MMR
30 		MAR
6 		GTY
7 		DAR
8 		PPR
6 		DOV
9 		TEX
16 		MEM
10 		MLW
9 		KAN
22 		KEN
21 		NHA
10 		IRP
7 		NSH
25 		CIC
26 		NZH
22 		RCH
32 		SBO
10 		TEX
12 		LVS
28 		PHO
15 		CAL
9 		12th 2778 [39]
2002 DAY
23 		DAR
14 		MAR
20 		GTY
10 		PPR
29 		DOV
27 		TEX
7 		MEM
21 		MLW
29 		KAN
10 		KEN
17 		NHA
13 		MCH
16 		IRP
10 		NSH
18 		RCH
32 		TEX
23 		SBO
12 		LVS
25 		CAL
17 		PHO
9 		HOM
9 		15th 2424 [40]
2003 DAY
12 		DAR
11 		MMR
29 		MAR
13 		CLT
9 		DOV
22 		TEX
10 		MEM
10 		MLW
9 		KAN
19 		KEN
7 		GTW
10 		MCH
25 		IRP
10 		NSH
10 		BRI
6 		RCH
14 		NHA
10 		CAL
14 		LVS
9 		SBO
16 		TEX
12 		MAR
28 		PHO
14 		11th 3074 [41]
98 HOM
15
2004 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 6 Chevy DAY
19 		ATL
5 		MAR
7 		MFD
10 		CLT
9 		DOV
29 		TEX
8 		MEM
6 		MLW
10 		KAN
5 		KEN
4 		GTW
6 		MCH
12 		IRP
7 		NSH
7 		BRI
3 		RCH
21 		NHA
13 		LVS
22 		CAL
24 		TEX
21 		MAR
6 		PHO
3 		DAR
8 		HOM
5 		5th 3379 [42]
2005 ThorSport Racing 88 Chevy DAY
11 		CAL
6 		ATL
14 		MAR
15 		GTY
17 		MFD
19 		CLT
9 		DOV
9 		TEX
5 		MCH
22 		MLW
18 		KAN
27 		KEN
7 		MEM
7 		IRP
4 		NSH
13 		BRI
12 		RCH
7 		NHA
35 		LVS
11 		MAR
12 		ATL
22 		TEX
17 		PHO
8 		HOM
10 		9th 3095 [43]
2006 DAY
26 		CAL
20 		ATL
9 		MAR
3 		GTY
12 		CLT
8 		MFD
6 		DOV
15 		TEX
12 		MCH
5 		MLW
34 		KAN
20 		KEN
7 		MEM
3 		IRP
20 		NSH
9 		BRI
12 		NHA
8 		LVS
21 		TAL
18 		MAR
34 		ATL
12 		TEX
15 		PHO
5 		HOM
12 		14th 3102 [44]
2007 DAY
8 		CAL
11 		ATL
3 		MAR
17 		KAN
10 		CLT
7 		MFD
35 		DOV
26 		TEX
7 		MCH
34 		MLW
9 		MEM
10 		KEN
16 		IRP
14 		NSH
11 		BRI
12 		GTW
9 		NHA
11 		LVS
26 		TAL
18 		MAR
18 		ATL
7 		TEX
7 		PHO
14 		HOM
12 		8th 3060 [45]
2008 DAY
24 		CAL
15 		ATL
4 		MAR
2 		KAN
21 		CLT
1 		MFD
12 		DOV
5 		TEX
7 		MCH
15 		MLW
2 		MEM
3 		KEN
3 		IRP
4 		NSH
11 		BRI
21 		GTW
12 		NHA
12 		LVS
3 		TAL
16 		MAR
8 		ATL
29 		TEX
19 		PHO
8 		HOM
17 		5th 3392 [46]
2009 DAY
8 		CAL
7 		ATL
11 		MAR
9 		KAN
7 		CLT
3 		DOV
6 		TEX
2 		MCH
4 		MLW
16 		MEM
5 		KEN
3 		IRP
16 		NSH
5 		BRI
2 		CHI
14 		IOW
6 		GTW
6 		NHA
4 		LVS
2 		MAR
9 		TAL
10 		TEX
2 		PHO
8 		HOM
2 		2nd 3772 [47]
2010 DAY
5 		ATL
27 		MAR
7 		NSH
6 		KAN
25 		DOV
7 		CLT
11 		TEX
18 		MCH
27 		IOW
3 		GTY
5 		IRP
3 		POC
3 		NSH
7 		DAR
6 		BRI
31 		CHI
7 		KEN
10 		NHA
4 		LVS
5 		MAR
10 		TAL
4 		TEX
3 		PHO
4 		HOM
10 		4th 3547 [48]
2011 DAY
10 		PHO
7 		DAR
4 		MAR
11 		NSH
6 		DOV
3 		CLT
26 		KAN
18 		TEX
29 		KEN
32 		IOW
1 		NSH
11 		IRP
6 		POC
8 		MCH
21 		BRI
21 		ATL
7 		CHI
7 		NHA
6 		KEN
23 		LVS
2 		TAL
31 		MAR
12 		TEX
5 		HOM
19 		8th 785 [49]
2012 Toyota DAY
23 		MAR
24 		CAR
3 		KAN
12 		CLT
15 		DOV
8 		TEX
2 		KEN
4 		IOW
3 		CHI
4 		POC
4 		MCH
16 		BRI
9 		ATL
9 		IOW
9 		KEN
9 		LVS
2 		TAL
18 		MAR
4 		TEX
6 		PHO
20 		HOM
12 		6th 759 [50]
2013 DAY
9 		MAR
2 		CAR
6 		KAN
1 		CLT
4 		DOV
2 		TEX
4 		KEN
10 		IOW
6 		ELD
8 		POC
8 		MCH
9 		BRI
10 		MSP
10 		IOW
7 		CHI
4 		LVS
11 		TAL
9 		MAR
17 		TEX
10 		PHO
5 		HOM
21 		1st 804 [51]
2014 DAY
13 		MAR
1 		KAN
2 		CLT
2 		DOV
23 		TEX
1* 		GTW
26 		KEN
6 		IOW
3 		ELD
9 		POC
14 		MCH
2 		BRI
4 		MSP
6 		CHI
2 		NHA
3 		LVS
3 		TAL
14 		MAR
3 		TEX
5 		PHO
2 		HOM
9 		1st 833 [52]
2015 DAY
8 		ATL
1* 		MAR
2 		KAN
1 		CLT
3 		DOV
5 		TEX
1* 		GTW
21 		IOW
4 		KEN
1 		ELD
9 		POC
28 		MCH
6 		BRI
7 		MSP
2 		CHI
14 		NHA
2 		LVS
8* 		TAL
24* 		MAR
1 		TEX
4 		PHO
23 		HOM
1* 		3rd 877 [53]
2016 DAY
10 		ATL
30* 		MAR
7 		KAN
2* 		DOV
1 		CLT
1* 		TEX
2* 		IOW
8 		GTW
27 		KEN
8 		ELD
10 		POC
12 		BRI
32 		MCH
7 		MSP
4 		CHI
27 		NHA
3 		LVS
8 		TAL
22 		MAR
17 		TEX
2 		PHO
3 		HOM
7 		2nd 4026 [54]
2017 DAY
14 		ATL
2 		MAR
9 		KAN
16 		CLT
6 		DOV
11 		TEX
9 		GTW
4 		IOW
19 		KEN
8 		ELD
1 		POC
6 		MCH
6 		BRI
2 		MSP
25 		CHI
16 		NHA
6 		LVS
7 		TAL
9 		MAR
2* 		TEX
9 		PHO
21 		HOM
6 		4th 4031 [55]
2018 Ford DAY
19 		ATL
5 		LVS
29 		MAR
15 		DOV
2 		KAN
6 		CLT
11 		TEX
5 		IOW
26 		GTW
20 		CHI
11 		KEN
3 		ELD
4 		POC
9 		MCH
10* 		BRI
8 		MSP
5 		LVS
5 		TAL
26 		MAR
13 		TEX
9 		PHO
11 		HOM
6 		6th 2280 [56]
2019 DAY
5 		ATL
14 		LVS
3 		MAR
8 		TEX
5 		DOV
5 		KAN
6 		CLT
5 		TEX
2 		IOW
7 		GTW
9 		CHI
8 		KEN
13 		POC
6 		ELD
10 		MCH
10 		BRI
7 		MSP
11 		LVS
30 		TAL
8 		MAR
23 		PHO
6 		HOM
2 		1st 4035 [57]
2020 DAY
15 		LVS
4 		CLT
35 		ATL
12 		HOM
9 		POC
40 		KEN
3 		TEX
3 		KAN
4 		KAN
1 		MCH
23 		DRC
4 		DOV
2 		GTW
14 		DAR
14 		RCH
2 		BRI
10 		LVS
9 		TAL
8 		KAN
8 		TEX
6 		MAR
5 		PHO
14 		5th 2274 [58]
2021 Toyota DAY
15 		DRC
6 		LVS
5 		ATL
8 		BRD
14 		RCH
18 		KAN
24 		DAR
4 		COA
15 		CLT
30 		TEX
20 		NSH
6 		POC
6 		KNX
6 		GLN
22 		GTW
2 		DAR
10 		BRI
7 		LVS
3 		TAL
14 		MAR
5 		PHO
12 		4th 4025 [59]
2022 DAY
27 		LVS
7 		ATL
25 		COA
13 		MAR
7 		BRD
9 		DAR
5 		KAN
9 		TEX
9 		CLT
18 		GTW
12 		SON
34 		KNX
7 		NSH
10 		MOH
18 		POC
15 		IRP
9 		RCH
7 		KAN
15 		BRI
5 		TAL
22 		HOM
8 		PHO
12 		9th 2208 [60]
2023 Ford DAY
9 		LVS
11 		ATL
9 		COA
33 		TEX
13 		BRD
4 		MAR
26 		KAN
11 		DAR
12 		NWS
7 		CLT
12 		GTW
25 		NSH
15 		MOH
6 		POC
14 		RCH
7 		IRP
9 		MLW
5 		KAN
33 		BRI
16 		TAL
24 		HOM
7 		PHO
11 		9th 2167 [61]
2024 DAY
7 		ATL
13 		LVS
7 		BRI
4 		COA
23 		MAR
12 		TEX
15 		KAN
10 		DAR
31 		NWS
20 		CLT
31 		GTW
20 		NSH
23 		POC
8 		IRP
24 		RCH
15 		MLW
10 		BRI
6 		KAN
25 		TAL
23 		HOM
11 		MAR
13 		PHO
19 		14th 524 [62]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Camping World West Series

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NASCAR Camping World West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NCWWSC Pts Ref
2000 Jennifer Wong 21 Ford PHO MMR LVS CAL LAG IRW POR EVG IRW RMR MMR IRW
2* 		42nd 180 [63]
2009 Jennifer Wong 45 Toyota CTS AAS PHO
DNQ 		MAD IOW DCS SON IRW PIR MMP CNS IOW AAS – 0 [64]

ARCA Racing Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2010 Kimmel Racing 88 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL
5 		POC MCH IOW
5 		MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 55th 415 [65]
2011 DAY TAL SLM TOL
18 		NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP
32 		POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 87th 215 [66]
2012 ThorSport Racing 18 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP
31 		POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 131st 95 [67]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Truck Series Champion
2013, 2014
2019 		Succeeded by
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