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  • Matt Crafton penalized with photo evidence for unapproved adjustment at Las Vegas
    • Matt Crafton penalized with photo evidence for unapproved adjustment at Las Vegas
    Everyone is watching in the garage and on pit road. Matt Crafton was penalized during the red flag for rain at Las Vegas. The NASCAR Truck Series race was put on hold for a random rain shower and Crafton’s team might have done something wrong....2025
  • Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell involved in multi-truck wreck late at Daytona
    • Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell involved in multi-truck wreck late at Daytona
    With less than 20 laps to go in the NASCAR Truck Series race at Daytona, we have the biggest wreck of the night, collecting multiple trucks. Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell, Matt Crafton, and others were involved after Jack Wood was turned into the wall....2025
  • ThorSport Racing to field four champions at Daytona
    • ThorSport Racing to field four champions at Daytona
    ThorSport Racing becomes the first Truck Series team to field four champions at Daytona under one organization. Matt Crafton returns to drive the iconic No. 88 Menards Ford F-150 for his 26th season in the Truck Series. Alongside new crew chief Josh Hankish, Crafton is ready to make an immediate impact at Daytona and kick […]...2025
  • Matt Crafton broke NASCAR's playoff system with a winless 2019 title season
    • Matt Crafton broke NASCAR's playoff system with a winless 2019 title season
    Amidst all the criticism of Joey Logano's 2024 run to the NASCAR Cup Series championship, it's important to remember that the three-time champion was not the first driver to "break" the NASCAR playoff format....2024
  • Christian Eckes Wins at Martinsville after Drama-Filled Closing Laps
    • Christian Eckes Wins at Martinsville after Drama-Filled Closing Laps
    Christian Eckes Wins at Martinsville after Drama-Filled Closing Laps MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Christian Eckes wasn’t about to lose a race he had dominated, even if it meant using the front bumper on his No. 19 Chevrolet-twice.  After a restart with five laps left in Friday night’s Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 at Martinsville Speedway, Eckes first moved the Toyota of Taylor Gray and then the Ford ...2024
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  • Matt Crafton's steady decline may culminate in driver missing playoffs for first time
    • Matt Crafton's steady decline may culminate in driver missing playoffs for first time
    They say Father Time comes for us all, but it seems to be getting a particular bead on NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Matt Crafton....2024

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Matt Crafton injury and suspension

  • Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
    • Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
    Nick Sanchez and Matt Crafton aren’t the only ones facing punishment from NASCAR for their post-race fight at Talladega. Rene Sanchez, Nick’s father, has also been hit with consequences for getting involved in the incident over the weekend....2023
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  • Matt Crafton avoids suspension; NASCAR issues fines for fight with Nick Sanchez
    • Matt Crafton avoids suspension; NASCAR issues fines for fight with Nick Sanchez
    NASCAR on Tuesday fined Matt Crafton $25,000 for punching fellow driver Nick Sanchez following the Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway....2023
  • • Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez Fined After Talladega Fight
    Additionally, Sanchez's father was suspended for the remainder of the season. Source...2023
  • Matt Crafton bloodies Nick Sanchez following Talladega wreck: UPDATES both drivers fined
    • Matt Crafton bloodies Nick Sanchez following Talladega wreck: UPDATES both drivers fined
    UPDATE 10-3-2023: NASCAR has fined Nick Sanchez $5000 and Matt Crafton $25000 following their fight after Saturday’s Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Rene Sanchez has been suspended for the remainder of the year. In the Cup Series,, Chandler Smith was fined for not having a helmet sock on during qualifying. Click here to download […]...2023
  • NASCAR Cup Series Driver Cody Ware Suspended
    • NASCAR Cup Series Driver Cody Ware Suspended
    NASCAR Cup Series Driver Cody Ware Suspended Ware was Booked in a North Carolina Jail on a Felony Charge of Strangulation   NASCAR has suspended Cup Series driver Cody Ware indefinitely after his arrest in North Carolina, the governing body announced on Tuesday. Ware, who drives the No. 51 car for Rick Ware Racing, was booked in an Iredell County jail on Monday. According to the Sheriff's Off...2023
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  • • Kevin Harvick is 30/1 to win at Bristol Dirt race
     KEVIN HARVICKBristol Dirt Race AdvanceNo. 4 Busch Light #Break4Busch Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing  Event Overview ●  Event:  Food City Dirt Race (Round 8 of 36)●  Time/Date:  7 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 9●  Location:  Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway●  Layout:  .533-mile, high-banke...2023
  • SPEEDYCASH.Com 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Fact Sheet
    • SPEEDYCASH.Com 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Fact Sheet
    SPEEDYCASH.Com 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Fact Sheet Matt Crafton is the only driver in the field with multiple wins.   COMPANION EVENT: PPG 375 NTT INDYCAR SERIES race, Sunday, April 2.   BROADCAST INFORMATION (All times Central)   NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series qualifying, Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.; TV – FS1. NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series SPEEDYCASH.COM 250 race, Sa...2023
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  • • NASCAR Truck: four teams docked points at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
    Four NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series teams, three from ThorSport Racing and the other from GMS Racing, were docked 10 driver and owner points before Friday night’s Strat 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All four were in violation of the same rule relating to their oil reservoir tanks. The No. 13, No. 88 and No. 98 ThorSport Fords of Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger and the N...2020
  • • WATCH: Matt Crafton flips airborne in last-lap 'big one' at Daytona
    The crash began when Ben Rhodes spun near the wall and drove in front of the entire field....2017
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  • • Peters wins at Phoenix after title contenders crash
    AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Timothy Peters won the Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway after championship contenders Erik Jones and Matt Crafton wrecked while racing for the lead. Jones entered the race with a 17-point lead in the standings over the two-time defending series champion. But as they raced for position with 31 laps remaining, Crafton lost control of his truck and bumped into...2015

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  • 2025
    "Matt Crafton was penalized during the red flag for rain at Las Vegas."

  • 2024
    "In 2023, Wilson spent 11 races atop the pit box for Matt Crafton at ThorSport Racing before departing the team in […]"

  • 2023
    "Rick Ware Racing’s Cody Ware was ruled out of this past Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway due to a “personal matter”, with three-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton filling in for […] NASCAR: New Cody Ware arrest details paint disturbing picture - Beyond the Flag - Beyond the Flag - Your #1 Destination for Motorsports News and More"

  • 2022
    "Matt Crafton poked holes in the NASCAR playoff format when he became the first winless champion under it in 2019."

  • 2021
    "292-second win over Matt Crafton."

  • 2020
    "The Number 13, Number 88 and Number 98 ThorSport Fords of Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger and the Number 26 GMS Racing Chevrolet of Tyler Ankrum were found in violation of section 20."

  • 2019
    "After Matt Tifft had a seizure at Martinsville Speedway in late October and was replaced by Matt Crafton in the NASCAR Cup Series race at the track that weekend, John […] NASCAR: John Hunter Nemechek to drive for Front Row Motorsports in 2020 - Beyond the Flag - Beyond the Flag - Your #1 Destination for Motorsports News and More"

  • 2018
    "Teammate Matt Crafton joins him on the front row."

  • 2017
    "Christopher Bell holds off Matt Crafton to win CWTS race at AMS"

  • 2016
    "Matt Crafton goes to Victory Lane in the N."

  • 2015
    "Two-time and reigning NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton rolled to a dominant victory in Saturday evening's Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway."

  • 2014
    "But it's Matt Crafton who steals the spotlight by finishing ninth to secure his second consecutive series championship."

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Matt Crafton trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • HighPoint.com 400 Support Series Races Facts
    • HighPoint.com 400 Support Series Races Facts
    HighPoint.com 400 Support Series Races Fast Facts Friday - #ARCA Menards Series Saturday #NASCAR Truck & Xfinity Series   WHAT: NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 225, NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series CRC Brakleen 150 and ARCA Menards Series Sunset Hill Shooting Range 150.  WHERE: Pocono Raceway, a 2.5-mile tri-oval in Long Pond, Pa.  WHEN: Friday-Saturday.  BR...2023
  • • NASCAR Truck: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger re-sign with ThorSport Racing
    ThorSport Racing has renewed contracts with Ben Rhodes and Grant Enfingers to keep the drivers in its trucks for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The race team already announced a contract extension with its two-time champion driver Matt Crafton late last season. Ben Rhodes will drive the No. 41 Ford for ThorSport, Enfinger the No. 98 and Crafton the No. 88. Rhodes has two years ...2018
  • • Johnny Sauter signs extension before racing for truck title
    HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Johnny Sauter signed a contract extension with GMS Racing the same day he was set to defend his NASCAR Truck Series championship. The 39-year-old Sauter will race for the championship Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sauter, Matt Crafton, Christopher Bell and Austin Cindric are vying for the title on the 1 ½-mile track. Sauter says “to be able to compete at this lev...2017

Matt Crafton stats and results

  • • Christian Eckes Wins at Martinsville after Drama-Filled Closing Laps
    2024
  • Bristol Motor Speedway Doubleheader Tonight
    • Bristol Motor Speedway Doubleheader Tonight
    Bristol Motor Speedway Doubleheader Tonight To feature UNOH 200 Truck Playoff Race and Bush's Beans 200 ARCA Series From top left to right: Christian Eckes; Ty Majeski; Carson Hocevar; and Corey Heim  Eight drivers in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will get a brand-new start in their Playoff run when they visit challenging Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday, Sept. 14, for the nightcap of w...2023
  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Round of Eight Drivers
    • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Round of Eight Drivers
    NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Round of Eight Drivers Two Matts Drop from Truck Playoffs   Ben Rhodes battled an ill-handling truck all night and wound up 25th, two laps down at Kansas Speedway on Friday night. Matt DiBenedetto stormed to a third-place finish in the Kansas Lottery 200.   And yet the two Round of 10 contenders ended up on opposite sides of the elimination line as the first...2023
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  • 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Field Set
    • 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Field Set
    2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Field Set #NASCARPlayoffs Corey Heim wins regular season Truck Series Championship   The 10-driver playoff field for the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is officially set following Saturday’s race at Richmond Raceway.   The 10 drivers listed below make up the playoff field. The field includes three former champions: Zane Smith (defending cham...2023
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    2023
  • • Kevin Harvick is 25/1 to win his last Sonoma race
     KEVIN HARVICKSonoma AdvanceNo. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing  Event Overview ●  Event:  Save Mart 350k (Round 16 of 36)●  Time/Date:  3:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, June 11●  Location:  Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway●  Layout:  1.99-mile, 10-turn road course●  Laps/Miles:&nb...2023
  • • NASCAR Cup Series Driver Cody Ware Suspended
    2023
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  • Joey Logano Dominates
    • Joey Logano Dominates
    Joey Logano Dominates The Dirt ThorSport Teammate Ty Majeski Claims Second   Moonlighting in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series on Saturday night, Joey Logano performed the perfect Bristol Stomp in winning the WEATHER GUARD Truck Race on Dirt.   The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion swept the first two stages of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway’s Dirt Track, led 138 of the 150 laps a...2023
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  • Crafton, Smith Highlight ‘Fast Five’ Storylines for NCTS Speedycash.Com 250
    • Crafton, Smith Highlight ‘Fast Five’ Storylines for NCTS Speedycash.Com 250
    Crafton, Smith Highlight ‘Fast Five’ Storylines for NCTS Speedycash.Com 250   The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series continues its “Texas Two Step” as the two-race swing through the Lone Star State culminates with Saturday’s SPEEDYCASH.COM 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.  The series competitors will shift from last week’s twisting, 3.41-mile Circuit of The Americas permanent road course in Austi...2023
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  • • SPEEDYCASH.Com 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Fact Sheet
    2023

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  • • Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
    2023
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  • • Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez Fined After Talladega Fight
    2023
  • Nick Sanchez’s mom shares her account of Matt Crafton fight, reaffirms sucker punch allegations
    • Nick Sanchez’s mom shares her account of Matt Crafton fight, reaffirms sucker punch allegations
    The mother of NASCAR Truck Series driver Nick Sanchez is getting involved in the Talladega feud that unfolded over the weekend. She reaffirmed that Matt Crafton sucker-punched her son following the race....2023
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  • • Bristol Motor Speedway Doubleheader Tonight
    2023
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  • • Kevin Harvick is 25/1 to win his last Sonoma race
    2023
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  • • NASCAR Cup Series Driver Cody Ware Suspended
    2023
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  • • Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Finish at Richmond
    In a Nutshell: Grant Enfinger scored his third win of the 2020 season when he raced down and passed teammate Matt Crafton in the closing laps of the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway Thursday night (Sept. 10). “This win gives us a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs,” Enfinger said. “We needed it. It’s … The post Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Fi...2020
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  • • Tracking the Trucks: Grant Enfinger Leads ThorSport 1-2-3 Finish at Richmond
    In a Nutshell: Grant Enfinger scored his third win of the 2020 season when he raced down and passed teammate Matt Crafton in the closing laps of the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway Thursday night (Sept. 10). “This win gives us a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs,” Enfinger said. “We needed it. It’s …...2020
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  • • Johnny Sauter Gets Dramatic NASCAR Truck Series Win at Dover
    By: NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – After what had happened moments earlier, Johnny Sauter’s victory in a two-lap overtime shootout seemed almost routine by comparison. Sauter, who turned 40 on May 1, held off fellow 40-something Matt Crafton to win Friday’s JEGS 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway-but not until Sauter won an intense struggle against pole w...2018
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  • • NASCAR Truck: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger re-sign with ThorSport Racing
    2018
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Top Matt Crafton news

  • • Matt Crafton rolls to dominant Truck Series win at Atlanta
    2015
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  • • Ryan Blaney wins at Bristol as Matt Crafton stumbles on late restart
    Brad Keselowski Racing's Ryan Blaney earned his fourth-career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Wednesday night's UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it certainly was not easy. Things had been shaping up nicely for Blaney in the opening laps, as he jumped out to a large lead over the competition. However on the first restart of the night on Lap 39, Blaney got a great jump on the res...2015
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  • • Ryan Blaney wins at Bristol as Matt Crafton stumbles on late restart
    Brad Keselowski Racing's Ryan Blaney was able to score his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Bristol Motor Speedway, overtaking Matt Crafton on a green-white-checkered restart....2015
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  • • Matt Crafton powers to Truck Series win after others run out of gas
    Erik Jones dominates the Camping World Truck Series win at Kansas Speedway, but fails to win after being forced to pit for fuel late in the race. Matt Crafton wins after other run out of gas on the track....2015
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  • • NASCAR halts race at Kentucky Speedway after truck hits catch fence
    NASCAR was forced to end Thursday's UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race five laps early after Ben Kennedy's No. 11 truck lifted into the air and damaged the catch fence going into Turn 1. Two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton was declared the winner. ...2015
  • • Race results: Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway
    Joey Logano made a dramatic pass on a green-white-checkered restart to take the lead from Matt Crafton and Erik Jones at Martinsville Speedway to score his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, becoming the 26th driver to win in all three of NASCAR's national touring series. ...2015
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  • • John Wes Townley stretches fuel to score first career truck win
    John Wes Townley rolled the dice in Las Vegas, and it paid off. Stretching his last tank of fuel to the finish when multiple other frontrunners ran dry in the final laps, Townley collected his first career Camping World Truck Series win on Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Timothy Peters, Ben Kennedy, John Hunter Nemechek and Brandon Jones completed the top five. Championship leader Erik...2015
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  • • Austin Dillon wins UNOH 175 Camping World Truck Series race
    Austin Dillon won the UNOH 175 Camping World Truck Series race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, leading more than half the race and outlasting the likes of Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter and Kyle Busch to do it. It was the historic 500th all-time start in the Truck Series, and Dillon led 80 of the 175 laps overall. Kyle Busch, whose No. 51 truck was dominant much of the race and led 69 laps,...2015
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Matt Crafton fantasy rankings and news

  • • NSCS/NCWTS: OPR Staff and Fan Fantasy Picks for Talladega Superspeedway
    As we look towards the next event on the NASCAR schedule, the fantasy pickers at OnPitRoad.com have filed their picks for another weekend.   Camping World Truck Series Terry Wagner and Justin Tucker picked the ThorSport teammates Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter. Both have ran well at Talladega in the past, and are having good seasons to date so far in sitting first and second. With the trend of suc...2014
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Matt Crafton schedule, game

  • • Matt Crafton penalized with photo evidence for unapproved adjustment at Las Vegas
    2025
  • • Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell involved in multi-truck wreck late at Daytona
    2025
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  • • Matt Crafton broke NASCAR's playoff system with a winless 2019 title season
    2024
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  • • Christian Eckes Wins at Martinsville after Drama-Filled Closing Laps
    2024
  • • Matt Crafton's steady decline may culminate in driver missing playoffs for first time
    2024
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  • Shane Wilson named crew chief for Ty Dillon
    • Shane Wilson named crew chief for Ty Dillon
    Rackley W.A.R. has named Shane Wilson as the crew chief for Ty Dillon and the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Company and W.A.R. Shocks Chevrolet Silverado for the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) season. In 2023, Wilson spent 11 races atop the pit box for Matt Crafton at ThorSport Racing before departing the team in […]...2024
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  • • Nick Sanchez wins Baptist Health 200 pole award at Homestead-Miami
    How about this for bouncing back? Nick Sanchez wins the pole award in the first race back since his fight with Matt Crafton. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie has yet another pole award to his name after Homestead qualifying....2023
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  • Denny Hamlin breaks down what led to Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez fight
    • Denny Hamlin breaks down what led to Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez fight
    Denny Hamlin decided to break down the on-track incident between Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez at Talladega over the weekend, which led to the post-race brawl that got both drivers fined....2023
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  • • NASCAR Truck Series: Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez fined for Talladega fight
    Following their fight after the Truck Series race at Talladega, Matt Crafton has been fined $25k and Nick Sanchez fined $5,000. NASCAR Officials announced this morning the penalties for the two drivers, Matt Crafton and Nick Sanchez, involved in the fight following the Love’s Truck Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway....2023
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  • • Father of Nick Sanchez suspended through season for getting involved in son’s fight with Matt Crafton
    2023
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