Saturday is a red letter day for ThorSport Racing. When the green flag falls at Pocono Raceway, the Ohio-based team will start its record 354th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Duke and Rhonda Thorson’s Sandusky, Ohio-based organization matched Roush Fenway Racing’s series record last weekend in Indianapolis. Roush Fenway, no longer active in the series, ran its first race in 1995 and made its most recent appearance at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2009. ThorSport entered the series in 1996 with Terry Cook. ThorSport’s longest-standing driver, Matt Crafton, has competed in 235 races for the team beginning in 2000. His teammate and series points leader Sauter came aboard in 2009. More than 20 different drivers have carried the ThorSport colors including newcomer Dakoda Armstrong, who made his debut last month in Iowa. Cook, Crafton and Sauter share the team’s six victories, two of which came this year at Martinsville and Iowa. Crafton holds the team’s best championship finish–second in 2009.(NASCAR PR)([For more prerace News & Notes, see the Pocono Race page.](8-2-2011)
