Three-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton is set to cross another milestone off the list in Las Vegas as he makes his 500th career start.
The California-native has earned 15 race wins, 130 top-five finishes and 300 top-10 results in his Truck Series career.
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AND: No driver has made more consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts than ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton. Actually, no other Truck Series driver has made more starts than Crafton period and this weekend the veteran will make his 500th career consecutive start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Crafton’s streak began with his very first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Auto Club Speedway on October 28, 2000. In the event he started 17th and raced his way up to a ninth-place finish. Since then, Crafton has collected 15 wins, 130 top fives and 300 top 10s. Plus, he is the only driver in series history to win back-to-back championships (2013, 2014).
Crafton has made 25 series starts at Las Vegas and put up 11 top fives and 16 top 10s. Vegas is the last 1.5-mile track left on the schedule he has yet to win at.
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