Matt Crafton won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 in Hampton, Georgia.

Starting from 15th place Truck 88 Matt Crafton Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota won the 7th Running Hyundai Construction Equipment 200.
This is Crafton’s his 6 win in 340 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2015. This is also his 1st win & 8th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Truck 33 Ty Dillon Rheem Chevrolet starting from 14th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 2 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is Dillon’s first Top 10 finish in 2015. 3rd Place Truck 11 Ben Kennedy Local Motors Toyota starting from pole posted his 1st Top 10 finish in one races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

4th Place Truck 51 Daniel Suarez(i) ARRIS Toyota starting from 4th place. 5th place Truck 19 Tyler Reddick DrawTite Ford starting from 11th place leads the point standings by 2 points over Matt Crafton. 6th Place Truck 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records Toyota starting from 13th place. 7th Place Truck 4 Erik Jones # Toyota Toyota starting from 2nd place was the highest finishing rookie. 8th Place Truck 31 James Buescher NTS Motorsports Chevrolet starting from 8th place followed by 9th place Truck 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota starting from 16th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Truck 8 Joe Nemechek swmtx.com/D.A.B. Constructors Inc. Chevrolet in 10 place, starting from 7th place.

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Ben Kennedy, driver of the #11 Local Motors Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 in Hampton, Georgia.

The race had 3 Cautions for 13 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 12 for Truck 07 Ray Black Jr. # ScubaLife.com Chevrolet spin in Turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 19 for Truck 15 Mason Mingus Georgia 811 Chevrolet crash in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 51 for Truck 50 Cody Ware # Burnie Grill/Bubba Burger Chevrolet crash in Turn 1

The race had 6 Lead Changes among drivers: B. Kennedy 1; E. Jones # 2-18; B. Keselowski(i) 19-24; E. Jones # 25-44; M. Crafton 45-57;
D. Suarez(i) 58; M. Crafton 59-130.

Truck 13 Cameron Hayley # Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota from Calgary Alberta finished in 14th place.

Top 10 Driver Points: (1) T. Reddick 87;(2) M. Crafton 85;(3) E. Jones # 80;(4) J. Sauter 72;(5) J. Buescher 63;(6) B. Silas 60;(7)
B. Kennedy 58;(8) R. Black Jr. # 58;(9) J. Nemechek 58;(10) K. Forrister # 56.

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Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 in Hampton, Georgia.

2015 Feb 28 Hyundai200

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Number 2
Unofficial Race Results for the 7Th Running Hyundai Construction Equipment
200 – Saturday, February 28, 2015
Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, GA – 1.54 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 130 Laps – 200.2 Miles – Purse: $576,438

Finishing Position Starting Position Truck # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 15. Truck 88 Matt Crafton Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota 130 Running
2. 14. Truck 33 Ty Dillon(i) Rheem Chevrolet 130 Running
3. 1. Truck 11 Ben Kennedy Local Motors Toyota 130 Running
4. 4. Truck 51 Daniel Suarez(i) ARRIS Toyota 130 Running
5. 11. Truck 19 Tyler Reddick DrawTite Ford 130 Running
6. 13. Truck 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records Toyota 130 Running
7. 2. Truck 4 Erik Jones # Toyota Toyota 130 Running
8. 8. Truck 31 James Buescher NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 129 Running
9. 16. Truck 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 129 Running
10. 7. Truck 8 Joe Nemechek swmtx.com/D.A.B. Constructors Inc. Chevrolet 129 Running
11. 18. Truck 39 Ryan Sieg(i) Pull-A-Part/Big Green Egg Chevrolet 129 Running
12. 5. Truck 05 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Chevrolet 129 Running
13. 9. Truck 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 129 Running
14. 3. Truck 13 Cameron Hayley # Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota 129 Running
15. 10. Truck 29 Brad Keselowski(i) Cooper Standard Ford 129 Running
16. 6. Truck 54 Justin Boston # Discovering Lucy Angel Toyota 129 Running
17. 20. Truck 75 Caleb Holman FdCntryUSA/MrnngFrshFrms/LpzWlthMgmt. Chev 127 Running
18. 29. Truck 63 Garrett Smithley HeroBox.org/SegPay Chevrolet 126 Running
19. 12. Truck 14 Daniel Hemric # California Clean Power Chevrolet 126 Running
20. 26. Truck 08 Korbin Forrister # Tilted Kilt Chevrolet 125 Running
21. 19. Truck 99 Bryan Silas Kapoya Premium Energy Drink Chevrolet 123 Running
22. 21. Truck 02 Tyler Young Randco Industries/Young’s Building Systems Chevrolet 123 Running
23. 28. Truck 74 Jordan Anderson Tri-Analytics/Overnight Chevrolet 123 Running
24. 24. Truck 94 Wendell Chavous # VYDOX Plus Chevrolet 120 Running
25. 22. Truck 07 Ray Black Jr. # ScubaLife.com Chevrolet 119 Running
26. 27. Truck 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 118 Running
27. 30. Truck 1 Morgan Shepherd(i) Life on the Line/Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 118 Running
28. 17. Truck 15 Mason Mingus Georgia 811 Chevrolet 110 Accident
29. 25. Truck 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Foundations Chevrolet 91 Oil Line
30. 23. Truck 50 Cody Ware # Burnie Grill/Bubba Burger Chevrolet 48 Accident
31. 31. Truck 6 Norm Benning Chevrolet 12 Gear

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, # Rookie this season for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #1
(unapproved adjustments), #74 and #94 (missed the drivers meeting), #39 and #75 (missed driver introductions).

Failed to Qualify: (15) 98 Josh Wise, 30 Ron Hornaday Jr., 24 Jeff Gordon, 20 Matt Kenseth, 48 Jimmie Johnson, 41 Regan Smith (i), 14
Tony Stewart, 26 Jeb Burton #, 35 Cole Whitt, 7 Alex Bowman, 40 Landon Cassill(i), 66 Mike Wallace, 83 Matt DiBenedetto, 46 Michael
Annett, 29 Reed Sorenson.

Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 25 Mins, 22 Secs. Average Speed: 140.711 MPH Margin of Victory: 8.752 Seconds

Keystone Light Pole Award: Ben Kennedy, #11 176.684 mph Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Triad Racing Technologies (TRT),
#88 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Matt Crafton, #88 Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Erik Jones, #4

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Next Race: Mar. 28, 2015 – Martinsville Speedway

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