Congrats Matt Crafton, #51, Ryan Blaney

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Congratulations on clinching your first championship. Hopefully you can parlay this into a NW or even cup ride.

Sucks that a Buschwhacker got the owners championship though, IDK why Crafton just didn't gain a couple positions because then he would have had it.

Congrats to Ryan Blaney for getting ROTY, would have rather seen Jeb get it butI like Blaney too.

Pleasant surprises of the year:
JWT not wrecking every single race (though he still did get a mediocre 11th in points)
Burton, Wallace Jr, others getting their first win
Todd Bodine hanging up the helmet after severe mediocrity. It was time.

Not so pleasant surprises of the year:
Joey Coulter getting 15th in points and never being competitive. WTF?
Timothy Peters never being too completive and finishing 10th
Quiroga turning out to be pretty mediocre as well, finishing 13th and again never being completive.

  • Championship Fast Facts:
    Matt Crafton won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. His previous best championship points finish was second in 2009.
    Crafton is the 13th different driver to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
    2013 marked Crafton's 14th year competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He leads the series in consecutive starts with 316 - the most before winning NCWTS championship.
    Crafton finished 40 points ahead of second-place Ty Dillon.
    Crafton finished the 2013 season with one win, seven top-five and a series-high 19 top-10 finishes.
    Crafton's 2013 Season Driver Rating is 96.7.

  • Owner: ThorSport Racing
    This is ThorSport Racing's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship. ThorSport Racing's previous best championship standings finish was third in 2009.
    Owners Duke and Rhonda Thorson fielded their first truck in the series with driver Terry Cook at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996. ThorSport Racing has fielded at least one truck in 409 races, a run of 391 consecutive starts beginning at Walt Disney World Speedway in January 1998 - both are series records.
    ThorSport Racing fielded one other full-time truck this season - the No. 98 driven by Johnny Sauter. Sauter finished the season fourth in the standings. He posted three wins, nine top fives and 14 top 10s in 2013.

  • Crew Chief Champion: Carl Joiner Jr.
    This is Carl Joiner Jr.'s first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
    Joiner's previous best points finish was in 2012, when he finished sixth with Crafton.

  • Owner Champion: Kyle Busch Motorsports
    This is Kyle Busch Motorsport's second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship. Kyle Busch Motorsports previous owner championship was in 2010. KBMs No. 51 tied ThorSport Racings No. 88 in owner points but is awarded the championship due the tiebreaker (wins).
    Five drivers started a race in the No. 51 Toyota (Kyle Busch, 11; Erik Jones, 5; Chad Hackenbracht, 4; Denny Hamlin, 1; Scott Bloomquist, 1).
    (NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(11-15-2013)

  • Driver standings following Homestead:
    1) #88-Matt Crafton, 804
    2) #3-Ty Dillon, 764, -40
    3) #31-James Buescher, 761, -43
    4) #98-Johnny Sauter, 732, -72
    5) #4-Jeb Burton, 731, -73
    6) #29-Ryan Blaney, 726, -78
    7) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 717, -87
    8) #54-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 704, -100
    9) #32-Miguel Paludo, 697, -107
    10) #17-Timothy Peters, 683, -121
    See complete standings on the driver standings page (pdf).(11-15-2013)
 
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Accidentally posted thread before I had written everything, its updated now :p
 
Congratulations to Kyle Busch and KBM on their well deserved owners championship. I hope this will allow Kyle to put some of his guys back to work and allow KBM to continue to race trucks next year. :)
 
It's pretty amazing that Crafton ran every single lap of the Truck series this year.
 
gordonite said:
It pretty amazing that Crafton ran every single lap of the Truck series this year.
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Damn right! With about 5 to go he was on track to be top 10 every race. Still a damn good season for Matt.
 
I wonder where the Manufacturer's Standing brigade are hiding?
 
Captain Coyfish said:
Congratulations on clinching your first championship. Hopefully you can parlay this into a NW or even cup ride.

Sucks that a Buschwhacker got the owners championship though, IDK why Crafton just didn't gain a couple positions because then he would have had it.

Congrats to Ryan Blaney for getting ROTY, would have rather seen Jeb get it butI like Blaney too.

Pleasant surprises of the year:
JWT not wrecking every single race (though he still did get a mediocre 11th in points)
Burton, Wallace Jr, others getting their first win
Todd Bodine hanging up the helmet after severe mediocrity. It was time.

Not so pleasant surprises of the year:
Joey Coulter getting 15th in points and never being competitive. WTF?
Timothy Peters never being too completive and finishing 10th
Quiroga turning out to be pretty mediocre as well, finishing 13th and again never being completive.

  • Championship Fast Facts:
    Matt Crafton won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. His previous best championship points finish was second in 2009.
    Crafton is the 13th different driver to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
    2013 marked Crafton's 14th year competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He leads the series in consecutive starts with 316 - the most before winning NCWTS championship.
    Crafton finished 40 points ahead of second-place Ty Dillon.
    Crafton finished the 2013 season with one win, seven top-five and a series-high 19 top-10 finishes.
    Crafton's 2013 Season Driver Rating is 96.7.

  • Owner: ThorSport Racing
    This is ThorSport Racing's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship. ThorSport Racing's previous best championship standings finish was third in 2009.
    Owners Duke and Rhonda Thorson fielded their first truck in the series with driver Terry Cook at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996. ThorSport Racing has fielded at least one truck in 409 races, a run of 391 consecutive starts beginning at Walt Disney World Speedway in January 1998 - both are series records.
    ThorSport Racing fielded one other full-time truck this season - the No. 98 driven by Johnny Sauter. Sauter finished the season fourth in the standings. He posted three wins, nine top fives and 14 top 10s in 2013.

  • Crew Chief Champion: Carl Joiner Jr.
    This is Carl Joiner Jr.'s first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
    Joiner's previous best points finish was in 2012, when he finished sixth with Crafton.

  • Owner Champion: Kyle Busch Motorsports
    This is Kyle Busch Motorsport's second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship. Kyle Busch Motorsports previous owner championship was in 2010. KBMs No. 51 tied ThorSport Racings No. 88 in owner points but is awarded the championship due the tiebreaker (wins).
    Five drivers started a race in the No. 51 Toyota (Kyle Busch, 11; Erik Jones, 5; Chad Hackenbracht, 4; Denny Hamlin, 1; Scott Bloomquist, 1).
    (NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(11-15-2013)

  • Driver standings following Homestead:
    1) #88-Matt Crafton, 804
    2) #3-Ty Dillon, 764, -40
    3) #31-James Buescher, 761, -43
    4) #98-Johnny Sauter, 732, -72
    5) #4-Jeb Burton, 731, -73
    6) #29-Ryan Blaney, 726, -78
    7) #62-Brendan Gaughan, 717, -87
    8) #54-Darrell Wallace, Jr., 704, -100
    9) #32-Miguel Paludo, 697, -107
    10) #17-Timothy Peters, 683, -121
    See complete standings on the driver standings page (pdf).(11-15-2013)
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thorsport didn't win the owners title. in fact the story not being told is why they didn't pit the 88 to fix the damage. I wished someone would have asked the team were they simply unaware of the possibility of loosing the owners title?? I bet there is a championship ring the owners are not going to be getting as a result of not pitting and fixing the damage to the 88 truck. The story was they were not ready to fix the 88's damage, umm ok I have never been a pitcrewman but I could have fixed the truck by myself better than what they did. at one point it looked like they were going to try and fishing the race on a flat tire. If they would have pitted when pit road was closed, put tires on it and pulled the metal, then came back for bear bond metal cutters they would be celebrating the owners title. I would like someone and you would get a huge thumbs up to figure out how much money was lost by coming in second in the owners points. it was probably 20 or 30 grand at least.
 
I think the big story no one's talking about is Kyle Busch's teammate wrecking Crafton on purpose so that Busch had a better chance at the owner's points championship.
 
Greg said:
Probably behind the bigger trophy (the sprint cup one, also known as the Chevrolet trophy)
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Well, they were out in NNS series full force when Chevorlet was leading those standings :confused:
 
Marcingak said:
I think the big story no one's talking about is Kyle Busch's teammate wrecking Crafton on purpose so that Busch had a better chance at the owner's points championship.
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I don't know if that was intentional or not. I realize that the two participants make it a possibility but I've seen that move many, many times in a race when it wasn't on purpose so I just don't know.

I also realize that there will be two camps - one pro KyBu and one anti KyBu - and each will tell a completely different story. Got to love racin' :D
 
#17D500winner said:
I don't know if that was intentional or not. I realize that the two participants make it a possibility but I've seen that move many, many times in a race when it wasn't on purpose so I just don't know.

I also realize that there will be two camps - one pro KyBu and one anti KyBu - and each will tell a completely different story. Got to love racin' :D
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Or maybe the camp that really knows the truth will come forward and fill us in.
 
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