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February 27, 2016

Crafton wins Keystone Light Pole Award at Atlanta


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Matt Crafton won the Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Award on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and will lead the field to green to kick off the Great Clips 200 (4:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Driving the No. 88 Toyota, the ThorSport Racing driver soared to the top of the leaderboard with a speed of 179.790 mph. The two-time Camping World Truck Series champion is also the defending race winner and the only previous winner in Saturday’s field.

John Wes Townley will start second to Crafton in his No. 05 Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet.

Christopher Bell, Grant Enfinger and Cameron Hayley complete the top five in the starting lineup. Enfinger led two of the three Truck Series practices on Friday.

Norm Benning, Timothy Viens, Ryan Ellis, Korbin Forrister and Jordan Anderson failed to qualify.