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August 15, 2015

Crafton claims Keystone Light Pole at Michigan


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Matt Crafton, who lost the series points lead in the most recent NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, won his first Keystone Light Pole Award since 2012 with a top speed of 184.502 mph in Saturday’s qualifying at Michigan International Speedway.

The last driver out in the final round, Crafton was fast enough in his No. 88 Toyota to knock Daniel Hemric (183.833 mph) to the second position.

Austin Dillon, Ben Kennedy and Timothy Peters round out the top five for the Careers for Veterans 200 presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski‘s Checkered Flag Foundation, which is scheduled for later today (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM).

Qualifying at the 2-mile track consisted of two rounds, with each truck taking one timed lap in the opening round, then the 12 fastest advancing to the final round in which they ran another timed lap.

The rest of the top 12, in order of starting position: Cameron Hayley (sixth), Erik Jones, John Wes Townley, Johnny Sauter, Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney.

Daniel Hemric, the last truck on track in the opening round, knocked Tyler Young off the bubble and to a 13th-place starting position.

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