Two-time Camping World Truck champ and sponsor together for 11th consecutive season
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Matt Crafton, winner of the last two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championships, and longtime sponsor Menards announced Thursday that their partnership will extend to 11 years in 2015.
The No. 88 ThorSport Toyota Tundra driver has sported Menards’ day-glow colors for both titles and all five career series wins.
“To be able to continue our partnership with Menards for the 2015 season is incredible,” Crafton said in a team release. “We’ve been together at ThorSport Racing since 2005, and it speaks to the longevity of everyone involved. In this era, long-running partnerships are rare, and incredibly valuable. It shows how committed ThorSport Racing is to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and how committed Menards and their partners are to our No. 88 team.”
Menards, a Midwest home-improvement store chain with a long history in racing, has three stock-car championships. In addition to Crafton’s titles, the company also earned one in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards with driver Frank Kimmel in the ThorSport Racing No. 44 Toyota (2013).
“Over the last couple years, we’ve seen the No. 88 team step up and compete at the highest level,” team owner Duke Thorson said in a team release. “Our relationship with Menards and their vendor partners is the cornerstone of this program, and we’ve been thrilled to deliver two championships to them in the last two seasons.
“It’s important to the success of ThorSport Racing to keep Matt and the No. 88 Menards team together, and renewing our partnership shows the value the NCWTS and our race program offers our partners year after year. Going into 2015, we’re honored to represent Menards, and their partners both on and off the track.”