A 2015 rewind and a 2016 preview for the top five finishers last season in the NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. Today: Matt Crafton, the third-place finisher in the truck series standings.
Team: ThorSport Racing No. 88 Toyota.
Wins: 6 (Atlanta, Kansas, Texas-1, Kentucky, Martinsville-2, Homestead)
Strides: Victory Lane. Lots of times. The ThorSport No. 88 was nearly unstoppable on 1.5-mile tracks, scoring five of the team's six wins on intermediate tracks and helping Crafton more than double his career win total.
Setbacks: Very few things on the team's minus side for 2015, but four finishes outside the top 20 hampered Crafton's progress and ended his stellar run of two consecutive Camping World Truck Series titles.
Quoteworthy: "We had a phenomenal season. Six wins and 700 -- I think they said 780 laps we led. That's a pretty good season. We just had one column that was bad for us: DNFs. I made mistakes and everybody made mistakes. But I promise you one thing, it's going to make us stronger for 2016."
What's next: The two-time champ turns 40 this summer and remains plenty hungry for more. After Johnny Sauter's offseason departure, Crafton will have a 1-2 punch of young teammates to mentor -- returning ThorSport driver Cameron Hayley, 19, plus 18-year-old newcomer Ben Rhodes.