Crafton wins Coca-Cola 200 At Iowa Speedway

Matt Crafton (88) races Austin Dillon (3) in Saturday night's Camping World Truck Series event at Iowa Speedway. Crafton would go on to record the victory. Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images

Matt Crafton won Saturday night’s Coca-Cola 200 at Iowa Speedway, holding off a determined Austin Dillon in the closing laps for his second career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Crafton snapped a 79-race winless streak with his victory. His previous win came May 16, 2008, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Crafton started the race 11th and ran inside the top 10 for the entire race. Following a caution on Lap 154, Crafton found himself in the lead on the Lap 161 restart, following a final pit stop session. Pole sitter David Mayhew followed Crafton in second, while the truck of Dillon restarted seventh. Dillon looked to have the strongest truck on the evening, leading 127 laps, but he had to mount a closing charge to try and get past Crafton.

Over the final 12 laps, it was a duel between Crafton and Dillon, with Dillon being credited for leading Lap 188 before Crafton resumed the point, which he held to the end of the race.

“I saw him back there,” Crafton said of Dillon, “and I thought, ‘Oh boy, I’m going to have to work for this one.’ I knew he had a fast truck and I knew I was going to have to save mine to race with him at the end.

“This is really a huge momentum-builder for the team. The last four weeks, anything that could have gone wrong did, and now here we are in the fifth week winning the race. I want to thank the guys for all they have done and for sticking with me when everything was going wrong.”

Second-place Dillon seemed to both enjoy and be disappointed in his finish.

“We were fastest all night, but they (Crafton’s team) just made the right call in the end. It was good for the points tonight, but we’ve just been giving the wins away here in the end. It hurts when you do that.”

Following Dillon in third place was Mayhew. Johnny Sauter finished fourth, followed by Joey Coulter.

Sauter leaves Iowa with the point lead, with Dillon now in second, 22 points behind. Cole Witt is third in points, 26 out of the lead.

Story by Barry Johnson

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Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA
Coca Cola 200 – July 16, 2011
Fin Start No. Driver Points Car Laps Completed Status Earnings
1 11 88 Matt Crafton 47 Chevrolet 200 Running $38,850
2 5 3 Austin Dillon 44 Chevrolet 200 Running $24,225
3 1 2 David Mayhew 42 Chevrolet 200 Running $19,875
4 6 13 Johnny Sauter 41 Chevrolet 200 Running $16,675
5 2 22 Joey Coulter 39 Chevrolet 200 Running $15,000
6 14 60 Cole Whitt 38 Chevrolet 200 Running $12,525
7 3 31 James Buescher 37 Chevrolet 200 Running $11,725
8 10 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. 36 Chevrolet 200 Running $10,900
9 32 81 David Starr 35 Toyota 200 Running $12,150
10 21 5 Todd Bodine 35 Toyota 200 Running $13,125
11 4 17 Timothy Peters 33 Toyota 200 Running $10,750
12 9 46 Justin Lofton 32 Toyota 200 Running $10,625
13 13 32 Steve Arpin 31 Chevrolet 200 Running $10,575
14 7 18 Brian Ickler 30 Toyota 200 Running $10,525
15 12 7 Miguel Paludo 29 Toyota 200 Running $11,725
16 19 62 Brendan Gaughan 28 Toyota 200 Running $10,300
17 20 92 Clay Rogers 27 Chevrolet 200 Running $10,200
18 23 39 Ryan Sieg 26 Chevrolet 200 Running $10,075
19 18 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. 25 Chevrolet 199 Running $8,725
20 17 9 Max Papis 24 Toyota 198 Running $9,400
21 25 98 Dakoda Armstrong 23 Chevrolet 198 Running $7,525
22 8 29 Parker Kligerman 22 Dodge 198 Running $7,425
23 27 02 Jamie Dick 21 Chevrolet 196 Running $7,300
24 28 07 Caleb Roark 20 Chevrolet 194 Running $7,225
25 16 23 Jason White 19 Chevrolet 190 Running $7,350
26 30 57 Norm Benning 18 Chevrolet 183 Running $7,175
27 22 4 Ricky Carmichael 17 Chevrolet 152 Accident $7,475
28 15 66 Justin Marks 16 Chevrolet 101 Accident $7,100
29 24 63 Jack Smith 0 Ford 86 Accident $7,075
30 26 93 Mike Garvey 14 Chevrolet 46 Brakes $7,550
31 29 96 Todd Peck 13 Chevrolet 34 Brakes $7,025
32 31 75 Greg Seevers 0 Chevrolet 3 Overheating $7,000

 

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