Matt Crafton ARCA Indy Pre-Race Report

Matt Crafton No. 88 Messina Wildlife Management/ Menards Toyota Camry

Pre Race Report – ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis –

Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200  

Race Information:

Date: July 27, 2012

Location: Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis

Track Details: 0.686-mile

Race Length: 200 Laps

Broadcast Information: SPEED @ 9:00PM ARCARacing.com – live timing and scoring

Team Facts:

Crew Chief: Carl Joiner, Jr.

Engines: TRIAD

Sandusky, OH – (July 24, 2012) – Matt Crafton, driving the No. 88 Messina Wildlife Management/ Menards Toyota Camry, heads to Lucas Oil Raceway on Friday July 27th to run his first race of the season in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. This is Crafton’s fifth start in the series and his second at this track. Matt has also raced the ARCA cars at Iowa and Toledo Speedways with two top-five finishes.   Crafton is no stranger to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; he has raced this track with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series eleven times with 3 top-five finishes and 8 top-tens. Matt is currently in 6th in the driver point standings in the NCWTS with 12 races remaining in the season.

ABOUT MENARDS:

With 268 stores in 14 Midwestern states, Menards has the tools, materials and supplies for all your home improvement needs whether just needing a light bulb or can of paint to building a deck or new home.  Menards is known throughout the home improvement industry as the low price leader; it’s no wonder their famous slogan – “SAVE BIG MONEY” – is so widely known and easy to remember.  Menards does things right – the company’s strength and success can be seen in the well-stocked and maintained stores, the lowest prices in town and the way guests are always treated like family in a hometown hardware store atmosphere.

ABOUT MESSINA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT:

Started in 1998 as a New Jersey service company that specialized in deer damage protection, Messina Wildlife Management has become nationally recognized brand of organic gardening repellent solutions for a variety of domestic and wildlife pests under the brand name Animal Stoppers, including Deer Stopper, Cat Stopper, Dog Stopper, Rabbit Stopper and others. Messina Wildlife’s Animal Stoppers can be found nationwide at any number of retailers in all 50 states, or online here at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001a5Gu5THfnksIDbIhDP6tO4nHw7Eg9EI3vPs4v_zafNMzPNERUuDtDrYIU1Nmk7Nb13V-8gGCf8uGbT7P6L1JtEXWF_OZ54O7vgqAa7g6FVTnxYHi636RrA==!

ABOUT THORSPORT RACING   T

horSport Racing, based in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest tenured active NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team. ThorSport Racing’s first came at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996. NASCAR’s only Ohio-based team, which has run full season schedules annually beginning in 1998, currently runs the No. 88 Menards Toyota Tundra driven by Matt Crafton, the No. 13 Hot Honeys/Curb Records Toyota driven by Johnny Sauter and the No. 98 EverFi Toyota driven by Dakoda Armstrong.    ThorSport Racing has wheeled into Victory Lane with Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, and Johnny Sauter since its inception and has finished a dominating eight times within the top 10 in points with both trucks.  In 2011, ThorSport Racing moved into a state-of-the-art, world-class, 100,000 square-foot facility in Sandusky.