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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Crafton Captures Pole At TMS
ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton won the pole for Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway....
Jared Turner  | http://www.scenedaily.com  |  Posted November 05, 2009   Fort Worth, TX
Matt Crafton won the pole award for the WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Watch the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Friday evening at 9 pm Eastern live on SPEED. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Matt Crafton qualified first for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 race to be run Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Todd Bodine appears well on his way to another strong outing at Texas Motor Speedway, but Matt Crafton might have something to say about whether that translates into another Bodine victory.

Crafton beat out Bodine to win the pole Thursday night for Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas.

Crafton topped Bodine with a lap of 179.354 mph to earn his third career pole and second of the season in the No. 88 ThorSport Racing Chevrolet.

“The truck’s been just awesome since we rolled off the trailer,” Crafton said. “As crazy as it sounds, I think I have a better race truck than I do a qualifying truck.”

Bodine, who is seeking his sixth win in 11 Texas starts, posted a lap of 178.235 mph in his Germain Racing Toyota to take the outside of the front row.

“You can’t come in here with that air of confidence or cockiness that it’s automatically a win for you,” Bodine said. “We know we run well and that gives us a little edge that we have that, but we’ve got to go out and race. You’ve still got to go out and do the job no matter what.”

SS Green Light Racing’s Chad McCumbee was third, while series points leader Ron Hornaday was fourth in his Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet. Hornaday has a 202-point lead on Crafton with three races left in the season.

ThorSport’s David Gilliland was fifth. Positions six through 10 belonged to ThorSport’s Johnny Sauter, Billy Ballew Motorsports’ Aric Almirola, Circle Bar Racing’s Rick Crawford, KHI’s Ricky Carmichael and Circle Bar’s James Buescher.

Tagsby Racing’s Lance Hooper, Corrie Stott Racing’s Andy Ponstein and DGM Racing’s John Jackson failed to qualify.

On-track activities for the Truck series resume with the race, which begins just after 9 p.m. EST Friday.

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