Matt Crafton lost a little of his point lead following Friday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway but the drive of the No. 98 Toyota still can clinch his first series title next week at Phoenix.
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Crafton entered the night with a 51 point lead, he will leave Texas up by 46 points on James Buescher.
The veteran Crafton has has used a series high 18 top tens as the platform of his championship campaign.
NASCAR Truck Series Standings following Texas
RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
1 | Matt Crafton | 741 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
2 | James Buescher | 695 | -46 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
3 | Ty Dillon | 694 | -47 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
4 | Johnny Sauter | 667 | -74 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
5 | Jeb Burton | 657 | -84 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
6 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | 651 | -90 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
6 | Miguel Paludo | 651 | -90 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
8 | Ryan Blaney | 645 | -96 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
9 | Brendan Gaughan | 635 | -106 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
10 | Timothy Peters | 620 | -121 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
11 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 596 | -145 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
12 | John Wes Townley | 586 | -155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
13 | Dakoda Armstrong | 582 | -159 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Joey Coulter | 570 | -171 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
15 | German Quiroga Jr. | 556 | -185 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
16 | Max Gresham | 528 | -213 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Ryan Sieg | 441 | -300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
18 | Brennan Newberry | 411 | -330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Ross Chastain | 404 | -337 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
20 | Bryan Silas | 343 | -398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Norm Benning | 334 | -407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jeff Agnew | 288 | -453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Chase Elliott | 281 | -460 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
24 | David Starr | 263 | -478 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
25 | Tim George Jr. | 252 | -489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Justin Lofton | 250 | -491 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | 243 | -498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Todd Bodine | 215 | -526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Chris Jones | 168 | -573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Justin Jennings | 157 | -584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Erik Jones | 147 | -594 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
32 | Tyler Young | 139 | -602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Caleb Holman | 135 | -606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Chris Lafferty | 124 | -617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Ben Kennedy | 121 | -620 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
36 | Chad Hackenbracht | 116 | -625 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
37 | Clay Greenfield | 87 | -654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Chris Cockrum | 77 | -664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Brandon Jones | 67 | -674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Brett Moffitt | 57 | -684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Jimmy Weller III | 55 | -686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Jake Crum | 54 | -687 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Spencer Gallagher | 46 | -695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Kyle Martel | 40 | -701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Chris Fontaine | 40 | -701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Ryan Lynch | 39 | -702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | C.J. Faison | 39 | -702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Matthew Kurzejewski | 37 | -704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Jared Landers | 32 | -709 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Todd Peck | 32 | -709 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |