CRAFTON: Vegas Outstanding Facility
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Matt Crafton returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday's Las Vegas 350 looking to build on his 3rd place finish at the track last season. The finish was his first in the top-5 at Vegas in eight career starts. He also owns a top-10 finish at LVMS.

“We’ve always had good trucks here, but, until last year, just hadn’t had the results to show for it,” Crafton said. “I love racing at Las Vegas. The facility is outstanding, one of the best we visit. The track has continued to improve since it was reconfigured, and is really fast, but it’s still a little difficult to race side-by-side. You have to be on your game in terms of the handling piece of it, because the track will punish you thru turns one and two. Las Vegas is always a great show for the fans, and we’re ready to go.”

Included among the faces in the crowd at Vegas on Saturday will be many familiar to Crafton, who is a native of Tulare, CA.

“ I always enjoy coming back to the West Coast,” he said. “I’ll have a bunch of friends and family at the race, and that’s always special. You always want to win, of course, but it would be really cool if we could take our Menards Chevy to Victory Lane for everybody on Saturday. Hopefully, we can again put ourselves in strong position to have a shot to win it."

Coverage of the Las Vegas 350 begins at 9pm EST on SPEED.