Matt Crafton Tops 2015 Careers for Veterans 200 Qualifying in Michigan, First Pole Since 2012

Two-time defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Matt Crafton has accomplished a lot in the last two years, but on a warm Saturday morning in Michigan, he earned something he hadn’t obtained since 2012: A pole award.

Crafton laid down a 39.024-second lap around the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway to take the Keystone Light Pole Award for Saturday’s Careers for Veterans 200, his eighth-career NCWTS pole.

Rookie Daniel Hemric will join Crafton on the front row after completing a 39.166-second lap. The result is Hemric’s best-career qualifying effort, and follows top-two results in both of Friday’s practice sessions.

Austin Dillon (39.249), Ben Kennedy (39.319) and Timothy Peters (39.325) will round out the top five, with Cameron Hayley, Erik Jones, John Wes Townley, Johnny Sauter and Kyle Busch completing the top 10.

The two Brad Keselowski Racing trucks driven by Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney will roll off 11th and 12th after putting up the slowest speeds of the final round of qualifying.

Due to rule changes instituted by NASCAR earlier in the year, the NCWTS teams used a single-car qualifying format, organized by practice speeds for round one and first-round speeds in round two.

Coverage for the Careers for Veterans 200 will begin at 1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.

2015 CAREERS FOR VETERANS 200 QUALIFYING SPEEDS

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