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				<title><![CDATA[Crafton wins NCTS race at Lowe's]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[CONCORD, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Matt Crafton's nine-year 
wait is over.

Crafton notched his first career Craftsman Trucks Series victory
in 178 races, winning the North Carolina Education Lottery 200
with an average speed of 111.490 miles per hour on Friday.

On a green-white checkered finish, Crafton - in a Chevrolet
Silverado - held off the charge of Chad McCumbee to end the
longest drought to start a career in NASCAR Trucks Series
history.

"I always remember that a guy named Dan Press told me to flip
the mirror up when you are leading the race at the end and look
out the front of the windshield," Crafton said.   "He said as
soon as you start looking backwards that you are already halfway
beat.  So I never looked back, kept looking out that front
windshield and drove my tail off."

Crafton figured one day he would break through to winner's
circle.

"I just never gave up and tried to put myself in the right
position each and every week," Crafton added.  "If you do that
you're gonna get a win.

"It had been a black cloud following me for a long time.
Finally the black cloud has moved along and maybe we can get a
few more this year."

The 31-year-old, who collected $63,500 for the win, had finished
a career-best second at Martinsville earlier this season.

McCumbee was second in a Chevy for his best career finish at
Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"That was a hard-fought second place, I can tell you that much,"
McCumbee said.

Brendan Gaughan came in third in an F-150, followed closely by
the Fords of Eric Darnell and Rick Crawford.  It was Gaughan's
first top-five finish of 2008.

Current points leader Ron Hornaday finished 23rd after being
wrecked by Todd Bodine with three laps remaining.

Hornaday, who saw his lead in the standings reduced from 61
points to five over Crawford, thought Bodine played dirty down
the stretch.

"He just flat tried to kill me," Hornaday said.  "You don't spin
somebody out on the straightaway.  Life is too short to have an
idiot like that."

Bodine said he didn't mean to cause Hornaday to wreck.

"I was just trying to help him," Bodine said.  "And now I look
like a goat."

Pole-sitter Kyle Busch, who sideswiped the wall on lap 104,
finished in eighth place.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 04:56:38 GMT</pubDate>
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