Matt Crafton's Most Controversial NASCAR Race Ever 

2009: _Matt Crafton has a controversial race_ 10 years later: _Matt Crafton wins championship in controversial format_

Fun Fact: This was Mike Skinner's final truck win

Ah I miss the old NASCAR Truck Series on Speed, I miss the Booth of Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip, and the Pit Road team of Adam Alexander, Krista Voda, and Ray Dunlap

The fact he was winless in 2009 is The fact that this has to be the most interesting and controversial race of his career.

Wow! I remember this race vividly after seeing this video. To this day, both myself and my dad maintain that Crafton did nothing wrong. I was always a fans of Hornaday and Bodine, but damn they were two aggressive drivers and every once in a while they pulled some really aggressive moves. Those kinds of blocks have cause plenty of wrecks before. Hornaday and Bodine kind of got what they had coming to them.

Hearing bodine call Crafton a kid is so bizarre to me I'm so used to him being the old guy in the series

In my opinion, Crafton didn’t cause those wrecks on purpose, he was just being aggressive. I think he was just the right amount of aggressive, and both Ron Honraday and Todd Bodine put late blocks on him. I mean the man doesn’t have a win this season up to this point, if I were him I’d be a bit more aggressive then usual too and try everything too win. Matt Crafton should’ve been the winner, that’s my take

Just by watching vids from Nascar RU-vidrs makes me more exicited for the 2022 season.

I love the background music you used Old Speed music, the CBS NFL music, etc

He didn’t do anything wrong. He held his line on the fist one and the second he did wreck him in no different way Hamlin crashed Elliot at Martinsville in 2017. NASCAR played the popularity cards with The Hornaday incident.

It’s time to update this

Bodine was a menace most days, and that was definitely his fault - just like 99% of the wrecks he was in. Gotta put the blame on Crafton for the Hornaday one though. Not sure if it justified a black flag, however.

As much as it was controversial for Crafton, it may have been more controversial for Ron Hornaday. Since 2007, there had been an assumption that Hornaday was NASCAR's "Golden Boy" of the Trucks Series. The Toyota horsepower reduction rule change of 2008 which benefited Chevy immensely "to make things more even" _(Which Todd Bodine referenced in his interview in this video)_ was believed to help Hornaday make history by being the first to win the title in back-to-back years. Because he didn't it wasn't considered as a fact... until 2009. Along with other shenanigans between 2007 & 2009, the fact Crafton was black flagged for Hornaday, & not Bodine, pretty much solidified Ron Hornaday as what we thought he was all along: NASCAR's "Golden Boy" of the Trucks Series.

The one with Hornaday I’d say was Crafton’s fault because he was never alongside with Hornaday before the corner as he was with Bodine

"You Can't fix stupid, not even with duct tape:.... (Timothy Peters, Matt Crafton, Natalie Decker, Ben Rhodes, Austin Hill, among others), are living proof that whether you fool around with them, intentionally or not, you always somehow get wrecked... but small tastes like that, despite being super annoying, more often than not, is what makes the Truck Series so much fun to watch, especially when the championship race starts heating up...

The first wreck I don't think Matt was at fault. Bodine pulled down in front of Crafton and spun himself around. The second one I think Crafton was a fault. However, I don't think he intentionally wanted wreck Hornaday.

I like Crafton now but back then I was a Horniday fan and this race made me strongly dislike Crafton. It took me while to start liking Crafton again after this one.

I was there and the truck race was supposed to race the night before but due to power outages the race started in the afternoon and the nationwide race started right after that race

Nah, neither was Crafton's fault. Those were veteran drivers chop-blocking in corner entry with single-digit laps left, and getting dumped for it. Both times Crafton had his nose underneath them, and both times they drove across it. This was not lap 10 or even 100. This was the end of the race. Crafton had no obligation to lift and let them go.

I always thought that The Unrelated Menard Brother Matt Crafton was a good OR desent racer. I never knew he did a "Bumper TO The Back of the 24" back then or maybe I do.

2009 was the first full season that I watch NASCAR.

I saw Ron Horniday walking around in Gatlinburg Tennessee pushing his dog in s stroller a couple years ago so i automatically go on Craftons side lol

Aha it took a second but I actually remember watching this. A rare instance were crafton is relugated into Kyle Busch catogory.

Might have to update this. Lol

Colin Braun pronounces his last name as Brown.

I remember this Race, This is where Hornaday got spun and crashed hard

Awesome video bro! You earned my subscription!👍

NASCAR straight stole that win for Matt crafton for no legitimate reason whatsoever I saw racing deals in those wrecks. I saw clearly clearly 1 billion percent the 88 had the bottom line going into the corner and both bodine and Hornady both clearly clearly came down and spun themselves out they came down onto the nose of the 88 and spun themselves out the same as Skinner almost did off the nose of Sutter. And had the 13 not checked up like he did not have to and had the five spun off his nose it would have been the five fault as well. It is called racing racing okay if you have the bottom line and you go into the corner and you're on the bottom and you're not washing up which the 88 did not wash up the track in either of those wrecks he did not go up the track he held the bottom and the car aside of you or truck in this case a side of you decides oh I want the bottom or I'm going to block and comes down and hits your right front corner and spins out that is on them 100 trillion percent it is not on Mattie at all and NASCAR had no right whatsoever to penalize him they stole a win off of him.

I miss Ron Honraday so much on the Nascar tracks! 😞 But Matt Crafton is a good driver from Thorsport Racing who has won 3x NCWTS championships.

The one with Hornaday wasn’t egregious enough to be penalized. Bodine clearly came down on him waiting too late to try to throw a block. He was just penalized for being in multiple incidents that looked alike even though two of them weren’t really his fault. NASCAR calls some of the most ridiculous penalties sometimes.

god i remember this like it was yesterday. i was so mad, crafton did nothing wrong, had position on the inside and got chopped both times.

SuperTruck Series and Craftsman Truck Series sounds so much better.

This was one of the first races I've watched, along with a Nationwide Series race I can't remember and the Coke Zero 400.

Morning Danny

I was at this race

6:57 where did the NFL music come from?😂

Whether or not its a racing deal depends on the driver. How many times has Ron Hornady been overly aggressive and wreck a guy and nascar doesn't even bat an eye. Bodine is the same way.

THAT'S RACING,PURE AND SIMPLE

I always thought the longhorn paint scheme was awesome.

As a Hornaday fan I dont like Crafton till this day

Is the CBS NFL song royalty free?

The 88 clearly spun the 33 on purpose. There was not a chance in hell of being "just an accident". Anyone that believes it was an accident needs to have their eyes checked.

Personally, I find Matt Crafton's 3 championships more impressive than Ron Hornaday's 4 championships. Ron Hornaday is the Richard Petty of the truck series. Not saying he didn't have good competition, he did. But he had the 1 advantage they didn't, better teams. He drove for DEI who was connected to RCR. And then he drove for KHI, who was connected to RCR as well. For the majority of his truck series career he had the backing of a Cup series team. The guys who he raced against at that time didn't really have that. Mike skinner, Jack Sprague, Johnny Benson, Todd Bodine and countless others were just as good a driver as Ron but they couldn't really hang on to top rides for very long which ultimately hindered their success. Ron was the lucky one. Matt Crafton never had that. But yet he still beat everyone who had better rides than him. Case in point, Kyle Busch and KBM. Kyle Busch effectively did what Ron did. Kyle broke Ron's win record with his own truck team that was backed by JGR. Also Thorsport Racing are truly the only team in the truck series that can stop Kyle Busch Motorsports from running away with everything. Just look at this year alone and how the championship turned out. Take TSR out of the equation and KBM absolutely destroys the truck series in 2021. Not saying Ron sucks but in my opinion he's not any better than Matt.

Mike Skinner's Final NASCAR win

No one: Matt Crafton: "I'm pussy?"

cmon todd you expect not to get turned after blocking him almost to the inside wall?

The 30 wreck was on the 30 the 33 wreck i believe is on the 88 just my view

I don't think Crafton was at fault for any of those wrecks

HORNADAY WOULD SPIN ANYONE TO WIN A RACE

Both were craftons fault based on these replays. Bodine definitely blocked but he turned him with half the track still available.

“If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver” -Ayrton Senna

nethier was craftons fault because they were chopping his nose like he wasnt even there

If Kyle Busch did this, nascar would be fine with it.

Rick Allen and Adam Alexander? Two of the worst play-by-play announcers in NASCAR history on the same announcing team? Ew.

RICK CRAWFORD IS THE BEST DRIVER!!!