rhonda thorson base sandusky ohio series camping world truck series car numbers 13 18 30 41 44 81 87 88 97 98 race drivers 13 . cameron hayley 41 . ben rhodes r 88 . matt crafton 98 . rico abreu r sponsors 13 . cabinets by hayley 41 . alpha energy solutions 88 . menards 98 . safelite manufacturer toyota opened 1996 career debut nationwide series 2008 kroger 200 irp camping world truck series 1996 sears auto center 200 milwaukee latest race nationwide series 2008 food city 250 bristol camping world truck series 2016 dc solar 350 las vegas races competed total 874 nationwide series 2 camping world truck series 830 arca racing series 42 drivers championships total 3 nationwide series 0 camping world truck series 2 2013 2014 arca racing series 1 2013 race victories total 30 nationwide series 0 camping world truck series 24 arca racing series 6 pole positions total 21 nationwide series 0 camping world truck series 20 arca racing series 1 thorsport racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar camping world truck series . the team is based on sandusky ohio . owned by duke thorson and his wife rhonda the team currently fields the no. 13 cabinets by hayley toyota tundra full time for cameron hayley the no. 41 alpha energy solutions toyota tundra full time for ben rhodes the no. 88 menards toyota tundra full time for matt crafton and the no. 98 curb records toyota tundra full time for rico abreu . 1 on june 13th 2016 a fire gutted the thorsport facility in sandusky oh . contents 1 nationwide series 1.1 car no. 13 history 2 camping world truck series 2.1 truck no. 13 history 2.2 truck no. 41 history 2.3 truck no. 88 history 2.4 truck no. 98 history 3 arca racing series 3.1 car no. 13 history 3.2 car no. 18 history 3.3 car no. 44 history 4 see also 5 references 6 external links nationwide series edit car no. 13 history edit in 2008 thorsport racing makes their nationwide series debut with shelby howard driving the no. 13 chevrolet impala for 2 races starting at lucas oil park and bristol . he then finished 20th and 23rd both of the races . camping world truck series edit truck no. 13 history edit the no. 13 truck began racing in 2004 with tina gordon driving with sponsorship from vassarette and microtel . after five races she left the team due to injuries she suffered at atlanta and lance hooper and paul white shared the ride for the next several races . after several lackluster results jimmy spencer drove at loudon finishing eighteenth before jason small and andy houston finished out the season in the truck . for 2005 tracy hines drove the truck and had a fifth place finish at richmond international raceway with sponsorship from david zoriki motorsports . he was released with two races to go and chad chaffin and johnny sauter filled out the schedule in his place . kerry earnhardt drove for thorsport racing during the 2006 season his best finish being 11th which he recorded twice at nashville and las vegas . he was not retained for 2007 and rookie willie allen was signed to replace him . he had two top tens and won rookie of the year but was replaced at the end of the year by usar hooters pro cup driver shelby howard . howard had two top tens as well in the bobcat company farmpaint.com chevy but finished seventeenth in points and was released . sauter returned to the team for the 2009 season full time with sponsorship from fun sand . the team now runs through a partnership with mike curb . sauter took thorsport s third win as a team at las vegas motor speedway and giving thorsport its first ever 1 2 finish with crafton in second . sauter would finish 6th in points at the end of the year . in 2010 sauter took home his second win at kansas after late contact with ron hornaday . sauter would eventually finish 3rd in points to todd bodine . for 2011 the team gained sponsorship from safe auto insurance company . sauter would score wins at martinsville and homestead finishing second in points to austin dillon . safe auto left the team being replaced by the peanut roaster in 2012 . sauter s season was beset by bad luck but improved performance late in the season as well as sweeping the races at texas lifted sauter to 9th in points . todd bodine took over as driver for the 2013 season placing 11th at daytona international speedway with mattei air compressors as the truck s new primary sponsor . however the team was unable to find additional sponsorship and was forced to release bodine after the seventh race with brett moffitt frank kimmel and tracy hines each running a race before the team shut down . kimmel returned to the no. 13 at the season ending race at homestead miami speedway . 2 in 2014 jeb burton was hired to drive the no. 13 . 3 initially running on a race by race basis pending sponsorship burton s ride was upgraded to the full season when estes express lines signed a deal with the team . 4 however the deal would not be extended to 2015 causing the team to release burton who subsequently signed with bk racing in the sprint cup series . meanwhile the no. 13 was taken over by cameron hayley with cabinets by hayley signing to sponsor the ride . hayley returned to the ride in 2016 . 5 truck no. 41 history edit on december 15 2015 ben rhodes joined the team in a new fourth truck with sponsorship from alpha energy solutions the truck being numbered 41 . 6 truck no. 88 history edit the no. 88 truck the no. 88 truck was the first out of the thorsport stable . debuting in the 1996 season at the milwaukee mile terry cook finished 12th in the race for the team which was then known as sealmaster racing . he ran two additional races in the truck that season but did not finish better than 21st . cook drove a limited schedule with the team in 1997 in the pba tour chevy . despite not finishing in the top ten cook won his first career pole at flemington speedway and finished 24th in the final standings . the team received enough funding to compete full time in 1998 and cook won his first career race at flemington but only improved to a twentieth place points finish . thorsport began the 1999 without primary sponsorship before big daddy s bbq sauce joined the operation late in the season allowing cook to finish 15th in points . in 2000 pickuptruck.com became the team s new sponsor and cook had a total of eight top ten finishes but was replaced in the final event of the season by matt crafton who finished ninth . fast master driveway sealer and xe sighting system shared sponsorship duties for crafton who picked up eleven top tens and finished 12th in points in his rookie season . despite menards becoming a full time sponsor in 2002 crafton only had six top tens and dropped to fifteenth in the standings but improved to eleventh the following year . for the season finale at homestead miami speedway buddy rice was placed in the 88 truck 20th . in 2004 rookie tracy hines became the team s new driver and he posted three top ten finishes and finished eighteenth in points . crafton returned to the 88 for 2005 winning his first career pole at new hampshire international speedway and finishing ninth in points a team best . he slipped to fourteenth in points in 2006 despite ten top tens and repeated his top ten total in 2007 moving up to eighth in points . 2008 was the team s best year to that point with crafton scoring his first win at charlotte and finishing fifth in points . despite not winning the next year the no. 88 team finished runner up in points to ron hornaday . crafton had another strong season in 2010 earning one pole at texas motor speedway 10 top five and 20 top 10 finishes resulting in a season ending rank of fourth . 2011 saw the second win of crafton s career at iowa speedway in addition to poles at michigan international speedway and martinsville speedway where he broke the track qualifying record . however four dnfs did not finish due to engine failures mechanical issues and accidents caused by other competitors led to only five top fives and 13 top 10s ultimately relegating crafton to eighth in the final standings . in 2012 he had a decent season finishing 6th in points . 2013 was crafton s best season in his career to date . he won his third career race at kansas in april . after this win crafton picked up the points lead and held it for the rest of the season . he finished in the top ten in the first sixteen races of the season and 19 overall with a worst finish of 21st in the season finale at homestead . he clinched his first truck series championship with his start in that race 7 and was able to stay on the lead lap despite late crash damage to become the first driver to complete every lap of the season in the truck series . 8 on march 30 2014 crafton scored his fourth career truck win at martinsville . 9 on june 6 he won on fuel strategy at texas motor speedway to win two races in a season for the first time in his career . it was also the first time he led more than 100 laps in a race . despite crashing out at dover and gateway his first dnfs in over two years and dropping to 17 top tens crafton would ultimately go on to become the first back to back champion in the truck series . crafton would score his sixth career victory on february 28 2015 in the hyundai construction equipment 200 the revived atlanta race . in may he played fuel strategy to the win at kansas winning a second race at one track for the first time in his career . this also marked the first repeat win by any driver in the truck series at kansas . in june crafton won at texas to defend his victory from the previous season another career first . in july he picked up his fourth win of the season at kentucky after the race was cut short due to ben kennedy s crash into the catchfence . he scored two additional wins at martinsville and the season finale at homestead but finished third in the points due to a few crashes . truck no. 98 history edit thorsport first fielded the 98 truck at the 2002 chevy silverado 150 for cory kruseman with agromin sponsoring . he finished 31st after suffering engine failure . the next race came a year later at the season ending ford 200 with crafton driving with sponsorship from enzyme magic as a sister truck to the 88 that he normally drove finishing fifteenth . the 98 did not appear for six years until the 2009 heluva good 200 at new hampshire with michael mcdowell driving . he finished fourteenth in the perkins police truck . it ran another race later in the season at texas with david gilliland but finished 35th after suffering rear end problems early into the race . in 2010 the 98 ran at daytona with landon cassill and easytoinstall.com but wrecked early in the race . the 98 returned in 2011 with penske development driver dakoda