Tifft Doesn’t Think Phoenix is a Trivial Race

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Many times when people do not know the answer to a trivia question, such as the ones on Games.NASCAR.com, they simply guess. Although Matt Tifft may not know the answer to all of the NASCAR trivia questions, he knows one thing for sure – how much he wants to win the Lucas Oil 150 Friday night at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway (PIR).
 
This race will be Tifft’s 12th start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) this season, and his ninth for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM). He has four top-10 finishes in 2015 and is still looking for his first win. This will be the first time Tifft will work with crew chief Eddie Troconis, although Troconis was the engineer on the No. 51 KBM Toyota for five of his races this season. Tifft has prior experience at PIR, competing in the K&N Pro Series West race in 2013 and the NCWTS race in 2014.
 
The No. 54 team is bringing KBM-012 to Phoenix this weekend. This Tundra has one win with Erik Jones at Iowa Speedway last July, and was previously raced by Tifft at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway in August where he finished eighth, and Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway in September where he finished ninth. In 16 starts this Tundra has led 294 laps and has an average finish of 11.3.
 
Tifft will also have some very good notes to work from since KBM teams have won the Truck Series races at Phoenix the past four years. Owner-driver Kyle Busch got the first win in 2011, followed by Brian Scott in 2012 and current championship point leader Erik Jones won the last two consecutive races in 2013 and 2014. KBM drivers have collected four wins, one pole, 390 laps led, five top-five and six top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 9.1 across nine starts in the desert.
 
While Tifft would enjoy beating his fellow drivers in a game on Games.NASCAR.com, he would much rather beat them on the track Friday evening and take home the trophy so nobody would have to guess where he won his first NCWTS race.

KBM PR

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