
Crafton, 46, will drive the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang in Sunday's Cup race on the Bristol Dirt. He will be filling in for Cody Ware, who was forced to step away for the weekend.
RWR posted the following statement: "Cody Ware will step away from racing this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway to focus on a personal matter. Matt Crafton will drive the No. 51 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing. Crafton has more than 500 overall-starts in his NASCAR career, winning back-to-back NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championships in 2013 and 2014.