HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Matt Crafton just needed to avoid a disaster to clinch a second straight Truck Series championship.

No big deal at all for the grizzled, 38-year-old veteran.

Crafton became the first driver to win consecutive Truck championships when he clinched the title with a ninth-place finish Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

All he had to do was finish 21st or better in the 134-lap race contested by a field mostly full of up-and-comers.

There was never any doubt.