SETZER OVERCOMES NASCAR PENALTY TO WIN

Source: NASCAR PUBLIC RELATIONS
Date: 04/13/2002

Dennis Setzer, relegated to a 33rd-place start following a technical violation found in post-qualifying inspection, charged to a narrow, 0.422-second victory in Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Advance Auto Parts 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Setzer, driving the ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet, won for the fifth consecutive season. He's only the second competitor to win from a provisional start - bettering Jimmy Hensley's 30th at the green flag in 1998 at Nashville Speedway USA. Setzer took the lead on the 208th of 250 laps, passing Terry Cook in the high groove off the .526-mile track's second turn. He won $40,610 for his seventh victory. Finishing behind Bliss' IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet were Rick Crawford, Circle Bar Racing Ford and Bobby Dotter, Support Trooper/People Against Drugs Chevrolet. Dotter's finish was his first among the top five in a series race and first for Gene Christensen's Green Light Racing.

Results follow:

Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, Va. - 0.526-mile paved oval

Total Race Length 210 K - 250L - 131 M Purse: $428,893

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Total Award Status

1 33 46 Dennis Setzer ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet 250 180 5 $40,610 Running

2 6 16 Mike Bliss IWX Motor Express Chevrolet 250 175 5 22,450 Running

3 4 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 250 170 5 18,940 Running

4 10 08 Bobby Dotter Support Trooper/People Against Drugs 250 160 12,450 Running

5 7 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel Ford 250 160 5 12,500 Running

6 2 2 Jason Leffler Team ASE/Carquest Racing Dodge 250 155 5 10,200 Running

7 5 60 Travis Kvapil CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet 250 146 10,200 Running

8 25 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 250 142 10,000 Running

9 32 62 Brendan Gaughan * NAPA Auto Parts Dodge 250 138 8,700 Running

10 8 50 Jon Wood Navy Racing Ford 250 134 11,450 Running

11 15 52 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 250 130 7,600 Running

12 11 90 Lance Norick Express Personnel Services Chevrolet 250 127 9,715 Running

13 20 07 Jason Small * Sunbelt Rentals/HomeFrontHeroes.com 249 124 8,665 Running

14 17 18 Robert Pressley Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 248 121 7,365 Running

15 19 68 Rodney Sawyers * Smirnoff Ice/Blue Mist Water Dodge 248 118 8,840 Running

16 24 5 Lance Hooper Diamond Cut Jeans/Blair5.com Dodge 248 115 9,465 Running

17 22 15 Trent Owens * Dickies Racing Ford 248 112 7,165 Running

18 31 61 Randy Tolsma Delco Remy Chevrolet 247 109 9,365 Running

19 30 51 Michael Dokken OOIDA Dodge 247 106 8,315 Running

20 28 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Sealmaster Chevrolet 247 103 9,515 Running

21 23 20 Coy Gibbs MBNA Chevrolet 246 100 9,240 Running

22 27 79 Jerry Hill RDS Racing Engines Dodge 245 97 6,965 Running

23 34 81 Angie Wilson * TotalRaceBabe.com Dodge 234 94 9,190 Handling

24 1 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 232 101 10 12,465 Running

25 13 8 Bill Lester * Dodge Motorsports Dodge 230 88 7,865 Accident

26 26 70 Jeff Finley Bailey Excavating Ford 230 85 6,840 Running

27 9 4 Brian Rose Sunclear Energy Team Dodge 223 82 7,815 Running

28 14 43 Carlos Contreras Hot Wheels Dodge 211 79 7,790 Rear End

29 12 6 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 76 6,740 Parked

30 36 55 Tom Powers Johnny Strader/U. of NW Ohio Dodge 178 73 7,715 Accident

31 3 33 Andy Petree Preen 'N Green Chevrolet 174 70 6,265 Accident

32 29 72 Randy MacDonald Greenfield Truck Center Chevrolet 158 67 7,240 Rear End

33 16 21 Morgan Shepherd Dairy Queen Ford 149 64 6,215 Handling

34 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Duck Head Footwear Dodge 86 61 6,190 Rear End

35 21 84 Richard Landreth Long Brothers Racing Ford 80 58 6,165 Engine

36 35 73 Loni Richardson * Intensitee Custom Racewear/UTI Chevrolet 62 55 7,140 Engine

Failed to Qualify: (11) Steve Portenga (#39), L.W. Miller (#28), Brian Sockwell (#54), Dana White * (#86), Tommy Pistone, III (#59), Jody

McCormick (#77), Jerry Allec, Jr (#93), Vince Whitmire * (#40), James Stephenson (#36), Bob Coffey, Jr (#74), R.D. Smith (#41).

Time of Race: 2 hrs., 2 mins, 5 secs Average Speed: 64.628 mph Margin of Victory: .422 second

BUD POLE AWARD: Ted Musgrave, 1 Mopar Performance Dodge

CLEVITE ENGINE PARTS: Carl Wegner, Dennis Setzer, 46 ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet

FEATHERLITE LONG HAUL AWARD: Terry Cook, 29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER: Ted Musgrave, 1 Mopar Performance Dodge

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brendan Gaughan *, 62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge

WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES: Dennis Setzer, 46 ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet

Caution Flags: Laps 4-6 (#17 spin Turn 1); 20-24 (#20, 61 spin, Turn 4); 28-31 (#8, 52 accident, Turn 4); 39-41 (#72 spin, Turn 3); 73-76 (#1, 55

spin, Turn 1); 84-88 (#72 spin, Turn 3); 122-130 (#61 spin, Turn 2); 151-157 (#4, 62 accident, Turn 2); 160-164 (#51 spin, Turn 4);

176-187 (#33, 51, 52 accident, Turn 2); 189-193 (#20 spin, backstretch); 211-214 (#68 spin, Turn 2); 227-233 (#4 spin, Turn 2);

236-242 (#8 accident, Turn 2). 14 for 80 laps.

Lap Leaders: Ted Musgrave 1-71, Jason Leffler 72-94, Rick Crawford 95-114, Mike Bliss 115-124, Ted Musgrave 125-131, Terry Cook

132-207, Dennis Setzer 208-250.

Total Laps Led: Ted Musgrave 78, Terry Cook 76, Dennis Setzer 43, Jason Leffler 23, Rick Crawford 20, Mike Bliss 10. 6 changes involving 6

drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Robert Pressley 481, Ted Musgrave 461, David Starr 443, Rick Crawford 416, Mike Bliss 404, Travis Kvapil 400, Brian Rose 399,

Lance Norick 385, Dennis Setzer 376, Jon Wood 372

Top 5 Rookie Points: 1. Brendan Gaughan 33, 2. Jason Small 32, 3. Bill Lester 23, 4. Trent Owens 19, 5. Loni Richardson, 11

Next Race: May 5, Gateway Int'l Raceway

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