Setzer finds Victory Lane again at Martinsville

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Dennis Setzer ended Martinsville Speedway's string of eight different NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winners Saturday with his second consecutive victory in the Advance Auto Parts 250.

Setzer, who also won the last NCTS event at Mesa Marin Raceway last month, passed Chad Chaffin on the 199th of 250 laps and held on through four caution periods to beat Bud Pole winner Ted Musgrave by 0.947 second.

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"I think the trucks were built for tracks like this," he said. "It was pretty good for us to get those lapped cars on the inside," he said. "The package is good right now. We just hope we can keep rolling."

Musgrave wasn't surprised by the outcome.

"He's the man here at Martinsville," Musgrave said of Setzer, who won last year after starting 33rd of 36 trucks. "I knew he was going to be the man to beat, and it showed. He can win from anywhere in a truck here."

Setzer also got Chevrolet its 100th victory on the series.

Setzer, one of five drivers to swap the lead eight times around the .526-mile track, averaged 66.921 mph as 11 cautions consumed 59 laps.

Kevin Harvick overcame a one-lap pit road penalty to finish third. Rookie Carl Edwards was fourth to match the best series finish by a freshman driver at Martinsville Speedway.

	Chad Chaffin led 80 laps Saturday before running out of fuel with five laps to go. Credit: Autostock

Points leader Bobby Hamilton took fifth to increase his advantage to 39 points over sixth-place Rick Crawford.

Darrell Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup champion making his second truck start at Martinsville and fourth in the series, finished seventh. He moved into the top 10 late after racing most of the day in the second 10.

Waltrip, who won 11 times in the Winston Cup series on the .526-mile oval, said he races to learn things he can use as a broadcaster, and to let the younger drivers know that he once was pretty good himself.

"Think about this: Jon Wood is what, 20 years old?" he said. "And I'm out there and I'm outrunning him and he looks up there and says, 'That guy is 56 years old, and if he's this good now, he must have been really good when he was my age.' That's part of it too, you know, to show some of those kids that didn't get to race against me that I was pretty good."

Note: The Associated Press contributed to this report