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Dennis Setzer has finished all 10 O'Reilly races he's run in the top 15.By the Numbers: ORP
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If you start in the rear of the field of Friday's Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park (7:30 p.m. ET, SPEED), visions of a Victory Lane visit should disappear before the green flag drops.
O'Reilly is a .686-mile short track in Indianapolis and is one of the hardest tracks on the Truck Series circuit to pass on. In 12 races at the track, the winner has started from the top five in each of them with only two races won from a starting position outside the top three.
Needless to say, last year's second-place finisher Dennis Setzer says qualifying and setup mean everything for this weekend's race.
"Where you qualify makes a difference because track position is so important," said Setzer, who has an average finish of 7.6 in 10 O'Reilly races. "You have to be hooked up through and off both ends of the track.
"If you don't have a truck that will do what you need in the center of the corner, you can't set up to pass as you exit -- which is where you have to make your moves."
Interesting Fact
350Mike Skinner won the first two Truck Series races at O'Reilly leading every single lap (350) in both races back in 1995 and 1996. He became only the fourth driver in any NASCAR national series to lead every lap in two consecutive races at a track. Junior Johnson at Bowman-Gray (N.C.) Stadium in 1963-64; Ned Jarrett at Birmingham (Ala.) International Raceway in 1964-65 and Bobby Isaac at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway in 1969-70 were the other three.
Fun Fact
2O'Reilly Auto Parts bears the name for the track the trucks will race at this week and the company also sponsors a race in the Craftsman Truck Series. The O'Reilly 250 has run at Kansas Speedway since 2001. Two drivers, Terry Cook and Carl Edwards have won at both the O'Reilly track (formerly known as Indianapolis Raceway Park) and the O'Reilly race.
All the Facts
0Toyota has yet to win at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Chevrolet has six wins, Ford has four and a Dodge has visited Victory Lane twice.
0Number of wins for Todd Bodine on tracks measuring less than 1 mile in length.
2Number of drivers who have won multiple times at O'Reilly: Mike Skinner and Jack Sprague.
2Tracks -- O'Reilly and Atlanta -- on the schedule that Ted Musgrave has yet to lead a lap.
3This is only the third time the Truck Series race at O'Reilly will be run in July. 1997 and 1998 were the other two; all the other races have been run in August. July 27 is the earliest the trucks have been on the track at O'Reilly.
3.5Average finish of Travis Kvapil in four races at O'Reilly, tops among all drivers. In four races he has finished second, third, fourth and fifth.
4Number of drivers who have four top-five finishes at O'Reilly, tops among all drivers: Joe Ruttman, Ron Hornaday, Travis Kvapil and Jack Sprague. Ruttman is the only one not participating in this week's race.
5Five of the 12 Truck Series races at O'Reilly have been won by the pole-sitter.
5Number of drivers who spent at least 90 percent of the last two races at O'Reilly in the top 15: Dennis Setzer, 99.8; Ron Hornaday, 99.3; Ted Musgrave, 93.3; Terry Cook, 91.0 and Matt Crafton, 90.0.
7.83Average number of cautions in 12 Truck Series races at O'Reilly for an average of 39.0 laps.
13Mike Skinner has led a lap in all 13 NCTS races this season. This is the first time a driver has led a lap in the first 13 races. Skinner's current streak going back to last season is at 17 consecutive races, which is also a Truck Series record.
20.8Average finish of Mike Skinner in the last five races at O'Reilly. After winning the first two, Skinner has yet to finish higher than 13 and hasn't led a lap since winning in 1996.
22Number of trucks on the lead lap in last year's race at O'Reilly, the most in 12 races at the track. Thirty-two trucks were running at the end of last year's race, matching the high for the track.
65Number of green flag passes made by Matt Crafton in the last two races at O'Reilly leading all drivers.
137.0Driver rating for Dennis Setzer in the last two races at O'Reilly, tops among all drivers.
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O'Reilly Raceway Park
NCTS winners
| Year | Winner | Make | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mike Skinner | Chevrolet | 78.767 |
| 1996 | Mike Skinner | Chevrolet | 85.720 |
| 1997 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 81.753 |
| 1998 | Jack Sprague | Chevrolet | 77.253 |
| 1999 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 88.704 |
| 2000 | Joe Ruttman | Dodge | 75.064 |
| 2001 | Jack Sprague | Chevrolet | 80.745 |
| 2002 | Terry Cook | Ford | 74.018 |
| 2003 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 88.121 |
| 2004 | Chad Chaffin | Dodge | 77.007 |
| 2005 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 84.910 |
| 2006 | Rick Crawford | Ford | 75.789 |
Official Standings
Craftsman Truck Series
| Pos. | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | -- | Mike Skinner | 2238 | Leader |
| 2. | -- | Ron Hornaday | 2074 | -164 |
| 3. | -- | Todd Bodine | 1950 | -288 |
| 4. | -- | Travis Kvapil | 1925 | -313 |
| 5. | -- | Rick Crawford | 1731 | -507 |
| 6. | -- | Johnny Benson | 1721 | -517 |
| 7. | -- | Jack Sprague | 1629 | -609 |
| 8. | +2 | Ted Musgrave | 1601 | -637 |
| 9. | -- | Matt Crafton | 1571 | -667 |
| 10. | +2 | Dennis Setzer | 1487 | -751 |
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