Notes: Hamilton's widow runs race team in his honor (cont'd)

In the Loop: Setzer is back

Dennis Setzer proclaimed "Hello, world!" after his impressive victory at Martinsville Speedway.

Setzer, an 18-time winner in the Craftsman Truck Series, dominated the field Saturday, posting a near-perfect Driver Rating of 143.4 (150.0 is the maximum rating), an Average Running Position of 3.9, 40 Fastest Laps Run and spending all but one Lap in the Top 15. Prior to the win, Setzer's best finish in the first three races this season was a 10th.

Fast facts

Race	O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
Green	6:16 p.m. ET April 26
TV	SPEED, 5:30 p.m. ET
Radio	MRN (Sirius Ch. 28), 6 p.m. ET

• Track | Tickets | Owner Points

2008 owner points

The Kroger 250 was the final race in which the top-30 starting positions were set by 2007 owner points. The next Craftsman Truck race is the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on April 26.

The victory improved his standing and his statistics among the Craftsman Truck stars.

Setzer catapulted into fourth place in the series standings, up from his previous ninth-place spot. His season Driver Rating is now 86.1, up from 67.0 prior to Martinsville.

The series lead still belongs to Kyle Busch, despite his 26th-place finish at Martinsville. He also holds the series lead in many of the season-to-date Loop Data stats: Average Running Position (5.1), Driver Rating (122.1), Fastest Laps Run (107 -- Busch is the only driver with triple digits in the category) and Laps in the Top 15 (551).

Busch saw a 72-point edge over Todd Bodine cut to 36 after a final turn collision (watch video) with Johnny Benson (No. 23 Toyota). Behind Busch, however, there's a big logjam. The difference between Bodine and fifth-place Rick Crawford (No. 14 Ford) is just 62 points.

Erik Darnell continues to shine in this young season. He scored his best finish of the year this past Saturday with a solid fifth-place run. The finish vaulted Darnell from 13th in the standings to eighth. His Driver Rating is now a sixth-best 91.8 and his Average Running Position of 9.8 ranks fourth in the series.

Formula One veteran likes short-tracking

Once he concluded that fenders can be an offensive weapon, Scott Speed (No. 46 Chevrolet) quickly moved through the Kroger 250 field and finished 10th in his second Craftsman Truck start.

"In the beginning I was getting abused [and] it was hard to get my brain around the fact that I can touch something and not rip the corner of the [truck] off," Speed said. "It took me awhile to realize, 'you know what?' I can get in there on the inside and if I touch them, it is OK -- there is a bit of a cushion."

Speed is scheduled for additional races with Bill Davis Racing (read more).

Wallace matches best female debut in series

Chrissy Wallace guided her No. 03 Toyota to a hard-fought 18th-place finish and in doing so joined Shawna Robinson as the best-finishing female competitors in their first Craftsman Truck start (watch video). Wallace stands alone with the best finish in the series by a female making her NASCAR national debut.

"They put the belief in me that I could get a top-20 finish and that is exactly what we did," said Wallace of Germain Racing, her father and spotter, Mike Wallace and coach Tony Stewart.