Dennis Setzer No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado |
Texas Facts
- Dennis Setzer has four top-three finishes including two wins at
Martinsville Speedway in the last four races here. His wins came in
April of 2002 and April of 2003. Setzer was third here in October of
2003 and second in April of this year.
- Bobby Labonte will drive the No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado for
Morgan-Dollar Motorsports as a teammate to Dennis Setzer. Labonte and
Setzer competed against each other several times in late-models at
Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C. Labonte won the track championship in
1987, while Setzer won three consecutive championship from 1988-90
- Setzer will easily admit that Martinsville is his favorite track on
the NCTS circuit.
- Dennis Setzer scored a career-best final point finish with 2nd in
the 2003 NCTS point standings. He is also currently 2nd.
- In addition to his 150 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts, Dennis
Setzer has 7 Winston Cup and 102 Busch Grand National starts in his
career including 2 Busch Series victories (South Boston 1994, Hickory
1994)
Dennis Setzer NCTS Records
- Dennis Setzer set a NASCAR record with the win at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway on May 21st of 2004. He is the only driver with at least one win
in 7 straight seasons in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - dating to
1998.
- Setzer broke the single season streak of top-10 finishes in 2003 by
finishing 20-straight races inside the top-10.
- Dennis Setzer won the 2002 race at Martinsville by starting in 33rd
position. It is the farthest any competitor has ever started a NASCAR
Truck Series race to go on and win.
Career Starts – 162……….Top-10 Finishes –
102 (63%)………..Top-5 Finishes – 57 (36%)
Career Wins – 12 (Bakersfield 1998;
Nashville, New Hampshire, Texas 1999; Nazareth 2000; Memphis 2001;
Martinsville 2002, Bakersfield, Martinsville, South Boston 2003; Lowe’s
2004, Texas 2004)
Career Poles – 3 (IRP 1999, Kansas &
Richmond 2001)Dennis Setzer on Martinsville
Speedway:
“Martinsville is a very special place for me. This is by far my
favorite track on the circuit. I have been racing here for a long time and
have had some success in almost every thing that I have driven here. The
track takes a lot out of the equation and when you boil it down, a lot of
what makes you fast here is in the driver’s hands. You have to have a good
motor and gear selection, but the driver’s ability to finesse in the corners
will make or break you. This track is a lot like the tracks that I began my
racing career at. Tracks such as Hickory and Caraway were great proving
grounds for a facility such as Martinsville.”
Dennis Setzer on Teaming Up with Bobby
Labonte:
“Bobby and I had some great rivalries in the late 80s and early 90s at
tracks just like Martinsville. It’s going to be great to compete with him
again and even better that he is going to be my teammate this time. We
actually are going to test together at Caraway, the site of our early
battles. I got to test the #47 truck for him at Caraway a few weeks ago, but
on Tuesday we are taking both the #46 and #47 Silverado’s there together to
get ready. I am sure working together we can make both of our trucks
better.”
Dennis Setzer on his finish at Texas Motor
Speedway (10/16):
“We had some handling issues early in the race with our Chevrolet
Silverado but I believe Danny (Gill, crew chief) and the guys had our truck
back on track after the adjustments on the first two pit stops.
Unfortunately, we got together with another truck there in the last 40 laps.
The nose on the left side was knocked in so bad that it made the truck
incredibly tight in the final laps. We got an eighth-place finish but it
wasn’t a great day for us overall.”
The Truck- “Pip”
“Pip” debuted at Michigan and looked to be headed to a 3rd place finish
before finishing 10th. Pip ran again at Nashville qualifying 4th and
finishing 19th. Pip just scored his first top-ten finish last weekend in
Vegas and sat on the outside front row for the team’s best earned qualifying
effort of the season.
The Crew
Jackman – Danny Cieslinski
Gasman – Tim Rice
Catch Can – Jimmy Frazier
Front Tire Changer – Marty Houston
Front Tire Carrier – Darrell Haskins
Rear Tire Changer – Tony Tolley
Rear Tire Carrier – Robert Huffman
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