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 – 146 Top 10 Finishes – 93 (64%) Top-5 Finishes – 54 (37%)
Career Wins – 10 (Bakersfield 1998; Nashville, New Hampshire, Texas 1999; Nazareth 2000; Memphis 2001; Martinsville 2002, Bakersfield, Martinsville, South Boston 2003)
Career Poles – 3 (IRP 1999, Kansas & Richmond 2001)
Dennis Setzer – Lowe’s Motor Speedway Result
Craftsman Truck Series
Year Start Finish LapsComp/Laps Status $won
2003 15th 23rd 133/136 Running $ 8,265
Dennis Setzer on Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“Lowe’s Motor Speedway is a great track for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series to compete. It’s the home track for the majority of the teams and the promoters do a first class job in promoting us here. The night time setting gives the race a special feel to the race. Everyone wants to win this one because for the most part we all live close by.
We have a brand new truck to run here in Charlotte. The truck is one that we just finished building late in April and took to Chicagoland Speedway to test. The truck was very good there and we hope that gave us a good idea of how to prepare for Lowe’s.”
Date Location Start/Finish Laps Status Money
2/13 Daytona 4/6 100/100 Running $21,800
3/13 Atlanta 8/11 133/133 Running $10,715
4/17 Martinsville 10/2 254/254 Running $27,125
5/16 Mansfield 2/2 252/252 Running $27,850
Points Events Averages (after 4 races)
Avg.Start/Avg.Finish Laps Comp/Total Laps Money Point Standings
5.25/6.00 739/739 $87,490 1st
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
The Truck – “IKE”
“IKE” is one of the newest trucks in the MDM fleet. Ike is named after a SOUTH PARK character like all other MDM trucks. Ike tested at Chicagoland and was the 2nd-fastest Chevrolet at the tea. The Infineon 200 will be the first points race ever for “IKE”.