Dennis Setzer Fast Facts:
- Dennis Setzer has held the NCTS points lead for 8-consecutive weeks going into this weeks Ram Tough 200 at Gateway Int’l Raceway.
- Dennis Setzer has taken over the No. 2 spot on the NCTS career money list.
- Dennis Setzer scored a career-best final point finish with 2nd in the 2003 NCTS point standings
- In addition to his 150 NASCAR Camping World 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 Camping World 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: 152 Top-10 Finishes: 97 (64%) Top-5 Finishes: 56 (37%)
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 the Gateway International Raceway:
“We are excited about taking our Chevrolet Silverado to St. Louis, should be a great race. I just talked to someone there today; expecting mid-90s, it should be a little cooler when the sun goes down. It’s been a pretty good track for us at times, but haven’t run as well as we needed to. We qualified up front the last two years, led part of the show, but just didn’t finish were we needed to. St. Louis is a good braking track, short track corners. We are excited and hopefully we can take our Chevrolet Silverado to victory lane.”
Dennis Setzer on Kentucky Speedway Race:
“Man we really missed something here tonight. We were loose at the start and loose after changes on the first stop. We got a little better after our second stop, but still not good enough to drive it to the front. This was the Silverado that we got into a wreck with last week at Kansas and the guys did a great job of getting it back together for this weekend, but maybe we missed something. We’ll look it over when we get back to the shop.”
The Truck – IKE:
Setzer raced Ike to victory lane at Charlotte. Ike’s next race was at The Milwaukee Mile where it finished 3rd.
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