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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Virginia Spring - Dogwoods And Racin’
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series roars into Martinsville next…
SPEED Staff  |  Posted March 15, 2010   Charlotte, NC
A past winner at Martinsville, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Dennis Setzer is currently 7th in the points standings. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Two sure signs of spring in Virginia are dogwood trees in bloom and the roar of engines at Martinsville Speedway.

You’re sure to find both on March 26-27 when the .526-mile speedway hosts the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Kroger 250.

Putting 36 tough trucks on the paperclip-shaped track pretty much guarantees there’ll be action aplenty.

“Martinsville is a survival track,” said Dennis Setzer one of just two multiple winners of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Martinsville. “With young drivers and seasoned veterans in the field, I’m sure it will be a survival race.”

Setzer cut his teeth on short tracks like Martinsville — notably at Hickory Motor Speedway near his home in Newton, N.C.

He sees many of the same fans at Martinsville when the trucks line up in March and October since Martinsville is about 100 miles from home.

Setzer says they’re sure to get a show and the fans literally are on top of the action.

“You can look right down into the cockpit and see the drivers working the steering wheel,” said Setzer, adding that Martinsville’s long history with late model and modified racing has made it special.

“To the late model fans, it’s a really special place,” he said. “It always was our Daytona.”

Setzer currently is eighth in the standings, largely on his third-place finish at Daytona. He’s optimistic the first year team will find resources to keep him in the points race.

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