Three-time Gateway International Raceway NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series runner-up Dennis Setzer provided an emotional win at Martinsville for Dodge and Bobby Hamilton Racing. It was the first NCTS victory for both BHR and the Dodge Boys since the late Bobby Hamilton won at Mansfield in 2005. Setzer's last win before Martinsville was at Mansfield last year.
The St. Louis area was well-represented at the .526 paperclip-shaped short track this weekend. Ken Schrader, who started the NCTS race on Saturday in 28th, drove a patient race and finished fourth, his best finish in the Truck Series since he finished third at Mansfield in 2007.
Also representing the Gateway City was Chrissy Wallace, daughter of STL native Mike Wallace and niece to Kenny Wallace and Rusty Wallace. Chrissy made her NASCAR debut at Martinsville this weekend in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event and finished on the lead lap at the same track where her father made his NASCAR debut in 1990.
In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Martinsville on Sunday, 2006 GIR polesitter Denny Hamlin took the win in his home state of Virginia. Other notables were two-time GIR winner Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished sixth, Missouri natives Jamie McMurray (Joplin) and 2006 GIR winner Carl Edwards (Columbia) finished eighth and ninth, respectively, and 2006 GIR runner-up Clint Bowyer finished tenth. Edwards and Bowyer, along with fellow Cup Series stars David Ragan and David Reutimann, will be racing at Gateway International Raceway again this year for the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on July 19.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series had the weekend off, but will return to action this weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway along with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is off until April 26 when they race at Kansas Speedway.
The NHRA POWERade Series raced in Houston this weekend at Houston Raceway Park. Antron Brown made history when he became the only driver in NHRA history to win races in both the Pro-Stock Motorcycle category and the Top Fuel category when he won in his David Powers Racing dragster this weekend. Ashley Force made it to her second-ever NHRA Funny Car final, but fell to 2003 FC winner Del Worsham. Greg Anderson, the 2004 Pro Stock winner at Gateway, took the Wally at HRP and defending Pro-Stock Motorcycle Champion and GIR winner Matt Smith took his first win of the season.
Gateway International Raceway is hosting the NHRA POWERade Series O'Reilly Midwest Nationals May 2-4, PINKS: All Out June 27-28, the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series event July 19, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ASA Late Model Series Sept. 6. For ticket information to these and the more than 200 other events at GIR this year, call 866-35-SPEED or visit GatewayRaceway.com.
The St. Louis area was well-represented at the .526 paperclip-shaped short track this weekend. Ken Schrader, who started the NCTS race on Saturday in 28th, drove a patient race and finished fourth, his best finish in the Truck Series since he finished third at Mansfield in 2007.
Also representing the Gateway City was Chrissy Wallace, daughter of STL native Mike Wallace and niece to Kenny Wallace and Rusty Wallace. Chrissy made her NASCAR debut at Martinsville this weekend in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event and finished on the lead lap at the same track where her father made his NASCAR debut in 1990.
In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Martinsville on Sunday, 2006 GIR polesitter Denny Hamlin took the win in his home state of Virginia. Other notables were two-time GIR winner Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished sixth, Missouri natives Jamie McMurray (Joplin) and 2006 GIR winner Carl Edwards (Columbia) finished eighth and ninth, respectively, and 2006 GIR runner-up Clint Bowyer finished tenth. Edwards and Bowyer, along with fellow Cup Series stars David Ragan and David Reutimann, will be racing at Gateway International Raceway again this year for the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on July 19.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series had the weekend off, but will return to action this weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway along with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is off until April 26 when they race at Kansas Speedway.
The NHRA POWERade Series raced in Houston this weekend at Houston Raceway Park. Antron Brown made history when he became the only driver in NHRA history to win races in both the Pro-Stock Motorcycle category and the Top Fuel category when he won in his David Powers Racing dragster this weekend. Ashley Force made it to her second-ever NHRA Funny Car final, but fell to 2003 FC winner Del Worsham. Greg Anderson, the 2004 Pro Stock winner at Gateway, took the Wally at HRP and defending Pro-Stock Motorcycle Champion and GIR winner Matt Smith took his first win of the season.
Gateway International Raceway is hosting the NHRA POWERade Series O'Reilly Midwest Nationals May 2-4, PINKS: All Out June 27-28, the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series event July 19, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ASA Late Model Series Sept. 6. For ticket information to these and the more than 200 other events at GIR this year, call 866-35-SPEED or visit GatewayRaceway.com.
