DENNIS SETZER, NO. 46, MORGAN-DOLLAR MOTORSPORTS SILVERADO (2ND PLACE FINISH)

THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE USED TO DOING WELL-- ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T WIN? "Yeah, but you don't always get what you want. We had a good finish and the truck was good all day. We were equal to Crawford on the long runs and we just couldn't make up any ground. I thought we had a shot at him on that green-white checkered finish."

HOW WAS IT OUT THERE? IT LOOKED LIKE A REAL PHYSICAL RACE? "It was tough, but we had our little Silverado dialed in pretty good. Maybe I should have used the bumper a little bit more today because our truck had all four fenders at the end. It was a good point's day for us and the team is looking forward to Mansfield in May."

JACK SPRAGUE, NO. 16 CHEVROLET SILVERADO (3RD PLACE FINISH)

"This was a great race for the #16 Chevy Trucks Silverado. I had an awesome truck. Chris, Dave and all the guys did a great job preparing this truck. This whole team has just dug in and worked hard since Atlanta."

"The middle set of tires I had was perfect, I thought we had it dialed. Everything was looking good but after the last set of tires we got a little tight off and loose in but we were solid enough to stay near the front."

"Leading toward the end of the race is the place to be. When you lead the race you can dictate your pace and your race, and run the corners like I wanted. I could arch the truck the way I wanted but when you are racing with others in the lead pack, you have less options to choose you line and have to be more defensive."

"This third place is a momentum builder for this team; we will take it and head for Ohio. I am just so proud of all my guys, they have really pulled together and we are headed in the right direction with this Chevy Trucks team.

MATT CRAFTON, NO. 6 CHEVROLET SILVERADO (6TH PLACE FINISH)

"We had a great truck all day; I hated to see that green/white checker at the end. I really thought I had something for them. We are a new team, we are starting to gel together and I guarantee our Chevy Silverado will be a truck to reckon with the rest of the year."

ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO HEADING TO MANSFIELD? "Very, I am one of the only truck guys that have been on that track. I tested there last year with the old team I was with and we tested at South Boston which is similar to Mansfield. I'm really happy how the truck did today and I'm looking forward to having another great run in May at the inaugural event in Ohio."

DAVID STARR, NO. 75 SPEARS CHEVROLET SILVERADO (9TH PLACE FINISH )

"I guess we're pleased with it, but we wanted more than that. We had a good truck at the early in the race. Just like everyone, we got tight in the center and that gets you loose off the corners. We were adjusting on it and before the first pit stop, I think the 33 truck got into us and we got into the 18. It was one of those Martinsville deal. There was a lot of paint swapping, metal bending. We tried to get up front - we came in and fixed the damage - then lost all that track position. This was a great NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and this Spears Chevrolet Silverado team just kept digging; kept fighting and that's what this series is all about."

Judy Kouba Dominick GM Racing Communications - jkdracer@aol.com

This weekend the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series tackled the ultra-fast Atlanta Motor Speedway for the first time in its tenth season. Dennis and the team were pretty satisfied with the truck after happy hour on Friday where they posted the fourth-fastest speed during the session. They were even happy with an eighth-place starting position since their team had been much better in the past at racing than qualifying.

However, not long after the green flag dropped for the inaugural Easy Care Vehicle Service 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Setzer radioed in that his Chevrolet Silverado was experiencing a very loose condition. Dennis had fallen back to thirteenth position and was in need of a caution to make some adjustments to his truck.

That caution came out on lap 46, but it was a little too close for comfort. A truck spun to the bottom of the track and came back up the track just ahead of Dennis. He barely squeezed by to the high side and avoided it, but the wreck collected the two trucks just behind him in a vicious crash.

Dennis brought his #46 Silverado in for service on lap 49 after the red flag, that halted the race, had been lifted. Crew chief, Danny Gill, called for some aggressive changes to the truck in an effort to tighten it up. Several trucks had already pitted when the caution came out, so after the stop, Dennis would restart in sixth position.

Setzer's Sivlerado was better from the start, but the loose condition crept back in as the run went along. We worked on the handling a lot during the race, said Setzer. It seemed like we were going back and forth with it. Our crew changed tires and this Chevrolet Silverado changed drastically each time with a little bit of adjustment. These were the same tires we had used here in an earlier test. I guess we should have stuck with what Goodyear brought today. Our team was not in the class that we needed to be in today.

Dennis would go on to finish in 11th place. The finish, however disappointing, did move Setzer up from sixth to fifth in the overall point standings for the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship.

Setzer and his Chevrolet Silverado race team will have to wait four weeks until their next chance to get to victory lane. It could be familiar territory as the next race is the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway, where Dennis and Morgan-Dollar have taken home two wins in the last three races there with an average finish of 1.67.

For more information on Dennis Setzer, Morgan-Dollar Motorsports and the #46 Chevrolet Silverado racing team, go to www.dennissetzer.com , www.gm.com , or contact Sam Brown at szone@mindspring.com   or 910-724-1148.

 We struggled finding the handle to get speed all weekend,  said Sprague. We made change after change during happy hour to see what we could find to improve our Chevy Trucks Silverado but just couldn't seem to get where we knew we should be.

Saturday morning, the crew put their heads together going through notes from testing as well as previous races to search for the answers they needed to move the Chevy Trucks Silverado to the front of the field.

From virtually the drop of the green flag of Saturday's 130 lap race, the two-time NCTS team lead by Dave Fuge (team manager) and Chris Showalter (crew chief) fought adversity. On lap eight, Sprague keyed his radio to relay the truck was wicked bad loose as he slipped backward in the standings.

On lap 16, another major setback hit the team when Sprague was black-flagged by NASCAR officials for his driver's side window net falling down. The team decided to make major adjustments to the handling components of the truck during the unscheduled pit stop to fix the window net. When Sprague rejoined the field, he was in 34th position, two-laps down from the leader.

But despite the major adjustments, the handling didn't improve and on lap 40, Sprague came down pit road to make additional repairs to the window net and further major adjustments to try and improve the handling of the truck.

When the yellow flag flew on lap 44, Sprague was in 33rd position, four laps down to the leader.

The crew never gave up and continued to make changes to the truck as the race progressed with air pressure, track bar adjustments, spring rubbers and wedge.

On lap 94, Sprague returned to the pits with the window net loose again. At that time, the team made the final adjustments to the #16 Chevy Trucks Silverado. When racing resumed, Sprague was 28th.

As the laps wound down to the finish, Sprague turned the best lap times of the event.

 I don't know what to say, Sprague continued. We struggled all weekend with our Chevy Trucks Silverado. It just didn't seem like we could get a handle under us. Dave (Fuge, team manager), Chris (Showalter, crew chief) and everyone on the IWX Chevy Trucks crew worked and worked to try to get us better before the race started.

 They went through our test notes from Charlotte to see if we could find something since we got rained out here at the test. We started out and by the 2nd lap we were just wicked loose. Then we got black flagged for the window net coming down so I brought it in and the guys made major changes to see if we could get any better. Again, nothing seemed to really help us that much.

 The window net kept coming down, so we came in again under yellow and taped it up made more major changes, but by that point we were so far down, it made more sense to take care of the truck and finish the race.

Sprague concluded, I am disappointed for our team, Chevrolet Silverado and all our sponsors. We will be back and win races for them, but this just wasn't our weekend. This team knows how to win races and championships, we won?t quit until we get it right."

For more information on Jack Sprague and the #16 Chevy Trucks Silverado IWX Racing Team, log on to www.gm.com , www.jacksprague.com  or contact Judy Kouba Dominick, jkdracer@aol.com  (317) 408-1049.

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NOTES: One Top Five (Crafton-5th), Three Top Tens (Crafton-5th, Hmiel-6th, Schrader-10th)

Dennis Setzer, No 46, SILVERADO- (Finished 11th) ?We worked a lot on it during the race. It seemed that we were going back and forth with it. We changed tires and this Chevrolet Silverado changed drastically each time with a little bit of adjustment. Every we time we?d come across, it would change. We?d be real loose, then go back to the other set of tires and we?d be real tight, then it?d go back to being loose. We had a test here earlier and brought some of the tires from the earlier time. We probably should have just used the tires here. We changed tires there and tried to free it up on that last stop. It was spinning out there at the end. We were not in the class, we needed to be today.

Jack Sprague, No. 16, IWX RACING CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO- (Finished 24th) "I don't know what to say. We struggled all weekend with our Chevy Trucks Silverado. It just didn't seem like we could get a handle under us. Dave (Fuge, team manager), Chris (Showalter, crew chief) and everyone on the IWX Chevy Trucks crew worked and worked to try to get us better before the race started.

They went through our test notes from Charlotte to see if we could find something since we got rained out here at the test. We started out and by the 2nd lap we were just wicked loose. Then we got black flagged for the window net coming down so I brought it in and the guys made major changes to see if we could get any better. Again, nothing seemed to really help us that much.

The window net kept coming down, so we came in again under yellow and taped it up made more major changes, but by that point we were so far down, it made more sense to take care of the truck and finish the race. I am disappointed for our team, Chevrolet Silverado and all our sponsors. We will be back and win races for them, but this just wasn't our weekend."

David Starr, No. 75, SPEARS SILVERADO- (Finished 36th) Starr was the first truck out of the race, due to mechanical failure.

Matt Crafton, No. 6, GM GOODWRENCH SILVERADO- (Finished 5th) ?These guys tuned on this GM Goodwrench Silverado all day. It was good. For a new team we?ve done real well. Kevin (Harvick) had this deal started and added on a whole bunch of new guys. We just started off so tight. Tight, tight off and we got to work on the tight off and got it close. When we get it good, they better watch out. I knew we could do it and we?ll be here all year.?

Matt Crafton cont?d- ?Travis Kvapil and I had a heck of a race today. I knew he?d race me clean and I was going to race him clean. He did some awesome slide jobs on me and he gave me room when I had an inch on him. I did the same for him. I love to race people like that. You can race clean and hard and you don?t have to worry about him sliding up into you. You respect each other and that makes for great racing.?

Shane Hmiel, No. 15, EARL SMALL?S HARLEY DAVIDSON SILVERADO- (Finished 6th) ?The Earl Small?s Harley Davidson sponsored Chevrolet Silverado was really good today. To have all our sponsors down here and get a good finish is important for this team. We could have finished fourth or fifth, but I spun the tires on that last restart and got the back end tore up. It?s only my second race in the truck series and it?s a totally different feel and we?re really feeling it out. We were up there with Bobby Hamilton and Mike Skinner all Winston Cup winners, to run with them rally makes you feel good. We?ll get the feel for this truck and it won?t be long and we?ll get a victory.?

Ken Schrader, No. 52, FEDERATED AUTO PARTS SILVERADO- (10TH) ?I think the fans of Atlanta got to enjoy a truck race. Just listen to them (large crowd noise) It was a heck of a race. These trucks put on a good show at every place. This Federated Auto Parts Silverado is a new truck and tenth in the truck series is not what we want, but we?re not leaving here hanging our heads.

Judy Kouba Dominick GM Racing Communications 507-529-0879 Phone 507-529-5737 Fax 317-408-1049 Cell jkdracer@aol.com

DRIVER: Matt Crafton
TEAM: #6 Kevin Harvick, Inc. GM Goodwrench Silverado
Birthdate: June 11, 1976
Hometown: Tulare, CA.

On Daytona: “It’s been a long winter and I’m ready to go. The first NASCAR Truck race under the lights at Daytona will be a lot of fun for the drivers and an exciting race for the fans. The lights will add an extra touch to an all ready exciting race.

“Now we’ve got GM Goodwrench behind us and that’s going to make a big difference for us. They are the sponsor of sponsors in NASCAR. They’ve great teams and drivers and won races and championships and we’re going to try to follow that pattern.

“We’ve gotten in a bunch of testing at Talladega, Atlanta and three days at Daytona and we’re happy with what we’ve learned. We didn’t work on speed at the Daytona test so much as drivability and drafting. These trucks make such a big hole in the air and that makes aerodynamics and drafting a big factor. We want to handle good in the draft.”

DRIVER: Tracy Hines
TEAM: #88 ThorSport Racing Menards Silverado
Birthdate: May 1, 1972
Hometown: New Castle, IN

On Daytona and 2004 Season: “We are going to Daytona with a great team and great equipment. Menards is a great sponsor and they have given us a lot of support. We have a veteran crew chief in Tim Kohuth that will be there too, and he's won races there in the past. I had a chance to work with him in the four races I was in last year, so we have a good working relationship already. Daytona is unique. The only time the equipment really shines is in qualifying. For the race, you need to rely heavily on the driver and on the draft. It is going to be all about finding the right dance partners and not making any mistakes.

“Our goal is to run for wins and top-5s every time we are on the track. We have a great package with great owners, great guys in the shop, great engines and a great sponsor. We have looked at the competition for rookie of the year and we think we have a very solid shot to win it. The competition is going to be very stout, for sure, but with what we have in place here, I think we definitely have a good shot at it.”

DRIVER: Dennis Setzer
TEAM: #46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Silverado
Birthdate: February 27, 1960
Hometown: Newton, NC

On Daytona and 2004 Season: “I am very proud to be behind the wheel of the #46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado race truck this season. We are honored to represent Chevrolet at this monumental time in their history and be a part of their present and future endeavors. Chevrolet and Silverado have dominated the Craftsman Truck Series over its nine-year existence and we are very excited to carry the banner for them in Chevy’s first-ever team sponsorship.

“We came up a little short of the championship in 2003 and now with a substantial increase in support from Chevrolet, our team has been able to make some major improvements in the off-season. The team was really coming together and our performance was outstanding in closing out the 2003 season. I feel that we can be a much better team this season, but its going to be very important to get off to a good start. You can’t play catch up in this series anymore and have to bring your best every week.”

DRIVERF: JACK SPRAGUE
TEAM: #16 IWX MOTORSPORTS CHEVY TRUCKS SILVERADO
Birthdate: August 8, 1964
Hometown: Spring Lake, MI

On Daytona and 2004 Season: “Testing went very well at both Daytona and Talladega. We accomplished a great deal working on the truck in the draft. Although horsepower is important and having an adjustable setup so you can continue to improve the handling during the race, the truck has to work well in the draft. The majority of the Daytona races in any NASCAR series come down to how well you run in the draft to hook up with a partner and pull away from the field so you are in position to make your move at the right time for the win.

“It is all about building momentum at the start of the season, then being able to build on that as the season progresses. With the tremendous support we are getting from Chevrolet added to the experience and knowledge on the this team, I feel like we have positioned ourselves for a strong start right out of the box and then continue the effort as the season unfolds.”

DRIVER: David Starr
TEAM: #75 Spears Racing Silverado
Birthdate:
Hometown: Houston, TX

On Daytona and 2004 Season: ““To drive the #75 Spears Chevrolet Silverado race truck has been truly a dream come true. Now the addition of full support from GM Racing as a member of Team Silverado, I believe this team is poised to do great things in 2004.

“Testing has gone very well. We made tremendous strides in the drafting characteristics of the truck. I felt very comfortable and have confidence we will be running in the front pack as the final laps at Daytona begin to unwind. Last season, we didn’t have much luck at Daytona and created a deep hole to dig out as the season started to roll. We want to leave Daytona this year with a solid finish and a good points position. A run for the championship begins at the first race of the season. It is critical to develop that consistency day one for a strong foundation on which to build as the season continues.

“With a month between Daytona and our next race in Atlanta, we can utilize all available testing opportunities to ensure we have a strong baseline in place for each track on the schedule. Our goal this season is to win races and the championship. This team is loaded with talented people, and with the full support of Chevrolet, all the ingredients are here to be a contender every week and I think we are poised for a tremendous season.”

DRIVER: Kelly Sutton
TEAM: #02 Team Copaxone Silverado
Year of Birth: 1971
Hometown: Crownsville, MD

On Daytona: “We’re looking forward to going into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, bringing in a new team and driving our Team COPAXONE Chevy Silverado at tracks that we’ve never raced before. It’s definitely going to be a new adventure and exciting year for us, and there's no better place to start than Daytona!”

DRIVER: Ken Weaver
TEAM: #08 PhoneCo Silverado
Birthdate:
Hometown: Dallas, TX

On Daytona and 2004 Season: “We are excited to be a part of the 2004 NASCAR Series, and plan to make an earnest run at “Rookie Of The Year’. I haven’t truly proven myself yet, but I believe I have the determination, the crew and the drive to win”.

“I can contribute my speed and confidence to Tommy (Morgan, crew chief). He knows the correct set-up for track conditions, and with his help, I should be running pretty close to the front all season.”

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