Martinsville Speedway has long been one of Dennis Setzer’s favorite race tracks. He showed why Sunday afternoon has he pulled away late for a win in the Bailey’s 300 NASCAR Late Model Stock car race.

It was his second career Late Model race on the .526-mile oval and fourth win overall. He has two victories at the historic track in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

“These guys running here today are the best in the nation. It’s so much fun for me to come here and do this,” said Setzer. “This race is the roots of NASCAR and it’s an honor to run here.”

Setzer has been a longtime competitor on the Craftsman Truck Series, but is without a fulltime ride at present, even though he has a win in the series this year. He plans on running at least four of the truck events the remainder of the year and hopes to be back fulltime next year.

Sunday had to be a confidence builder for him, though. Shortly after the halfway point in the 200-lap event, he pulled into the lead and led the final 95 laps. He picked up $25,000 for the win, along with the traditional grandfather clock that goes to the winner.

“Track position is very important here. Once the car was ready to go, I was ready to go with it,” said Setzer. “I love this place and I love winning here.”

Former Bailey’s 300 winner Jamey Caudill finished second, but could never get a good run at Setzer down the stretch, despite several restarts after cautions.

“We gave it our best shot, but we knew Dennis was good. He’s always tough, especially here at Martinsville,” said Caudill.

Pole-sitter Davin Scites led twice for 43 laps, but never really challenged after halfway.

Sixteen-year-old Matt DiBenedetto was the surprise of the field, finishing fourth in just his 11th career Late Model Stock start.

“This is just amazing,” the youngster said. “To be here, running with these guys I’ve heard about all my life … I just wanted to get behind Dennis, run there as long as I could and learn as much as I could.”

Matt McCall finished fifth, working his way from a 30th starting position. Rounding out the top 10 were outside pole-sitter Philip Morris in sixth, Jason Mitcham in seventh, former Bailey’s 300 winner Frank Deiny Jr. in eighth, Deac McCaskill in ninth and B.J. Mackey in 10th.

Only 22 of the 42 starters were still running at the end. There were eight lead changes between five drivers and 17 caution periods.