the kroger 250 was held march 29 at martinsville speedway. jack sprague won the track record breaking pole. the race would instead be dominated by "short track slayer" dennis setzer, whose team, bobby hamilton racing-virginia, had recently moved to the martinsville area to be more competitive. this competitiveness showed when setzer took the lead on lap 128 when debutant brett raymer spun in front of leader kyle busch. setzer would lead the rest of the way thanks to nine more cautions. although the race went on for an extra three laps, setzer would hang on for his first win since he won mansfield (also on fuel mileage) with the defunct spears motorsports. however, behind setzer it was complete chaos. while setzer was rounding turn 4 to take the win, busch, in a desperate attempt to take second, busch attempted to drive underneath johnny benson. however, busch's left side hit the apron, sending both benson and busch spinning to 25th and 26th-place finishes. the win was emotional for the whole team as it was their first win since bobby hamilton won at mansfield in 2005.