This was my case Friday night at the Texas Motor Speedway during the rescheduled NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Silverado 350. The Morgan/Dollar Motorsports crew worked hard to get the truck handling flawlessly on the newly surfaced 1.5-mile oval, but after qualifying it was apparent that no one in the field was going to be able to hang with the Dodges of Scott Riggs and Ted Musgrave. Both Riggs and Musgrave broke the track record in qualifying, with Riggs taking it by more than .3 seconds. Our time was good enough for twelfth, which is a decent starting position in Texas. Anytime you can start near the front at a superspeedway you have a chance for advancement.

	Setzer moved up to seventh in the points standings.

From qualifying on Thursday to the race on Friday night, the temperature dropped nearly 25-degrees, it got cold in a hurry, enough for the IRL to cancel practice Friday afternoon. With everyone bundled up tight in blankets, jackets or anything they could find we took to the track for the Silverado 350.

I was able to move up into the top-10 rather quickly and stayed among the leaders for the rest of the evening. Around lap 50 entering turn three the No. 73 truck lost an engine, and shot up the banking through turn four and clipped my rear quarter panel. The bump sent me sliding through the turn where I was able to collect the truck and move on. Points leader Jack Sprague was pushed up into the wall collecting minimal damage on the right side of the No. 24.

After a late race stop for gas only, we moved from ninth to third with about 30 laps to go. We were unable to run with the leaders all night and soon got shuffled back to the sixth position, being threatened to lose more when the last caution flag of the evening dropped. Crew chief Danny Gill made the call to pit for right side tires considering there were only 11 trucks remaining on the lead lap. The tires helped, but we still lost the lead group on the restart and were riding in ninth with about 10 to go.

This was the point in the event where patience and persistence paid off. With less than 10 laps remaining the lead trucks of Scott Riggs and Ted Musgrave both suffered right side tire problems having to make unscheduled pit stops. We were able to move to seventh through their problems and when Ricky Hendrick had engine trouble it allowed us to nab sixth from him with only two laps remaining. We went from ninth to sixth in the last 10 laps of the race.

Sometimes a driver knows he does not have a truck capable of running away with the race or even leading laps. But you take the mind set that you can gain positions in any event and move towards the front. We gained three spots at the end and were able to not only gain spots on the track, but move up a position in the points as well.

The drive to keep going when you know you can't win is something that you have to mature into. For many drivers they want to go out and give 110% all of the time and they end up pushing their equipment to far. Travis Kvapil knew he had a great truck, led some laps and was in the right spot when the two lead trucks experienced problems. A rookie kept his cool and stayed patient winning a race in his rookie season. That is the type of mind set you have to have to succeed.

The Morgan/Dollar Motorsports crew gave me a great truck to drive, but we were not at the level of the Dodge trucks. But that doesn't mean we had a bad night, we took a top-10 truck and almost got another top-5 finish. Dedication and hard work pays off sometimes and I'm glad to say my guys are among the best when it comes to working on these race trucks.