Chase Pistone, No. 07 Chevrolet : "I need to get out there and follow somebody and learn how to get around this place."

Darrell Waltrip, No. 12 Toyota : "The track has changed a little bit since the last time we were here, so we need to come in and make a few minor changes."

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Toyota : "The left front is down pretty good on exit, not up in the air like it was last year."

Ken Schrader, No. 52 Chevrolet : "It feels a little soft on the right rear right now.  What kind of bar do we have in there?"

Kelly Sutton, No. 02 Chevrolet : "It is shoving the nose coming off.  When I get on the throttle it just starts to push the nose."

Darrell Waltrip, No. 12 Toyota : "It is a little free getting in.  It's not bad loose, it's not like it's going to get worse as we keep going."

Ricky Craven, No. 99 Ford : "I feel a slight vibration the last 300 or 400 rpms down the straightaway."

Terry Cook, No. 10 Ford: "We're chattering the front tires."

Jack Sprague, No. 60 Toyota : "Whatever you did to it, it is shooting it off the corners like a rocketship."

Willy Allen, No. 47 Chevrolet : "When I get hard on the brakes it wants for flat spot the left front."

Jack Sprague ran 217 NCTS races wearing a red bow tie, but that streak will end here this weekend.  For the first time in his career, Sprague will fire up for a NASCAR event strapped into a machine not wearing a General Motors nameplate.  Now driving the No. 60 Wyler Racing Toyota, all of Sprague's previous starts in the NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch, and Truck Series have been in a Chevrolet, Pontiac, or Oldsmobile.  All of his NCTS races to this point have been with Chevrolet.

Ted Musgrave, No. 1 Dodge : "It's starting to slide the front tires a little bit."

Scott Lynch, No. 62 Dodge : "It's better in the middle, but from the middle off we are just getting killed."

NASCAR is going to send out the clean-up crews to make a spin around the speedway after several track spotters reported debris on the backstretch. 

Setzer currently leads Sprague, Whitt, Peters, and Hamilton.  A full rundown will follow shortly...

Brendan Gaughan has just smacked the turn one and two wall to bring out the red flag with just moments remaining in the one and only practice session. The truck has right side damage. We will head out to get an assessment of the damage and give you an update momentarily.

UPDATE: Gaughan's truck has heavy right side damage and the right front suspension has been knocked off.  The radiator is also knocked out of the truck, and the crew is already working on logistics to get the backup truck unloaded.  That will be a chore since the transporters are parked nearly a quarter of a mile up the hill in a gravel lot.  We'll update this story as it develops throughout the day.

Brendan Gaughan wasn't the only driver to ding up his ride during the morning practice session.  Several teams had trucks that looked like they had just finished running 200 racing laps - with the battle scars to prove it - versus a leisurely two-hour practice.

Dennis Setzer's crew was busy repairing right side damage, from the door numbers on back to the right rear wheel.  The crush panels had been knocked out, and the team was trying to smooth out the sheet metal the best they could before rolling through pre-qualifying inspection.

Johnny Benson, Chase Montgomery, and Chase Pistone were also sporting some scraped and bent sheet metal, but none of those wounds required major surgery by the teams.

Stick around for our exclusive TrackSideLive! audio clips.  The track has been hot and with the cramped quarters here, there is no quiet place to find to speak with the stars of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.  The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series is on the track until 1:30 pm ET, and as soon as it's quiet we'll take the TruckSeries.com microphones up and down pit road and get with as many of the 38 drivers on the grounds as we can.  As the saying goes, stay tuned!

Xpress Motorsports has Martinsville spring winner Bobby Labonte in the No. 16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet this weekend, and as we reported in our interview with crew chief Chris Showalter, Mike Bliss will take the reigns of the No. 16 for the next two races on the schedule in Atlanta and Texas.  Bliss won the 2002 NCTS championship in the Xpress Motorsports ride, and had the dominant truck at California Speedway before running out of fuel late in the going while leading.  Bliss tested with the team earlier in the week at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Darrell Waltrip is slated to make his final NCTS appearance here in the Kroger 200 tomorrow.  He has, however, hinted that he may make an attempt to race in the NASCAR Busch Series race here next season.

Waltrip has had success here at Martinsville in the NCTS, both as an owner and as a driver.  Waltrip racked up a fifth-place run here in 1996, then going to victory lane in 1997 with Rich Bickle behind the wheel.

We tracked down the pole winner for the Kroger 200 Rick Crawford and got his thoughts on sitting on the pole and asked him about racing with one of the sport's legends for the final time.  We also nabbed outside front row starter Kyle Busch, who admits he is not a big fan of Martinsville Speedway but says with a good finish tomorrow he could be.  Third-place starter Tim Fedewa says it's always nice to have a fast truck, but not having a guaranteed spot in the field means that even a pole winning run leaves a driver with a little doubt in the back of his or her mind.  Timothy Peters is the highest qualified rookie, and says he hopes to carry over the momentum from a big late model stock car win into a solid finish tomorrow.  Brendan Gaughan had a smile on his face after a long rough day in Martinsville, and he hopes he's seen the worst of his luck for the weekend after crashing his primary truck beyond repair in practice.  We also tracked down 2005 ARCA Re/MAX Series rookie of the year Joey Miller, who is lined up to take the wheel of DW's No. 12 Toyota starting at Atlanta, and asked him if he's paying extra special attention to the man behind the wheel of that truck here this weekend.

Look for the Sights and Sounds Box to the right side of the TrackSideLive! page for those audio clips, and we'll have much more for you when they let us back in the gates tomorrow morning.

10. Lap 36 - Championship implications as Setzer goes spinning after contact in turn four.  He has damage to the left rear of his machine.  Cook has damage to the nose of his ride after stacking up to avoid the accident.  None of the leaders pit.  Caution saves Skinner, Hines, and Hamilton as the leaders were quickly closing.

9. Lap 30 - Musgrave is itchy behind Busch looking to take over the top spot.  The top-5 have separated from sixth place Crawford by half a straightaway.

8. Lap 23 - Peters takes over fourth with Sprague moving into sixth.  Skinner runs 32nd after his spin, whiel Hamilton is in 30th.  Setzer is 24th, DW is 19th.

7. Lap 18 - Busch peeks inside of Crawford and takes the lead.  Musgrave follows through into second with Craven in third.  Crawford sits fourth ahead of Peters, Sprague, Crafton, Fedewa, Pressley, and Hornaday.

6. Lap 12 - Green flag is back out.  Hornaday goes to the outside of Pressley to challenge for 9th but loses traction off turn two and falls back into tenth.  Musgrave is knocking on Busch's back door wanting to pressure him for second.

5. Lap 4 - Crawford and Busch have a half a straightaway on Fedewa.  Fedewa, Hamitlon, Musgrave and Peters were locked in a four truck battle for third which slowed their pace.  Skinner and Hamilton get spun coming off turn two as Hamilton was racing for third.  Pistone's truck is showing heavy smoke and has some damage to the nose.

4. Green flag.  Crawford leads Busch with Hamilton and Fedewa side by side for third.

3. The second of four pace laps is complete.  Weather remains cloudy and overcast and cool, but no rain is on the horizon.

2. The trucks are rolling from the grid.  Top-10 starters are Crawford, Busch, Fedewa, Whitt, Setzer, Hamilton, Musgrave, Peters, Craven, and Sprague.  Skinner and Crafton will join the top-10 at the drop of the green due to Whitt and Setzer dropping to the back.

1. The trucks are gridded and we are awaiting the command to fire engines.  Pit road speed is 35 miles per hour.  Two trucks are dropping to the back for the start: No. 38 Brandon Whitt (engine change) and No. 46 Dennis Setzer.

20. Lap 100 - Peters leads at halfway but gives the lead over to Musgrave just past the line.  Pressley falls off the pace with a fire burning at the left rear wheel.  The fire eventually blows out the left rear tire and causes the fourth caution of the day.

19. Lap 95 - Reutimann drops off the pace and heads to the pits.  He reports a problem with the transmission or the rear end.

18. Lap 87 - Skinner is black flagged for a loose bumper cover.  Peters catches the tail of the field and Pressley, Musgrave, and Busch are now all together.  Hines fights hard to stay on the lead lap.

17. Lap 79 - Peters continues to lead over Pressley.  Musgrave is in third and closing fast from a half a straightaway back.  Drivers in positions 6 through 22 are nose to tail in one train .

16. Lap 72 - The points battle comes into focus as contenders Musgrave and Setzer make contact in turn one as Musgrave muscles his was past and into fourth.  Setzer is now tenth.

15. Lap 66 - Cook is third holding off a serious challenge from Skinner, Setzer, Hamilton, Musgrave, and Busch.  Hamilton loses a couple of positons in traffic.  Hornaday punts Bodine sending the pack into a scramble which nearly catches out Sprague in turn one.

14. Lap 57 - Peters stays out to lead for the first time in his NCTS career.  Pressley second with Cook third and Setzer now fourth.  Skinner is fifth with Jarit Johnson seventh, followed by Musgrave, Busch, Bodine, Sprague, Hornaday, Gaughan, Kluever, Craven, Crafton, Starr, Waltrip, Reutimann, Spencer, Fedewa, Benson, Labonte, Whitt, Crawford, Montgomery, Hines, Schrader, Lester, Edwards, Lynch, Allen, and Keselowski.  Waltrip was too fast on the exit and restarts from the back.

13. Lap 53 - Caution waves for the third time as Tam Topham spins in turn three.  Pits are open, and look for many of the leaders to make their one and only stop of the day.

12. Lap 47 - Musgrave takes over the lead to lead his third race of 2005.  Kluever is racing Crawford for sixth.  Setzer is back up to 26th after his spin on lap 36.  Pistone returns to the race after replacing the radiator.

11. Lap 40 - Hornaday gives Crafton the bumper and takes over seventh.  Kluever follows through to eighti with Crafton now ninth.  Busch continues to lead with Musgrave right on the back bumper.