Emergency personnel rush to Brian Roses No. 51 truck following a four-truck wreck on the fourth turn during the 42nd lap of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Memphis 200 Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. Rose had to settle for a 28th-place finish after the crash.

MEMPHIS, Tenn – If nothing else, Saturdays NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Memphis 200 was a learning experience for Brian Rose. The Bowling Green race car driver started out well in the 200-lap, 150-mile event at Memphis Motorsports Park, but the race ended earlier than expected for Rose due to a crash on the 42nd lap. Roses No. 51 Sunclear Energy Chevrolet collided with Carlos Contreras after Contreras No. 43 truck spun out in the third and fourth turns. The collision involved two other drivers – Lance Norick and Roses teammate Sammy Ragan – and was the only significant crash of the day. Unfortunately, Carlos came across the track, Rose said. Actually, I was going to clear him on the high side (of turn four). But right before I got to him, he let off the brake and thats when he crossed right in my path. The crash resulted in a 10-minute caution flag and ended the race for three drivers Rose, Contreras and Norick. Its sad, Contreras said. I finally get a good set up and we can run with the top five guys and then the 51 hit me very hard. Our truck was incredible today. Ragan, who along with Rose drive for the Ware Racing Team, resumed racing about a half and hour later. Dennis Setzer, behind the wheel of the No. 46 ACXIOM Chevy, took the checkered flag. It was Setzers sixth career victory. Setzer was in the top five for much of the race and took over after Jack Sprague, who led for most of the day, crashed on the 139th lap. Rose started the day in 26th position in a 32-car field, but quickly moved his way up to 23rd before crashing. Rose, a first-timer in the truck circuit, appeared jittery early on, but he eventually smoothed things out to move up three spot. He avoided serious trouble on lap nine when he almost went sideways heading into the front straightaway off turn four. I was trying to drive out of it, but not let off the gas, Rose said. I just ran out of wall space and couldnt get out any further. I had to check up, dump the gas and come off the corner and let the car set back up. I didnt really lose any position and I got back in my groove. Rose, who was lapped early on, tried to make up for lost ground. We tried to get our lap back, but I got hung up behind that slow truck, No. 23 (Dana White), Rose said. We couldve got our lap back fairly easy because No. 72, Jimmy Hensley, was leading the pack and we were faster than him in Happy Hour. Its unfortunate because No. 23 had no business being up there and he pulled up in front of me. It was a tough day. We had some good calls and some bad calls early on, thats just the breaks of it. Roses racing day wasnt finished after crashing, however. He drove to Nashville Saturday night to race his late model stock car at Nashville Speedway, USA. Ill go back there and get some more seat time for the day, Rose said. Its a tough day, but Im really looking forward to getting back in the Monte Carlo in Nashville.