MARTINSVILLE -- David Starr craved a win. Bobby Hamilton Jr. wanted to finish. And Clint Bowyer sought a good first trip to a new track.

It was mission accomplished for those three drivers but few others in Saturday's crash-infested Kroger 250 Craftsman Trucks race at Martinsville Speedway.

To the ones who didn't leave so content, the race may have seemed more like a demolition derby. The caution flag waved at Martinsville a series record 16 times as many contenders' strong runs vanished. Starr, who has had his own share of bad luck throughout his career, stayed clear of the trouble this time. The Houston native led the final 121 laps to outlast runner-up Ted Musgrave at the finish.

Matt Crafton finished third and Cup veteran Mark Martin was fourth.

The win was Starr's first since Phoenix in November 2004 and first ever at Martinsville, which hosted a truck series-record 43,000 customers.

It was Starr's fourth win in 144 career truck starts.

"We struggled the first three races with a new team," said Starr, in his first season with Red Horse Racing. "I told my guys, 'y'all have a great truck it's just the driver's not up to speed with the new setups and driving a Toyota Tundra.' And I said, 'just bear with me, we'll get it turned around.' "

Starr also had an additional reason to be jubilant: his younger sister gave birth to a son Saturday morning.

The pivotal moment came under the ninth caution period when Starr, along with Musgrave and Crafton elected not to pit with leader Dennis Setzer and second-place Hamilton. Setzer and Hamilton restarted 20th and 21st, while Starr inherited the lead with Musgrave and Crafton not far behind. The three managed to drive the remaining laps on older rubber.

Musgrave, who passed teammate Todd Bodine for second in the points standings, was no match for Starr.

"You could have gave me 100 starts and I don't think I would have caught him," Musgrave said. "The 11 truck was just the class of the field."

Hamilton had to drive hard just to be in position for his 10th-place finish after leading the opening 18 laps. Still, it was a good day for the driver who took over for his father Bobby Hamilton, who was recently diagnosed with cancer in his neck.

"We survived," Hamilton said. "That's all you can ask for."

So did Boyer, the Nextel Cup rookie driver for Richard Childress racing, who led 84 laps in the early going. Bowyer's fortunes took a turn for the worst, however, when mired back in traffic following a pit stop. He came back to finish seventh.