#10 Johnny Benson will run the same Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac and scheme at Daytona in the Pepsi 400 that he ran at the Daytona 500. The regular scheme is currently black and blue with red and white number 10’s. Plus running the white car will make it easier on Benson’s spotters to see the car at night(TJM PR)(6-28-2000) UPDATE: actually hearing the reason the car will be white is that the Lycos decals may be off the car as of Friday and have heard the the Tyler Jet Motorsports team has not been paid by Lycos at all in 2000 for the sponsorship(6-29-2000) UPDATE 2: Tyler Jet Motorsports, which has had Johnny Benson ‘s car sponsored by Lycos.com all season, will be unsponsored this weekend. The team is planning to remove the company’s decals from the car today because the company has not met payment requirements(Roanoke Times) and other sources UPDATE 3: Tyler Jet Motorsports team of Johnny Benson ceremonially removed the Lycos decals from its No. 10 car at precisely 5:30pm. Friday, ending a half-season partnership which did not work out as the team had hoped. Team members had indicated they were under legal restraint in saying what went wrong, but implied that the trouble had something to do with money(SpeedVision)(6-30-2000)
