…Johnny Benson won the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway, his 14th Truck victory in his 109th race. This is Benson’s fifth win in 2008, tying Ron Hornaday Jr. for the most. It is Benson’s third career short-track win.
…Benson led once, the final 46 laps. He won from the fifth starting position, the 16th of the 20 races won from the top-10 at Martinsville.
…This is the 24th win for Bill Davis Racing, seventh of 2008 — five by Benson, one apiece by Mike Skinner and Scott Speed.
…Toyota posted its 12th win of the 2008 season. Chevrolet has seven wins and Ford and Dodge have one each.
…Hornaday, the points leader coming into the race, ran out of fuel while running second with three laps to go. Hornaday finished 29th.
…Benson scored 104 more points than Hornaday and is now the leader by 65 points.
…Hornaday led a track-high 154 laps from the start of the race.
…Sam Hornish Jr. (ninth) scored his best NASCAR finish.
…Hornish, J.R. Fitzpatrick (20th), Sean Caisse (36th), Ben Stancill (19th) and Dustin Skinner (34th) made their Truck Series debut.
…The race was slowed nine times for 44 laps of caution.
…The race featured one lead change among two drivers.
…The top 10 consisted of four Toyotas, one Ford, three Dodges and two Chevrolets.
…The highest-finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate was No. 22 Scott Speed (seventh).(ESPN.com)(10-21-2008)
