Johnny Benson News

Skinner, Bodine discussed truck incident:

Skinner, Bodine discussed truck incident:

August 20, 2006
Mike Skinner said Saturday that he has talked with Todd Bodine to clear the air over their last-lap incident in last week's Truck Series race at Nashville. Bodine bumped Skinner to take the lead on the first lap of a green-white-checkered finish. Skinner then crashed

Driver point standings following Nashville:

Driver point standings following Nashville:

August 14, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #30-Todd Bodine, 2454 2) #23-Johnny Benson, 2310 3) #17-David Reutimann, 2260 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, 2215, 5) #14-Rick Crawford, 2199 6) #60-Jack Sprague, 2152 7) #10-Terry Cook, 2148 8) #11-David Starr, 2140 9) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 2139 10)#85-Dennis Setzer

Johnny Benson Wins the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway

Johnny Benson Wins the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway

August 14, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #23-Johnny Benson, Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 2) #60-Jack Sprague, Con-way Freight Toyota 3) #20-Marcos Ambrose,Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, Team ASE, Germain Motorsports Toyota 5) #77-Brendan Gaughan, South Coast

Benson surprise winner at Nashville:

Benson surprise winner at Nashville:

August 12, 2006
A green-white-checkered brought on some aggressive driving between race leader Mike Skinner and second place runner, Todd Bodine. Bodine got under Skinner on the restart giving Skinner a bump in the left rear, Skinner retaliates, getting up under Bodine causing them

Final practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200:

Final practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200:

August 11, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #60-Jack Sprague, 160.190 2) #22-Bill Lester, 160.093 3) #4-Timothy Peters, 159.487 4) #17-David Reutimann, 159.280 5) #11-David Starr, 159.074 6) #23-Johnny Benson, 158.843 7) #5-Mike Skinner, 158.675 8) #20-Marcos Ambrose, 158.497 9) #6-David Ragan,

1st practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

1st practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

August 11, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #60-Jack Sprague, 159.976 2) #4-Timothy Peters, 159.982 3) #11-David Starr, 159.238 4) #5-Mike Skinner, 159.027 5) #18-Bobby Hamilton Jr., 159.006 6) #6-David Ragan, 158.838 7) #22-Bill Lester, 158.649 8) #15-Kevin Grubb, 158.512 9) #23-Johnny Benson,

Benson and Kyle Busch to race at Berlin:

Benson and Kyle Busch to race at Berlin:

August 10, 2006
Berlin Raceway is gearing up for the annual "The Chet" race, sponsored by Comerica Bank, to be held on Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. Held in memory of track founder Chet Mysliwiec, the 100-lap Coors Light Late Model race will include NASCAR stars Kyle Busch and Johnny

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

August 7, 2006
The 2005 season has not been kind to Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#18 Fastenal Dodge) or Bobby Hamilton Racing. This was supposed to be a season of redemption for the 28-year-old, second generation driver whose disappointing foray into Cup competition ended last November. Hamilton

Driver Point Standings following Power Stroke Diesel 200:

Driver Point Standings following Power Stroke Diesel 200:

August 4, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #30-Todd Bodine, 2307 2) #23-Johnny Benson, 2125 3) #14-Rick Crawford, 2120 4) #17-David Reutimann, 2110 5) #33-Ron Hornday Jr., 2070 6) #9-Ted Musgrave, 2055 7) #11-David Starr, 2037 8) #10-Terry Cook, 2014 9) #85-Dennis Setzer, 2005 10)#16-Mike Bliss

Indy Rookie Notes:

Indy Rookie Notes:

August 3, 2006
Denny Hamlin was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the July 23 Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin scored his second win of the 2006 season in the race, crossing the finish line 1.510 seconds ahead of second-place Kurt Busch. He grabbed top rookie honors for

1st Practice results for the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

1st Practice results for the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

July 31, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #9-Ted Musgrave, 108.903 2) #23-Johnny Benson, 108.145 3) #60-Jack Sprague, 108.145 4) #88-Matt Crafton, 108.107 5) #75-Aric Almirola, 108.088 6) #33-Ron Hornaday, 107.928 7) #59-Chad Chaffin, 107.805 8) #10-Terry Cook, 107.622 9) #13-Kerry Earnhardt,

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

July 24, 2006
For Brendan Gaughan (#77 Orleans Dodge) 2003 was a banner year - six wins and a fourth-place finish in championship standings (he finished 40 points behind champion Travis Kvapil) after leading the point standings for much of the second-half of the season - but it

Benson wins the Kalamazoo Klash:

Benson wins the Kalamazoo Klash:

July 21, 2006
It's not often that race car drivers wash their own windshields, but that's just what Johnny Benson Jr. was doing during a 15-minute mandatory pit stop before dominating the second half of the Kalamazoo Klash and pocketing the $25,000 winner's check. That's in addition

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

July 17, 2006
Last Saturday's O'Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park concluded the longest stretch of the season for Truck Series competitors - nine races on consecutive weekends. Todd Bodine (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) headed the standings when the grind began at Lowe's Motor

Driver standings following Memphis

Driver standings following Memphis

July 17, 2006
1) #30-Todd Bodine, 2161 2) #17-David Reutimann, 2044 3) #23-Johnny Benson, 1998 4) #14-Rick Crawford, 1930 5) #9-Ted Musgrave, 1913 6) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 1905 7) #60-Jack Sprague, 1898 8) #11-David Starr, 1872 9) #10-Terry Cook, 1864 10)#85-Dennis Setzer, 1835(