Johnny Benson News

Labonte Testing a Chevy? UPDATE:

Labonte Testing a Chevy? UPDATE:

March 31, 2002
Labonte Testing a Chevy? UPDATE: hearing that after wrecking his #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac during testing at Texas Motor Speedway, the #18 team broke out the backup car to test and it was a.......Chevy, not a Pontiac.(3-27-2002) UPDATE: #18-Bobby Labonte tested

IWC draws record audience:

IWC draws record audience:

March 29, 2002
IWC draws record audience: The SPEED Channel show Inside Winston Cup with drivers Michael Waltrip, Johnny Benson and Ken Schrader joining host Allen Bestwick, drew its highest-ever audience on the motorsports cable channel, as 367,000 households tuned in Monday night

Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE:

Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE:

March 26, 2002
Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE: The first of three hectic days of testing by Cup and BGN teams preparing for the Samsung/RadioShack 500 and O'Reilly 300 kicked off Monday at Texas Motor Speedway amid cool temperatures. Three Cup teams took to the 1.5-mile superspeedway

Baseball, Texas and Benson UPDATE:

Baseball, Texas and Benson UPDATE:

March 18, 2002
Baseball, Texas and Benson UPDATE: Brandweek magazine is reporting that Major League Baseball is planning a NASCAR-related promotion and licensing deal around the April 7 Winston Cup Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, today's Sports Business Daily says

Baseball, Texas and Benson:

Baseball, Texas and Benson:

March 14, 2002
Baseball, Texas and Benson: Brandweek magazine is reporting that Major League Baseball is planning a NASCAR-related promotion and licensing deal around the April 7 Winston Cup Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, today's Sports Business Daily says. Brandweek

#200 for Benson:

#200 for Benson:

March 3, 2002
#200 for Benson: #10-Johnny Benson made his 200th Winston Cup start at Las Vegas.(3-3-2002)

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

February 22, 2002
Craven wins the pole at Rockingham: #32-Ricky Craven won the Budweiser Pole for the Subway 400 with a speed of 156.008mph. It is Craven's fifth career pole. The top ten qualifiers are: 1) #32-Ricky Craven, Ford, 156.008mph 2) #36-Ken Schrader, Pontiac, 154.696 3) #

Benson, Valvoline and Big Brothers:

Benson, Valvoline and Big Brothers:

February 14, 2002
Benson, Valvoline and Big Brothers: Executives from The Valvoline Company returned to Daytona today with NASCAR driver Johnny Benson to present Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) with a $50,000 check to further solidify their support of the "Caring Hands"

Sad News:

Sad News:

February 5, 2002
Sad News: Todd Senneker, the 2001 Berlin Raceway Sportsman Rookie of the Year, died in a snowmobile accident on Friday, February 1. He was killed when his snowmobile ran off a trail and struck a tree at about 8:30 p.m. in Luce County's McMillan Township in the eastern

Welcome Back RPM 2 Night:

Welcome Back RPM 2 Night:

February 4, 2002
Welcome Back RPM 2 Night: ESPN2's RPM 2 Night with John Kernan return's tonight (Feb 4th) at 6:30pm/et [same time all this week]. Also FSN/Speed Channel Totally NASCAR returns on Feb 11th [check local listings for times, 6:30pm/et on Speed Channel and usually 6:00pm

update on the USS George Washington visit:

update on the USS George Washington visit:

January 29, 2002
update on the USS George Washington visit: Three drivers with NASCAR ties, two Indy Racing League stars, a world record-setting motorcycle drag racer and a NASCAR crew chief will spend 24 hours on the nuclear-powered aircrasft carrier USS George Washington this week

Benson special Chicago paint? UPDATE and:

Benson special Chicago paint? UPDATE and:

January 27, 2002
Benson special Chicago paint? UPDATE and: hearing that #10-Johnny Benson will have a special scheme for the Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland and the scheme will be unveiled in Feb or March 2002(1-26-2002) UPDATE: looks like the scheme will be Muppets / Fozzie Bear, plus

NASCAR and CASCAR? UPDATE:

NASCAR and CASCAR? UPDATE:

January 26, 2002
NASCAR and CASCAR? UPDATE: the Cayuga 2000 Speedway site is reporting that five 5 NASCAR Stars Officially Signed to race at the track during the final 2002 off weekend (June 28-30th) and Canada Day Weekend. An official press conference will be held sometime in Jan

Lakeland Testing:

Lakeland Testing:

January 19, 2002
Lakeland Testing: some teams/drivers tested at Lakeland Speedway in FL this week. John Andretti tested the #43 and #45 Dodges. Eliott Sadler tested the #21 Ford with help from Mark Martin. #10-Johnny Benson was scheduled to test there but had to cancel and rescheduled

Help unveil the 2002 #36 paint scheme UPDATE:

Help unveil the 2002 #36 paint scheme UPDATE:

January 18, 2002
Race fans will have a chance to help unveil the 2002 paint scheme of the #36 GNC Live Well car, driven by Hank Parker Jr. in the BGN. Beginning Monday, Jan. 14, fans visiting the official Web site of the GNC Live Well Racing team, www.GNCRacing.com, will be asked a