Johnny Benson News

Benson to drive some Late Model:

Benson to drive some Late Model:

December 7, 2000
Johnny Benson Jr., driver of the #10 Valvoline Pontiac, has committed to race in four Late Model stock car races at Berlin Raceway's half-mile in 2001. It will be the most races Benson has entered in a season at Berlin since winning the track title in 1989. Benson

Congrats:

Congrats:

December 7, 2000
#10 Valvoline Pontiac Crew Chief James Ince is used to making big decisions at a racetrack. Usually it's when to pit Johnny Benson or whether to take on two or four tires. But, on Wednesday at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. the 30-year-old Missouri native

Evernham and Valvoline:

Evernham and Valvoline:

November 21, 2000
Evernham Motorsports has chosen Valvoline as a technical partner for the return of Dodge to NASCAR Winston Cup racing next season. Valvoline becomes the official motor oil of Evernham's Dodge Dealers Intrepid R/Ts and, in addition to lubricants, will supply Zerex coolant

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

October 26, 2000
Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff

Interesting:

Interesting:

October 20, 2000
The recent bombing of the USS Cole hit close to home for Langley Speedway executives Wayne Wyatt and Chuck Hall. They were part of the NASCAR/NHRA group that spent four days with the Navy in December 1996. The group included drag racer Jim Yates and NASCAR drivers

Benson buys into a speedway:

Benson buys into a speedway:

October 18, 2000
Whitecaps Racing Development, a newly-formed affiliate company of the West Michigan Whitecaps Professional Baseball Team (Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers), today announced the purchase of Berlin Raceway from the Mysliwiec family, which founded the track in

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

October 11, 2000
Expected to test at Atlanta are #5-Terry Labonte and #10-Johnny Benson. Labonte is scheduled to test Oct. 10-11, and Benson is scheduled to test Oct. 11-12 in preparation for the Nov. 19 NAPA 500 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway. All three days will be open

Benson Announcement UPDATE 2:

Benson Announcement UPDATE 2:

October 11, 2000
there will some sort of announcment by Johnny Benson at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct 11th(today) UPDATE: hearing the announcement will be a new paint scheme featuring the Aaron's 312 Busch Series race and will be on the car for the NAPA 500 only. The Aaron's 312 will

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

September 28, 2000
Many drivers from the Winston Cup and ARCA series have scheduled test sessions at Atlanta Motor Speedway for Oct. 10-12th. #18-Bobby Labonte, #5-Terry Labonte, #20-Tony Stewart, #10-Johnny Benson, #1-Steve Park and #97-Kurt Busch are among drivers expected to test

Musgrave/#01 to Test:

Musgrave/#01 to Test:

September 21, 2000
#01 Ted Musgrave will test at Talladega on Wednesday, Sept 20th(Talladega PR)(9-18-2000) UPDATE: Musgrave and #10 Johnny Benson tested on Wednesday, see an image of #01 driver Ted Musgrave talking with crew chief Tony Glover at Testing Image, notice the roof flange

Aero Rules UPDATE 4:

Aero Rules UPDATE 4:

September 20, 2000
Expect aerodynamic rules changes to be announced by NASCAR for Talladega (Oct 15th) sometime this weekend(RPM 2Night)(9-9-2000) UPDATE: the rules were never announced, not sure when we will hear anything(9-12-2000) UPDATE 2: NASCAR Senior Vice President Mike Helton

Ince Re-Ups with the #10:

Ince Re-Ups with the #10:

August 29, 2000
#10 Aarons Crew Chief James Ince and driver Johnny Benson will stay #together through the 2001 and 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup seasons, MB2 #Motorsports announced on Tuesday. Ince agreed to two-year contract on Tuesday to remain with the #10 Pontiac that will be co-owned

Valvoline Announcement? UPDATE 5 OFFICIAL:

Valvoline Announcement? UPDATE 5 OFFICIAL:

August 19, 2000
hearing that Valvoline will announce it's 2001 Winston Cup sponsorship plans at Michigan on August 19th. It's seems to be pretty much a given that they will sponsor the #10 MB2 Motorsports Pontiac and driver Johnny Benson; AND in some form own a part of the team(8-

Nadeau beats Benson:

Nadeau beats Benson:

August 9, 2000
Jerry Nadeau defeated series regular Johnny Benson in the NASCAR Grudge Match Tuesday night in round nine of the Wendys Summer Shootout at Lowes Motor Speedway. Benson and Nadeau put 600 Racings newest production machine, the Thunder Roadster(LMS PR)(8-9-2000)

Wrestling and the #10?

Wrestling and the #10?

August 7, 2000
A few wresting (unofficial) sites are reporting that "WWF will sponsor Johnny Benson's #10 NASCAR team-car for the 2001-season." BUT sources tell me that the team had talked to a wrestling organization about sponsoring the #10 for the rest of the 2000 season in some