Benson & BDR Are Calling It Quits
This just doesn’t make sense to me.
Craftsman Trucks Series points leader Johnny Benson will be leaving Bill Davis Racing at season’s end.
The 45-year-old leads the Trucks series by six points over Ron Hornaday Jr. with two races remaining, including Friday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway.
Benson, who raced in NASCAR’s Winston Cup level for a number of teams from 1996-2003, recorded 14 victories in the NCTS, placed second in points in 2006 and was third a year ago.
“Johnny Benson has been a huge part of our success in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,” team owner Bill Davis said in a statement . “Johnny, as well as our other veteran driver, Mike Skinner, have helped us get our NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series program where it is today, and I hate to see him go.
Johnny Benson is a rock star in the Craftsman Truck Series. He’s been second or third in the final standings for the past two years and he is currently leading in points. Benson says he wants to do something different, and may even retire.
If he doesn’t retire, what else is there to do? Lose?
Sphere: Related ContentIt’s Time To Go Camping
Wow. Camping World is taking over sponsorship of the truck series. I wonder if that means any “camping” related companies won’t be allowed to sponsor trucks?
On a sidenote, check out the following paragraph from the article. Notice anything?
Camping World on Thursday was named the new sponsor for NASCAR’s Truck Series.
The sponsorship deal is four seven years.
Camping World has been a prominent brand in NASCAR and especially the Truck Series, sponsoring the Kevin Harvick Inc. No. 33 Chevrolet that Ron Hornaday Jr. drove to a championship last season.
Four seven years is a long time.
Sphere: Related ContentKyle Busch Wins Truck Race
I don’t watch the Craftsman Truck races too often, I just don’t have the time to sit down and watch three races each week. This week’s race, however, found its way onto my big screen. It was a pretty good race, IMHO.
Kyle Busch finally found his way to Victory Lane.
After a pair of second-place finishes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Nationwide Series events, followed by a fourth in the Sprint Cup Daytona 500 last week, Busch cruised to an easy victory Saturday in the San Bernardino County 200.
It was Busch’s seventh Craftsman Truck series win and first in California as he led 51 of 100 laps in a Toyota Tundra and crossed the finish lane over three seconds ahead of Todd Bodine.
“Well, Todd got going there pretty good but my truck was great,” said Busch, who started 20th and took the lead for the first time just 24 laps in. “The guys gave me an awesome truck, just like last week in Daytona.
Following Bodine’s Toyota were the Toyota’s of Johnny Benson and Terry Cook, along with polesitter Ron Hornaday Jr.’s Chevrolet Silverado.
With rain cancelling qualifying and most of the practice session, it’s going to be interesting tomorrow to watch the Sprint Cup race. The Nationwide race, which was scheduled for today, is now going to be held one hour after the Sprint Cup race tomorrow. It’s scheduled to start in California at 9pm ET. Of course, the Sprint race starts at 3:30.
I hope the Rocketman can make it two in a row. That would be awesome.
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