Thoughts From Johnny Benson, No. 10 Valvoline Pontiac Grand Prix:

WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR YOUR RECENT SUCCESS AT ROCKINGHAM?
"I like the place. I've always liked Rockingham. It's a 'slip-slide' type racetrack. You've got to finesse it a little bit and we've been able to get our Pontiac to really handle there the last few times. Even going back to when I first started racing in the Busch series, we've always run good there."

WHAT ELSE MAKES ROCKINGHAM WORK FOR YOU?
"One thing I really like about Rockingham is that turns one and two end up being two grooves, and three and four ends up being three grooves a lot of times. That's always fun when you can go race like that. If everybody is down at the bottom, you've got another choice. You just go ahead and run the top, or vice-versa."

IS IT NICE TO BE MORE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY AT ROCKINGHAM AS COMPARED TO DAYTONA?
"You definitely feel like you've got pretty good control of what is going on. At Rockingham, obviously drafting isn't important like it is at Daytona, so you don't have to worry about being hung out or not having a drafting partner. You don't set your car up specifically to draft, so there are a lot of other elements to think about."

HOW DID YOUR TEST GO AT ROCKINGHAM IN JANUARY?
"We feel like the test went pretty well. There are always things you can learn and we felt like we learned a couple of different things there. We feel like we'll be OK this weekend. The last couple times we've been there with the Valvoline Pontiac team, we've been pretty good. We've been happy with our finishes being up in the top five and top 10. Now, we just need to get a little bit better."