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Benson Quotes
From Sunday Visit To Track
JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10
VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
"I'm OK. I'm extremely sore, but outside that, we're going
to make it. We'll live through it and all that fun stuff.
Outside that, I'm pretty tender right now, but in a couple
weeks I'll be good to go."
DID YOU REMEMBER EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT FRIDAY
NIGHT?
"I remember getting hit and I remember going all the way up
and hitting the wall. But, it's really weird to watch the
video and see me getting out of the car. I don't remember
that, so there is a little bit that's fuzzy. But, I guess I
wasn't knocked out. They said I was moving right away, but I
don't remember some of that."
DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE IMPROVED IN
THE CAR THAT COULD HAVE HELPED YOU IN AN IMPACT LIKE THAT?
"To be perfectly honest, I think everything we've got in our
car is pretty good now. We are probably going to go up there
and look at the car a little bit more closely, knowing that
some stuff moved. But, I feel confident that everything is
as good as it needs to be. Now, if we can learn something -
great. But, I don't know what we could do any different.
Everything did what it was supposed to do. I talked to
NASCAR and they looked at the belts. Everything looked good
there. We know some stuff moved around, but in an impact
like that, it's going to."
HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT TO DEAL WITH THE PAIN FROM THE
BROKEN RIB?
"I don't know. I've never broken a rib before. I've had
cracked ribs before and I thought that was a big deal, but
this is a totally different world. They said it was a clean
break all the way through and it is 10 times worse than a
crack. I'll just have to deal with it. Dale Jarrett went
through it. They just give you a local shot down there to
numb that whole rib and they said they could do that when
it's time to get in the car. It won't be as painful then. It
will just feel weird, but I'll deal with that when it
happens. I'm not really thinking about that today because
I've got a little time."
KNOWING YOUR CAR IS REALLY FAST THIS WEEKEND, HOW HARD IS
IT TO WATCH SOMEBODY ELSE DRIVING IT?
"It depends how you look at it. I'd say this is one of the
best cars we've built. We built it for here and it is good.
I was extremely happy with it. Going into the race, I felt
like we could win this race. Of course, Joe [Nemechek] is
driving it now and he feels the same way. That's a tribute
to how good of a job these guys did on this car.
"Sure, I want to be driving that race car and I wanted to
win this race. But, this is still our team, and if they go
win this race with Joe, I am all for it. That's what we're
here for. We wouldn't have put Joe in the car if we didn't
believe he could go win the race with it."
ARE YOU GOING TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE RACE TODAY?
"Physically, I can. But, I'm going to beat the traffic."
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