#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson knows Sunday at Dover International Speedway is going to be a lot more fun that Friday afternoon during Nascar Winston Cup qualifying.

That's because Benson believes that his Pontiac will race a lot better than it
qualified and it qualified 22nd on the concrete high banks of Dover.

"I like our race car a lot," Benson said after the two-lap run. "It wasn't what
we really needed in practice because it got real loose. But, come Sunday I
think we will benefit from having this car."

Benson practiced 14th during the early morning session Friday, but did all he
could to get a respectable qualifying run in the heat of the afternoon.

"It was just a little slippery during qualifying. We expected it would maybe be
a little slick so we tightened it up. We just didn't go far enough."

Benson said he isn't worried.

"But, I'm real happy with the car. I'm not worried about that qualifying spot,
although I feel like we could have qualified a little bit better. But by the
same token, I feel it will run that speed all day long on Sunday, which is what
I'm looking forward to."

Rusty Wallace won the pole and will be joined on the front row by Dale Jarrett.
Dale Jr. qualified third.

Sunday's race begins at 1 p.m. on TNT.

Starting Lineup
Driver - MPH

1 Rusty Wallace 156.822
2 Dale Jarrett 156.767
3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 156.610
4 Ryan Newman* 156.576
5 Greg Biffle 156.318
6 Kurt Busch 156.196
7 Ricky Craven 156.196
8 Bill Elliott 155.945
9 Joe Nemechek 155.858
10 Steve Park 155.615
11 Jeremy Mayfield 155.561
12 Jeff Green 155.528
13 John Andretti 155.400
14 Dave Blaney 155.367
15 Elliott Sadler 155.226
16 Ricky Rudd 155.213
17 Matt Kenseth 155.139
18 Todd Bodine 155.012
19 Jimmie Johnson* 154.872
20 Casey Atwood 154.865
21 Mike Wallace 154.812
22 Johnny Benson 154.799
23 Tony Stewart 154.732
24 Jeff Gordon 154.726
25 Bobby Labonte 154.726
26 Sterling Marlin 154.606
27 Ken Schrader 154.606
28 Robby Gordon 154.480
29 Kyle Petty 154.460
30 Jeff Burton 154.308
31 Jimmy Spencer 154.262
32 Mark Martin 154.123
33 Jerry Nadeau 154.090
34 Mike Skinner 154.004
35 Kevin Harvick 153.787
36 Kenny Wallace 153.774
37 Michael Waltrip 153.761
38 Terry Labonte 152.646
39 Ward Burton 153.400
40 Kevin Lepage 153.198
41 Tim Sauter 152.536
42 Tony Raines 153.603
43 Hideo Fukuyama 153.074