It wasn’t a very fun day for #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

Brake problems cost Benson nine laps early in the race and he spent the rest of the day on the flat half mile track trying to stay out of everyone else’s way.

Benson ended the day in 34th place.

“That wasn’t much fun today,” Benson said. “We weren’t bad except for losing those nine laps there but once that happens your day is done. We had two  really good practices on Saturday and everyone was pretty pumped up about today, but it went away pretty fast.”

Benson started the race in 29th and reported immediate brake problems. He fell down a lap to leader Jeff Gordon on lap 51, but a caution the next lap allowed him to get back on the lead lap.

Benson them climbed to about 18th when he reported a major problem.  “The brake pedal is solid,” he said.  The car came to the garage and the crew determined the brake pedal had become ound up inside the car. The crew fixed the problem and Benson returned to the track in 41st place.

Attrition bumped Benson up to 34th when the checkered flag fell. Gordon won his second race of the season - both at Martinsville.

Benson and his teammates return to action this weekend at Atlanta.

Results

1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 185 - 10 bonus points 2. (48) Jimmie Johnson,

Chevrolet, 170 3. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 170 - 5 bonus points 4. (8)

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 165 - 5 bonus points 5. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge,

155 6. (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 155 - 5 bonus points 7. (29) Kevin

Harvick, Chevrolet, 151 - 5 bonus points 8. (42) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 142 9.

(9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 138 10. (99) Jeff Burton, Ford, 134 11. (88) Dale

Jarrett, Ford, 130 12. (30) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 127 13. (17) Matt Kenseth,

Ford, 124 14. (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 121 15. (21) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 118 16.

(23) Kenny Wallace, Dodge, 115 17. (41) Casey Mears, Dodge, 112 18. (22) Ward

Burton, Dodge, 109 19. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 106 20. (25) Joe Nemechek,

Chevrolet, 108 - 5 bonus points 21. (01) Mike Skinner, Pontiac, 100 22. (49)

Ken Schrader, Dodge, 97 23. (74) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 94 24. (43) Jeff

Green, Dodge, 91 25. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 88 26. (15) Michael Waltrip,

Chevrolet, 85 27. (0) Jason Leffler, Pontiac, 82 28. (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford,

79 29. (2) Rusty Wallace, Dodge, 81 - 5 bonus points 30. (02) Hermie Sadler,

Pontiac, 73 31. (1) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 70 32. (32) Ricky Craven,

Pontiac, 67 33. (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 64 34. (10) Johnny Benson,

Pontiac, 61 35. (4) Kevin Lepage, Pontiac, 58 36. (31) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet,

55 37. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, 52 38. (7) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 49 39. (97)

Kurt Busch, Ford, 51 - 5 bonus points 40. (54) Todd Bodine, Ford, 43 41. (18)

Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 40 42. (37) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 37 43. (40)

Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 34 Average speed of race winner: 67.653 mph. Time of

race: 3 hours, 53 minutes, 15 seconds. Margin of victory: 1.036. Caution flags:

15 for 117 laps. Lead changes: 9 among 8 drivers. Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-107;

T. Labonte 108-147; D. Earnhardt Jr 148-180; R. Wallace 181-198; K. Harvick

199-208; K. Busch 209-245; D. Earnhardt Jr 246-273; T. Stewart 274-275; J.

Nemechek 276-294; J. Gordon 295-500.

Results

1. Matt Kenseth, 4548

2. Kevin Harvick, 4308

3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 4265

4. Ryan Newman, 4248

5. Jimmie Johnson, 4242

6. Jeff Gordon, 4202

7. Tony Stewart, 3971

8. Bobby Labonte, 3840

9. Terry Labonte, 3775

10. Bill Elliott, 3685

11. Kurt Busch, 3666

12. Michael Waltrip, 3638

13. Jeff Burton, 3606

14. Rusty Wallace, 3587

15. Jamie McMurray, 3524

16. Robby Gordon, 3513

17. Mark Martin, 3485

18. Greg Biffle, 3329

19. Sterling Marlin, 3232

20. Jeremy Mayfield, 3231

21. Ward Burton, 3230

22. Ricky Rudd, 3226

23. Elliott Sadler, 3105

24. Ricky Craven, 3100

25. Joe Nemechek, 3022

26. Dale Jarrett, 3021

27. Johnny Benson, 3016

28. Dave Blaney, 2890

29. Jimmy Spencer, 2790

30. Kenny Wallace, 2733

31. Steve Park, 2655

32. Todd Bodine, 2597

33. Jeff Green, 2455

34. Casey Mears, 2376

35. Tony Raines, 2278

36. Ken Schrader, 2229

37. Kyle Petty, 2201

38. John Andretti, 2057

39. Mike Skinner, 1914

40. Jack Sprague, 1284

41. Mike Wallace, 1104

42. Larry Foyt, 955

43. Christian Fittipaldi, 857

44. Jerry Nadeau, 844

45. Jason Leffler, 764

46. Derrike Cope, 745

47. Kevin Lepage, 506

48. Johnny Sauter, 356

49. Hermie Sadler, 333

50. Brett Bodine, 308