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Benson 34th at Martinsville
The Valvoline Pontiac after
racing at Martinsville!
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
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