1995
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Remember When
By:
Barb Benson
Johnny entered his second year of Busch Series
competition with BACE Motorsports sponsored by Lipton
Tea. The 1995 season schedule had 26 races.
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Official announcement
at Charlotte Motor Speedway in October 1994
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Johnny
and team owner
Bill Baumgardner |
Johnny won the Busch Light 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
on March 11th and the Sun-Drop 400 at Hickory Speedway
on April 15th.
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This
banner was created
for Johnny's win at Atlanta
and proudly displayed at the shop |
In
winner's circle
at Hickory Motor Speedway |
The
season stats included 12 - Top 5's,
19 Top 10's. He lead for a total of 564 laps and
completed 96 percent of all laps during the season.
The average start was 11.9 and the average finish was
9.1.
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Terry Labonte and
Johnny
in the infield at Nashville
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Johnny, crew member
and Bobby Labonte.
As you can see, Bobby is one of my favorites - we
always talk about the fan club!
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Johnny and Mark
Martin at MIS |
Mark Martin and
Johnny
racing at Daytona |
Johnny won the 1995 NASCAR Busch
Series Grand National Division Championship by 404
points over Chad Little. He clinched the title at
Rockingham with one race left to go in the season.
JB's season earnings was $469,129.
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Johnny and Chad Little
posing for the media
before the race |
The Rockingham race was
started by points so Johnny
started on the pole and
Chad Little was on the outside |
The end of the Rockingham race was
exciting as Johnny, Todd Bodine and Mike Wallce were
racing side by side on the final lap. Bodine won
and Johnny finished third which was good enough for
Johnny to clinch the championship.
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Johnny drying off
before the
ride around the track
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Debbie, Johnny and
crew chief
Steve Bird in the convertible
getting ready to take off and
answering media questions
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The
champion sign proudly
displayed in winner's circle
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A
proud moment
for father and son
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What did the team do to
celebrate their championship after the Rockingham race?
We headed to the Sandwich Construction restaurant near
the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 1995
banquet was held in Miami, Florida. A good time
was had by all.
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Johnny
reached his
goal by winning the
Busch Championship trophy |
Debbie, Johnny, Judy
and John Sr. - the
Benson's posing with
Johnny's hardware |
Johnny, Bill Baumgardner
and Steve Bird |
The Busch Series 26
race schedule gave Johnny plenty of time to do other
racing. He got behind the wheel of the #18 Roehrig
NASCAR Truck and returned to ASA Series.
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Pushing the car out
for the main event |
Always working on the
car |
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Waving to the fans |
A new experience -
driving the
Trucks at Phoenix |
