Benson holds off Gaughan win Bristol Truck race
Quote selected text Published August 22nd, 2007 in NASCAR NewsJohnny Benson used an alternative pit strategy to perfection and captured Wednesday night’s O’Reilly 200 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.23 Exide Batteries Toyota crossed the finish line seven lengths ahead of Brendan Gaughan.
The victory was Benson’s second of the season and seventh of his Craftsman Truck Series career.
Martin, Skinner and Rick Crawford completed the top-five. For the first time in 20 races, Skinner failed to lead a lap.
The next race on the truck series schedule is set for Saturday, September 1st at the Gateway International Raceway.
RESULTS:
FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS
1 8 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Exide Batteries 190/5 200 Running
2 2 77 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet South Point Resort 175/5 200 Running
3 10 21 Mark Martin Ford Mark Martin Ford 165/0 200 Running
4 5 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 160/0 200 Running
5 11 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel 155/0 200 Running
6 14 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping Wor
ld / RVs.com 150/0 200 Running
7 16 4 Mike Bliss Dodge Open Joist 146/0 200 Running
8 7 60 Jack Sprague Toyota Con-way Freight 142/0 200 Running
9 15 2 Cale Gale Chevrolet Camping Wor
ld / RVs.com 138/0 200 Running
10 13 50 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 134/0 200 Running
11 1 6 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Filters 140/10 200 Running
12 20 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Turtle Wax Ice / Menards 127/0 200 Running
13 6 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 124/0 200 Running
14 3 47 Regan Smith Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 121/0 200 Running
15 9 51 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Flanders Beef Patties 118/0 200 Running
16 29 1 David Green Toyota RFMS Inc. / Red Horse Racing 115/0 200 Running
17 27 10 David Starr Ford Maxx Force Diesel 112/0 200 Running
18 17 18 Ken Schrader Dodge Fastenal 109/0 200 Running
19 22 13 Willie Allen * Chevrolet Nat’l Pork Board / ThorSport Racing 106/0 200 Running
20 21 149 Bradley Riethmeyer Dodge BlackwaterU
SA.com 103/0 200 Running
21 34 00 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Aaron’s Lucky Dog 100/0 200 Running
22 23 40 Brandon Miller Chevrolet Curtis Key Plumbing 97/0 200 Running
23 33 09 Joey Clanton * Ford Zaxby’s 94/0 200 Running
24 12 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 91/0 199 Running
25 28 08 Shane Sieg Chevrolet People Against Drugs 88/0 196 Running
26 18 75 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing 85/0 180 Running
27 30 9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Germain Mtr Co. 82/0 158 Accident
28 26 07 Tim Sauter * Chevrolet Lester Buildings 79/0 143 Running
29 25 16 Derrike Cope Ford Xpress Motorsports 76/0 134 Accident
30 36 171 Bryan Silas Chevrolet Shell ROTELLA T 73/0 131 Running
31 4 22 Ryan Mathews Toyota Chimney Rock Cattle Co. “500″ 70/0 127 Running
32 19 59 Terry Cook Toyota Harris Trucking 67/0 120 Running
33 35 15 Nate Monteith Chevrolet Graceway Pharmaceutica-
ls 64/0 118 Handling
34 24 7 Jason White * Dodge Hooters Energy Drink 61/0 88 Clutch
35 31 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet The GPS Store / Garmin 58/0 35 Accident
36 32 46 Timothy Peters Chevrolet Tahoe Smokeless 55/0 33 Accident
- Brendan Gaughan back with Chevrolet in Truck series
- Gaughan to fill in for Gordon at Daytona testing
- Gaughan lands new truck ride with Circle Bar Racing
- Gaughan is first to test R3 safety deivce
- Hornaday wins Truck race at Indy Raceway Park
I missed the race. I wanted to see if the
racing changed for the better with the repaved track.
Anyone notice anything?
Andy- i was told that ky busch made an impressive pass going 2 or 3 wide in a turn
Ya then later Kyle lost it and took the leader out. He was doing his normal over driving. But to answer the Question there was a second racing lane and it was as fast as the bottom lane. There were several passes on the outside. At this point I give the new surface an A+.
Alright! Sounds good
Thanks for the info.
Other than Kyle. I expected nothing less.