Race/Date: Silverado 350K- Nov. 4, 2005
Location: Texas Motor Speedway–Justin, Texas
NOTES:
• This week’s race truck for Texas Motor Speedway is Chassis No. 23-73. Truck No. 23-73 helped Johnny Benson to a third-place finish last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
• Photo Finish … Benson has finished second in both starts in the No.23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Certified in Texas … Toyota Certified will serve as the primary sponsor of Benson and the No. 23 Toyota Tundra team this weekend in Texas. In the month of May, Toyota Certified surpassed the 1.5 million mark in used cars sold, making them the leader in the used car market.
• Double Duty… Benson will drive the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas and compete in the NASCAR Busch Series race driving the No. 67 car. Benson also did double duty last weekend at Atlanta, driving the No. 23 in both the Craftsman Truck Series race and the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event.
• Listen and Watch … The Silverado 350K is scheduled to start at 9:15 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 4. It will broadcast live on Speed (TV), MRN (radio) and XM Radio channel 144.
Johnny Benson’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results at TMS Texas Motor Speedway
Date Start Finish LC/TL Status $Won
10/16/2004 7 2 146/146 Running $40,050
6/10/2005 4 2 167/167 Running $46,775 Event Starts Poles Wins Top-fives Top-10s LC/TL $Won
Spring 1 0 0 1 1 167/167 (100%) $46,775
Fall 1 0 0 1 1 146/146(100%) $40,050
Totals 2 0 0 2 2 313/313 (100%) $86,825
Bill Davis Racing Quotes:
Johnny Benson on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:
“We are looking forward to Texas because second is the worst we have been there in the trucks. I would like to go there and win the race. If we can run as competitive as we have in the two races I have run there, we definitely have a shot.
“I hope we can transfer some of the information we learned last weekend in Atlanta to Texas. We really had a strong truck in Atlanta and with the tracks being so similar I hope some of the information will be useful this weekend. We brought a new truck to Atlanta and it ran really good.
“We are trying to learn more about the new truck. It is different than the ones we have had in the past and Atlanta was the first time we have worked with it. Running as good as we did, I am excited about running it the rest of the year. Hopefully, we can apply the things we learned at Atlanta to Texas and be in good shape. If we can have a good qualifying run, because Texas is notorious for being a place where it is hard to pass, then run toward the front all day, we’ll be alright.”
Johnny Benson 2005 Season Totals
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top Tens DNF Money
22 0 0 4 8 3 $288,780
2005 Johnny Benson Craftsman Truck Series Results Date Start Finish LC TL Status Money 2/18/2005 Daytona International Speedway 16 10 100 100 Running $18,300 2/25/2005 California Speedway 8 12 100 100 Running $13,515 3/18/2005 Atlanta Motor Speedway 4 11 135 135 Running $10,715 4/9/2005 Martinsville Speedway 17 17 250 250 Running $9,940 4/30/2005 Gateway International Raceway 24 11 160 160 Running $11,925 5/15/2005 Mansfield Motorsports Speedway 6 23 251 254 Running $8,115 5/20/2005 Lowe’s Motor Speedway 27 4 136 136 Running $15,750 6/3/2005 Dover International Speedway 15 34 8 200 Accident $9,640 6/10/2005 Texas Motor Speedway 4 2 167 167 Running $46,775 6/18/2005 Michigan Speedway 4 24 100 100 Running $9,815 6/24/2005 The Milwaukee Mile 28 35 140 200 Engine $7,215 7/2/2005 Kansas Speedway 15 28 161 170 Running $9,790 7/9/2005 Kentucky Speedway 13 9 151 151 Running $15,825 7/23/2005 Memphis Motorsports Park 20 9 202 202 Running $11,675 8/5/2005 Indianapolis Raceway Park 14 16 198 200 Running $10,515 8/13/2005 Nashville Superspeedway 9 8 150 150 Running $9,725 8/24/2005 Bristol Motor Speedway 8 4 200 200 Running $13,350 9/8/2005 Richmond International Raceway 10 13 201 201 Running $8,990 9/17/2005 New Hampshire 11 32 173 200 Running $7,250 9/24/2005 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 13 33 107 152 Engine $7,215 10/22/2005 Martinsville Speedway 15 15 200 200 Running $9,290 10/29/2005 Atlanta Motor Speedway 14 3 130 130 Running $23,450 Totals 13.4 16.04 3420 3758 91.01% $288,780Johnny Benson NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Career Totals
Races Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s DNFs Money
Totals 47 0 0 12 25 4 571,977
