NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson a little 'too tight' at the Las Vegas finish line

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:

"The Valvoline Pontiac was pretty awesome. It was just a little too tight the last two runs, but we can't be any happier. James Ince and the guys did a tremendous job. We're happy with fourth. We thought maybe we had a shot at it, but we just needed it to be a little more loose."

(ON QUALIFYING FOR THE NEXT NO BULL 5 RACE) "Hey, I forgot about that. That was the game plan. I mean the game plan was to try to win, but to get an orange spoiler on this thing is cool. We're real happy about that. "We really wanted to go for the win. That's why we gambled, coming in and getting four tires. James said, 'We can do two or you can gamble and go for the win.' I said, 'Man, I rather gamble. That's what we're here for.'"

(HOW WAS THE RACING OUT THERE?) "I thought it fine. Everywhere I was at all day long everything was pretty cool. I just love coming out here to Las Vegas. One of these days we're going to get one of these wins."

(ON YOU THINKING ABOUT POINTS YET?) "We're thinking about wins. We've got to go for the wins. We'll worry about the points, but we're going for the wins this year to get ourselves consistent and get ourselves running fast."

Text Provided By Al Larsen

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