NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Post Race Notes, Johnny Benson

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:

(ON POSTING THREE STRAIGHT TOP 10 FINISHES) "Our Valvoline Pontiac team is just doing an awesome job. I can't be any happier. We were off a little bit today, but 'off' is something I probably shouldn't complain about if we finished seventh. We're just getting better as a race team. We're going to get one of these. We just have to keep running like we are with top 10s and top fives and eventually we will get one."

(WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AT THE END OF THE RACE?) "When I got down to the corner I was on the outside of somebody and there was the full outside edge of a tire laying in the middle of the racetrack. It just killed the front of the car with three to go. We lost one position was all, but it didn't help us on trying to gain any either."

(HOW ABOUT KEVIN HARVICK WINNING TODAY?) "I can't be any happier for Kevin, obviously, but also for the team. They have been through so much. To be able to still concentrate and get the job done, you've got to really commend those guys. You've got to really be proud of them just for coming to the racetrack, let alone for going out there and competing for a win."

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