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NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson Qualifying Notes, Darlington

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
March 18, 2001

JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:

(ON IT PAYING OFF TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD START TO THE SEASON) "It sure does. A day like today this early in the season, when you have no qualifying, it does pay to be good in the points. But in the same token, you've still got to race here. You've still got to race a lot of laps and you've got to be there at the end. It's just nice to be able to start up front. But having been here with James [Ince] before, we've sat on the front row, so we would have liked to have seen qualifying happen. But, in the same token, we know that this is going to happen throughout the year. This is just all part of it."

Text provided by Al Larsen

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