NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson has misfortune after running in top ten all day

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

June 25, 2001

JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 EAGLE ONE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ON HIS MISFORTUNE AFTER RUNNING IN THE TOP 10 ALL DAY) "Today's how our luck's been going the last couple of weeks. We had a great race car and the guys did a tremendous job. I'm real proud of the guys. We had a top-five race car, but you've got to finish to benefit from such a good car."

(WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT THE END OF THE RACE?) "We got put towards the back after our stop-and-go and had worked our way back to 17th or 18th, and then on the last lap I think it broke the rear-end gear. That really put a crimp to our day."

(WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PENALTY FOR SPEEDING ON PIT ROW?) "I don't know what happened on that one. I shifted from second too first to try and get some RPMs up and I think when I did that they thought I took off on the gas pedal two or three pits too early. That's just one of those deals."

Text provided by Al Larsen

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