NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson has another good run at Daytona
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
July 8, 2001JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:
(ON YOUR RUN) "It was a good run for us. The Pontiacs are at such a disadvantage here. The '8' car went by us like we were standing still, but he went by everybody. You don't go by yourself on the outside and make that kind of time up. But it's OK. It was good that Junior won. I know he wanted to win and he got it done. We just did what we could and tried to hang on, but the minute he went up there it about spun me out and then everybody got underneath me. I just had to hang in the middle."
(DID YOU SEE IT COMING?) "I saw it coming from eight car lengths back. It was pretty easy to see. But it's cool. I'm glad that he won." (ANY SATISFACTION IN ANOTHER GOOD RUN AT DAYTONA?) "Oh yeah. We always have a great race car when we come to the superspeedways. It's just always at the end that all the other makes just blow right by us."
Text provided by Al Larsen
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