NASCAR Daytona RESULTS

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Benson 27th at Daytona

#10 Pontiac driver Johnny Benson wasn’t happy with his 27th-place
finish Saturday night in Daytona, but it beats the frustration of recent
history in the 400-mile night race.

Benson was running in the top-ten on lap 8 last year when he was wrecked
forcing him to miss the next two races with broken ribs.

So compared to last year,  a 27th-place finish Saturday night doesn’t look so
bad.

“No we aren’t happy because we didn’t run like we thought we would,” Benson
said after the race. “But our goal was to survive and finish and we did that so
that is the positive we will take out of tonight’s race. We’ve been a lot
faster down here in the past and got wrecked so I guess you have to look on the
bright side.”

Benson started the race complaining about an “extreme four-wheel slide” through
the corners at Daytona. He was toiling near the back of the field on lap 74
when Kurt Busch spun in turn two triggering an accident that knocked seven cars
from contention.

Benson flat-spotted all four tires on the Pontiac while evading the
carnage.

“That was pretty close,” he said. “All you see is smoke and cars sliding
everywhere. There’s a great deal of luck in missing big ones like that.”

Benson’s car got better as the night went on.

“Toward the end of the race we seemed to be a bit better but we were so far
back that we could never catch up to the lead pack.”

Benson climbed to 15th before a late race stop for gas dropped him into the
27th spot he occupied when the checkered flag fell.

Greg Biffle earned his first career victory as he stretched fuel mileage on the
final run.

Benson and his teammates return to action Sunday in Chicago.

Results

1. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 180 - 5 bonus points 2. (99) Jeff Burton, Ford, 170
3. (21) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 165 4. (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 160 5. (18)
Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 160 - 5 bonus points 6. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford,
155 - 5 bonus points 7. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 151 - 5 bonus points
8. (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 142 9. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 148 - 10
bonus points 10. (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 134 11. (15) Michael Waltrip,
Chevrolet, 135 - 5 bonus points 12. (7) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 127 13. (54) Todd
Bodine, Ford, 124 14. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 126 - 5 bonus points 15.
(23) Kenny Wallace, Dodge, 118 16. (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 115 17. (09)
Buckshot Jones, Dodge, 112 18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 114 - 5 bonus
points 19. (40) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 106 20. (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 103 21.
(20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 100 22. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 97 23. (45) Kyle
Petty, Dodge, 99 - 5 bonus points 24. (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 96 - 5 bonus
points 25. (41) Casey Mears, Dodge, 88 26. (80) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 85 27.
(10) Johnny Benson, Pontiac, 82 28. (2) Rusty Wallace, Dodge, 79 29. (1) Jeff
Green, Chevrolet, 76 30. (22) Ward Burton, Dodge, 78 - 5 bonus points 31. (0)
Jack Sprague, Pontiac, 70 32. (60) David Green, Chevrolet, 67 33. (4) Stacy
Compton, Pontiac, 64 34. (14) Larry Foyt, Dodge, 61 35. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford,
58 36. (97) Kurt Busch, Ford, 55 37. (42) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 52 38. (25)
Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 49 39. (30) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 46 40. (31) Robby
Gordon, Chevrolet, 43 41. (49) Ken Schrader, Dodge, 40 42. (01) Mike Wallace,
Pontiac, 37 43. (32) Ricky Craven, Pontiac, 34

Points
1. Matt Kenseth, 2551
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2371
3. Jeff Gordon, 2348
4. Bobby Labonte, 2296
5. Michael Waltrip, 2159
6. Jimmie Johnson, 2079
7. Kurt Busch, 2067
8. Kevin Harvick, 2049
9. Rusty Wallace, 2019
10. Sterling Marlin, 1998
11. Tony Stewart, 1949
12. Mark Martin, 1949
13. Terry Labonte, 1910
14. Jeff Burton, 1907
15. Robby Gordon, 1877
16. Ryan Newman, 1833
17. Ricky Craven, 1831
18. Elliott Sadler, 1773
19. Bill Elliott, 1772
20. Greg Biffle, 1707
21. Ward Burton, 1690
22. Joe Nemechek, 1688
23. Jamie McMurray, 1648
24. Ricky Rudd, 1644
25. Johnny Benson, 1610
26. Dave Blaney, 1592
27. Jeremy Mayfield, 1589
28. Dale Jarrett, 1553
29. Kenny Wallace, 1545
30. Jimmy Spencer, 1487
31. Todd Bodine, 1479
32. Jeff Green, 1353
33. Steve Park, 1303
34. Casey Mears, 1297
35. Kyle Petty, 1247
36. Jack Sprague, 1241
37. Ken Schrader, 1212
38. John Andretti, 1137
39. Tony Raines, 1111
40. Mike Skinner, 1004
41. Jerry Nadeau, 844
42. Larry Foyt, 646
43. Mike Wallace, 588