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Location: Nashville Superspeedway Nashville, Tenn.
This weeks race truck for Nashville Superspeedway is Chassis No. 23-60. Johnny Benson drove this truck to victory at The Milwaukee Mile in late June.
Million Dollar Man By starting the race this weekend, Benson will surpass the $1 million mark in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career earnings. Benson will be the 33rd competitor to accomplish this task. Benson will also be the ninth driver to earn more than $1 million in each of NASCARs top three touring series. It has taken Benson 66 starts to accomplish this feat.
Bill Davis Racing First Once Benson reaches the $1 million mark, all three Bill Davis Racing drivers will be part of that elite group of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series millionaires. The feat will also make the Bill Davis Racing team the only team in Craftsman Truck Series history in which all drivers have earned more than $1 million. Bill Lester passed the $1 million mark last year at Kentucky Speedway, and Mike Skinner has totaled $2,306,097 in career earnings.
Moving on up The teams 12th place finish last Friday night at OReilly Raceway Park propelled Benson into the runner up spot in the Craftsman Truck Series Championship points standings. Benson is only 182 points behind leader and fellow Toyota driver Todd Bodine.
Certified Winner The Toyota Certified Used Vehicles logo will again adorn the hood of No. 23 Toyota Tundra this week in the Toyota Tundra 200.
Nice Finish In 2005, Benson finished eighth at Nashville in 2005, joining his teammates in the top 10. It was the first time in BDR history in which all three Craftsman Truck Series teams finished in the top 10 at the same event.
Listen and Watch The Toyota Tundra 200 is scheduled to start at 5:15 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 12. It will broadcast live on Speed (TV), MRN (radio) and XM Radio channel 144.
Johnny Bensons NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
Date Start Finish LC/TL Status $Won
8/14/2004 17 6 150/150 Running $7,775
8/13/2005 9 8 150/150 Running $9,725
Starts Poles Wins Top-fives Top-10s LC/TL $Won
2 0 0 0 2 300/300 (100%) $17,500
Bill Davis Racing Quotes:
Johnny Benson on racing at Nashville Superspeedway:
I love Nashville. The track is pretty neat, although its tough place to pass. Its a finesse-type of race track, where you have to really concentrate to hold it down at the bottom of the track. It also requires a lot of discipline to make sure you dont go into the corner too hard.
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Nashville is also a special place for Toyota. They bring an enormous group of employees to the track, and it is important for the Toyota teams to do well in front of them. We won in Milwaukee, which was also sponsored by Toyota, and I am hoping we can go two-for-two this season and take our Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra to victory lane.
Johnny Benson NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Career Totals
Races Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s DNFs Money
Totals 65 2 1 21 37 4 995,581
Johnny Benson 2006 Season Totals
Starts Wins Poles Top 5s Top Tens DNF Money
15 2 0 7 10 0 $315,300
2006 Johnny Benson Craftsman Truck Series Results
Date Start Finish LC TL Status Money
2/17/2006 Daytona International Speedway 10 15 100 100 Running $17,290
2/24/2006 California Speedway 26 6 106 106 Running $15,425
3/17/2006 Atlanta Motor Speedway 17 3 135 135 Running $24,000
4/1/2006 Martinsville Speedway 7 30 241 250 Running $7,440
4/29/2006 Gateway International Raceway 11 5 160 160 Running $19,650
5/19/2006 Lowes Motor Speedway 6 12 134 134 Running $10,940
5/27/2006 Mansfield Motorsports Speedway 6 4 250 250 Running $13,825
6/2/2006 Dover International Speedway 10 6 200 200 Running $16,475
6/9/2006 Texas Motor Speedway 4 5 268 268 Running $17,125
6/17/2006 Michigan Speedway 5 1 102 102 Running $56,600
6/23/2006 The Milwaukee Mile 4 1 200 200 Running $55,500
7/1/2006 Kansas Speedway 22 9 167 167 Running $13,300
7/8/2006 Kentucky Speedway 7 4 150 150 Running $28,025
7/15/2006 Memphis Motorsports Park 18 32 199 202 Running $8,490
8/4/2006 Indianapolis Raceway Park 17 12 200 200 Running $11,215
Totals 11.3 9.6 2612 2624 99.54% $315,300
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