Johnny Benson Wins at Kentucky With a Daring 4-Wide Pass

Tim Zaegel — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:14:07 +0000

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Johnny Benson won his second race of the season and took the points lead for the first time in 2008 after making a 4-wide pass with just 32 laps remaining in the Built Ford Tough 225 Saturday at Kentucky Speedway. As the field restarted on lap 119, Benson was third in line behind Bill Davis Racing teammate, Michael Annett, and Dennis Setzer, and the lapped truck of Chad Chaffin was on the inside. Benson and Setzer both attempted the pass on Michael Annett at the same time, and Chaffin moved to the bottom of the track as well in an effort to make the pass and get his lap back. In the end, though, it was Benson getting the spot and cruising through the final 32 circuits to pickup the win.

Annett finished second – 0.475 seconds behind Benson – in just his third Craftsman Truck Series start. Matt Crafton finished third, with Setzer in fourth, and David Starr rounded out the top-five finishers. Kyle Busch failed in his bid to get his 15th overall win of the season, as he finished sixth. Mike Skinner, Terry Cook, Marc Mitchell, and Ron Hornaday finished 7th through 10th.

Making his debut for the newly formed Moss Motorsports, Willie Allen started 20th and finished 15th. Jack Sprague’s tough luck this season continued with a 22nd place run after starting 5th. Erik Darnell’s no. 99 Roush-Fenway Ford was caught up in an earlier accident and finished a disappointing 29th. And, in her third Truck Series start, Chrissy Wallace made it through just 50 laps before finding an accident of her own, and she finished 33rd.

Johnny Benson climbed up three spots in the standings to take a 1 point lead over second place, Matt Crafton. Ron Hornaday’s top-ten effort wasn’t enough, as he dropped two spots down to third, where he sits just five points out of first. Rick Crawford and Mike Skinner each moved up a spot to fourth and fifth, respectively.

Complete Ford 225 Results.

Craftsman Truck Series Standings:


RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	POLES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	+3	Johnny Benson	1881	Leader	13	3	2	7	9
2	–	Matt Crafton	1880	-1	13	0	1	7	8
3	-2	Ron Hornaday	1876	-5	13	2	3	6	9
4	+1	Rick Crawford	1789	-92	13	0	0	4	7
5	+1	Mike Skinner	1780	-101	13	3	0	3	11
6	-3	Todd Bodine	1770	-111	13	0	1	6	7
7	+2	Terry Cook	1695	-186	13	0	0	2	7
8	-1	Erik Darnell	1681	-200	13	1	1	5	5
9	-1	Jack Sprague	1675	-206	13	1	0	3	6
10	+1	Dennis Setzer	1654	-227	13	0	1	2	4
11	+1	David Starr	1634	-247	13	0	0	4	6
12	-2	Chad McCumbee	1587	-294	13	0	0	2	6
13	–	Brendan Gaughan	1491	-390	13	0	0	2	3
14	–	Ted Musgrave	1474	-407	13	0	0	0	3
15	–	Colin Braun*	1461	-420	13	0	0	1	4
16	+4	Kyle Busch	1360	-521	9	1	2	4	7
17	+2	Stacy Compton	1354	-527	13	0	0	0	3
18	-1	Justin Marks*	1350	-531	13	1	0	0	1
19	-3	Shelby Howard	1336	-545	13	0	0	0	1
20	-2	Donny Lia*	1334	-547	12	0	1	1	2

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