Johnny Benson Jr.

Johnny Benson Jr.
File:Johnny Benson Cheerios.jpg Benson in 1998
Born	(1963-06-27) June 27, 1963 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Achievements	1995 Busch Series Champion 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion 1993 ASA National Tour Champion
Awards	1996 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1994 Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1990 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year 2006, 2007, 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
274 races run over 11 years
Best finish	11th (1997, 2001)
First race	1996 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2007 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win	2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 58 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
91 races run over 10 years
Best finish	1st (1995)
First race	1993 Detroit Gasket 200 (Michigan)
Last race	2007 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
First win	1994 SplitFire 200 (Dover)
Last win	1995 Sundrop 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 35 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
138 races run over 10 years
Best finish	1st (2008)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2010 WinStar World Casino 400K (Texas)
First win	2006 Con-way Freight 200 (Michigan)
Last win	2008 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 14 90 5
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)
Last race	2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 7, 2014.

Jonathan "Johnny" Benson Jr. (born June 27, 1963) is an American NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson, Sr. His career highlights include the 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship, the 1995 Busch Series championship, the 1996 Winston Cup NASCAR Rookie of the Year award, and the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series championship.

Early career

Benson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was late model champion at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan before joining the American Speed Association (ASA) in 1990. During Benson's rookie season in the ASA he captured one pole position, led 174 laps and scored eight top 10 finishes to blitz the competition for the ASA's Pat Schauer Rookie of the Year award. In 1991 Benson compiled 13 top 10's including four second-place finishes. Benson ranked fourth in the ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series in 1991. Benson later went on to win the 1993 ASA championship. During his time in the ASA series he drove the No. 21 Valvoline Chevrolet for Throop Motorsports.

In 1993, Benson made his Busch Series debut at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 41 Delco Remy Chevrolet for Ernie Irvan. He started 20th, but finished 40th after an early crash when he had flipped in the race. He ran three more races that season in the No. 74 Staff America Chevy for BACE Motorsports, qualifying third at Hickory Motor Speedway. His best finish was an eighteenth at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Benson was hired to drive full-time for BACE in 1994. He won his first career race at the SplitFire 200 and finished sixth in points, winning Rookie of the Year honors. The following season, Benson won early in the season at Atlanta and Hickory and had nineteen top-tens, winning the championship. He also began running in the Truck Series in the No. 18 Performance Friction Chevrolet Silverado for Kurt Roehrig. In his first season, his best finish was a second at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The following season, he won the pole at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

1996–1999

In 1996, he moved up to the Winston Cup Series, a series Benson's father John Benson Sr. competed in for one race back in 1973. He joined the No. 30 Pennzoil team owned by Bahari Racing. He failed to qualify for one race at the Food City 500, but won the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year title. He won one pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In August he dominated the Brickyard 400 before a problem on the last pit stop ended his chances for victory. He ended the season with seven top-tens and was 21st in points. He was invited to the 1996 International Race of Champions as the reigning Busch Series champion, and finished third in the final points, finishing in the Top 10 in all four races.

1997 racecar

In 1997, Benson had eight top-tens, but did not finish in the top-five once. He won his second career pole at Michigan and finished outside of the top 10 by one point to Ken Schrader. At the end of the season he announced he would be joining Roush Racing to run the brand-new No. 26 General Mills/Cheerios Ford Taurus.

He missed the season opening Daytona 500, then finished 30th at the following race. He then had a streak of no finishes worse than ninth over the next five races and rose as high as tenth in points, before he finished 38th and 41st in the next two races. For the rest of the season, his best finish was ninth and he qualified no higher than second. He finished 20th in points. Benson had numerous crew chiefs in 1999. He had two top 10 finishes and finished 28th in the final standings. After a long negotiation, he was able to buy out his contract and announced he would leave Roush.

2000–2003

The No. 10 at the 2003 Auto Club 500

At the start of the 2000 Winston Cup Series Season Johnny found himself without a sponsor when he signed on to join Tyler Jet Motorsports to run the No. 10 car. The team showed up at Daytona Speedweeks with a white unsponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. Lycos.com signed on to be the team's sponsor for the year on the morning of the Daytona 500. During the race Johnny and crew chief James Ince gambled on a late pitstop when they took only 2 right side tires and fuel, to come out with the lead with 43 laps to go. He held off the field until a multi-car crash brought out the caution in the final 10 laps. On the restart with 4 laps to go Benson was leading with Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton right behind. Jarrett bumped Benson, sending him up the track going into turn one, then passed him for the win while Benson slid back in 12th. The car that Benson used is currently a coffee table in Benson's home. Benson finished sixth in the third race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and was eleventh in points. At the next race at Atlanta, Benson did not qualify in first-round qualifying, and he missed the race after the second round was canceled. Benson finished second three weeks later.

At the July Pepsi 400, the Tyler Jet Motorsports car showed up at Daytona again with a white car. During the weekend before the race the team removed the Lycos.com decals. Reports said that it was because Lycos never paid. Tyler Jet went sponsorless for the next 4 races before Aaron's came aboard right before the team shut down. During the sponsorless run the team was sold to MB2 Motorsports. In August, Valvoline announced they would not only sponsor the team but become part owner. Benson finished in thirteenth place in the final points.

Benson began his 2001 season with an engine failure that relegated him to 28th place, a few laps after the race's "Big One" involving 19 cars took place. He had top-ten finishes in each of the next four races, including a 4th-place run in the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, which allowed him to be a career high second in the points (tied with Sterling Marlin) following the spring Darlington Race. He finished third at Texas and Indianapolis. He did not win a points race, although he did win the non-points Winston Open at Charlotte from the pole after leader Ryan Newman in the No. 02 Alltel Ford suffered a blown engine late in the race. Benson finished eleventh in the final points standings in 2001.

Benson started 2002 with a 10th-place finish in the Daytona 500 despite a crash early in the race. In May, Benson agreed to race in the Richmond Busch Series race for Marsh Racing in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet. Benson was involved in a wreck in the early stages of the races and ended up with broken ribs and he missed three Cup races. At the Pepsi 400 in Daytona he started sixth, and on the eighth lap he got together with Michael Waltrip. Benson ended up rebreaking his ribs which put him out of action for two more races. At Loudon Johnny started second, led 53 of 207 laps, and finished fourth. Benson tied a career-best second-place finish at the Martinsville Speedway, which he got twice in 2000. On November 3, he started 26th in the 43 car field at the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at Rockingham. With 50 laps to go he was running in fifth, and with 28 laps left he passed Mark Martin (who coincidentally had Valvoline as his sponsor for many years) for the lead. In the last 10 laps other drivers were running out of gas including his teammate Ken Schrader, but Benson held off Martin by 0.26 seconds to win the race.

Benson was sixth in points after the first 4 races of 2003. Benson had Top 5 finishes at Dover and Homestead, and finished 24th in the points. Valvoline decided to release Benson in favor of rookie driver Scott Riggs after the season was over.

Busch and Trucks: 2004–2010

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Benson in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 truck during 2007.

Benson in the Bill Davis Racing No. 36 car at Homestead in 2007, his final career Cup Series start.

2004 started off with Johnny signing on with Phoenix Racing to run the full 2004 Busch Series schedule. Benson won his first and only career Busch pole at Rockingham, but a rules violation relegated him to last place when the green flag dropped for the race. He was poised to win at Bristol in the spring until Benson was caught up in a late race incident between Kevin Harvick and David Stremme. Benson was also involved in a crash between the top 4 drivers at Nashville while racing for the win, and parted ways with Phoenix before the Richmond race. He also drove four races in Phoenix's No. 09 Cup ride, his best finish 27th at the Daytona 500.

Over the next few months Johnny ran one Busch race for Matt Kenseth and Robbie and John Reiser. In August he was offered a ride in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 truck in the Craftsman Truck Series, which was previously driven by Shelby Howard before he was released from the team. Johnny had eight Top 10 finishes in thirteen races, finishing 25th in the 2004 series' points standings. Benson had ten Top 10 finishes in 25 races, and was 10th in the 2005 points standings. He ran four Busch races, one for FitzBradshaw Racing, and another for Smith Bros. Racing, finishing 18th at Nashville. He also had three Cup starts, two of them in the No. 00 Sara Lee Chevy for Michael Waltrip, and another at Atlanta in the No. 23 Dodge Intrepid for Bill Davis, finishing 28th.

He won his first Craftsman Truck Series race at the 2006 Con-way Freight 200 at the Michigan International Speedway. With the win, Johnny became the seventeenth driver that won a race in all three of NASCAR's major series. He has also won a pole in each of the three series. He followed with a back-to-back win at the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at Milwaukee Mile. His third win of the season was at the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Speedway. His fourth win of the season was at the Sylvania 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Johnny won his fifth race of the year at the Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Benson finished the 2006 season in second place, 127 behind Todd Bodine. He was named the series' Most Popular Driver for 2006.

For the 2007 season, Benson continued to drive in the No. 23 truck for Bill Davis Racing. He finished the season in third place with four wins: the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at Milwaukee Mile, the O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife at Bristol, the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway, and the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Benson was named the series' Most Popular Driver for the second year in row, becoming the first driver to repeat as award recipient. Benson also returned to NEXTEL Cup racing by driving the Wyler Racing No. 46 Toyota Camry in the 2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400. He also returned to the Busch racing by driving the Phoenix Racing No. 1 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in the 2007 AT&T 250. Bill Davis also had Benson pull "double duty", driving the No. 23 truck and the No. 36 Toyota Camry in the Cup Series on the same weekend; he did so at the final two races of the year (Phoenix and Homestead-Miami).

Benson drove the No. 23 truck in the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series, winning the series championship in the last race of the season. With the title, he became the second driver to win both the Busch Grand National (now Nationwide) Series and Craftsman Truck Series championships (Greg Biffle accomplished this in 2002). In addition, to date he joined a list of only 6 drivers to ever win at least one championship in more than one of the three main title series (Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, and Kyle Busch are the others, and they have won championships in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.) His first win of the season came at the Camping World RV Sales 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, the third consecutive race that Benson has won as Milwaukee Mile. His second, third, and fourth wins came at the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway, the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, and the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. With this series of wins, he became the fifth driver in the Craftsman Truck Series to win three races in a row. His fifth win of the year came at the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Benson was named the series' Most Popular Driver for the third year in row.

Also in 2008, after a deal for Jacques Villeneuve to drive the Bill Davis Racing No. 27 Toyota Camry fell through, it was announced that Benson and Mike Skinner would share driving duties for the No. 27. Benson failed to qualify in his first appearance in 2008 at the Kobalt Tools 500, which is also Benson's last attempt to run a Sprint Cup series race to date.

On November 6, 2008, Benson announced that he would not be returning to Bill Davis Racing after the 2008 season. On December 8, 2008, Benson announced that he would be joining the Red Horse Racing team to drive the No. 1 Toyota Tundra in the 2009 season. Benson's crew chief from the 2008 season, Trip Bruce, also joined the No. 1 team. On June 8, 2009, it was announced that Red Horse Racing was having to suspend the No. 1 due to a lack of sponsorship after competing in eight races with four top 10 finishes.

On June 13, 2009 Benson was burned in a fiery crash in an ISMA Supermodifieds race at Berlin Raceway. He was transported to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital with where he was hospitalized suffering from a broken collarbone, separated shoulder, three broken ribs, bruised lungs, a fractured wrist and third-degree burns on one elbow. After undergoing two surgeries for the burns and a separated shoulder, Benson fully recovered.

For the 2010 season, Kyle Busch Motorsports intended to field a truck for Benson, but did not to secure the necessary sponsorship. Benson served as a mentor to Kyle Busch Motorsports' drivers Brian Ickler and Tayler Malsam. Benson drove for Team Gill Racing in the season opener at Daytona finishing 8th. He then drove for Billy Ballew Motorsports at Martinsville, Kansas, and Dover finishing in the top 10 in all 3 races including a pair of 5th-place finishes at Martinsville and Kansas. Benson's only race for Kyle Busch Motorsports came at Texas where he finished 10th. This was his final race in NASCAR.

Turn One Racing announced in 2011 that they intended to field a truck for Benson in 2012, but the deal fell through due to sponsorship issues.

Post-racing career

Benson currently works for the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
1996	Bahari Racing	30	Pontiac	DAY 23	CAR 20	RCH 37	ATL 38	DAR 24	BRI DNQ	NWS 24	MAR 25	TAL 10	SON 18	CLT 38	DOV 17	POC 25	MCH 37	DAY 25	NHA 9	POC 5	TAL 18	IND 8*	GLN 15	MCH 7	BRI 28	DAR 11	RCH 10	DOV 24	MAR 17	NWS 17	CLT 14	CAR 40	PHO 32	ATL 27						21st	3004
1997				DAY 28	CAR 27	RCH 9	ATL 11	DAR 10	TEX 28	BRI 31	MAR 17	SON 21	TAL 9	CLT 15	DOV 21	POC 27	MCH 10	CAL 13	DAY 16	NHA 18	POC 13	IND 7	GLN 11	MCH 24	BRI 18	DAR 19	RCH 13	NHA 19	DOV 28	MAR 19	CLT 10	TAL 19	CAR 36	PHO 7	ATL 10					11th	3575
1998	Roush Racing	26	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR 30	LVS 4	ATL 9	DAR 8	BRI 5	TEX 5	MAR 38	TAL 41	CAL 8	CLT 9	DOV 41	RCH 18	MCH 22	POC 36	SON 21	NHA 21	POC 33	IND 25	GLN 9	MCH 34	BRI 33	NHA 21	DAR 21	RCH 41	DOV 15	MAR 9	CLT 28	TAL 31	DAY 26	PHO 9	CAR 41	ATL 23				20th	3160
1999				DAY 17	CAR 16	LVS 38	ATL 22	DAR 18	TEX 11	BRI 29	MAR 35	TAL 30	CAL 43	RCH 28	CLT 18	DOV 7	MCH 19	POC 30	SON 26	DAY 24	NHA 17	POC 14	IND 19	GLN 38	MCH 21	BRI 33	DAR 32	RCH 22	NHA 7	DOV 18	MAR 28	CLT 16	TAL 42	CAR 28	PHO 31	HOM 35	ATL 39			28th	3012
2000	Tyler Jet Motorsports	10	Pontiac	DAY 12	CAR 14	LVS 6	ATL DNQ	DAR 24	BRI 2	TEX 42	MAR 16	TAL 13	CAL 23	RCH 25	CLT 16	DOV 15	MCH 24	POC 34	SON 18	DAY 13	NHA 14																			13th	3716
	MB2 Motorsports																					POC 12	IND 25	GLN 27	MCH 5	BRI 13	DAR 38	RCH 7	NHA 11	DOV 2	MAR 19	CLT 8	TAL 33	CAR 11	PHO 16	HOM 30	ATL 10
2001				DAY 28	CAR 6	LVS 4	ATL 7	DAR 7	BRI 26	TEX 3	MAR 20	TAL 7	CAL 11	RCH 6	CLT 20	DOV 41	MCH 12	POC 24	SON 29	DAY 13	CHI 27	NHA 36	POC 5	IND 3	GLN 16	MCH 5	BRI 36	DAR 14	RCH 10	DOV 31	KAN 37	CLT 36	MAR 6	TAL 23	PHO 10	CAR 3	HOM 20	ATL 23	NHA 12	11th	4152
2002				DAY 10	CAR 23	LVS 32	ATL 27	DAR 33	BRI 39	TEX 13	MAR 19	TAL 39	CAL 15	RCH INQ†	CLT	DOV	POC 20	MCH 6	SON 16	DAY 43	CHI	NHA	POC 30	IND 37	GLN 25	MCH 8	BRI 12	DAR 34	RCH 35	NHA 4	DOV 10	KAN 23	TAL 40	CLT 18	MAR 2	ATL 23	CAR 1	PHO 16	HOM 13	29th	3132
2003				DAY 19	CAR 13	LVS 12	ATL 11	DAR 25	BRI 19	TEX 32	TAL 41	MAR 32	CAL 36	RCH 15	CLT 24	DOV 5	POC 24	MCH 26	SON 30	DAY 27	CHI 18	NHA 26	POC 20	IND 13	GLN 27	MCH 10	BRI 14	DAR 40	RCH 9	NHA 25	DOV 21	TAL 41	KAN 35	CLT 16	MAR 34	ATL 24	PHO 21	CAR 29	HOM 4	24th	3448
2004	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge	DAY 27	CAR	LVS 31	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 40	MAR	TAL 29	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	57th	271
2005	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH 42	BRI 43	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR					64th	150
	Bill Davis Racing	23	Dodge																																	ATL 28	TEX	PHO	HOM
2007	Wyler Racing	46	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH 31	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX			59th	159
	Bill Davis Racing	36	Toyota																																			PHO 36	HOM 43
2008		27		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
† - Qualified but replaced by Joe Nemechek

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
1995	Roehrig Motorsports	18	Chevy	PHO 10	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW 7	CNS	HPT	IRP 2	FLM	RCH 11	MAR 3	NWS DNQ	SON	MMR 10	PHO 17							26th	1049
1996				HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT 6	BRI	NZH 6	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS 7	SON	MMR	PHO 2	LVS			39th	616
1997			Dodge	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR 34	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS	129th	61
2004	Bill Davis Racing	23	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH 4	IRP 26	NSH 6	BRI 13	RCH 25	NHA 3	LVS 4	CAL 7	TEX 2	MAR 11	PHO 5	DAR 6	HOM 11		25th	1818
2005				DAY 10	CAL 12	ATL 11	MAR 17	GTY 11	MFD 23	CLT 4	DOV 34	TEX 2	MCH 24	MLW 35	KAN 28	KEN 9	MEM 9	IRP 16	NSH 8	BRI 4	RCH 13	NHA 32	LVS 33	MAR 15	ATL 3	TEX 13	PHO 3*	HOM 3		10th	3076
2006				DAY 15	CAL 6	ATL 3	MAR 30	GTY 5	CLT 12	MFD 4	DOV 6	TEX 5	MCH 1	MLW 1	KAN 9	KEN 4	MEM 32	IRP 12	NSH 1	BRI 4	NHA 1*	LVS 4	TAL 9	MAR 5	ATL 29	TEX 31	PHO 1	HOM 26		2nd	3539
2007				DAY 2	CAL 6	ATL 28	MAR 10	KAN 4	CLT 27	MFD 5	DOV 4	TEX 29	MCH 9	MLW 1	MEM 7	KEN 14	IRP 2	NSH 30	BRI 1	GTW 1	NHA 8	LVS 2	TAL 3	MAR 9	ATL 3	TEX 27	PHO 7	HOM 1		3rd	3557
2008				DAY 3	CAL 3	ATL 30	MAR 25	KAN 4	CLT 11	MFD 8	DOV 10	TEX 3	MCH 2	MLW 1*	MEM 33	KEN 1*	IRP 1	NSH 1	BRI 4	GTW 3	NHA 2	LVS 27	TAL 11	MAR 1	ATL 7	TEX 3	PHO 26	HOM 7		1st	3725
2009	Red Horse Racing	1	Toyota	DAY 26	CAL 12	ATL 9	MAR 4	KAN 2	CLT 23	DOV 20	TEX 4	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM		32nd	1047
2010	Team Gill Racing	95	Ford	DAY 8	ATL																									38th	735
	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Toyota			MAR 5	NSH	KAN 5	DOV 10	CLT
	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Toyota								TEX 10	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM

External links

• Official website
• Johnny Benson Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Green	NASCAR Busch Series Champion 1995	Succeeded by Randy LaJoie
Preceded by Ron Hornaday	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion 2008	Succeeded by Ron Hornaday
Preceded by Mike Eddy	ASA National Tour Champion 1993	Succeeded by Butch Miller
Awards
Preceded by Ricky Craven	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Mike Skinner