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Johnny Benson's Memphis Preview

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Race: O'Reilly 200
Location: Memphis Motorsports Park
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008

NOTES:
  • This week’s race truck for Memphis Motorsports Park is Chassis No. 23-121.  Chassis No. 23-121 has seen action in 2008 at both Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park.
  • Your Points Leader… The No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra team’s first win of the season at The Milwaukee Mile Friday night helped pad the team’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship point lead.  The team sits 50 points in front of fellow Toyota driver Todd Bodine.
  • Birthday Boy… Johnny Benson will celebrate his birthday Friday, June 27.  He and teammates Mike Skinner and Michael Annett all have birthdays during the week of June 22.  All three birthday boys will celebrate in the infield media center at 4:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, June 27.
  • BDR’s Got Three… All three Bill Davis Racing entries took the checkered flag in the top 10 Friday night at The Milwaukee Mile.  This is the second time in as many weeks that all three BDR Toyota Tundra entries finished in the top 10.
  • Three in a Row… The No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicle team captured its third consecutive victory at The Milwaukee Mile Friday night.
  • Cow Mobile… The Brangus Breeders Association logo will again adorn the sides of the No. 23 truck Saturday night.  It will be the third time this season that the Brangus Breeders Association has sponsored the No. 23 Toyota Tundra.
  • Listen and Watch… The O’Reilly 200 is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. ET Saturday, June 28.  It will broadcast on SPEED (TV), MRN (radio) and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128).

Johnny Benson on racing at The Memphis Motorsports Park:

“We need to be decent in both corners, but we really need to be able to pass coming out of turn four.  If you can keep your truck low enough and get enough bite in it coming off the corner, you are usually in pretty good shape.  Memphis is a fun place to visit, and we feel like we have learned a lot about our short track program since the end of 2007.  We are certainly looking forward to this weekend.

“We do not take a different mindset to the track each week even though we are leading the points.  We do not run our races any different.  We do not come to the track looking just to gain points.  We said at the beginning of the season our goal was to finish in the top five week in and week out, and we are doing that.   We can not make any mistakes.  If we do our homework, we’ll get the chance to battle for the championship.”

Johnny Benson - Memphis Motorsports Park