JB Update
Johnny Benson has a grade-four shoulder separation that will need to be surgically repaired, but due to a bruise on his lung he'll have to wait another 10 days before having surgery.
It's his shoulder that hurts the worst, so he's glad that there is a surgical procedure to fix it, and was worried about how well it would heal correctly if left alone without having surgery.
The burn on his elbow is still healing, and his wife Debbie cleans, treats, and bandages it daily.
He also can't drive yet, but goes on daily outings and on errands.
Rumors
Jason White, who drives the No. 23 GunBroker.com Dodge, has cashed in his ride in the Camping World Truck Series, and has entered the World Series of Poker.
He's the first NASCAR driver to participate in the 13 day event which began July 3, in Las Vegas.
Last year's winner beat out 6,844 entries, took home a gold bracelet, and won $9 million dollars.
News and Notes
The Survival of the Truck Series
I'm not going to panic or jump the gun over the rumors of late that the Camping World Truck Series won't be back next yea,r or they have cut back the schedule.
I'm just going to wait and see what happens. I seriously doubt we'll see any major changes( other than more necessary changes) with the lagging economy.
We already knew changes were coming since it was revealed that the trucks would start racing at Darlington again.
In addition news came of the Milwaukee Mile closing because its promoter is unable to pay fees to NASCAR for the two races held on June 20th, and it's doubtful we will see racing there in 2010.
At Memphis, NASCAR VP Steve O'Donnell said in an interview with SpeedTv that the series would race in 2010, that several long-term contracts are in place, and that the state of the series is really strong.
The thing to remember is NASCAR can't lose the Camping World Truck Series. If they do, it just puts both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in jeopardy of being also lost.
It all comes back to what I said on just about every economic article posted on B/R.
NASCAR needs to re-invest into itself, put money into the trucks with it's small purses, and they need to do it today, not tomorrow. The purse breaks down one-third of what is awarded for Cup races.
Camping World
Camping World, the title sponsor for the Truck Series, has reiterated that they are happy in that role, and happy with how the first year has gone.
"We definitely are happy with it," said Camping World's Kurt Hunt.
"The vital signs are good there. The TV numbers, at a time when the numbers [of other series] aren't as strong as people would like them to be, we are strong there. The Truck count is strong, and we're seeing first-time winners."
Two misleading things with Camping World. First, is that they don't have the presence that Craftsman had at the races as title sponsor.
"You activate through what's going to really drive your business," said Hunt.
"I don't think you activate based on other people's expectations of how you go about it."
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