Post race sitting on pit road with his wife Delana beside him would congratulate Johnny Benson, Bill and Gail Davis racing. We got beat on pit strategy and it is what it is.
Kyle Busch would end up in fourth and Dennis Setzerwould round out the top five.
Johnny Benson after a delay from NASCAR would be told he's the Champion and would start doing some burnouts.
Ron Hornaday would make the following comments, post race some to Speed's Adam Alexander.
"Hornaday had radio problems late in the race and couldn't communicate to crew chief Rick Ren that he preferred not to pit under caution on Lap 126." (nascar.com)
"It was a awesome day for us until that last call," Hornaday said. "We didn't know those guys [trucks that came out of the pits ahead of Hornaday] were going to take two tires and get out in front of us. But Johnny Benson and those guys had a great year and we came up one position short." (nascar.com)
"I'm not going to second guess [crew chief] Rick Ren," Hornaday said. "If we come back and won the race, it would have been the call of the century. We lost it." (scenedaily.com)
"It was a good race. Johnny and I raced hard. It was a good call by Trip Bruce," Hornaday said. (scenedaily.com)
Ron Hornaday would than come to the championship celebration on the front stretch, douses JB with a bottle of water, gives him a congratulations hug and gives the crew members the thumbs up.
It was cool to see both Kevin Harvick and Ron Hornaday show so much class and sportsmanship to JB, the 23 team and the Davis's. Obviously had Ron Hornaday stayed out, he would have won the title.
Johnny Bensonpost race with Ray Dunlap made a few of these coments to him.
"Words can't describe this". said Benson, following the race. "I was kind of crying down the backstretch, it's fairly emotional, obviously. Trip [Bruce, crew chief] told me early on that if we weren't the fastest, we'll definitely do what we have to do to be the smartest.
"It was only fun at the end of tonight's race-it wasn't fun at the beginning or the middle. I knew Trip Bruce was going to make some pretty gutsy calls, and that's what we had to do. Ron Hornaday had a great truck tonight but we just ended up beating them on a little bit of strategy work." (truckseries.com)
"I have to thank my wife, Debbie and both my kids," added Benson. "They've been at every race I've won at this year and I have to really thank Bill and Gail Davis (team owners)-this is for them. They've given me a great opportunity to come and do this. I'm glad that we could get that title for them. it means more to me to get that for them because they've done so much for me." (truckseries.com)
"They made a mistake," Trip Bruce said. "I think they would have beat us if they stayed out. But we ran hard to the end and it's our championship." (Mike Harris)
"All these guys behind me that worked on this thing are great friends. We've worked very hard to make this happen. Friday was about Trip Bruce making the right calls." (nascar.com)
"Hornaday is what makes this so meaningful because he's a hell of a racer," Benson said.(scenedaily.com)
It was really nice to see Bill and Gail Davis finally become Champions, they deserve it and hope they don't sell their truck operation.
Please note, I didn't mention anything about Johnny Benson not having a job, since he's leaving Bill Davis Racing and they didn't release him or want him to go.
Top Ten Results from the Ford 200
1. Todd Bodine
2. Brian Scott
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Kyle Busch
5. Dennis Setzer
6. Travis Kvapil
7. Johnny Benson
8. Ron Hornaday
9. Terry Cook
10. Scott Speed
See you Feb. 2009, for the kick-off of Camping World truck Series at Daytona International Speedway, hopefully from the front stretch and enjoy the off season.
It's been a blast recreating, the NCTS races from NASCAR's best series on here. Hope you have enjoyed them as much as I've enjoyed writing them.
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