Ren, a bespectacled, old-school style technician, hadn't visited Victory Lane since 2001 when now NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver and 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil won the Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Ren has been with Bill Davis Racing since 2004 after BANG! Racing imploded in Toyota's inaugural season on the series. He matched up well with Benson although the pair couldn't quite find the last piece of the puzzle.

They finally hit the combination at Michigan where Illinois native Ren helped his driver complete a NASCAR national touring series sweep before a hometown crowd. His call on the team's first pit stop, at lap 37, turned out to be the winning move.

"We made wholesale changes and the truck came alive," said Ren, who previously recorded series victories with Kvapil, Andy Houston and Rick Carelli.

Davis, whose NASCAR NEXTEL Cup fortunes have been spare, recorded his third series victory. Mike Skinner, who likewise joined the team as a BANG! Alum, won back-to-back at Bristol and Richmond a year ago.

"All wins are big but this one especially," said the Arkansas transportation magnate, whose latest win came at the expense of fellow Batesville native Mark Martin. "It doesn't matter if it's two weeks or two years (between wins); it's too long."

Benson's first win in his 60th start ranks him fifth on the series list of drivers recording first-time victories. Bryan Reffner is No. 1 with his initial triumph coming in his 111th appearance.

He is the 55th driver to win in the series' first 277 races.

Benson is the 17th different driver to win in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck competition. He's also the fourth NASCAR Busch champion to win on tour joining Gregg Biffle, Kevin Harvick and Bobby Labonte.

How important is experience at MIS? Very - at least judging by the ages of the top-11 finishers. Only Matt Crafton, who celebrated his 30th birthday on June 11, is younger than 40.

The highest finishing 20-something was Raybestos Rookie of the Year leader Erik Darnell (23), who finished 12th.

Crafton also is the only driver among the first 11 who hasn't recorded a series victory. The Tulare, Calif. native ranks 15th all-time with 132 starts, most without a win by an active driver.

Terry Cook's ninth-place finish, worth $13,150, makes the Ohioan the seventh driver to win more than $3 million in series competition. Cook's career total is $3,004,089.

Even with nearly half the field comprised of rookies, recent series races have been remarkably free of serious incident. Only two drivers - Timothy Peters and Martin Truex Jr. - failed to finish. The last three races have seen one, five and two DNFs for an average of just 2.66 drop-outs per event.

David Reutimann, who moved from third to second in championship standings despite a mechanically troubled 15th-place finish, shook off his disappointment and after a short plane ride finished eighth in the evening's NASCAR Busch race at Kentucky Speedway.

Todd Bodine's fourth-place performance marked his 25th top five in just 50 NASCAR Craftsman Truck starts. You don't have to be a math major to discern that's a top five in every second appearance.

Bodine's point lead of 178 is the largest in series history after 10 races. That's in marked contrast to the white-hot battle being waged further back among the top 10. The difference between sixth place (Rick Crawford) and 10th (Mike Bliss) is an incredible 10 points.