Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 - Official Results

Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 Race winner Johnny Benson (High Sierra Photo) Benson Takes Two with Win in Milwaukee After coming close to victory several times in his first 58 starts but never taking home the winner's trophy, Johnny Benson has more than made amends by picking up his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Saturday night's Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. The 1995 NASCAR Busch Series champion took the lead for the final time on lap 160 and led convincingly the rest of the way, holding off 2002 series champion Mike Bliss by 2.249 seconds to take home the $55,500 winner's purse. Benson was forced to deal with a dominant Ron Hornaday throughout the night on his way to the victory. Hornaday, who started from the pole, led a race high 102 laps but fought a loose condition in the latter stages of the race. Eventually Benson was able to size up Hornaday's weakness and take advantage, driving off to nearly a five second lead within twenty laps to go. Hornaday was not able to hold off a fast-closing Mike Bliss, who darted into second with with seven laps to go and chopped Benson's advantage in half, but ran out of laps before he could make a run for the lead and the win.  After going winless for so long in the Truck Series, Benson is overwhelmed with the success he and his Bill Davis Race team have found recently with the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota. Mike Bliss was closing quickly in the No. 16 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet, but ran out of laps before he could mount a challenge for the win. For Bliss, the performance was impressive after difficult practice and qualifying sessions earlier in the day.  Hornaday was relegated to third at the finish in the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet after leading more than half the race. Jack Sprague finished fourth in the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota. Sprague forced a smile after the checkered, happy to finish among the top five but for a three-time series champion looking for his first win in over a year, anything less than a trip to victory lane is disappointing. David Reutimann finished fifth in the No. 17 Team Tundra Toyota. Combined with an uncharacteristic performance by point leader Todd Bodine, Reutimann now closes the gap by fifty points in the chase for the NCTS championship.  Timothy Peters finished a career-best sixth in the No. 4 Dodge Motorsports Dodge, the best finishing Dodge driver on the evening. Defending race winner Dennis Setzer was seventh in the No. 85 GM FlexFuel Chevrolet, Rick Crawford was ninth in the No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford, and Terry Cook rounded out the top ten in the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford.  Aric Almirola was the highest finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate, finishing 13th in the No. 75 Spears Motorsports Chevrolet. There were nine cautions for 37 laps, slowing the average speed to 85.673 miles per hour. The only serious incident of the evening was on a restart on lap 96 when Matt Crafton was tapped by David Starr, who in turn was tapped by Almirola entering turn one. Crafton's No. 88 Menards Chevrolet slammed hard into the SAFER barrier in turn one, doing significant damage to the left rear. Crafton was able to drive back to the garage and salvaged a 34th-place finish, 49 laps off the pace. Others involved in incidents on the night included Bobby Hamilton, Jr. - who had just returned to the track after an extended green flag stop to replace a dead battery - who spun off turn four, Kerry Earnhardt, Joey Miller, Kelly Sutton, and point leader Todd Bodine - who spun in turn two after a tap from Erin Crocker to bring out the final caution of the night.

Race 11 - The Milwaukee Mile - June 23, 2006

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Race Comments: Before a crowd of 27,764, Johnny Benson won his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in a row. For the fifth time in series history, a driver won his first two races as consecutive wins. Prior to the green flag, the following driver, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #40 Ryan Moore (changed transmission).

Failed to Qualify: (2) Mike Wallace, #31; Michel Jourdain Jr., #50.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 20 minutes, 4 seconds
Average Speed: 85.673 mph
Margin of Victory: 2.249 seconds

Budweiser Pole Award:
Ron Hornaday Jr., #33, 122.021 mph (TRACK RECORD), 29.503 seconds

Checkers/Rally's Double-Drive Thru Challenge Award:
Ron Hornaday Jr., #33

Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award:
Aric Almirola, #75 (23 places)

Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award:
Mike Bliss, #16

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Aric Almirola, #75

Sunoco Diamond Performance Award:
Johnny Benson, #23

WIX Filters Lap Leader Award:
Ron Hornaday Jr., #33 (102 Laps)

Caution Flags: 9 for 37 laps: Laps 4-6 (Debris on the backstretch); 38-41 (Spin in turn 2, truck 02); 78-81 (Spin in turn 4, truck 18); 84-87 (Spin on the backstretch, truck 13); 92-94 (Debris in turn 2); 96-99 (Accident turn 1, trucks 11 & 88); 115-118 (Truck 08 stalled turn 2); 121-123 (Spin in turn 1, truck 12); 168-175 (Spin in turn 3, truck 30).

Lead Changes: 12 among 8 drivers: R. Hornaday Jr. 1-38; R. Crawford 39-41; R. Hornaday Jr. 42-55; J. Benson 56-61; R. Hornaday Jr. 62-78; D. Reutimann 79-92; M. Bliss 93-99; J. Sprague 100-114; M. Bliss 115; D. Starr 116-118; T. Bodine 119-126; R. Hornaday Jr. 127-159; J. Benson 160-200.

TOP 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
POINTS(WINS)
1 - Todd Bodine 1,758 (3)
2 - David Reutimann 1,632 (0)
3 - Johnny Benson 1,628 (2)
4 - Ted Musgrave 1,560 (0)
5 - Jack Sprague 1,502 (0)
6 - Mike Bliss 1,483 (0)
7 - Dennis Setzer 1,463 (0)
8 - Rick Crawford 1,461 (0)
9 - David Starr 1,458 (1)
10 - Ron Hornaday Jr. 1,433 (1)

Manufacturers Championship
Points Wins
Toyota 82 (6)
Ford 67 (3)
Chevrolet 53 (2)
Dodge 38 (0)

Featherlite Most Improved Driver
Joey Miller 2
Erik Darnell 2
Aric Almirola 2
Ron Hornaday Jr. 1
Steve Park 1
Boston Reid 1
David Reutimann 1
Jack Sprague 1

Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Erik Darnell 98
Aric Almirola 83
Chad McCumbee 81
Joey Miller 66
Boston Reid 63
Kyle Krisiloff 62
Erin Crocker 59
Bobby East 57
Kerry Earnhardt 47
Kraig Kinser 40
Marcos Ambrose 38
Robert Richardson 35
Scott Lagasse Jr. 28
Sean Murphy 12
Michel Jourdain Jr. 11
Ryan Moore 11
J.R. Patton 4
Tam Topham 1

Mobil 1 Command Performance
Todd Bodine 7
Mike Bliss 1
Terry Cook 1
Ron Hornaday Jr. 1
Ted Musgrave 1

WIX Filters Lap Leader
Todd Bodine 3
Mike Skinner 3
Ron Hornaday Jr. 2
Johnny Benson 1
David Reutimann 1
David Starr 1

Clevite Engine Builder
Roush-Yates #6 135
TRD #30 132
TRD #17 106

Budweiser Pole Award Standings
Mike Skinner 3
David Reutimann 2
Todd Bodine 1
Bobby Hamilton Jr. 1
Ron Hornaday Jr. 1
Mark Martin 1

Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Through Challenge
David Reutimann 4
Todd Bodine 1
Rick Crawford 1
Ron Hornaday Jr. 1
Joey Miller 1
Mike Skinner 1
Jack Sprague 1
David Starr 1

NEXT EVENT: July 1, 2006 - O'Reilly Auto Parts 250, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. (250.5 M) (167 L)

NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers (6/26/06)

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