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Johnny Benson Jr.
Benson after winning the 2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400
Born (1963-06-27) June 27, 1963 (age 60)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Achievements1995 Busch Series Champion
2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion
1993 ASA National Tour Champion
Awards1996 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1994 Busch Series Rookie of the Year
1990 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year
2006, 2007, 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
274 races run over 11 years
Best finish11th (1997, 2001)
First race1996 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2007 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 58 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
91 races run over 10 years
Best finish1st (1995)
First race1993 Detroit Gasket 200 (Michigan)
Last race2007 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
First win1994 SplitFire 200 (Dover)
Last win1995 Sundrop 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 35 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
138 races run over 10 years
Best finish1st (2008)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race2010 WinStar World Casino 400K (Texas)
First win2006 Con-way Freight 200 (Michigan)
Last win2008 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
14 90 5
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)
Last race2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 7, 2014.

Jonathan Thomas Benson Jr. (born June 27, 1963)[1] is an American retired stock car racing driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson Sr. Benson has raced across NASCAR's three national series (Cup, Busch, Truck), and his career highlights include the 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship, the 1995 NASCAR Busch Series championship, the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award, and the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.

Benson, who began his NASCAR career in 1993, is the second of only three drivers that have won a championship in both the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series, and the seventeenth of only thirty-six drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR's three national series.

Early career[edit]

Benson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Forest Hills Northern High School in 1981.[2] He became a late model champion at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan before joining the American Speed Association (ASA) in 1990. During Benson's rookie season in the ASA he captured one pole position, led 174 laps and scored eight top 10 finishes to blitz the competition for the ASA's Pat Schauer Rookie of the Year award. In 1991 Benson compiled 13 top 10s including four second-place finishes. Benson ranked fourth in the ASA AC-Delco Challenge Series in 1991. Benson later went on to win the 1993 ASA championship. During his time in the ASA series he drove the No. 21 Valvoline Chevrolet for Throop Motorsports.

In 1993, Benson made his Busch Series debut at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No. 41 Delco Remy Chevrolet for Ernie Irvan. He started 20th, but finished 40th after an early crash when he had flipped in the race. He ran three more races that season in the No. 74 Staff America Chevy for BACE Motorsports, qualifying third at Hickory Motor Speedway. His best finish was an eighteenth at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Benson was hired to drive full-time for BACE in 1994. He won his first career race at the SplitFire 200 and finished sixth in points, winning Rookie of the Year honors. The following season, Benson won early in the season at Atlanta and Hickory and had nineteen top-tens, winning the championship. He also began running in the Truck Series in the No. 18 Performance Friction Chevrolet C/K for Kurt Roehrig. In his first season, his best finish was a second at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The following season, he won the pole at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

1996–1999[edit]

In 1996, he moved up to the Winston Cup Series, a series Benson's father John Benson Sr. competed in for one race back in 1973. He joined the No. 30 Pennzoil-sponsored team owned by Bahari Racing. He failed to qualify for one race at the Food City 500, but won the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year title. He won one pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In August, he dominated the Brickyard 400 before a problem on the last pit stop ended his chances for victory. He ended the season with seven Top 10's and was 21st in points. He was invited to the 1996 International Race of Champions as the reigning Busch Series champion, and finished third in the final points, finishing in the Top 10 in all four races.

1997 racecar

In 1997, Benson had eight Top 10's, but did not finish in the Top 5 once. He won his second career pole at Michigan and finished outside of the Top 10 by one point to Ken Schrader. At the end of the season, he announced he would be joining Roush Racing to run the brand-new No. 26 General Mills/Cheerios-sponsored Ford Taurus.

He missed the season opening Daytona 500, then finished 30th at the following race. He then had a streak of no finishes worse than ninth over the next five races and rose as high as tenth in points, before he finished 38th and 41st in the next two races. For the rest of the season, his best finish was ninth and he qualified no higher than second. He finished 20th in points. Benson had numerous crew chiefs in 1999. He had two Top 10 finishes and finished 28th in the final standings. After a long negotiation, he was able to buy out his contract and announced he would leave Roush.

2000–2003[edit]

The No. 10 at the 2003 Auto Club 500

At the start of the 2000 Winston Cup season, Benson found himself without a sponsor when he signed on to join Tyler Jet Motorsports to run the No. 10 car. The team showed up at Daytona Speedweeks with a white unsponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. Lycos.com signed on to be the team's sponsor for the year on the morning of the Daytona 500. During the race, Benson and crew chief James Ince gambled on a late pitstop when they took only two right side tires and fuel, to come out with the lead with 43 laps to go. He held off the field until a multi-car crash brought out the caution in the final 10 laps. On the restart with 4 laps to go, Benson was leading with Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton right behind. Jarrett bumped Benson, sending him up the track going into turn one, then passed him for the win while Benson slid back in 12th. Benson finished sixth in the third race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and was eleventh in points. At the next race at Atlanta, Benson did not qualify in first-round qualifying, and he missed the race after the second round was canceled. Benson finished second three weeks later.

At the Pepsi 400 in July, the Tyler Jet Motorsports car showed up at Daytona again with a white car. During the weekend before the race, the team removed the Lycos.com decals. Reports said that it was because Lycos never paid.[3] Tyler Jet went sponsorless for the next 4 races before Aaron's came aboard right before the team shut down. During the sponsorless run the team was sold to MB2 Motorsports. In August, Valvoline announced they would not only sponsor the team but become part owner. Benson finished in thirteenth place in the final points.

Benson began his 2001 season with an engine failure that relegated him to 28th place, a few laps after the race's "Big One" involving 19 cars took place. He had Top 10 finishes in each of the next four races, including a fourth-place run in the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, which allowed him to be a career high second in the points (tied with Sterling Marlin) following the spring Darlington Race. He finished third at Texas and Indianapolis. He did not win a points race, although he did win the non-points Winston Open at Charlotte from the pole after leader Ryan Newman in the No. 02 Alltel-sponsored Ford suffered a blown engine late in the race. Benson finished eleventh in the final points standings in 2001.

Benson started 2002 with a 10th-place finish in the Daytona 500 despite a crash early in the race. In May, Benson agreed to race in the Richmond Busch Series race for Marsh Racing in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering-sponsored Chevrolet. Benson was involved in a wreck in the early stages of the races and ended up with broken ribs and he missed three Cup races. At the Pepsi 400 in Daytona, he started sixth, and on the eighth lap he got together with Michael Waltrip. Benson ended up rebreaking his ribs which put him out of action for two more races. At Loudon, Benson started second, led 53 of 207 laps, and finished fourth. Benson tied a career-best second-place finish at the Martinsville Speedway, which he got twice in 2000. On November 3, he started 26th in the 43 car field at the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at Rockingham. With 50 laps to go, he was running in fifth, and with 28 laps left he passed Mark Martin (who coincidentally had Valvoline as his sponsor for many years) for the lead. In the last 10 laps, other drivers were running out of gas, including his teammate Ken Schrader. However, Benson held off Martin by 0.26 seconds to win the race.[4]

Benson was sixth in points after the first 4 races of 2003. Benson had Top 5 finishes at Dover and Homestead, and finished 24th in the points. Valvoline decided to release Benson in favor of rookie driver Scott Riggs after the season was over.

Busch and Trucks: 2004–2010[edit]

Benson in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 truck during 2007.
Benson in the Bill Davis Racing No. 36 car at Homestead in 2007, his final career Cup Series start.

2004 started off with Benson signing on with Phoenix Racing to run the full 2004 Busch Series schedule. Benson won his first and only career Busch pole at Rockingham, but a rules violation relegated him to last place when the green flag dropped for the race. He was poised to win at Bristol in the spring until Benson was caught up in a late race incident between Kevin Harvick and David Stremme. Benson was also involved in a crash between the top 4 drivers at Nashville while racing for the win, and parted ways with Phoenix before the Richmond race. He also drove four races in Phoenix's No. 09 Cup ride, his best finish 27th at the Daytona 500.

Over the next few months Benson ran one Busch race for Matt Kenseth and Robbie and John Reiser. In August he was offered a ride in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 truck in the Craftsman Truck Series, which was previously driven by Shelby Howard before he was released from the team. Benson had eight Top 10 finishes in thirteen races, finishing 25th in the 2004 series' points standings. Benson had ten Top 10 finishes in 25 races, and was 10th in the 2005 points standings. He ran four Busch races, one for FitzBradshaw Racing, and another for Smith Bros. Racing, finishing 18th at Nashville. He also had three Cup starts, two of them in the No. 00 Sara Lee Chevy for Michael Waltrip, and another at Atlanta in the No. 23 Dodge Charger for Bill Davis, finishing 28th.

He won his first Craftsman Truck Series race at the 2006 Con-way Freight 200 at the Michigan International Speedway. With the win, Benson became the seventeenth driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR's major series. He has also won a pole in each of the three series. He followed with a back-to-back win at the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at Milwaukee Mile. His third win of the season was at the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Speedway. His fourth win of the season was at the Sylvania 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Benson won his fifth race of the year at the Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Benson finished the 2006 season in second place, 127 behind Todd Bodine. He was named the series' Most Popular Driver for 2006.

For the 2007 season, Benson continued to drive in the No. 23 truck for Bill Davis Racing. He finished the season in third place with four wins: the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at Milwaukee Mile, the O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife at Bristol, the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway, and the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Benson was named the series' Most Popular Driver for the second year in row, becoming the first driver to repeat as award recipient. Benson also returned to NEXTEL Cup racing by driving the Wyler Racing No. 46 Toyota Camry in the 2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400. He also returned to the Busch racing by driving the Phoenix Racing No. 1 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in the 2007 AT&T 250. Bill Davis also had Benson pull "double duty", driving the No. 23 truck and the No. 36 Toyota Camry in the Cup Series on the same weekend; he did so at the final two races of the year (Phoenix and Homestead-Miami).

Benson drove the No. 23 truck in the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series, winning the series championship in the last race of the season. With the title, he became the second driver to win both the Busch Grand National Series and Craftsman Truck Series championships (Greg Biffle accomplished this in 2002). In addition, to date he joined a list of only 6 drivers to ever win at least one championship in more than one of the three main title series (Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, and Kyle Busch are the others, and they have won championships in the second tier and Cup Series.) His first win of the season came at the Camping World RV Sales 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, the third consecutive race that Benson has won as Milwaukee Mile. His second, third, and fourth wins came at the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway, the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, and the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. With this series of wins, he became the fifth driver in the Craftsman Truck Series to win three races in a row. His fifth win of the year came at the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Benson was named the series' Most Popular Driver for the third year in row.

Also in 2008, after a deal for Jacques Villeneuve to drive the Bill Davis Racing No. 27 Toyota Camry fell through, it was announced that Benson and Mike Skinner would share driving duties for the No. 27. Benson failed to qualify in his first appearance in 2008 at the Kobalt Tools 500, which is also Benson's last attempt to run a Sprint Cup series race to date.

On November 6, 2008, Benson announced that he would not be returning to Bill Davis Racing after the 2008 season. On December 8, 2008, Benson announced that he would be joining the Red Horse Racing team to drive the No. 1 Toyota Tundra in the 2009 season. Benson's crew chief from the 2008 season, Trip Bruce, also joined the No. 1 team. On June 8, 2009, it was announced that Red Horse Racing was having to suspend the No. 1 due to a lack of sponsorship after competing in eight races with four top 10 finishes.

On June 13, 2009 Benson was burned in a fiery crash in an ISMA Supermodifieds race at Berlin Raceway. He was transported to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital with where he was hospitalized suffering from a broken collarbone, separated shoulder, three broken ribs, bruised lungs, a fractured wrist and third-degree burns on one elbow.[5][6] After undergoing two surgeries for the burns and a separated shoulder, Benson fully recovered.[6]

For the 2010 season, Kyle Busch Motorsports intended to field a truck for Benson, but did not to secure the necessary sponsorship. Benson served as a mentor to Kyle Busch Motorsports' drivers Brian Ickler and Tayler Malsam.[6] Benson drove for Team Gill Racing in the season opener at Daytona finishing 8th. He then drove for Billy Ballew Motorsports at Martinsville, Kansas, and Dover finishing in the top 10 in all 3 races including a pair of 5th-place finishes at Martinsville and Kansas. Benson's only race for Kyle Busch Motorsports came at Texas where he finished 10th. This was his final race in NASCAR.

Turn One Racing announced in 2011 that they intended to field a truck for Benson in 2012, but the deal fell through due to sponsorship issues.[7]

Post-racing career[edit]

Benson currently works for the National Motorsports Appeals Panel.[8] Benson is retired from NASCAR, but still races a supermodified for car owner Brad Lichty on the ISMA tour. He also served as the pace car driver for the 2021 SRX Series. In 2023, Benson was announced as a competitor for the SRX Series in a one-off appearance at Berlin Raceway.[9]

  • Johnny Benson Jr. was inducted in the Grand Rapids, MI Sports Hall of Fame (www.grshof.com) in 2013, following his Father, Johnny Sr. in 2001.
  • Johnny Benson Jr. was inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame(www.mmshof.org) in 2018, following his Father, Johnny Sr. in 1986.

Motorsports career results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
1996 Bahari Racing 30 Pontiac DAY
23
CAR
20
RCH
37
ATL
38
DAR
24
BRI
DNQ
NWS
24
MAR
25
TAL
10
SON
18
CLT
38
DOV
17
POC
25
MCH
37
DAY
25
NHA
9
POC
5
TAL
18
IND
8*
GLN
15
MCH
7
BRI
28
DAR
11
RCH
10
DOV
24
MAR
17
NWS
17
CLT
14
CAR
40
PHO
32
ATL
27
21st 3004 [10]
1997 DAY
28
CAR
27
RCH
9
ATL
11
DAR
10
TEX
28
BRI
31
MAR
17
SON
21
TAL
9
CLT
15
DOV
21
POC
27
MCH
10
CAL
13
DAY
16
NHA
18
POC
13
IND
7
GLN
11
MCH
24
BRI
18
DAR
19
RCH
13
NHA
19
DOV
28
MAR
19
CLT
10
TAL
19
CAR
36
PHO
7
ATL
10
11th 3575 [11]
1998 Roush Racing 26 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR
30
LVS
4
ATL
9
DAR
8
BRI
5
TEX
5
MAR
38
TAL
41
CAL
8
CLT
9
DOV
41
RCH
18
MCH
22
POC
36
SON
21
NHA
21
POC
33
IND
25
GLN
9
MCH
34
BRI
33
NHA
21
DAR
21
RCH
41
DOV
15
MAR
9
CLT
28
TAL
31
DAY
26
PHO
9
CAR
41
ATL
23
20th 3160 [12]
1999 DAY
17
CAR
16
LVS
38
ATL
22
DAR
18
TEX
11
BRI
29
MAR
35
TAL
30
CAL
43
RCH
28
CLT
18
DOV
7
MCH
19
POC
30
SON
26
DAY
24
NHA
17
POC
14
IND
19
GLN
38
MCH
21
BRI
33
DAR
32
RCH
22
NHA
7
DOV
18
MAR
28
CLT
16
TAL
42
CAR
28
PHO
31
HOM
35
ATL
39
28th 3012 [13]
2000 Tyler Jet Motorsports 10 Pontiac DAY
12
CAR
14
LVS
6
ATL
DNQ
DAR
24
BRI
2
TEX
42
MAR
16
TAL
13
CAL
23
RCH
25
CLT
16
DOV
15
MCH
24
POC
34
SON
18
DAY
13
NHA
14
13th 3716 [14]
MB2 Motorsports POC
12
IND
25
GLN
27
MCH
5
BRI
13
DAR
38
RCH
7
NHA
11
DOV
2
MAR
19
CLT
8
TAL
33
CAR
11
PHO
16
HOM
30
ATL
10
2001 DAY
28
CAR
6
LVS
4
ATL
7
DAR
7
BRI
26
TEX
3
MAR
20
TAL
7
CAL
11
RCH
6
CLT
20
DOV
41
MCH
12
POC
24
SON
29
DAY
13
CHI
27
NHA
36
POC
5
IND
3
GLN
16
MCH
5
BRI
36
DAR
14
RCH
10
DOV
31
KAN
37
CLT
36
MAR
6
TAL
23
PHO
10
CAR
3
HOM
20
ATL
23
NHA
12
11th 4152 [15]
2002 DAY
10
CAR
23
LVS
32
ATL
27
DAR
33
BRI
39
TEX
13
MAR
19
TAL
39
CAL
15
RCH
INQ
CLT DOV POC
20
MCH
6
SON
16
DAY
43
CHI NHA POC
30
IND
37
GLN
25
MCH
8
BRI
12
DAR
34
RCH
35
NHA
4
DOV
10
KAN
23
TAL
40
CLT
18
MAR
2
ATL
23
CAR
1
PHO
16
HOM
13
29th 3132 [16]
2003 DAY
19
CAR
13
LVS
12
ATL
11
DAR
25
BRI
19
TEX
32
TAL
41
MAR
32
CAL
36
RCH
15
CLT
24
DOV
5
POC
24
MCH
26
SON
30
DAY
27
CHI
18
NHA
26
POC
20
IND
13
GLN
27
MCH
10
BRI
14
DAR
40
RCH
9
NHA
25
DOV
21
TAL
41
KAN
35
CLT
16
MAR
34
ATL
24
PHO
21
CAR
29
HOM
4
24th 3448 [17]
2004 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY
27
CAR LVS
31
ATL DAR BRI TEX
40
MAR TAL
29
CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 57th 271 [18]
2005 Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH
42
64th 150 [19]
Chevy BRI
43
CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR
Bill Davis Racing 23 Dodge ATL
28
TEX PHO HOM
2007 Wyler Racing 46 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH
31
DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX 59th 159 [20]
Bill Davis Racing 36 Toyota PHO
36
HOM
43
2008 27 DAY CAL LVS ATL
DNQ
BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA - [21]
- Qualified but replaced by Joe Nemechek
Daytona 500[edit]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1996 Bahari Racing Pontiac 27 23
1997 16 28
1998 Roush Racing Ford DNQ
1999 39 17
2000 Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 27 12
2001 MB2 Motorsports 33 28
2002 38 10
2003 40 19
2004 Phoenix Racing Dodge 24 27

Busch Series[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBGNC Pts Ref
1993 Ernie Irvan Racing 41 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH
40
NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU 58th 331 [22]
BACE Motorsports 74 Chevy CLT
30
MAR CAR
DNQ
HCY
19
ATL
18
1994 DAY
26
CAR
25
RCH
15
ATL
16
MAR
20
DAR
16
HCY
4
BRI
30
ROU
4
NHA
12
NZH
31
CLT
22
DOV
22
MYB
16
GLN
33
MLW
3
SBO
3
TAL
38
HCY
11
IRP
11*
MCH
38
BRI
8
DAR
4
RCH
6
DOV
1
CLT
11
MAR
13
CAR
8
6th 3303 [23]
1995 DAY
10
CAR
4
RCH
3
ATL
1
NSV
6
DAR
2
BRI
6
HCY
1
NHA
5
NZH
3
CLT
30
DOV
14
MYB
9
GLN
7
MLW
33
TAL
5
SBO
16
IRP
13*
MCH
5
BRI
12*
DAR
2
RCH
3
DOV
9
CLT
26
CAR
3
HOM
9
1st 3688 [24]
1996 Bahari Racing 30 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM
42
107th 37 [25]
1998 BACE Motorsports 26 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
17
GTY CAR ATL HOM
7
86th 146 [26]
1999 DAY
37
CAR
14
LVS
11
ATL
43
DAR TEX
15
NSV BRI TAL CAL
38
RCH
DNQ
NZH CLT
35
46th 1173 [27]
33 NHA
21
DOV
12
SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
34
CLT CAR
6
MEM PHO
14
HOM
27
2000 Herzog Motorsports 91 Chevy DAY CAR
DNQ
LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM NA - [28]
2002 Marsh Racing 31 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
43
NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 123rd 34 [29]
2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY
41
CAR
9
LVS
34
DAR
6
BRI
13
TEX
4
NSH
7
TAL
36
CAL
21
GTY
29
RCH NZH CLT DOV 39th 1136 [30]
Michael Waltrip Racing 99 Chevy NSH
QL
Reiser Enterprises 17 Ford KEN
29
MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM
2005 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH
18
KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN 88th 237 [31]
Smith Brothers Motorsports 67 Dodge MCH
43
BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
DNQ
MEM TEX
41
PHO HOM
38
2007 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
9
NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 116th 138 [32]
- Qualified for Michael Waltrip

Camping World Truck Series[edit]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NCWTC Pts Ref
1995 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Chevy PHO
10
TUS SGS MMR POR EVG I70 LVL BRI MLW
7
CNS HPT IRP
2
FLM RCH
11
MAR
3
NWS
DNQ
SON MMR
10
PHO
17
26th 1049 [33]
1996 HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT
6
BRI NZH
6
MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS
7
SON MMR PHO
2
LVS 39th 616 [34]
1997 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR
34
SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 129th 61 [35]
2004 Bill Davis Racing 23 Toyota DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH
4
IRP
26
NSH
6
BRI
13
RCH
25
NHA
3
LVS
4
CAL
7
TEX
2
MAR
11
PHO
5
DAR
6
HOM
11
25th 1818 [36]
2005 DAY
10
CAL
12
ATL
11
MAR
17
GTY
11
MFD
23
CLT
4
DOV
34
TEX
2
MCH
24
MLW
35
KAN
28
KEN
9
MEM
9
IRP
16
NSH
8
BRI
4
RCH
13
NHA
32
LVS
33
MAR
15
ATL
3
TEX
13
PHO
3*
HOM
3
10th 3076 [37]
2006 DAY
15
CAL
6
ATL
3
MAR
30
GTY
5
CLT
12
MFD
4
DOV
6
TEX
5
MCH
1
MLW
1
KAN
9
KEN
4
MEM
32
IRP
12
NSH
1
BRI
4
NHA
1*
LVS
4
TAL
9
MAR
5
ATL
29
TEX
31
PHO
1
HOM
26
2nd 3539 [38]
2007 DAY
2
CAL
6
ATL
28
MAR
10
KAN
4
CLT
27
MFD
5
DOV
4
TEX
29
MCH
9
MLW
1
MEM
7
KEN
14
IRP
2
NSH
30
BRI
1
GTW
1
NHA
8
LVS
2
TAL
3
MAR
9
ATL
3
TEX
27
PHO
7
HOM
1
3rd 3557 [39]
2008 DAY
3
CAL
3
ATL
30
MAR
25
KAN
4
CLT
11
MFD
8
DOV
10
TEX
3
MCH
2
MLW
1*
MEM
33
KEN
1*
IRP
1
NSH
1
BRI
4
GTW
3
NHA
2
LVS
27
TAL
11
MAR
1
ATL
7
TEX
3
PHO
26
HOM
7
1st 3725 [40]
2009 Red Horse Racing 1 Toyota DAY
26
CAL
12
ATL
9
MAR
4
KAN
2
CLT
23
DOV
20
TEX
4
MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 32nd 1047 [41]
2010 Team Gill Racing 95 Ford DAY
8
ATL 38th 735 [42]
Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Toyota MAR
5
NSH KAN
5
DOV
10
CLT
Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Toyota TEX
10
MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM

Superstar Racing Experience[edit]

(key* – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.

Superstar Racing Experience results
Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SRXC Pts
2023 10 STA I STA II MMS BER
12
ELD IRP 26th 01

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Busch Series Champion
1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by ASA National Tour Champion
1993
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1996
Succeeded by