Benson tops chart in final Bristol truck practice
Johnny Benson, gunning for a fourth consecutive Craftsman Truck Series victory, led final practice at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday afternoon.
Benson, who will go for his fourth win in a row in Wednesday night’s O’Reilly 200, ran a lap of 123.118 mph in Bill Davis Racing’s No. 23 Toyota.
TRG Motorsports’ T.J. Bell was second at 122.333, with Kevin Harvick Inc.’s Ron Hornaday third, Roush Fenway Racing’s Colin Braun fourth and TRG’s Donny Lia fifth.
BDR’s Scott Speed was sixth, followed by Circle Bar Racing’s Rick Crawford, Billy Ballew Motorsports’ Kyle Busch, BDR’s Mike Skinner and Timothy Peters (Premier Racing).
Results
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RANK |
CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 23 | Johnny Benson | Toyota | Exide Batteries | 123.118 | 15.585 | Leader |
| 2 | 7 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet | Heathcliff's Cat Litter "Home 4 the Holidays.org" | 122.333 | 15.685 | -0.100 |
| 3 | 33 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | Camping World/ RVs.com | 122.302 | 15.689 | -0.104 |
| 4 | 6 | Colin Braun* | Ford | Con-way Freight | 122.077 | 15.718 | -0.133 |
| 5 | 71 | Donny Lia* | Chevrolet | NationRides.com | 122.061 | 15.720 | -0.135 |
| 6 | 22 | Scott Speed* | Toyota | Red Bull | 121.991 | 15.729 | -0.144 |
| 7 | 14 | Rick Crawford | Ford | Circle Bar Truck Corral / Power Stroke Diesel | 121.952 | 15.734 | -0.149 |
| 8 | 51 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink | 121.906 | 15.740 | -0.155 |
| 9 | 5 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Toyota Tundra | 121.883 | 15.743 | -0.158 |
| 10 | 117 | Timothy Peters | Dodge | Dickey's Barbeque Pit | 121.836 | 15.749 | -0.164 |
| 11 | 18 | Dennis Setzer | Dodge | Tahoe Smokeless | 121.713 | 15.765 | -0.180 |
| 12 | 81 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 121.520 | 15.790 | -0.205 |
| 13 | 10 | Brendan Gaughan | Ford | International Maxx Force Diesel | 121.328 | 15.815 | -0.230 |
| 14 | 9 | Justin Marks* | Toyota | Crocs | 121.175 | 15.835 | -0.250 |
| 15 | 4 | Stacy Compton | Dodge | CGJohnsonCity.com | 121.121 | 15.842 | -0.257 |
| 16 | 2 | Jack Sprague | Chevrolet | American Commercial Lines | 120.961 | 15.863 | -0.278 |
| 17 | 16 | Brian Scott* | Chevrolet | Albertson's | 120.907 | 15.870 | -0.285 |
| 18 | 59 | Ted Musgrave | Toyota | Team ASE / Harris Trucking | 120.900 | 15.871 | -0.286 |
| 19 | 99 | Erik Darnell | Ford | Northern Tool + Equipment | 120.786 | 15.886 | -0.301 |
| 20 | 60 | Terry Cook | Toyota | wyler.com | 120.778 | 15.887 | -0.302 |
| 21 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | Lumber Liquidators | 120.717 | 15.895 | -0.310 |
| 22 | 11 | David Starr | Toyota | Red Horse Racing | 120.535 | 15.919 | -0.334 |
| 23 | 52 | Ken Schrader | Toyota | Federated Auto Parts | 120.286 | 15.952 | -0.367 |
| 24 | 15 | David Stremme | Toyota | Ergon Hyprene | 120.173 | 15.967 | -0.382 |
| 25 | 104 | Patrick Carpentier | Dodge | Tow Truck in a Box / SMS Equipment / Komatsu | 119.813 | 16.015 | -0.430 |
| 26 | 08 | Jason White | Dodge | Gunbroker.com | 119.745 | 16.024 | -0.439 |
| 27 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Chevrolet | Ideal Door / Menards | 119.544 | 16.051 | -0.466 |
| 28 | 09 | John Wes Townley | Ford | Zaxby's | 119.537 | 16.052 | -0.467 |
| 29 | 41 | Tayler Malsam | Dodge | ThunderBoats.org | 119.477 | 16.060 | -0.475 |
| 30 | 13 | Shelby Howard | Chevrolet | FarmPaint.com | 119.091 | 16.112 | -0.527 |
| 31 | 40 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Key Motorsports | 118.767 | 16.156 | -0.571 |
| 32 | 148 | Bryan Silas | Chevrolet | RockinghamSpeedway.com | 118.679 | 16.168 | -0.583 |
| 33 | 21 | Jon Wood | Ford | The Barnhill Group | 118.371 | 16.210 | -0.625 |
| 34 | 8 | Chad McCumbee | Chevrolet | Malcolmson Construction | 117.870 | 16.279 | -0.694 |
| 35 | 187 | Chris Jones | Chevrolet | Copy Wizard | 117.029 | 16.396 | -0.811 |
| 36 | 07 | Sean Murphy | Chevrolet | ASI Limited | 116.087 | 16.529 | -0.944 |
| 37 | 157 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | MotorsportsDesigns.com | 112.112 | 17.115 | -1.530 |