Johnny Benson Jr.

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Johnny Benson Jr.
Benson in 1998.
Born	(1963-06-27) June 27, 1963 (age 61) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Achievements	1995 Busch Series Champion 2008 Craftsman Truck Series Champion 1993 ASA National Tour Champion
Awards	1996 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 finish	11th (1997, 2001)
First race	1996 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2007 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win	2002 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 58 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
91 races run over 10 years
Best finish	1st (1995)
First race	1993 Detroit Gasket 200 (Michigan)
Last race	2007 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
First win	1994 SplitFire 200 (Dover)
Last win	1995 Sundrop 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 35 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
138 races run over 10 years
Best finish	1st (2008)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2010 WinStar World Casino 400K (Texas)
First win	2006 Con-way Freight 200 (Michigan)
Last win	2008 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 14 90 5
NASCAR Canada Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	2002 Canada Day Shootout (Hamilton)
Last race	2002 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.