One of my buddies is a huge Johnny Benson fan and the other is a Gordon fan. So I mocked up this story from the nascar.com site, using all the graphics, etc.:
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Benson to Move to Hendrick Motorsports
By NASCAR.COM
May 4, 2007
09:52 AM EDT
Johnny Benson is making the move from Bill Davis Racing to Hendrick Motorsports effective this Monday after the Richmond race.
“I just gotta go with a winner, and Rick is giving me a chance to race with Jeff, the best in the business”, says Benson.
Benson’s career has been up and down but mostly down, lately. It’s expected that the move to HMS will further ignite a late career move for him as fans are starting to enjoy seeing the “old timers” have some success.
“Johnny is a class act. He’ll bring some much-needed experience and class to the team,” Rick Hendrick said late last night, when the news broke first.
Benson is currently in 7th place in the Craftsman Truck Series and is gaining momentum. It’s a happy change for Johnny and most in the sport agree that he deserves the success.
Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports biggest star driver, goes on to explain about Johnny, “I’ve always admired Johnny. His skills, his focus, and most of all, his bulge. God, what a package that man has.”
It was originally thought that Gordon was the chief influencer getting Johnny on the team but Rick Hendricks denies it, saying that, despite Jeff’s passion for other drivers, he in no way influenced his decision.
Benson is characteristically unmoved by the publicity. “I’m just gonna keep the ‘ol zipper up and make sure not to be in the team room when Jeff’s in there alone. Can’t tempt the little feller. After all, Jimmy’s supposedly pissed at him now.” Benson’s alluding to a tiff the teammates, Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordon, had last week in which some characterized it as a lover’s quarrel.
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http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/05/03/cup.preview.richmond/index.html
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