TRUCKS: Benning Ties Garvey For LASTCAR Lead Following Texas Engine Trouble

Norm Benning picked up the 5th last-place finish of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Friday’s WinStar World Casino 400k at the Texas Motor Speedway when his unsponsored #57 Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet fell out with engine problems after 3 of the race’s 168 laps.

Benning qualified 35th - last in the short-fielded race - at a speed of 155.070 mph, more than eight miles per hour slower than the next-fastest truck of Stephan McCurley. Both Benning and McCurley remained in the rear after making adjustments outside of impound and both exited the race within the first 30 laps. Between the two, previous LASTCAR Truck Series leader Mike Garvey fell out one lap after Benning, followed by Johnny Chapman.

LASTCAR STATISTICS
*Benning and the #57 had finished last in a Truck race at Texas on just one other occasion, the 2009 WinStar World Casino 400, when his Germane Tooling Group Chevrolet fell out with handling woes after three laps.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
35) #57-Norm Benning / 3 laps / engine
34) #38-Mike Garvey / 4 laps / brakes
33) #07-Johnny Chapman / 9 laps / transmission
32) #65-Stephan McCurley / 25 laps / clutch
31) #30-Todd Bodine / 66 laps / crash

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES DRIVER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) Norm Benning, Mike Garvey (2)
2nd) James Buescher, Travis Kvapil, Chris Lafferty, Scott Riggs, Brad Sweet (1)

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES OWNER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) #38-Shane Sieg, #57-Norm Benning Racing (2)
2nd) #5-Randy Moss, #10-Jennifer Jo Cobb, #31-Turner Motorsports, #32-Turner Motorsports, #07-SS Green Light Racing (1)

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES MANUFACTURER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) Chevrolet (7)
2nd) Toyota (2)