New Hampshire

Johnny Benson wins his fourth race of the year. The race was Benson's from the start and he held off a few challengers late in the going to win his fourth race and close to under 130 points of Todd Bodine in the championship race. Ted Musgrave almost certainly took himself out of the running with his payback of the #14 truck under caution. It certainly looked to be just a racing incident but Musgrave explained it differently. Either way he blew it big time under caution and will probably not repeat as champion. Mark Martin experienced what it was like to have trouble in the race going to the rear of the field for takeing a jack for a lap around the track after a pit stop and then getting caught up in something he would have missed if not for the penalty. I was thinking Clint Bowyer was sure racing hard up front for being four laps down and holding up a number of truks that actually had a chance to finsh well when someone else felt the same way and spun him around and out of the way. It may have been a perview of the cup race on sunday with people not really giving anyone any slack and every inch of track being contested hotly. Good race hooray for Benson, and maybe a championship race that stays close to the end unlike the Busch series where Kevin Harvick all but has it in the bag and the cup chase which starts sunday which could be close or could be a run away.